The combined degrees program of Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Public Administration requires the completion of a minimum of 144 units of study.
All students enrolling for the first time in either degree will be given the option at enrolment of undertaking the combined degrees program, subject to their meeting the cut-off score and entry requirements for the other degree.
Eligible students who decline the offer to take up the combined degrees program at enrolment and wish in a subsequent year to enrol in the combined degrees program will be required to apply to SATAC for admission to the other degree. In some cases these students may have to undertake more than 144 units to complete the requirements of the combined degrees program and they are encouraged to seek advice from the relevant course coordinator before applying.
Students who commence but subsequently do not wish to complete the combined degrees program may be eligible to transfer to either the Bachelor of Business or the Bachelor of Public Administration program and to receive credit for some, or all, of the topics already completed.
Program of study
To qualify for the combined degrees of Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Public Administration degree, a student must complete the following program of study with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic:
Not all topics necessarily are available in a given year.
Bachelor of Business component
To qualify for the Bachelor of Business a student must complete 72 units* with a grade of P or better or NGP in each topic. This must include:
- 45 units of core topics; and
- a 27-unit specialisation in Marketing, Management, International Business and Innovation and Enterprise or a 45-unit specialisation for Human Resource Management, or if no specialisation is selected, 27 units of BUSN electives.
*Except for the Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management) component, which requires a total of 90 units.
Core topics
BUSN1011 Accounting for Managers (4.5 units)
BUSN1009 Quantitative Methods (4.5 units)
BUSN1012 Management, People and Organisations (4.5 units)
BUSN1013 Economics for Business (4.5 units)
BUSN1019 Law for Business (4.5 units)
BUSN1022 Marketing Principles (4.5 units)
BUSN2019 International Business Context (4.5 units)
BUSN2038 Human Resource Management (4.5 units)
BUSN3055 Strategic Management (4.5 units)
INNO1001 Innovative and Creative Thinking: Recognizing Opportunities (4.5 units)
Business specialisations
Students must select no specialisation or one of the specialisations as indicated below:
No specialisation
27 units of BUSN electives
Human Resource Management
45 units comprising:
BUSN1021 Organisational Behaviour (4.5 units)
BUSN2030 Training and Development (4.5 units)
BUSN2032 Human Resource Planning, Recruitment and Selection (4.5 units)
BUSN2044 Managing Diversity (4.5 units)
BUSN3032 Reward and Performance Management (4.5 units)
BUSN3033 Occupational Health and Safety (4.5 units)
BUSN3035 Employee Relations (4.5 units)
BUSN3050 International Human Resource Management (4.5 units)
BUSN3059 Human Resources Strategy and Change Management (4.5 units)
LLAW3253 Labour Law (4.5 units)
Innovation and Enterprise
27 units comprising:
INNO1003 Collaboration, Co-Creation and the Crowd: Leveraging your Ecosystem for Innovation (4.5 units)
INNO2001 Innovation for Social Impact: Doing Good While Doing Well (4.5 units)
INNO2004 From Intuition to Insight: Validating Desirability, Feasibility and Viability (4.5 units)
INNO3001A From Innovation to Impact: Creating a Roadmap from Opportunity to Action (4.5 units)
INNO3002 Going Live! Entrepreneurial Strategies, Resources and Activities (4.5 units)
Including 4.5 units from:
BUSN2026 Entrepreneurship and Small Business (4.5 units)
BUSN3026 Business Planning (4.5 units)
BUSN3027 E-Business (4.5 units)
INNO3003 Finding Backers and Champions: Pitching for Financial Resources and Support (4.5 units)
INNO3005 Early Wins Matter: Nothing Happens Without a Sale (4.5 units)
International Business
27 units comprising:
BUSN2039 International Business Management (4.5 units)
BUSN3037 Import-Export Theory and Practice (4.5 units)
BUSN3050 International HRM (4.5 units)
BUSN3051 International Marketing (4.5 units)
Including 9 units from:
BUSN2046 Operations and Supply Chain Management (4.5 units)
BUSN3044 Industry Placement (4.5 units)
BUSN3052 Leadership in Business and Society (4.5 units)
