Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Business (BSBB) - BSc BBus

CRICOS code (International applicants): 030305A

This program is offered only to continuing students. No new admissions will be accepted. Students who are interested in this study area should contact us.

Contact us

Current students

Currently enrolled students should contact the appropriate Administration Officer, as follows:

• Biology, Ecology and Conservation, Human Biology, Plant Sciences, Chemistry, Climatology and Physics Majors - telephone + 61 7 4631 1540

• Information Technology, Computing, Mathematics and Statistics Major - telephone + 61 7 4631 1490

• Psychology Major - telephone + 61 7 4631 2803

Email: sciences.enrolment@usq.edu.au or submit a question via USQAssist.

Program focus

This combined degree aims to produce graduates with complementary skills and knowledge in science and business, who are capable of making sound business decisions while practising professionally in their chosen scientific field. The program allows students to gain expertise and knowledge in both the business and science areas without having to undertake two separate degree programs.

Career opportunities

Scientists with professional level business skills. Focus on sciences in a business context with a major in science and a major in one area of business (such as management of human resources, leadership development, or understanding consumer behaviour).

Program aims

The program is designed to produce graduates with complementary skills and knowledge in Science and Business who are capable of making sound business decisions while practising professionally in their chosen scientific field. Graduates will meet the aims and objectives of both the Bachelor of Science and the Bachelor of Business programs.

Admission requirements

Applicants for admission to the program must have satisfied the admission requirements for both the Bachelor of Science and the Bachelor of Business.

International applicants must have met the University's English language requirements or have completed the University's ELICOS/UNIPREP programs .

Program fees

Commonwealth supported place

A Commonwealth supported place is where the Australian Government makes a contribution towards the cost of your higher education and you as a student pay a student contribution amount, which varies depending on the courses undertaken. You are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the Course Fee Finder.

Commonwealth Supported students may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called HECS-HELP.

International full fee paying place

International students pay full fees. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken and whether they are studied on-campus, via distance education/online. You are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the Course Fee Finder.

Program structure

The program contains 32 units structured as follows:

Majors are listed below

Note: At least four units of science courses must be at third level.

Required time limits

Students have a maximum of 9 years to complete this program.

Core courses

The following five core courses will be studied by all candidates.

ACC1101 Accounting for Decision-Making

MGT1000 Organisational Behaviour

LAW1101 Introduction to Law

ECO1000 Economics

STA2300 Data Analysis

Three further core courses must be taken in accordance with the Bachelor of Science major chosen as follows:

Major studies

Science studies

The Science major or majors, can be

one 16-unit major study as defined in the Bachelor of Science chosen from:

• Mathematics and Statistics

• Ecology and Sustainability

• Human Biology

• Plant Science

or one 12-unit major as defined in the Bachelor of Science chosen from:

• Information Technology

• Psychology

or one or two eight-unit discipline based majors as defined in the Bachelor of Science chosen from:

• Biology

• Chemistry

• Computing

• Human Physiology

• Mathematics

• Physics

• Statistics.

Business studies

The Business major or majors can be one or two eight-unit discipline based majors as defined in the Bachelor of Business chosen from:

• Administrative Management

• Human Resource Management

• Supply Chain Management

• Management and Leadership^

• Marketing

• Tourism Management^^

IT requirements

Students should visit the USQ Recommended Hardware and Recommended Software sites to check that their computers are capable of running the appropriate software and versions of Internet web browsers and to check the minimum and recommended standards for software.

Other information

The program is offered jointly by the Faculty of Sciences and Faculty of Business but is administered by the Faculty of Sciences.

Recommended enrolment pattern

Upon accepting a place in the program, students would have informed the Science Program Coordinator telephone +61 7 4631 2226, of the majors they wished to study. In collaboration with appropriate academic staff, a suitable enrolment pattern for individual students would have been constructed (subject to timetabling constraints), students would have been informed of this pattern and enrolled in courses according to this pattern.