Bachelor of Business Administration (BBAD) - BBA
QTAC code (Australian and New Zealand applicants): Springfield campus: 924521; External: 904525; Toowoomba campus: 904521
CRICOS code (International applicants): 042317J
This program is offered only to continuing students. No new admissions will be accepted. Students who are interested in this study area should consider the Bachelor of Business and Commerce .
On-campus | External | |
Semester intake: | No new admissions | No new admissions |
Campus: | Springfield, Toowoomba | - |
Fees: | Commonwealth supported place Domestic full fee paying place International full fee paying place | Commonwealth supported place Domestic full fee paying place International full fee paying place |
Standard duration: | 3 years full-time, up to 6 years part-time |
Notes
Students can commence study in semester 3 at Springfield campus
or via distance education only.
Contact us
Current students |
Freecall (within Australia): 1800 007 252 Phone (from outside Australia): +61 7 4631 2285 Email usq.support@usq.edu.au |
Program aims
This program is a generalist degree aimed at equipping students with a broad understanding of how organisations operate in different environmental contexts, private, and public. It exposes students to a wide range of issues and challenges faced by managers as they strive to make organisations successful, sustainable and responsible stakeholders in society. Students develop relevant conceptual, analytical, functional, and operational capabilities to equip them to confidently address a range of organisational and managerial challenges in contemporary organisations.
Program objectives
On the successful completion of the Bachelor of Business Administration graduates will be able to:
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demonstrate an understanding of the general managerial concepts, processes and principles relevant to the functioning of various types of organisations
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analyse the environments within which organisations operate and consider managerial implications
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demonstrate a working knowledge of and the ability to apply relevant principles in making decisions about matters that relate to the resources used by organisations, such as financial, human and information-related resources
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demonstrate a working knowledge of and the ability to apply relevant principles in managing various systems, processes, people, marketing and communication functions within organisations
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identify, analyse and manage a broad range of organisational issues and challenges
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demonstrate effective communication and interpersonal capabilities
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demonstrate an understanding of the importance of high ethical standards and socially responsible organisational practices and processes.
Australian Qualifications Framework
The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) is a single national, comprehensive system of qualifications offered by higher education institutions (including universities), vocational education and training institutions and secondary schools. Each AQF qualification has a set of descriptors which define the type and complexity of knowledge, skills and application of knowledge and skills that a graduate who has been awarded that qualification has attained, and the typical volume of learning associated with that qualification type.
This program is at AQF Qualification Level 07. Graduates at this level will have broad and coherent knowledge and skills for professional work and/or further learning.
The full set of levels criteria and qualification type descriptors can be found by visiting .
Program Information Set
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for admission, applicants must satisfy the following requirements:
Year 12 English [4,SA] or equivalent is required.
Current skills at the level of Queensland Senior Secondary School Studies Maths A (4,SA) or equivalent is assumed.
Admission to the Bachelor of Business Administration is in accordance with for undergraduate programs.
All students are required to satisfy the applicable .
If students do not meet the English language requirements they may apply to study a 精东传媒app-approved . On successful completion of the English language program, students may be admitted to an award program.
Program fees
Commonwealth supported place
A Commonwealth supported place is where the Australian Government makes a contribution towards the cost of a students' higher education and students pay a , which varies depending on the courses undertaken. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the .
Commonwealth Supported students may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called .
Domestic full fee paying place
Domestic full fee paying places are funded entirely through the full fees paid by the student. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the
Domestic full fee paying students may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called provided they meet the residency and citizenship requirements.
Australian citizens, Permanent Humanitarian Visa holders, Permanent Resident visa holders and New Zealand citizens who will be resident outside Australia for the duration of their program pay full tuition fees and are not eligible for .
International full fee paying place
International students pay full fees. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken and whether they are studied on-campus, via distance education/online. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the .