BUSN3056 International Trade (4.5 unit)
Management
27 units comprising:
BUSN1021 Organisational Behaviour (4.5 units)
BUSN2039 International Business Management (4.5 units)
BUSN3059 Human Resources Strategy and Change Management (4.5 units)
Including 13.5 units from:
BUSN2024 Sustainable Resource Management (4.5 units)
BUSN2046 Operations and Supply Chain Management (4.5 units)
BUSN3027 E-Business (4.5 units)
BUSN3044 Industry Placement (4.5 units)
BUSN3052 Leadership in Business and Society (4.5 units)
Marketing
27 units comprising:
BUSN2020 Consumer Behaviour (4.5 units)
BUSN2028 Market Research (4.5 units)
BUSN3042 Strategic Marketing (4.5 units)
BUSN3051 International Marketing (4.5 units)
Including 9 units from:
BUSN2033 Marketing Communications (4.5 units)
BUSN2048 Social Media Marketing (4.5 units)
BUSN3027 E-Business (4.5 units)
BUSN3030 Marketing Applications (4.5 units)
BUSN3041 Services Marketing (4.5 units)
BUSN3044 Industry Placement (4.5 units)
Bachelor of Public Administration component
To qualify for the Bachelor of Public Administration, a student must complete 72 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic. This must include:
- a full 36-unit sequence in Public Policy (as stated in the course rules of the Bachelor of Arts), including five mandatory core topics - POLI1003 An Introduction to Democracy and Government, POLI1012 Introduction to Political Ideas and Public Policy, POLI2002Government Business and Society POLI 2011 Australian Public Policy: Applications, Issues and Dilemmas, and POLI3010 Advanced Perspectives on Public Policy, and
- a full 36-unit sequence in Management, including three mandatory core topics - BUSN2038 Human Resource Management, BUSN2022 The Australian Economy, and BUSN3043 Governance, Sustainability and Ethics.
Electives may be selected from any offered by the University provided entry and course requirements are met.
First Level
18 units comprising:
POLI1003 An Introduction to Democracy and Government (4.5 units)
POLI1012 Introduction to Political Ideas and Public Policy (4.5 units)
Plus 9 units of electives.
Second Level
27 units comprising:
POLI2002 Government Business and Society (4.5 units)
POLI2011 Australian Public Policy: Applications Issues and Dilemma (4.5 units)
BUSN2038 Human Resource Management (4.5 units)
BUSN2022 The Australian Economy (4.5 units)
Plus one topic chosen from the following:
BUSN2019 International Business Context (4.5 units)
BUSN2024 Sustainable Resource Management (4.5 units)
Plus 4.5 units of other Second or Third Year Public Policy sequence topics (see below for a list of options)
Third Level
27 units comprising:
POLI3010 Advanced Perspectives on Public Policy (4.5 units)
BUSN3043 Governance, Sustainability and Ethics (4.5 units)
Plus two topics chosen from the following:
BUSN2019 International Business Context (4.5 units)
BUSN2024 Sustainable Resource Management (4.5 units)
BUSN3052 Leadership in Business and Society (4.5 units)
Plus 9 units of other Second or Third Year Public Policy sequence topic (see below for a list of options)
Plus 4.5 units of electives.
Second and third level topics from Public Policy major (available to students undertaking the Combined BBA Bachelor of Business Degree to make up the full 36-unit sequence in Public Policy)
AMST2002 American Politics (4.5 units)
AMST3013 The Alliance and the Rise of China (4.5 units)
DVST2701 Sustainable Development (4.5 units)
GEOG3702 Cities, Geography and Policy (4.5 units)
INTR2003 Political Economy of the Asia-Pacific Region (4.5 units)
INTR3001 Australian Foreign Policy (4.5 units)
PHIL2601 Ethics for Professionals (4.5 units)
POLI2005 Politics of the European Union (4.5 units)
POLI2010 Contemporary Political Ideas (4.5 units)
POLI2012 Environmental Politics (4.5 units)
POLI2019 Parties, Voting Behaviour and Elections (4.5 units)
POLI2020 Australian Indigenous Politics (4.5 units)
POLI2025 The Politics of the Australian Welfare State (4.5 units)
POLI2026 Research Methods in Political Science (4.5 units)
POLI3007 South Australian Parliamentary Internship (9 units)
POLI3011 People and Politics: Australia Canada and the United States (4.5 units)
POLI3067 Access and Equity: Social Issues in Public Policy (4.5 units)
POLI3103 Politics and the Internet (4.5 units)
SCME2100 Media Policy (4.5 units)
SOAD3006 Practice Research (4.5 units)
WMST2012 Sex, Gender and Identities in Australia (4.5 units)
WORK3200 Social & Policy Studies Workplace Research Project (4.5 units)
