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Bachelor of Business Administration An innovative degree for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
UTS acknowledges the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation and the Boorooberongal People of the Dharug Nation upon whose ancestral lands our campuses stand. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.
Bachelor of Business Administration
Why UTS Business School
UTS Business School is an urban treehouse in the heart of the city.
The only Frank Gehry-designed building in Australia, it is more than just
a physical space, its unconventional design reflects our unique approach
to business education. At UTS, you’ll get a little something different.
STUDY BUSINESS WHERE IT WE’VE GOT THE RIGHT
HAPPENS CONNECTIONS
Rub shoulders with the best – the Industry expertise informs everything
Business School sits at the nexus of we do. We work closely with leading
Australia’s leading business, creative and practitioners and organisations to
entrepreneurial precincts. blend academic rigour with real-world
application in all our courses. Live case
WE’RE ACCREDITED studies, guest lectures and collaborative
We’re one of just a handful of business projects will bring your theoretical learning
schools to be accredited by the to life.
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools
of Business – the highest standard of Our Industry Advisory Board is comprised
achievement in our field. of entrepreneurs, company directors and
leading executives who work with us on
the strategic direction for the School.
WE’RE KNOWN FOR TEACHING
EXCELLENCE
We’re great at teaching – but don’t just
take our word for it. Our academic staff
are at the top of their game, and we’ve
received Australian Awards for Teaching.
The Jumbunna Institute for
Indigenous Education and Research
The Jumbunna Institute supports the Jumbunna Student Support staff provide
academic aspirations of Aboriginal and/ services to help students achieve
or Torres Strait Islander students at their educational goals. The Learning
UTS. Jumbunna’s vision is to create a Development (LD) team provides one-to-
place where all Indigenous Australians one and small group tutorials to assist
can access education, in a place that students in their development of academic
recognises their social, cultural and writing, referencing and presentation
emotional well-being. skills. These are delivered face to face
during block and via email and Skype
throughout the academic year.
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UTS Business School
Bachelor of Business
Administration (BBA)
EMPOWERING A FUTURE CAREER PATH
Duration: 3 years (6 sessions) The BBA builds upon your current skills and professionalism,
enabling you to take responsibility for empowering your own
Teaching Mode: Intensive (3 x 1 week blocks per career paths, and to become exceptional managers, strong
session) leaders and change agents of the future within the wider
Australian community.
Entry Requirements: Application via Jumbunna
Institute for Indigenous Education and Research The course will help enable you to:
Location: UTS city campus –– Apply the technical skills necessary for professional practice
in business
–– Develop and employ an informed professional approach to
business and the management of organisations, with extensive
business knowledge across a broad range of positions in both
WHAT IS THE BBA? Indigenous and non-Indigenous contexts
The BBA is an exciting away-from-base degree designed for –– Acquire new skills in locating, designing, implementing
Indigenous Australian professionals wishing to gain a degree and evaluating business opportunities and development
qualification whilst working in their home community. programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and
organisations
This applied project-based course recognises and builds upon
a participants’ current workforce expertise and Indigenous –– Apply high level theory to practice in business and the
community knowledge. It is an ideal degree for those wanting to management of organisations
further their careers in business, management and leadership. –– Develop the personal capacity to be assertive in your approach
to personal development
WHO IS THE BBA FOR?
Students selected to participate in the BBA will be: –– Be knowledgeable of the rights and perspectives of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander People in relation to business
–– those currently employed within a range of sectors including practice > Demonstrate high level communication and self-
private, public and community based organisations from reflection skills through the preparation of written and oral
around Australia presentations to a variety of audiences
or –– Develop an awareness of the social, cultural, environmental
and financial obligations that guide ethically responsible
–– those with previous work or study experience with a
decisions in business
demonstrated commitment to learning.
WHY CHOOSE THE BBA?
–– build upon your current workforce expertise and Indigenous
community knowledge
–– gain the skills to manage enterprises and organisations of the
future taking into account Indigenous perspectives, cultural
diversity and ethical standards
–– benefit from the intensive mode of delivery, enabling you (with
your employer’s support), to maintain full-time employment
while studying
–– learn in a supportive, cohort-based study environment and
collaborate with other Indigenous people who are business
administrators, managers and leaders in their own right
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Bachelor of Business Administration
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UTS Business School
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
COURSE STRUCTURE EXIT POINTS
Students complete 6 modules, each Exit points have been designed for
HOW THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT
comprising 4 subjects. The course students who may be unable to complete
The BBA is structured as an intensive incorporates project subjects in each the full bachelor’s degree. Upon
based program with students of the modules which are designed to successful completion of the first 3
attending classes at UTS three times challenge, consolidate and thoroughly modules, students may exit the program
per session for a week at a time. It is deepen students’ understanding of with a Diploma in Business Administration,
expected that students will be highly the core business functions, how they or with successful completion of the
independent and self-motivated all interrelate, and are applied in the first 4 modules, students may exit with
learners able to maintain their study workplace or business settings. an Advanced Diploma in Business
commitments while away from UTS. Administration.
