Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Public Administration

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:

• a Business component of 72 units for the Bachelor of Business as detailed below
• a Public Administration component of 72 units for the Bachelor of Public Administration as detailed below
• 144 units in total are to be completed.

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  Work 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 Digital Marketing and Analysis (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  Digital Marketing and Analysis  (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  Marketing Planning and Strategy: Contemporary and Future Focused  (4.5 units)
BUSN3051  International Marketing  (4.5 units)

Including 9 units from:

BUSN2033  Branding and Advertising  (4.5 units)
BUSN2048  Social Media Marketing  (4.5 units)
BUSN3027  Digital Marketing and Analysis  (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: Policy Design  (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)
GEOG2030 Sustainable Development: Concepts and Principles (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)