Program structure
The Bachelor of Business Administration is a 24-course program and comprises the following:
Area of study | Number of units |
Compulsory core courses | 8 |
4 x 4鈥搖nit minors chosen from the list of Bachelor
of Business Administration minors below or 3 x 4鈥搖nit minors chosen from the list of Bachelor of Business Administration minors below plus any other 4 related courses from across the 精东传媒app, subject to pre-requisite requirements and permission of the Program Coordinator. |
16 |
Total | 24 |
Core courses
The following core courses are required:
Course | Semester of offer Distance/Online |
Semester of offer Toowoomba campus |
Semester of offer Springfield campus |
1, 2, 3 | 1, 2 | 1, 2 | |
1, 2, 3 | 1, 2 | 1, 2, 3 | |
1, 2, 3 | 1, 2 | 1 | |
LAW1101 | 1, 2, 3 | 1, 2 | 1, 2 |
1, 2, 3 | 1 | 1 | |
2, 3 | 2 | 2 | |
1, 2, 3 | 1 | 1 | |
Select one of the following courses: | |||
* | 1, 2, 3 | 1 | 1, 2 |
^ | 1, 2 | 1 | 1 |
Footnotes | |
* | should be undertaken if student wishes to complete a Finance minor. |
^ | should be undertaken if student wishes to complete a Business Economics minor. |
Minor Studies
Students may take any other business minor or any other four related courses as a minor with the permission of the Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts. Not all minors are available on-campus at all campuses.
BBA minor in Accounting
Course | Semester of offer Distance/Online |
Semester of offer Toowoomba campus |
Semester of offer Springfield campus |
ACC1102 Financial Accounting | 1, 2, 3 | 1, 2 | 2 |
1, 2 | 2 | 2 | |
ACC3101 Accounting Information Systems | 1, 2 | 2 | 2 |
Plus one other course from the Accounting major in the Bachelor of Commerce (subject to enrolment requirements). |
BBA minor in Administrative Management
Course | Semester of offer Distance/Online |
Semester of offer Toowoomba campus |
Semester of offer Springfield campus |
MGT2008 Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning * | 1 | ||
MGT2203 Project Management Fundamentals | 2, 3 | 2 | 2 |
1, 3 | 1 | ||
2, 3 |
Footnotes | |
* | MGT2008 Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning replaces MGT3200 Information Management. Students who have successfully completed MGT3200 should not complete MGT2008. |
BBA minor in Business Economics
Course | Semester of offer Distance/Online |
Semester of offer Toowoomba campus |
Semester of offer Springfield campus |
1, 2, 3 | 1 | 2, 3 | |
2 | |||
2 | |||
Plus one other course from the Business Economics major in the Bachelor of Commerce (subject to enrolment requirements). |
BBA minor in Business Law
Course | Semester of offer Distance/Online |
Semester of offer Toowoomba campus |
Semester of offer Springfield campus |
1 | 1 | ||
2, 3 | 2 | 2 | |
1, 2, 3 | 1 | 1 | |
Plus one other course from the Business Law major in the Bachelor of Commerce (subject to enrolment requirements). |
BBA minor in e-Commerce
Course | Semester of offer Distance/Online |
Semester of offer Toowoomba campus |
Semester of offer Springfield campus |
ACC3101 Accounting Information Systems | 1, 2 | 2 | 2 |
2, 3 | 2 | 2 | |
2, 3 | 2 | 2 | |
Plus one of the following two courses: | |||
LAW3404 Banking, Finance and Insurance Law | |||
BBA minor in Finance
Course | Semester of offer Distance/Online |
Semester of offer Toowoomba campus |
Semester of offer Springfield campus |
2, 3 | 2 | 2 | |
2 | 2 | 2 | |
1 | 1 | 1 | |
Plus one other course from the Finance major in the Bachelor of Commerce (subject to enrolment requirements). |
BBA minor in Human Resource Management
Course | Semester of offer Distance/Online |
Semester of offer Toowoomba campus |
Semester of offer Springfield campus |
1 | 1 | 1 | |
MGT2000 Workforce Design | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2 | 2 | 2 | |
Plus one other course from the Human Resource Management major in the Bachelor of Business (subject to enrolment requirements). |
BBA minor in International Business
Course | Semester of offer Distance/Online |
Semester of offer Toowoomba campus |
Semester of offer Springfield campus |
