Introduction
With this degree you will be equipped with skills that meet the demands of business including developing communication and engagement skills, building networks, adopting a commercial mindset, understanding project management and mastering critical thinking and problem solving.
This course can be your launching pad for a successful career in business management; learn how to manage a business, or to start your own.
Management roles are essential to all organisations. The intense speed of change in technology and the increasing pressure on companies to perform effectively in a globally competitive environment means there are new demands on managers to be innovative in their management and business opportunity practices.
The Bachelor of Business (Management) provides students with an opportunity to develop valuable analytical and practical skills. The course offers studies of management theory and practice combined with entrepreneurial themes and trends in emerging countries, behaviours, processes and skills and how these relate to new venture creation, corporate enterprise, social entrepreneurship and the management of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Our Bachelor of Business (Management) offers choice and flexibility, with the option to combine Management with a second major from Hospitality & Tourism Management, International Business, Marketing and Sports & Events Management. You have an option to combine any two fields of interest from a diverse range of study areas, and you can change your choices at any time in your first year.
Career Outcomes
As a graduate of this major, you can pursue a broad range of careers including business consultant, business manager, entrepreneur, administrative office and senior management roles such as strategic planning and operations management.
Curriculum Overview
Programme Structure
Course Structure
3 trimesters per year (normally 4 subjects per trimester)
Core Subjects
- Accounting for Decision Making
- Economics for Sustainable Business
- Business Data Analysis and Interpretation
- Business, Environment and Society in the Tropics
- Contemporary Business Communications
- Managing Consumer Markets
- Business Law
- plus one of the following:
- Professional Internship*
- Multidisciplinary Project
- Independent Project
*where applicable
Major Subjects
(8 subjects)
- Managing People
- Operations Management
- Project Management
- Research and Decision Making for Business
- Organisational Behaviour
- Management Accounting for Non-Accountants
- Strategic Entrepreneurship
- Management and Leadership
Minor Subjects (4 subjects from one of the following areas)
- Accounting
- Management
- Marketing
- Tourism Management
- Financial Management
Note: If a single major is selected
English for Academic Purposes can be chosen as an elective subject.
Entry Requirements
Entry Requirements
- The entrance requirements differ from country to country but in general applicants must have satisfactorily completed 12 years of schooling or equivalent.
- Successful completion of the James Cook University Singapore Foundation Program will also satisfy the entrance requirement.
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- IELTS 6.0 (no component lower than 6.0)/TOEFL iBT 79 (with minimum writing score of 19) and above; or
- Satisfactory completion of James Cook University Singapore English Language Preparatory Program (ELPP).
- Students who have successfully completed 2 years of full-time study in English medium may satisfy the English Language Requirement
Advanced Standing
- Advanced standing of up to 8 subjects will be granted upon successful completion of James Cook University Diploma of Higher Education (Business Studies) program.
- Credit exemption may be granted for students with tertiary qualifications from recognised institutions on a case-by-case basis.
Attendance Requirements
International students holding a valid Student's Pass are required to attend at least 90% of scheduled classes per month. Failure to attend classes is a breach of the student visa conditions. Being absent from classes for a continuous period of seven days or more, or attendance falling below 90% without valid reasons will result in the student needing to surrender their Student's Pass for cancellation.
Domestic students must attend at least 75% of the scheduled lecture and tutorial activities to be eligible for assessment.
Duration & Intake
Programme Duration
Start dates
March, July, November
Duration
2 years full time
Fees & Funding
Tuition Fees
Domestic* |
International |
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S$53,928 |
S$56,496 |
*Fees apply to all Singapore residents (Singapore Citizens, Permanent Residents and all pass holders excluding those holding a Student Pass)
Note: All course fees include prevailing 7% Goods and Services Tax (GST)