Bachelor of Arts – Bachelor of Business

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Minimum English Language Proficiency Requirements

Students of non-English speaking backgrounds must have an adequate English language capacity assessed under the Australian International English Language Testing System (IELTS). The IELTS score required for admission to this course can be found in Schedule II of the JCU Admissions policy.

Course learning outcomes

JCU graduates are committed to lifelong learning, intellectual development, and to the display of exemplary personal, professional and ethical standards. They have a sense of their place in the tropics and are charged with professional, community, and environmental responsibility. JCU graduates appreciate the need to embrace and be acquainted with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia. They are committed to reconciliation, diversity and sustainability. They exhibit a willingness to lead and to contribute to the intellectual, environmental, cultural, economic and social challenges of regional, national, and international communities of the tropics.

On successful completion of the Bachelor of Arts, graduates will be able to:

• Demonstrate a broad and coherent body of knowledge with depth in the underlying principles and concepts of at least one discipline of the Arts, Languages or Social Sciences

• Integrate knowledge of the diversity of cultures and peoples, their differences and commonalities, especially with respect to Australian Indigenous cultures and peoples

• Appraise the place and role of Australia and Singapore in the Asia-Pacific region and the tropics worldwide

• Review critically, analyse, consolidate and synthesise information, claims, and evidence

• Apply critical thinking, independent judgement, intercultural sensitivity, and national, regional and global perspectives, to identify and solve problems in at least one discipline of the Arts, Languages or Social Sciences

• Present a clear and coherent exposition of knowledge and ideas, through proficiency in written and spoken English language and numeracy, appropriate to their audience and in a range of modes and media

• Demonstrate capacity for reflection, planning, ethical decision-making and interdisciplinary team work in diverse contexts of community engagement, professional work and/or scholarship

• Identify and have potential to act and reflect upon opportunities for lifelong learning and career development.

On successful completion of the Bachelor of Business, graduates will be able to:

• Demonstrate essential knowledge necessary for a career in business-related professions

• Synthesise underlying principles and concepts for making business decisions

• Critically analyse the core professional obligations, values and operations of organisations including sustainability

• Critically evaluate data and resources in the context of relevant academic literature

• Apply critical thinking to address issues in business

• Convey information clearly and fluently, in a high quality written form appropriate for their audience

• Demonstrate effective oral presentation skills for academic and professional audiences

• Demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively

• Apply technical skills, including numeracy, necessary for professional practice in business

• Demonstrate an awareness of ethical and social responsibility in professional practice

• Identify and act upon learning opportunities and self-improvements.

Credit points in major

18 credit points  (Arts major)

24 credit points (Business major)

Cairns

External

Maximum time to complete

10 years

Course includes mandatory professional placement(s)

No

Accreditation requirements

Nil

Supplementary exam for final subject

A candidate who has failed a single subject towards the award in their final teaching period and who gained 40% or more of the marks for that subject may be granted a supplementary examination in that subject. However if that subject is required for accreditation, then the criteria specified by that accreditation will apply.

Maximum allowed

48 credit points in accordance with Advanced Standing for Previous Studies and Recognised Prior Learning policy.

Expiry

Advanced standing gained for any subject shall be cancelled 16 years after the date of the examination upon which the advanced standing is based if, by then, the candidate has not completed the course of study prescribed for the degree.

Exit with lesser award

Candidates who exit the course prior to completion, and have completed the relevant number of credit points of study and appropriate subjects, may be eligible for one of the following awards:

• Diploma of Arts

• Diploma of Business

• Advanced Diploma of Arts

Eligibility

By invitation of the Head of School

Normally a minimum average grade of Credit is required in the pass degree subjects relevant to the field in which honours is to be taken.