Why Study / Key Benefits

The Bachelor of Business is designed to provide broad business knowledge while allowing students to specialise through a major. Swinburne highlights practical learning, digital business skills and industry interaction.

Key features include:

• Choice of 10 business majors.
• Practical learning using business and digital platforms such as MYOB, Xero and Google Analytics.
• Development of commercial awareness, digital literacy, communication, problem-solving and ethical-business skills.
• Sustainability and social-impact learning.
• Industry interaction with experts and mentors.
• Work Integrated Learning opportunities as part of the bachelor's degree.
• Optional six- or 12-month professional work placement.
• Opportunities to undertake a semester overseas through the International Business Minor.
• AACSB accreditation for Swinburne's business school.

Programme Structure and Subjects / Topics

The Bachelor of Business consists of 300 credit points, normally divided into core units, major units and electives. The detailed unit sequence currently published by Swinburne is labelled as an indicative Semester 1, 2026 sequence, so unit availability and sequencing can change.

Core units – 100 credit points:

• Financial Information for Decision Making – ACC10007
• Economics for Business Decision Making – ECO10005
• Business Digitalisation – INF10024
• Contemporary Management Principles – MGT10009
• Business for Sustainability, Social Change and Impact – BUS10014
• Creative Mindset and Entrepreneurship – BUS10015
• Financial Statistics – FIN10002
• Marketing and the Consumer Experience – MKT10009

Each listed core unit is 12.5 credit points.

The remaining 200 credit points normally comprise:

• 8 major units
• 8 elective units

The exact major subjects depend on the specialisation selected.

For example, the Business Analytics and Analysis major currently includes:

Year 2:

• Data Management and Analytics – INF10025
• Systems Analysis and Design – INF20029
• Cloud Approaches for Enterprise Systems – INF20030
• Business Process Modelling – INF30035
• Electives

Year 3:

• Agile Methods for Business Analysis – INF30034
• Business Intelligence and Data Visualisation – INF30004
• Predictive Analytics – INF30036
• Business Consulting Project – BUS30032
• Electives

Disciplines / Specialisations

The current Bachelor of Business offers the following majors:

1. Accounting
2. Business Administration
3. Business Analytics and Analysis
4. Entrepreneurship
5. Finance
6. Human Resource Management
7. Logistics and Supply Chain Management
8. Management
9. Marketing
10. Sports Management.

Programme Highlights

The programme's key features include:

• 3-year bachelor's degree.
• 300 credit points.
• 10 available majors.
• Hawthorn campus in Melbourne.
• March and August 2027 semester intakes.
• Work Integrated Learning opportunities.
• Optional six- or 12-month professional placement.
• Practical digital-business learning.
• Industry interaction and mentoring.
• AACSB accreditation.
• Opportunities for international study through an International Business Minor. 

Career Outcomes

Swinburne lists potential career opportunities including:

• Business analyst
• Business development manager
• Entrepreneur
• Sustainability manager
• Consultant
• Financial manager.

Career direction will depend on the student's selected major. For example:

• Accounting can support accounting and financial roles.
• Business Analytics and Analysis can support business-analysis, analytics and information-systems roles.
• Finance can support finance and investment-related roles.
• Human Resource Management can support people and workplace-management roles.
• Marketing can support marketing and related commercial roles.
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management can support procurement, logistics and supply-chain roles.
• Sports Management can support business roles within sporting organisations and venues.

Latest Updates / Special Requirements

The current official information confirms:

• Course code: BA-BUS11.
• CRICOS code: 088382J.
• Standard duration: 3 years full-time.
• Total course requirement: 300 credit points.
• Hawthorn is the listed campus.
• 2027 intakes are 1 March and 2 August.
• Application deadlines are 24 February and 28 July 2027 respectively.
• International Student visa holders studying in Australia must study full-time and on campus.
• IELTS requirement is 6.0 overall with no band below 6.0. 

International Student Visa Requirements

The relevant visa for an international student studying the course in Australia is the Australian Student visa, Subclass 500.

Current Department of Home Affairs requirements include:

• Enrolment in a full-time CRICOS-registered course.
• A valid Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE).
• Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC), unless an exemption applies.
• Genuine Student requirement.
• Applicable health requirements.
• Applicable character requirements.
• Australian Values Statement for applicants aged 18 or over.
• Financial-capacity evidence if requested.