Course pre-requisites

English (Maths B desirable)

Credit points

96 credit points as per course structure

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 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.

Type of major

Mandatory, Single Arts major

Type of major

Mandatory, Single Business major

COURSE AVAILABLE AT

NOTES

Townsville

Not all majors are available in Townsville

Expected time to complete

4 years full-time or equivalent part-time

Maximum leave of absence

1 year

Honours availability

Honours is available in either or both disciplines as an additional 24 credit points of study each