Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Summary

The Bachelor of Business will introduce you to a broad range of foundation and future-focused business units that will equip you for the jobs of tomorrow in a wide range of industries. In addition, you’ll develop a valuable set of employability skills – leadership, strategic thinking, problem solving, communication, teamwork, and sustainable and ethical thinking – which are highly sought-after in today’s rapidly evolving global business landscape. The Bachelor of Cognitive and Brain Sciences – the only degree of its kind in Australia – will provide you with a strong foundation in the rapidly growing fields of cognitive science, neuroscience and computation, with an emphasis on building your critical-thinking and research skills in areas such as science communication, statistics and programming.

Key features

Undertake projects based on real-world scenarios

Complete authentic assessments that progressively build on course material to develop the business acumen employers want. Study how sustainability is influencing business decision-making

Learn how sustainability concerns are impacting business via a dedicated unit in second year and a capstone project in third year. Learn from active researchers

Study in our Reading Clinic, Perception in Action Research Centre, Centre for Atypical Neurodevelopment and more. Enhance your learning within our unique health precinct

Study within our health precinct, which includes behavioural, cognition and language acquisition laboratories and clinics.

Career Outcomes

Professions

Administration manager

Brand manager

Business development manager

Business strategist

Computer resource specialist

Data analyst

Entrepreneur

Front-end developer

Legal research analyst

Management consultant

Market researcher

Marketing consultant

Medical researcher

Public or community sector manager

Recruitment consultant

Research scientist

Science communication officer

Science journalist

Software engineer

Technical writer

Employers

Banks and financial institutions

Educational institutions

Government agencies and departments

Human resource consultancies

Management consulting firms

Marketing and public relations firms

Media, creative or communications agencies

Multinational corporations

Not-for-profit organisations

Private and public-sector organisations

Recruitment agencies

Research institutes

Start-ups

Universities