Bachelor
School of Arts & Sciences
Do you wish to improve your commercial skills while working in a creative field? The University of Notre Dame Australia's Bachelor of Arts with a Second Major in Business will help you successfully harness commerce and apply it to your area of choice. This degree will provide a solid foundation for modern commercial practice and consist of five core courses, such as Business Law, Marking and Economics, plus several electives. Get in touch to enrol today.
Academic requirements for this program are outlined below. In addition, to be eligible for admission, all applicants need to satisfy the Minimum University Admission Requirements outlined. These include those relating to minimum age and English Language Proficiency. We also consider your application more broadly - your non-academic achievements (such as any previous leadership roles, volunteering, work, church and/or community involvement) as well as personal qualities - your aspirations and interests and your capacity to complete your chosen program. See Individual Factors for further details regarding this.
Applicants with recent Secondary Education
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*Selection Ranks include ATAR plus Adjustment Factors.
Applicants with Higher Education
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*Applicants who have successfully completed subjects at another University, which are relevant to the selected program of study, may be eligible for credit (Advanced Standing).
Applicants with Vocational Education and Training (VET) study
Applicants with Work and Life Experience
Applicants who left secondary education more than two years previously and who have not undertaken VET or higher education study since may be considered for direct entry. This includes applicants who have completed Steiner, Montessori or home school curriculums. To qualify, applicants must be 20 years of age as at 1 March in the year of intake and meet one or more of the following:
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*STAT results must have been obtained within the last three calendar years in order to be considered (e.g. for 2024 admission, STAT results obtained in 2023, 2022 or 2021 can be considered).
As part of The University of Notre Dame Australia's Bachelor of Arts, our Business Second Major will provide you with a solid grounding in modern business practice, allowing you to successfully operate in several working environments - from government departments to private enterprises and the not-for-profit sector.
You can choose from a wide range of business-related units, such as Marketing, Innovation, Business Law, Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship and the Psychology of Work.
Apart from attending several campus-based lectures and tutorials, you will also complete 150 hours of work experience. This ensures that you get plenty of hands-on training during your degree and have the opportunity to showcase your learnings in a real-world setting.
Our Business Second Major will equip you with the underpinning commercial skills required to operate a successful business environment. Business as a Second Major must be paired with another Arts stream such as Advertising, Applied Psychology, History, Journalism, English Literature, Film & Screen Production or Theatre Studies.
Graduates of this program can follow diverse career paths in the private and public sectors; many employers will welcome the transferable skills. The following careers are open to graduates of this program: advertising and the media, community development and service, environmental and social impact assessment, government departments, Indigenous organisations, marketing and business organisations, non-government organisations.
Year One
Years Two and Three
Plus a choice of any three of the following:
Core Curriculum
Plus an additional eight courses of credit for the primary Arts Major* plus four electives (undertaken during Years One, Two and/or Three).
*The Business Major may only be undertaken as a Second Major (i.e. an Arts Major must be selected as the first Major).
Full details of the program requirements are contained in the Program Requirements.
More information regarding courses can be found at the course descriptions page.
Please note: the availability of these courses is indicative only and may be subject to change.