Bachelor of Business (City)

Combine practical learning based on solving real-world business problems with the skills to analyse and understand key issues that businesses deal with every day. This degree provides you with the fundamental knowledge, contemporary case studies, workplace skills development and live industry experience to pursue a career in business.

Flinders' city campus at Festival Plaza is a place where potential meets possibility. Offering a broad range of study areas, this unique, modern space in the heart of Adelaide is designed for collaborative learning, interactive teaching and industry engagement. Positioned adjacent to the Adelaide Railway Station on North Terrace and central to trams and buses, Festival Plaza provides students with greater connection, convenience and accessibility when selecting their preferred study location.

Please note only Year 1 topics of this course will be available in 2024. If you have been granted credit transfer or wish to apply for credit transfer for this course on the basis of previous study and you are granted credit, this may mean you will not be able to enrol in Year 2 or higher year topics, nor able to enrol on a full-time basis until 2025.

The Bachelor of Business provides students with the opportunity to develop broad knowledge and competencies, students will be encouraged and supported to develop transferable interpersonal and professional capabilities, including the ability to be reflective, self-evaluating and critically engaged. There is a focus on application of knowledge to diverse and global business and organisational contexts including systems and processes, planning, production, operations and the use of current and emerging data and analytical practices.

On completion of this degree students will be able to critically apply broad theoretical and technical accounting, finance, economic, marketing, human resources management and management knowledge and skills to inform business planning and strategy. Analyse business practices and decisions using theoretical and technical knowledge of regulatory, governance, compliance and legal requirements and apply theoretical knowledge, technical competencies, and critical judgement to provide solutions to routine business problems.

This degree prepares graduates to work throughout the world with a range of opportunities continually expanding including senior positions in both the public and private sector. Potential occupations may include client service executive, human resource associate and marketing manager; potential employers may include private sector businesses, government agencies and not-for-profit organisations.

Expand your career options by combining this degree with the Bachelor of International Relations and Political Science (SATAC code 284491).

Combining degrees enables students to follow their interests and aspirations and enhance their career prospects by undertaking a second area of study in addition to their primary degree. Completing an approved combined degree option will normally add at least one extra year (full-time equivalent) to their studies. For example, students combining two three-year full-time equivalent degrees are normally able to complete both degrees in four years of full-time equivalent study. Students graduate with two degrees, expanding employment opportunities. For further information visit www.flinders.edu.au/combined-degrees.

On completion of this degree there is an opportunity to apply for a one-year Honours degree. For further information visit www.flinders.edu.au/honours.