Bachelor of Business

The Bachelor of Business (BBus) is an undergraduate degree comprising 24 units taken over 3 years of full-time study (or part-time equivalent).

In your first year as a BBus student, you will take core units introducing accounting, law, marketing, management and microeconomics. Before the end of your first year, you will be able to nominate a business major in which to specialise - either accounting, human resource management or management. The major will comprise 8 units from that discipline (9 for the Accounting major).

Alongside your major, you will also take core units in research skills. This works towards a major project in your final year in which you will research a real-world organisation, diagnose issues and present solutions.

You can enrich your major with a minor in a second business discipline. Sheridan offers minors in business law, economics, financial planning, human resource management, international business, marketing, management and not-for-profit management. Alternatively, you may broaden your studies by selecting general electives from faculties such as the humanities and social sciences or mathematics, physical sciences and life sciences.

All undergraduate students also take one core unit per year from the School of Christian Studies.

Diploma of Business

The Diploma of Business (DipBus) is a 1-year undergraduate pathway award into the Sheridan Bachelor of Business. There are also credit pathways from the DipBus into the undergraduate programs at Curtin University, Edith Cowan University, Alphacrucis University College and Christian Heritage College.

The DipBus comprises 8 core units.

Students graduating with a Diploma of Business at Sheridan Institute of Higher Education will receive 24 credits towards the Sheridan Bachelor of Business.

Course Structure

The Bachelor of Business (BBus) comprises 24 units of study (or subjects). Each unit represents 3 credit points. To fulfil the requirements of the BBus award, you will need to complete a minimum of 72 credit points.

Common Core units (12 units)

As a Sheridan BBus student, you will take core units common to all BBus students in all three years of your study. There are three types of common core units:

Core Business units (6 units) - these include foundation units in management, marketing, accounting, economics, law and business mathematics.
Core Research units (3 units) - these include units on academic skills, research methods, and a research project. Each of these units is taken by students from all undergraduate courses at Sheridan.
Core Christian Studies units (3 units) - these include units on the Christian faith, the Bible and understanding worldviews. Like the Research units, each of these units is taken by students from all undergraduate courses at Sheridan.

Major units (8 units, or 9 units for the Accounting major)

You may choose from one of the following fields of study for your major:

Accounting
Human Resource Management
Management

You will do a minimum of eight units specific to that discipline (nine for the Accounting major), including a minimum of at least four Level-300 units.

Some majors, such as Management, have a range of units from which you can choose. Other majors, such as Accounting and Human Resource Management, prescribe units you will need to complete the major. This is to meet professional accreditation standards for the discipline.

You may also nominate a double major. Adding a second major will usually require taking additional units and will extend the length of your Bachelor degree by one or more semesters.

Minor / General electives (4 units, or 3 for the Accounting major)

In addition to your major, you can construct a minor within your Bachelor of Business degree. A minor comprises four 200/300-level units in a business discipline that is not your major and provides you with a second specialisation.

Find out more about Minors in the Bachelor of Business

Alternatively, you may choose to broaden your studies by taking general electives either from Sheridan Business School or from another faculty at Sheridan, provided you meet the necessary prerequisites for those units.

A list of all units is available on the last page of Sheridan's brochure

Course Duration

Mode of Study

Course Workload

A standard Bachelor of Business unit typically represents 150 hours of study over a semester, including class contact hours and personal study.

The 150 hours typically consist of seminars for 36 hours (3 hours per week over 12 teaching weeks) and private study for 114 hours (7 hours per week over 12 teaching weeks plus 10 hours per week over 3 non-teaching weeks).

If you are a full-time student (ie you are taking 4 units in a semester) you should plan to set aside a total of 12 hours/week for all your formal classes combined and a total of 28-30 hours/week for all your personal study.

Course Learning Outcomes

A Bachelor Degree qualifies individuals who apply a broad and coherent body of knowledge in a range of contexts to undertake professional work and as a pathway for further learning.

Upon successful completion of the Bachelor of Business you will be able to:

Demonstrate your understanding of a broad and coherent body of knowledge, with an emphasis on the underlying principles and concepts of one or more disciplines within the field of business.
Exercise your cognitive skills successfully to critically analyse, synthesise and consolidate information, concepts and theories from multi-disciplinary perspectives.
Critically evaluate the scholarship and professional practice of one or more disciplines within the field of business in the light of contemporary research, workplace practice, and of perspectives grounded in Christian scholarship.
Communicate your understanding of current knowledge and professional practice of one or more disciplines to others through structured assignments, projects and presentations in a variety of learning contexts.
Demonstrate your intellectual independence through creative intellectual contributions to the study and/or practice of one or more disciplines within the field of business.
Apply research-based knowledge, skills and concepts from one or more disciplines within the field of business to analyse problems and propose creative solutions across a diverse range of scenarios.
Demonstrate your capacity to seek knowledge and truth with persistence, independence, rigour, and integrity.
Evaluate the relevance of Christian faith and practice to the pursuit of knowledge in the field of business.
Model self-discipline, ethical decision-making, servant leadership and respect for the dignity of individuals and groups in various settings

Each unit you take in the Bachelor of Business program will contribute towards the achievement of these broader learning outcomes.

Course Specific Requirements

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