Start Date
February
July

Duration
2 year(s) full-time

Program Code
WTBV

Study as
Full-time or part-time

Entry Requirements
Selection Rank (Internal): .00 (for 2013)
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Prerequisites
None

Assumed Knowledge
None

Aim

This program provide graduates with a fundamental understanding of the skills, knowledge and attributes to successfully plan, operate and manage small to medium enterprises and/or to begin and to build their own business enterprises in productive, yet socially responsible ways.

Content & Structure

The Associate Degree in Business Ventures is a structured program which provides a broad yet fundamental understanding of key business discipline areas through the Division of Business' eight core courses. It also provides a 7 course specialisation sequence in small to medium enterprise management. Students complete the 8 core courses, the 7 course specialisation sequence and an elective choice. A total of 72 units are required to complete the program.

What courses you'll study

Course name Area and cat no. Units Reference  
FIRST YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Accounting for Business ACCT 1008 4.5
Communication and Information Systems in Business BUSS 1058 4.5
Foundations of Business Law COML 1001 4.5
Business and Society BUSS 1057 4.5
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Financial Accounting 1 ACCT 1006 4.5
Quantitative Methods for Business MATH 1053 4.5
Marketing Principles: Trading and Exchange MARK 1010 4.5
Principles of Economics ECON 1008 4.5
SECOND YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Finance and Investment BANK 2005 4.5
Studies in Small Enterprise BUSS 3001 4.5
Enterprise and Business Creation BUSS 3011 4.5
Elective 4.5 Note(s): 3
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Marketing for Services MARK 2026 4.5
Small Business Accounting ACCT 2011 4.5
Management Principles BUSS 1054 4.5
Entrepreneurial Enterprises BUSS 3043 4.5