Module 1
The first module, Integrating Business
Skills, introduces the various core
business disciplines including accounting,
finance, economics and marketing,
in an interdisciplinary setting. The
objectives of this module are to introduce
students to the business landscape,
the interrelationships of the various
business functions and the contributions
to the value of the firm and society more
broadly. The module also introduces the
development of generic skills, including
written, oral communication and team
work skills.
Modules 2-5
These modules develop business
management skills that align directly with
the core functions of an organisation,
namely:
–– the management of the organisation
and organisational structure;
–– the management of people and the
development of human capital;
–– the management and oversight of the
organisation’s financial resources
including sources of funding; and
–– the management of its operations
and supply chain including the
consideration of financial and other
operational risks an organisation may
typically be faced with.
Module 6
The final module, Managing Innovation,
brings together the knowledge developed
throughout the course in the context of
new venture creation and entrepreneurial
activity.
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Bachelor of Business Administration
SESSION MODULE Subjects Exit point Exit point Exit point
YEAR 1 Module 1: Principles of Money and Finance
Session 1 Integrating
Business Skills
The Business Environment
Diploma in Business Administration
Principles of Marketing
Advanced Diploma in Business Administration
Contemporary Issues in the Indigenous Context
(PROJECT)
YEAR 1 Module 2: Managing People and Work
Session 2 Managing People
Negotiations : Theory and Practice
Performance Management Theory
and Practice
Bachelor of Business Administration
People Management (PROJECT)
YEAR 2 Module 3: The Economic and Social Landscape
Session 1 Managing
Financial Resources
Accounting for Managerial Practice
Investment and Financing Decisions
Resource Development (PROJECT)
YEAR 2 Module 4: Understanding Organisations
Session 2 Managing
Organisations
Advocacy and Social Change
Sustainable Value Creation
Government, Community and
Organisations (PROJECT)
YEAR 3 Module 5: Operations Management
Session 1 Managing
Operations
Supply Chain Management
Enterprise Risk Management
Business Operations and Risk
Management (PROJECT)
YEAR 3 Module 6: Opportunity Recognition and Ideation
Session 2 Managing
Innovation
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Competitive Positioning
Business Model Generation (PROJECT)
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UTS Business School
SHANNON ALLWRIGHT
Aboriginal Workforce Development Consultant
– NSW Health
2016 BBA Intake
“The block release is an ideal way in balancing work
and study commitments. Rather than undertaking a
degree online I’ve found it far more effective in attending
UTS and being exposed to hands on and face-to-face
interaction. As a mature aged intake, everyone has
ILANA FOSTER
different experiences and a wealth of knowledge to which Project Support Officer -
we can all share. My experience with UTS and the lecturers Torres Strait Regional Authority
delivering the training so far has been fantastic. Coming 2016 BBA Intake
from a regional town in the Northern Territory, with limited
“I definitely appreciate the size of the group. It makes it
employment and education, UTS has set the foundation
easier to have that one-on-one relationship with your
for greater career opportunities. My ambition is to be
lecturers. It also makes it more personal, getting along
a role model for my family, the greater community and
with you classmates – we’re pushing each other and
anyone seeking in undertaking a business degree.”
supporting each other to get through it. And the content
is interesting. I don’t really face these types of subjects
in the work that I do, so I’m learning quickly. I would
Our
definitely recommend the BBA. Just from working through
the first few blocks, it’s become lot more apparent to
me how unique this program is for Indigenous people.
I’m just really glad I have the opportunity to take part in
this course!”
students
MALCOLM LYNCH
Indigenous Outreach Officer – UTS
2018 BBA Intake
“I have a strong interest in Business, especially within sport
and communities. The opportunity to further my business
knowledge in these areas and more broadly, along with the
block study mode meant the BBA was a great course for me.
It’s definitely challenging, however having a small cohort
means there are greater opportunities for interaction and
collaboration with both other students and academic staff.
The best part of the degree is being able to apply what we
learn in the classroom to what we’re doing at work. If you’re
willing to put in 100% and are keen to give back to the
community, this is definitely the degree for you.”
