Your opportunities are endless with a career in business.
Develop a well-rounded business education with sought-after skills in today’s business world. This program is designed to create creative and critical thinkers.
- Only a full-time option is available to international students on a Student visa. Online programs are not available to Student visa holders.
- * Estimated tuition fees are based on 2025 rates. Refer to international fees for more information.
- Not all majors/minors and elective options are available at every campus. You should refer to the What Can I Study tab, and the proposed study sequence for your chosen campus and intake for further information.
- * In addition to being able to study all courses at Sippy Downs, some first-year core and foundation business courses are offered at Noosa Centre. The remainder of the degree is completed at Sippy Downs.
- ** Only core, foundation, Management, Marketing and Accounting major courses are offered at Gympie. Further elective courses are available at Sippy Downs.
- *** There are a limited selection of elective courses available at SouthBank.
- **** Only first-year courses are offered at Fraser Coast in 2017. Years 2 and 3 of the program become available in 2018 and 2019. Limited majors available (Accounting; Management; Marketing; Tourism, Leisure and Event Management). Further elective courses are available at Sippy Downs.
- The option to study at Noosa is not available to international students on a Student visa.
- * In addition to being able to study all courses at Sippy Downs, some first-year core and foundation business courses are offered at Noosa Centre. The remainder of the degree is completed at Sippy Downs.
- ** Only core, foundation, Management, Marketing and Accounting major courses are offered at Gympie. Further elective courses are available at Sippy Downs.
- *** There are a limited selection of elective courses available at SouthBank.
- **** Only first-year courses are offered at Fraser Coast in 2017. Years 2 and 3 of the program become available in 2018 and 2019. Limited majors available (Accounting; Management; Marketing; Tourism, Leisure and Event Management). Further elective courses are available at Sippy Downs.
- The option to study at Noosa is not available to international students on a Student visa.
Develop a well-rounded business education with sought-after skills in today’s business world. This program is designed to create creative and critical thinkers.
You’ll learn how to apply innovative problem-solving techniques to business concepts, products and services. Choose from a range of business majors to specialise in the area that interests you most.
You’ll get practical experience through an optional internship (over 96 hours) in the business sector. Apply what you’ve learned to real situations and spend a semester in another country with the Study Overseas program. You’ll gain valuable experience and build industry contacts that could lead to a job before you even graduate. This program is a strong base to continue your studies in law or honours.
Majors
Business majors: Sippy Downs and South Bank: Accounting; Financial Planning; Human Resource Management; International Business; Management; Marketing; Supply Chain Management; Tourism, Leisure and Event Management. Gympie: Accounting; Management; Marketing.
Career opportunities
Depending on the major chosen: business management, human resource management, marketing management, market research, international business, importing / exporting, industrial relations, tourism and hospitality management, retail / sales, computing, systems analysis.
Membership
Eligibility for memberships depends on areas of specialisation.
Program structure
Program Structure
Introductory courses (7)
BUS101 Visual Journalism
BUS102 Media Publishing: Law & Ethics
BUS104 News Writing and Reporting
BUS105 Online Journalism
BUS106 Broadcast Journalism#
BUS108 Feature Writing
COR109 Investigative and Data Journalism
Advanced Courses (2)
BUS203 News Rounds
BUS320 Newsroom
Elective courses (15)
Select 15 elective courses, 9 must be from the School of Business. The remaining 6 may be from either faculty (Arts, Business and Law or Science, Health, Education and Engineering).
Students can choose to use these electives towards a major or a double major from the Business majors listed below:
- Accounting
- Financial Planning
- Human Resource Management
- International Business
- Management
- Marketing
- Supply Chain Management
- Tourism, Leisure and Event Management
# For students enrolled in the Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) or (Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Commerce (Financial Planning) ACC106 Introduction to Journalism is completed in lieu of BUS106 Visual Journalism.
Note: Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
Total units: 288
Recommended study sequences
- (Sippy Downs / SouthBank / Gympie) Study Plan - Semester 2 commencement (July)
- Study Plan - Semester 2 (mid-year) commencement (Gympie)
- Study Plan - Semester 2 (mid-year) commencement (Gympie) - Management major
- Study Plan - Semester 2 (mid-year) commencement (Gympie) - Marketing major
- Study Plan - Semester 2 (mid-year) commencement (South Bank)
- Study Plan - Semester 2 (mid-year) commencement (Fraser Coast) - Management major
- Study Plan - Semester 2 (mid-year) commencement (Fraser Coast) - Marketing major
- (Sippy Downs / SouthBank / Gympie) Study Plan - Semester 1 commencement (February)
- Study Plan - Semester 1 commencement (Gympie)
- Study Plan - Semester 1 commencement (Gympie) - Management major
- Study Plan - Semester 1 commencement (Gympie) - Marketing major
- Study Plan - Semester 1 commencement (Fraser Coast) - Management major
- Study Plan - Semester 1 commencement (Fraser Coast) - Marketing major
- Study Plan - Semester 1 commencement (Fraser Coast) - Accounting major
- Study Plan - Semester 2 (mid-year) commencement - Accounting major
- Study Plan - Semester 1 commencement (Fraser Coast) - Tourism, Leisure and Event Management major
- Study Plan - Semester 2 (mid-year) commencement (Fraser Coast) - Tourism, Leisure and Event Management major
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Successfully complete 288 units as outlined in the Program Struture
- Complete no more than 10 introductory level (100 coded) courses, including the core course
Program notes
- Completing this program within the specified (full-time) duration is based on studying 48 unit points per semester (normally 4 courses)
- Most courses are valued at 12 units unless otherwise specified
- Courses within this program are assessed using a variety of assessment methods including essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests and examinations. Not all courses will necessarily include all methods
- As part of your USC program, you may apply to Study Overseas to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider
- When enrolling refer to the Study Plan
- You may wish to use electives to complete an additional major or minor
- Register your selected major(s) and/or minor(s)