Bachelor of Arts – Bachelor of Business

Version

10

Division

Tropical Environments and Societies

Minimum English Language Proficiency Requirements

Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 1 – Schedule II of the JCU Admissions Policy.

Special admission requirements

Nil

Additional course rules

Nil

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)

Credit points in major

24 credit points

Banking and Finance

External

Business major

Available mid-year

Not available to continuing students intending to complete before the end of 2015

Economics

Townsville

External

Business major

Available mid-year

Health Management

Townsville

Business major

Available mid-year

Not available to continuing students intending to complete before the end of 2015

Human Resources Management

Cairns

Townsville

External

Business major

Available mid-year

Management

Cairns

Townsville

External

Business major

Available mid-year

Sports and Events Management

Townsville

External

Business major

Available mid-year

Cairns

External

Maximum time to complete

9 years

Course includes mandatory professional placement(s)

No

Accreditation requirements

Graduates of this course, who wish to become fully registered as psychologists, must complete one more year of psychology plus two years of supervised practice in the field or an accredited master’s degree.

Supplementary exam for final subject

A student 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 the Advanced Standing and Articulation policy.

Expiry

Advanced standing gained for any subject shall be cancelled 15 years after the date of the examination upon which the advanced standing is based if, by then, the student has not completed the course of study prescribed for the degree.

Approved abbreviation

BA-BBus

Exit with lesser award

Students 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 the following award:

• Advanced Diploma of Arts

Eligibility

By invitation of the College Dean

Achievement of an overall grade point average of 5.0 (i.e. credit average) across their undergraduate degree and/or a grade point average of 5.0 in the final year of their undergraduate degree, with credits or better in specific discipline areas.