Bachelor of Business
at Charles Darwin University, Northern Territory.
A three-year business degree at CDU's Danala precinct in Darwin and online. CDU's course page reports a lowest selection rank of 68.35 for its most recent ATAR-based offers but does not state the intake year, so no year is shown. The minimum entry requirement is an ATAR of 60. No Year 12 prerequisites.
Lowest selection rank
CDU has not published a lowest selection rank for this course for recent intakes. That usually means too few ATAR-based offers were made to report one, or that selection also uses a portfolio, audition, interview or other criteria. Check the current entry requirements on the official course page.
Prerequisite Year 12 subjects
No formal Year 12 subject prerequisites; assumed knowledge may still apply.
What you will study
Core business units build communication, presentation, problem-solving and innovative thinking skills, followed by a major in marketing, management, entrepreneurship, human resource management, accounting or financial management; a major can be combined with a minor.
Career outcomes
- Graduates work as graduate analysts, marketing coordinators and HR officers across small-business and corporate employers.
- Common destinations include retail-banking graduate programmes, FMCG marketing rotations and management consulting boutiques.
- Many alumni progress into business development, brand management and operations leadership roles within five years.
Typical first jobs
- Marketing coordinator
- Human-resources officer
- Small-business operations manager
- Retail and hospitality management trainee
- NT Government graduate (business stream)
- Project officer in a community-services or tourism organisation
After graduation
Graduates work in management, marketing, HR, accounting and finance roles in local and global contexts, or continue to postgraduate business study.
Is this the right degree for you?
You probably thrive here if
- You want broad business literacy rather than narrow accounting focus
- You are interested in small-business, tourism or trade in northern Australia
- You can work effectively in mixed online and face-to-face team projects
- You want flexibility to combine work with study
- You are comfortable in classes with mature-age and international peers
It is probably not for you if
- You want a fully quantitative finance or actuarial pathway
- You dislike group assessment and team-based projects
- You want a large CBD campus with daily peer presence
- You prefer a lock-step accounting accreditation route
Careers this leads to
Australian career pathways that name this Bachelor of Business as an entry route. Each page shows uni, TAFE and apprenticeship alternatives.
Sources
Course details are summarised by ExamExplained, not copied from the university. Confirm course content and selection ranks on the Charles Darwin University website and on SATAC before applying.