Subjects overview
This program can be completed in 8 months (2 semesters)
This program can be completed in 8 months (2 semesters)
Students must complete three (3) subjects
In this subject students will be introduced to critical thinking and clear expression. They will evaluate arguments, identify assumptions, judge patterns of inference, and recognise and apply various methods of reasoning. Students will learn how to clarify and visually represent their thinking to make better decisions, evaluate and use evidence, and communicate more effectively in their writing and speaking. Using these skills, students will structure and write an academic essay and deliver an oral presentation.
Read moreThis subject is designed to help Bond students develop the intrapersonal and interpersonal skills to function effectively as individual contributors, team players and leaders in diverse social contexts. These collaborative skills are essential to all students’ personal and professional lives in any current or future profession. Students will gain a greater understanding of their personality, values, emotions, perceptions and related attributes, and develop an appreciation of the diversity of these characteristics in others. This perspective is required to work effectively in diverse multi-disciplinary groups and to develop the followership and leadership behaviours that are highly valued in contemporary organisations. Finally, students will develop a structured, self-directed approach to their ongoing learning as a capable individual, effective collaborator, and global citizen.
Read moreThe subject fosters a lifelong commitment to responsible discourse and action in all spheres of human interaction. Using applied case-based approach, students will gain the critical tools to effectively respond to the moral challenges in their personal, civic, professional and global contexts. After developing a critical vocabulary and problem-solving toolkit for addressing issues of responsibility and right action, students explore a broad range of real-world, contemporary problems. Through the consideration of these problems, students are encouraged to reflect on, develop and articulate a response to the problem, outline how they can act upon their judgement, and justify their decision making. The subject explores issues of responsible decision making in many cultural, professional and political contexts specifically in the areas of civil society, science, business, media, technology, culture and the law. Topics remain flexible to reflect the dynamic nature of questions of responsibility and right action in the 21st century.
Read moreTo keep up with the ever-changing work landscape, we aim to help our students future-proof their careers by developing broader employability skills that are actively sought out by employers. Unique to our University, Beyond Bond is a compulsory professional development program with a practical, activity-based approach that is integrated into all undergraduate degrees.
Students must complete the following forty credit points (40CP) of subjects.
Marketing is the art and science of understanding and satisfying customer needs by creating value for both the customer and the marketer. Facilitating these exchanges requires several interrelated processes and activities, including market research, market segmentation, product, pricing, promotional strategies and distribution. In this introductory subject, you will explore the various theories and frameworks of marketing and learn to apply them to marketing phenomena around you.
Read moreThis subject provides a broad and important foundation in key accounting concepts, tools, and processes of the discipline. Students iwll learn to apply fundamental accounting concepts and procedures to prepare and interpret basic financial statements for different typesof business entities. Both manual and computerised accounting systems are used to demonstrate the accounting process. Users of financial information and the decisions they make based on accounting information are considered throughout the subject.
Read moreThis subject provides students with the opportunity to bring their Quantitative Mathematics skills up to a standard that is required for future Business subjects at Bond University. It also provides new material that is essential to the understanding of business-related problems. Topics that are covered in this subject include algebraic expressions; formulating and solving linear equations and inequalities from word problems; properties of functions (including straight line, quadratic, exponential and logarithmic).
Read moreThis subject will provide students with the basic academic skills required to undertake tertiary study. Students will be introduced to the areas of research, essay writing, report writing and referencing, and will workshop and develop these skills through a series of focused activities. Further, students will develop a portfolio connecting their academic skills development to the development of transferrable skills for ongoing university study and beyond to the workplace.
Read moreStudents must choose one (1) of the following pathways, 10 credit points of subjects (10CP)
Students pathwaying to Bachelor of International Hotel and Tourism Management or Bachelor of Sport Management are required to take Business Law.
Students pathwaying to Bachelor of International Hotel and Tourism Management or Bachelor of Sport Management must complete the following ten credit points (10CP) of subjects. .
Students pathwaying to BBus, BCom or BBus Data Analytics need this structure for the subject Principles of Economics.
Students must complete the following ten credit points (10CP) of subjects.
Take the guess work out of planning your study schedule. Your program's study plan has been carefully curated to provide a clear guide on the sequential subjects to be studied in each semester of your program. Your study plan is designed around connected subject themes to equip you with the fundamental knowledge required as you progress through your course.