The ability to analyse vast quantities of data to extract relevant intelligence for commercial planning has become a highly sought after skill. By combining these two degrees, you’ll gain the leadership and solutions focused thinking of business and commerce backed by crucial skills in data science, helping to future proof your career. You’ll graduate with the skills to analyse, manipulate, model and interpret large data sets using digital platforms and tools, including Python, Tableau, Hadoop and SQL, as well as the knowledge to apply these specialised skills to your business major to uncover patterns and generate valuable insights into business operations and decision making. You’ll also gain work experience through internships and guest lectures, field trips, case study analysis and policy analysis and development. You’ll also have the opportunity to gain experience through placements and exchanges, where you can take on global challenges. Plus, you’ll have access to BusinessPLUS and Sciences PLUS, which offer tailored mentoring, networking and career mapping workshops for your areas of study. For more course information, visit Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Data Science at GU.
Fast-track options are available by studying over three trimesters.
Business: accounting; Asian business; behavioural science; economics; employment relations; events; finance; financial planning; financial crime investigation and compliance; human resource management; innovation and entrepreneurship; international business; logistics and supply chain management; management; marketing; political science and international relations; real estate and property development; sport management; sustainable business; taxation; tourism and travel.
This an indicative only amount for first year fees. For further information refer to http://www.griffith.edu.au/students/enrolment-timetables-fees/paying-your-fees.
For minimum age requirements please visit Institution minimum age requirements
Applicants must meet the minimum age requirements for admission, see the QTAC website for details.
Griffith VET Guarantee and the Year 12 Early Offer Guarantee apply to this program. For more information visit griffith.edu.au/guaranteed-admission.
Any General or Applied English subject (Units 3 and 4, C); General Mathematics or Mathematical Methods (Units 3 and 4, C)
For more information about the ATAR/Selection Rank profile, please visit ATAR/Selection Rank profile explained.
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Highest Rank to receive an offer
Median Rank to receive an offer
Lowest Rank to receive an offer
ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors
89.05
74.60
65.25
ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors
93.05
81.10
69.25
Excluding: The lowest ATAR/Selection Rank to which an offer was made, excluding adjustment factors.
Including: The lowest ATAR/Selection Rank to which an offer was made including any adjustment factors that may have been applied.
For more information about the Student profile, please visit Student profile explained.
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Higher education study
Vocational Education and Training (VET) study
Work and life experience
Recent secondary education
Recent secondary education admitted solely on the basis of ATAR/Rank
Admitted where both ATAR/Rank and additional criteria were considered
Admitted on the basis of other criteria only and ATAR/Rank was not a factor
International students
All students
Number of students
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<5*
0
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<5*
0
<5*
0
5
Percentage of all students
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<5*
0.0%
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<5*
0.0%
<5*
0.0%
100%
* “<5" – the number of students is less than 5
You’ll be prepared for work across a range industries and government where data-driven solutions are critical for strategic planning. You’ll be prepared to work in not-for-profit, government and corporate organisations, as well as start-ups and entrepreneurial enterprises. Depending on your major, you could work across many fields, including as an accountant, economist, in financial planning, in advertising, event management and marketing, international and Asian business specialist, a business owner or entrepreneur, in employment relations, export, human resources management, in tourism and hospitality management, real estate and property development, sport management, in sustainable business and many more.
Depending on your business major, you may be eligible to join the following
professional bodies: Australian Marketing Institute; Australian Human Resources Institute; Australian Market and Social Research Society; Australian Society of Sport Administrators; Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA); Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA); Institute of Public Accountants (IPA); The Tax Institute; Economic Society of Australia (Queensland); Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute; The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply; Pacific Asia Travel Association; Sports Management Association of Australia and New Zealand; Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA). Griffith Business School is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International, ensuring your degree is recognised internationally for its quality. The accounting major is accredited by Chartered Accountants ANZ and CPA Australia. The financial planning major is accredited by the Financial Advisor Standards (FAS). The human resources major is accredited by the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI).
4 years Full time or 8 years Part time