1, 3 | 1 | 1 | |
MKT2002 Global Marketing * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
INR2002 Contemporary Issues in Asia ^ | 2 | 2 | |
2 | 2 |
Footnotes | |
* | Students who have completed MKT2002 Global Marketing as part of a Marketing minor should replace MKT2002 Global Marketing with . |
^ | INR2002 Contemporary Issues in Asia has replaced MGT2060 International Business Environment and Operations. Students who have completed MGT2060 should not enrol in INR2002 as part of this minor |
BBA minor in Information Technology Management
Course | Semester of offer Distance/Online |
Semester of offer Toowoomba campus |
Semester of offer Springfield campus |
1, 3 | 1 | 1 | |
2 | 2 | 2 | |
1 | 1 | 1 | |
Plus one other course from the Information Technology Management major in the Bachelor of Commerce (subject to enrolment requirements). |
BBA minor in Journalism
Course | Semester of offer Distance/Online |
Semester of offer Toowoomba campus |
Semester of offer Springfield campus |
2, 3 | 2 | 2 | |
1 | 1 | 1 | |
1 | 1 | 1 | |
1 | 1 | 1 |
BBA minor in Management and Leadership
Course | Semester of offer Distance/Online |
Semester of offer Toowoomba campus |
Semester of offer Springfield campus |
1 | |||
MGT2008 Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning | 1 | ||
* | 1, 3 | 1 | 1 |
MKT3002 Business Strategy in a Global Environment | 1, 3 | 1 |
Footnotes | |
* | Bachelor of Business Administration students undertaking a Management and Leadership minor together with an International Business minor should replace with . |
BBA minor in Marketing
Course | Semester of offer Distance/Online |
Semester of offer Toowoomba campus |
Semester of offer Springfield campus |
1, 2 | 2 | 2 | |
1, 3 | 1 | 1 | |
1 | 1 | ||
Plus one other course from the Marketing major in the Bachelor of Business (subject to enrolment requirements). |
BBA minor in Public Relations
Course | Semester of offer Distance/Online |
Semester of offer Toowoomba campus |
Semester of offer Springfield campus |
1 | 1 | ||
2 | 2 | ||
1 | 1 | ||
PRL3003 Public Sector and Public Service Communication | 2 | 2 |
BBA minor in Supply Chain Management
Course | Semester of offer Distance/Online |
Semester of offer Toowoomba campus |
Semester of offer Springfield campus |
MGT2103 Business Logistics | 2 | ||
1 | |||
MGT2203 Project Management Fundamentals | 2, 3 | 2 | 2 |
2 |
BBA minor in Tourism
Course | Semester of offer Distance/Online |
Semester of offer Toowoomba campus |
Semester of offer Springfield campus |
1 | 1 | ||
1 | |||
2 | 2 | ||
2 | 2 |
Exit points
Students must maintain good standing in this program (see Other program requirements section). Students not wishing to complete the Bachelor of Business Administration program may be permitted to exit with either the Diploma of Business Administration or the Associate Degree of Business.
Students may exit with the Diploma of Business Administration if they have completed 8 courses as follows:
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a minimum of 4 courses from the Bachelor of Business core courses, and
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4 other courses from the Bachelor of Business .
Students may exit with the Associate Degree of Business if they have completed 16 courses as follows:
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8 core courses from the Bachelor of Business or Bachelor of Commerce , and
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any 8 courses from within the Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Commerce or Bachelor of Business Administration.
Recommended enrolment patterns
In this section:
- Recommended enrolment pattern - Toowoomba campus
- Recommended enrolment pattern - Springfield campus (semester 1 intake)
- Recommended enrolment pattern - Springfield campus (semester 2 intake)
Recommended enrolment pattern - Toowoomba campus
Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.
Please note: The year and semester in which minor courses are studied will depend on the minor chosen.
