Studying the Bachelor of Business degree will give you a broad understanding of Australian and global business environments. Through your courses you will gain practical skills and attributes that are highly valued by employers in a range of business and entrepreneurial disciplines including finance, accounting, economics, politics, marketing, leisure and tourism, the legal system, industrial relations and statistics. Our business graduates go on to exciting, stimulating and lucrative careers in the private, government and not-for-profit sectors in Australia and internationally.

The Newcastle Business School is hands-on and practical in its approach to learning and teaching. You will have the opportunity to gain local and international workplace experience through work integrated learning projects, industry placements and guest lectures from business professionals. Our international immersion and placement opportunities run annually to countries such as China, Fiji and Kenya.

What you will study

When you study a Bachelor of Business degree you will establish a firm understanding of the contemporary business environment and undertake studies in a range of disciplines. You'll have the opportunity to select your courses from eight business-related majors.

In your first year of the business degree you will complete courses from a broad range of disciplines. This initial year of business studies gives you a strong grounding in business principles and equips you with a set of core business development skills before you choose your major. You will develop skills in the following areas:

• accounting
• management
• law
• marketing
• microeconomics
• finance
• business decision making

In the second and third years of your business degree, you'll undertake courses relevant to your chosen specialty. Each of our eight majors provide specialist skills to succeed within that field.

The following list provides some example jobs relevant to graduates majoring in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Some of these jobs may require further study, experience or a combination of both.

• Account Manager
• Brand Manager
• Business Analyst
• Business Development Manager
• Business Intelligence Developer
• Business Process Analyst/Operations Research Analyst
• Business Relationship Manager
• Compliance Officer
• Entrepreneur
• Executive Manager
• Management Consultant
• Managing Director/ General Manager
• Risk Analyst