A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 160 credit points (cp) as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless indicated.
Unit type | Credit Points | Specific requirements |
Core Units (12 units) | 120 cp | Compulsory Core units totalling 120 credit points as detailed below.
ACT501 Accounting Principles ACT502 Management Accounting ACT503 Corporate Accounting ACT504 Auditing ACT505 Accounting Theory ACT506 Accounting Information Systems ECO505 Economics of Sustainability (replaces ECO504 from 2022) FIN510 Aspects of Corporate Finance LAW511 Australian Tax Law LAW513 Corporate Law LAW514 Commercial Law STA510 Business Statistics |
Specialist Elective (3-4 units) | 40 | Students select 40 credit points of specialist elective units from one (1) of the specialisations below. Professional Placement Specialisation Minimum academic performance required WIB601 Business Skill and Professional Communication (unit title change 2022) WIB602 Professional Practice 1 WIB603 Professional Practice 2 (20cp) Advanced Business Research Specialisation (no longer available from S2 2023) Minimum academic performance required BUS801 Business Research Project 1: Literature Review and Research Design (not available from 2023) BUS802 Business Research Project 2: Applied Qualitative Business Research (not available from 2023) BUS803 Business Research Project 3: Applied Quantitative Business Research (not available from 2023) BUS804 Business Research Thesis Proposal (not available from 2023)
Open Specialisation: Students select 40cp from the list below. BUS504 Sustainable Enterprise BUS505 Design Thinking for Sustainable Innovation BUS506 Global Megatrends BUS507 Global Market and Sustainability Strategy ENT501 Sustainable Entrepreneurship FIN503 Finance, Investment and Sustainability MAN514 Management for the Executive MAN516 Resilience Management and Leadership |
| 160 | Total Credit Points |
Course Rules (unless otherwise indicated in the above course structure)
COURSE CHANGES from 2023
The Advanced Business Research specialisation has been discontinued and is no longer available.
COURSE CHANGES from 2022
ECO504 Business Economics will no longer be available
ECO505 Economics of Sustainability has been introduced as a core unit
Students must now complete 40cp of specialist elective units selected from 1 of the specialisations
Students that completed the following Professional Research Project prior to 2022 may still count the units towards specialist electives
WIB608 Professional Business Market Research Project (no longer available from 2022)
WIB609 Professional Business Market Research Project (20cp) (no longer available from 2022)
Students that completed the following Professional Practice Research prior to Semester 2 2017 may still count the units towards specialist electives
WIB601 Business Skill and Professional Communication (unit title changed 2022)
WIB604 Professional Business Project #10 (no longer avail from S2 2017) (previously PRB006)
WIB605 Professional Business Project #20 (no longer avail from S2 2017) (previously PRB007)
COURSE TRANSFER Arrangements 2016
Students who have completed PRBA031, PRBE003, PRBL004 or PRBM022 should NOT transfer to this new course.
Unit Code and Course Requirements from 2016
Following is a summary of unit code changes. ALL students should enrol in the latest unit code from 2016.
Pre-2016 Unit Code (MACPP requirements) | 2016 Unit Code (SPAPP1 requirements) |
PRBA001 Accounting Principles | ACT501 Accounting Principles |
PRBA002 Cost and Management Accounting | ACT502 Management Accounting |
PRBA003 Corporate Accounting | ACT503 Corporate Accounting |
PRBA004 Auditing Corporate Entities | ACT504 Auditing |
PRBA005 Accounting Theory | ACT505 Accounting Theory |
PRBA006 Computer-based Accounting Systems | ACT506 Accounting Information Systems |
PRBA031 Business Communications | Does not count towards the SPACC1 #see note below |
PRBE003 Economics Statistics | Does not count towards the SPACC1 #see note below |
| ECO504 Business Economics (new unit) |
| STA510 Business Statistics (new unit) |
PRBF010 Aspects of Corporate Finance | FIN510 Aspects of Corporate Finance |
PRBL004 Commercial and Corporate Law for Managers | Does not count towards the SPACC1 #see note below |
| LAW514 Commercial Law (new unit) |
| LAW513 Corporate Law (new unit) |
PRBL003 Australian Tax Law | LAW511 Australian Tax Law |
PRBM022 Organisational Behaviour | Does not count towards the SPACC1 #see note below |
PRB001 Professional Practice Experience #10 | WIB601 Business Skill and Professional Communication (unit title changed 2022) |
PRB002 Professional Practice Experience #10 | WIB602 Professional Practice Experience #10 |
PRB003 Professional Practice Experience #20 | WIB603 Professional Practice Experience #20 |
PRB006 Professional Practice Research #10 | WIB604 Professional Business Project #10 (no longer avail from S2 2017) |
PRB007 Professional Practice Research #20 | WIB605 Professional Business Project #20 (no longer avail from S2 2017) |
Additional Information
- Students who have completed #PRBA031 Business Communications, #PRBE003 Economics Statistics, #PRBL004 Commercial and Corporate Law for Managers and/or #PRBM022 Organisational Behaviour should NOT transfer to this new course (SPAPP1) as these units are not transferrable.
- COM510 Advanced Business Communication (previously PRBA031), ECO503 Economic Statistics (previously PRBE003), LAW512 Commercial and Corporate Law (previously PRBL004) and MAN506 Organisational Behaviour (previously PRBM022) DO NOT count towards this award and should not be completed by students enrolled in this course.