Course | Year of program and semester in which course is normally studied | Enrolment requirements | |||||
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On-campus (ONC) | External (EXT) | Online (ONL) | |||||
Year | Sem | Year | Sem | Year | Sem | ||
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Minor/elective course | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
Minor/elective course | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Enrolment is not permitted in if MGT1200 has been previously completed. | |||
Minor/elective course | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
Select one of the following two courses: | |||||||
* | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
^ | |||||||
Minor/elective course | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
Minor/elective course | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||
Minor/elective course | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||
Minor/elective course | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||
LAW1101 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||
Minor/elective course | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||
2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||
Minor/elective course | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||
Minor/elective course | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||
Minor/elective course | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||
Minor/elective course | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||
Minor/elective course | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |||
Minor/elective course | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |||
Minor/elective course | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |||
Minor/elective course | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Footnotes | |
* | should be undertaken if student wishes to complete a Finance minor. |
^ | should be undertaken if student wishes to complete a Business Economics minor. |
Notes
Note that the year and semester in which minor courses are studied
will depend on the minor chosen.
Recommended enrolment pattern - Springfield campus (semester 1 intake)
Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.
Please note: The year and semester in which minor courses are studied will depend on the minor chosen.
Course | Year of program and semester in which course is normally studied | Enrolment requirements | |||||
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On-campus (ONC) | External (EXT) | Online (ONL) | |||||
Year | Sem | Year | Sem | Year | Sem | ||
1 | 1 | ||||||
1 | 1 | ||||||
1 | 1 | ||||||
1 | 1 | ||||||
LAW1101 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Minor/elective course | 1 | 2 | |||||
Minor/elective course | 1 | 2 | |||||
1 | 2 | ||||||
Select one of the following two courses: | |||||||
* | 2 | 1 | |||||
^ | |||||||
Minor/elective course | 2 | 1 | |||||
Minor/elective course | 2 | 1 | |||||
Minor/elective course | 2 | 1 | |||||
2 | 2 | Enrolment is not permitted in if MGT1200 has been previously completed. | |||||
Minor/elective course | 2 | 2 | |||||
Minor/elective course | 2 | 2 | |||||
Minor/elective course | 2 | 2 | |||||
Minor/elective course | 3 | 1 | |||||
Minor/elective course | 3 | 1 | |||||
Minor/elective course | 3 | 1 | |||||
Minor/elective course | 3 | 1 | |||||
Minor/elective course | 3 | 2 | |||||
Minor/elective course | 3 | 2 | |||||
Minor/elective course | 3 | 2 | |||||
Minor/elective course | 3 | 2 |
Footnotes | |
* | should be undertaken if student wishes to complete a Finance minor. |
^ | should be undertaken if student wishes to complete a Business Economics minor. |
Recommended enrolment pattern - Springfield campus (semester 2 intake)
Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.
Please note: The year and semester in which minor courses are studied will depend on the minor chosen.
Course | Year of program and semester in which course is normally studied | Enrolment requirements | |||||
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On-campus (ONC) | External (EXT) | Online (ONL) | |||||
Year | Sem | Year | Sem | Year | Sem | ||
LAW1101 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Minor/elective course | 1 | 2 | |||||
1 | 2 | ||||||
Minor/elective course | 1 | 2 | |||||
1 | 1 | ||||||
1 | 1 | ||||||
1 | 1 | ||||||
Select one of the following two courses: | |||||||
* | 1 | 1 | |||||
^ | |||||||
2 | 2 | ||||||
Minor/elective course | 2 | 2 | |||||
Minor/elective course | 2 | 2 | |||||
Minor/elective course | 2 | 2 | |||||
Minor/elective course | 2 | 1 | |||||
Minor/elective course | 2 | 1 | |||||
Minor/elective course | 2 | 1 | |||||
Minor/elective course | 2 | 1 | |||||
3 | 2 | Enrolment is not permitted in if MGT1200 has been previously completed. | |||||
Minor/elective course | 3 | 2 | |||||
Minor/elective course | 3 | 2 | |||||
Minor/elective course | 3 | 2 | |||||
Minor/elective course | 3 | 1 | |||||
Minor/elective course | 3 | 1 | |||||
Minor/elective course | 3 | 1 | |||||
Minor/elective course | 3 | 1 |
Footnotes | |
* | should be undertaken if student wishes to complete a Finance minor. |
^ | should be undertaken if student wishes to complete a Business Economics minor. |