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Bachelor of Business Administration
Our graduates
CHRISTIAN HAMPSON
Manager – Heritage Near Me Program
Office of Environment and Heritage
“If you’re a person that wants to challenge yourself to do
something for your community, but also has the motivation to
learn new skills, you need to do this degree. The coursework
is challenging, but very practical and relevant. Because of
my job as a manager already I was able to bring things I learnt
back into my workplace. That’s what I liked about it – it was
relevant to what I was doing at the time and where I wanted to
be in the future.”
NAOMI BROOM
Business Analyst – Macquarie Group
“The cohort is great because you find people from different
areas, and the experience they bring with them is amazing,
because you get to learn from what they have. Whether or
not they’re younger or older, they have all these different
experiences that they bring to the class. I really do believe
that we had a support network between each other. If a
student was struggling, then they knew that they could CLARENCE SLOCKEE
turn to another student for help. I like a challenge, and the Team Leader – Barangaroo Delivery Authority
best thing is knowing that I was capable of undertaking
full time work and uni. It may be a struggle, but I know that “I was looking for something that would help me get to a
I was strong enough to be self-disciplined and do what I higher managerial role, and the way that the course is
had to do.” designed, and the fact that it is a cohort group on block
mode was the appealing thing for me.
The knowledge that you pick up through the BBA only
serves to better where you are now, or where you want to
be in the future. I can’t speak highly enough of it.”
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UTS Business School
DEAN JARETT
Casual Academic
“I teach Managing People and Work as well as
the Capstone subject People Management.
The BBA offers mature aged Indigenous
people an opportunity to collectively
learn and contribute to critical business
and management concepts. This for me
is very exciting, because in my subjects,
students are encouraged to inspire each
TOM EVANS other to create new and innovative ways to
Manager Indigenous Programs tackle issues and challenges, not only for
themselves, but for their workplaces and
“The BBA has been designed specifically for
their home communities as well.”
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people and
Dean is a researcher and PhD Candidate at UTS. He is a
delivered with the Indigenous experience proud Aboriginal man with strong kinship connections
in mind. The block mode delivery provides with Gumbaynggirr, Gurreng Gurreng and Boonthamurra
impact learning and gives students flexibility peoples. His research focus is on comparatively
between work, family and community considering relational trends in supplier diversity for
commitments. Indigenous Australian and Native American businesses.
He was awarded the 2015 Fulbright Scholarship,
The course encourages students to bring Indigenous Postgraduate to support his research
their workforce knowledge and experience while being hosted at the American Indian Studies
into the classroom so it can be shared with Department at the University of Arizona in 2016. Dean
is a Director with consulting firm, Global Professional
other students. This collaborative approach
Services International and has around 15 years’
drives discussion and sharing of knowledge experience working within third sector organisations in
which in turn helps the individual build middle and senior management roles.
capacities within their communities.”
A Business School alumnus, Tom graduated from the
Master of Management in 2013. He has extensive
experience in managing an Aboriginal & Torres Strait
Islander not-for-profit organisation. He has experience
working in partnership with Corporate Australia and
Government (local, state and federal) in developing and
engaging with Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander youth.
Tom has worked throughout Australia delivering sporting
and personal development programs for Aboriginal &
Torres Strait Islander children.
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How to apply
Admission to the BBA takes place
through the Jumbunna Pathways Program,
administered by the Jumbunna Institute in
collaboration with UTS Business School.
APPLICATION MORE INFORMATION
The Pathways Program offers prospective For any further information please visit:
students an opportunity to demonstrate bba.uts.edu.au, or contact:
their capability for tertiary study through
Thomas Evans
an assessment and interview process.
Indigenous Programs Manager
Selection is also based on life experience,
UTS Business School
prior education and professional work
(02) 9514 4020
experience. Motivation to study and
Thomas.Evans@uts.edu.au
commitment to complete a tertiary degree
is also taken into account. APPLICATION DATES
Application forms can be found online at Application are online and conducted
bba.uts.edu.au through the Jumbunna Institute for
Indigenous Education and Research.
Please note that an ATAR or completion Applications open May and close in
of year 12 is not a pre-requisite. October each year.
AWAY-FROM-BASE STUDY
To be eligible for enrollment for Away-
from-Base study, students must be in
receipt of regular Abstudy payments or Disclaimer: The information in this brochure
eligible to claim the incidental allowance is correct as of June 2018. Changes in
(non – means tested). Please refer to the circumstances after this date may alter the
accuracy or currency of the information. UTS
Commonwealth Government’s Abstudy reserves the right to alter any matter described
website for the eligibility criteria at in this brochure without notice. Readers are
humanservices.gov.au/individuals/ responsible for verifying information that
services/centrelink/abstudy pertains to them by contacting the university.
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bba.uts.edu.au
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