Bachelor
School of Arts & Sciences, Fremantle Campus
Kick-start your business career with this skills-based Major. Completed over three years, the Bachelor of Arts with a Second Major in Business Studies introduces the basic building blocks such as taxation, accounting for business, business law and employment relations. For a more in-depth background in commerce, students consider taking a double degree in Arts and Commerce instead.
Academic requirements for this program are outlined below. In addition, to be eligible for admission, all applicants need to satisfy minimum requirements outlined at admission requirements. These include those relating to 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.
Applicants with recent Secondary Education:
Applicants with Higher Education Study
Applicants who have successfully completed subjects at another University, which are relevant to the selected program of study, may be eligible for 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 then, but with relevant work and life experience. Such experience may include, but is not limited to:
Please note: all applicants must be of school leaving age or older to apply.
You can combine this Major with any of the first Majors available in the Bachelor of Arts. It provides an introduction to accounting for business, management, and human resource management. The structure of the Major allows you to complete three or four required courses and then choose courses that interest you including business law, taxation, employment relations, change management, and innovation and entrepreneurship.
This Major, when combined with a traditional Arts first major, will equip you with skills that will apply to many workplaces.
For more in-depth business content, you should consider the Bachelor of Commerce or a Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Arts double degree.
Business Studies is available as a second Major and Minor in the following programs, including double degree variations:
Business Studies is available as a first Major or Minor in Bachelor of Behavioural Science.
The transferable skills from this Major are sought after by many employers. Career opportunities include: marketing specialist, public relations advisor, customer service coordinator, client liaison coordinator, operations performance analyst, diversity and engagement project officer, events manager.