Business Management major (MJD-BMGMT)
This major covers the foundations of business and organisational management. This major prepares students for job readiness through a breadth of career and employability pathways relevant to today's dynamic business industries. This major provides students with a grounding in essential business knowledge across technical and theoretical disciplines, including business reporting, economics, marketing and management principles, as well as key practical communications and data literacy skills. To further enhance employability, a capstone experience will be provided to students to put their knowledge into practice through a range of options including internships, industry projects or work-integrated learning. This combination of technical knowledge and skills mean students will be well-equipped to enter a wide range of business organisations upon completion.
Outcomes
Students are able to (1) evaluate key concepts, theories and practices important to Business Management; (2) diagnose business challenges, and identify appropriate managerial actions; (3) demonstrate effective communication skills, both written and oral; (4) demonstrate project management skills and ability to work productively in a group; (5) provide potential discipline-based solutions to a business; and (6) demonstrate understanding regarding principles of ethical behaviour, and/or cultural, social and sustainability issues.
Broadening guidelines
All students studying towards a Bachelor's Degree at UWA are required to Broaden their studies by completing a minimum of four units (24 points) of study outside their degree specific major. Broadening is your opportunity to explore other areas of interest, investigate new disciplines and knowledge paradigms and to shape your degree to suit your own aspirations and interests. Many of you will be able to undertake more than this minimum amount of broadening study and we encourage you to do so if this suits your aspirations. Over the next few months you will find here some broadening suggestions related to your degree-specific major. While we know that many students value guidance of this sort, these are only suggestions and students should not lose sight of the opportunity to explore that is afforded by your Broadening Choices. Advice can also be sought from your Allocated Student Advising Office.
Prerequisites
nil
Corequisite
nil
Incompatibilities
nil
Business Management can be taken as a degree-specific major in the following degree courses:
Overview of unit sequence
Business Management is a degree-specific single major comprising:
- two Level 1 units
- three Level 2 units
- three Level 3 units
| Key to availability of units: |
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| S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; N/A = not available in 2022; NS = non-standard teaching period |
Note: Units that are indicated as N/A may be available in 2023 or 2024.
Level 1
Take all units (12 points):
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | unit requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| S1, S2 | MGMT1136 | Management and Organisations |
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| S1, S2 | MKTG1203 | Introduction to Marketing |
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Level 2
Take all units (18 points):
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | unit requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | HRMT2237 | Human Resource Management | |
| S2 | INMT2232 | Project Management | |
| S2 | MKTG2238 | Advertising and Branding |
|
Level 3
Take all units (12 points):
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | unit requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | MGMT3347 | Strategic Management | |
| S2 | MKTG3306 | Strategic Marketing |
Take unit(s) to the value of 6 points:
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | unit requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | BUSN3001 | Business Development Project |
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| NS, S1, S2 | WILG3001 | Professional Experience Practicum |
Choosing your degree-specific major
General degrees
You must satisfy the requirements of a degree-specific major before you complete your course. The flexible structure of an undergraduate course allows you to try out a number of different subjects to see what interests you before nominating your degree-specific major. You have the choice to either nominate your degree-specific major when you first enrol in the course or delay nominating it until your second year.
To plan the first year of your study without nominating a degree-specific major, you are advised to choose units that will pave the way to two or more degree-specific majors that are of interest to you. For examples of the choice of units available in first year, search the first-year study plans .
To fully understand the structure of an undergraduate course, read the course structure information and the Undergraduate Degree Course Rules.
The following example illustrates how the Business Management degree-specific major can be included in the Bachelor of Business course.
There are more choices open to you. For more examples, search the study plans .
Specialised degrees – Bachelor of Advanced Computer Science (Honours), Bachelor of Automation and Robotics, Bachelor of Environmental Design, Bachelor of Music
You must satisfy the requirements of the degree-specific major in your degree before you complete your course.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Politics and Economics
This comprehensive degree does not require you to choose a degree-specific major.
Choosing a second major
You also have the option to choose a second major from those available in the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Biomedical Science, Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Design Only available to re-enrolling students. and Bachelor of Science courses, giving you the opportunity to pursue your interests no matter how different they are.
For more examples of combinations of majors, search the study plans .