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    SPUC-SMBUS

    Small Business Start-Up

    Undergraduate specialisation

    Learn the fundamentals of starting and growing your own business from the ground up.

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    Course outline
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      Small Business Start-Up Specialisation
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      Credit

      A full-time study load usually consists of 200 credits (approximately eight units) per year, with 100 credits (approximately four units) in each semester.
      100
    Course outline

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    This course belongs to multiple degrees. Select the single degree or double degree below to see the application deadlines.

    Bachelor of Business Administration Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Innovation Bachelor of Advanced Commerce (Honours)
    Course outline
    Small Business Start-Up

    Outline

    Outline

    This specialisation is ideal for enterprising people who want to start their own business and will complement most undergraduate degrees at Curtin.

    You'll learn the processes of establishing a business and work with real-world small businesses to help them grow through a consultancy-based project.

    In your final semester, you’ll work on a simulated consultancy project to road-test your skills.

    Graduates from this specialisation tend to move into self-employment or go on to help other small businesses scale and grow.

    What jobs can the Small Business Start-Up course lead to?

    Careers

    • Business manager
    • Business owner
    • Business partner

    Industries

    • Retail and wholesale
    • Advertising and communications
    • Services
    • Manufacturing
    • Leisure and tourism
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    • Curtin course code: SPUC-SMBUS
    • Last updated on: 4 November 2024

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    Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Specialisations

    Business specialisations available in the BBA:

    1. Accounting for Business Decisions Specialisation
    2. Business Law and Policy Specialisation
    3. Business Project Management Specialisation
    4. Business Strategy Specialisation
    5. Corporate Governance Specialisation
    6. Social Media and Digital Marketing Specialisation
    7. Supply Chain and Marketing Distribution Specialisation
    8. Event Management Specialisation
    9. Fashion Marketing Specialisation
    10. Information Systems in Business Specialisation
    11. International Management Specialisation
    12. Marketing Foundations Specialisation
    13. Property Investment Specialisation
    14. Public Relations Specialisation
    15. Small Business Start-Up Specialisation
    16. Social Leadership and Ethics Specialisation
    17. Taxation Law Specialisation
    18. The Business of Advertising Specialisation
    19. Tourism and Hospitality Essentials Specialisation
    20. User Experience for Business Optimisation Specialisation
    21. Workforce Management Specialisation

    Specialisations available from Humanities and Science:

    1. Actuarial Financial Mathematics Specialisation
    2. Advertising Design Specialisation
    3. Animation and Game Design Specialisation
    4. Anthropology and Sociology Specialisation
    5. Asian Studies Specialisation
    6. Chinese Language Specialisation
    7. Construction Management Specialisation
    8. Creative Writing Specialisation
    9. Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
    10. Designing Fashion Specialisation
    11. Digital Design Specialisation
    12. Digital and Social Media Specialisation
    13. English and Cultural Studies Specialisation
    14. Environmental Planning Specialisation
    15. Fashion Design Specialisation
    16. Fashion Marketing Specialisation
    17. Fine Art Specialisation
    18. Geography Specialisation
    19. Graphic Design Specialisation
    20. Graphics Specialisation
    21. History Specialisation
    22. Illustration Specialisation
    23. Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
    24. Interior Architecture Specialisation
    25. International Development Specialisation
    26. Journalism Specialisation
    27. Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
    28. Photography Specialisation
    29. Principles of Planning Specialisation
    30. Professional Writing Specialisation
    31. Screen Production Specialisation
    32. Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
    33. Social Justice Specialisation
    34. Surveying and Spatial Sciences Specialisation
    35. Theatre Arts Specialisation
    36. Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
    37. Web Media Specialisation
    38. Web Presence Specialisation

    Bachelor of Commerce Specialisations

    Business specialisations:

    1. Accounting for Business Decisions Specialisation
    2. Applied Finance Specialisation
    3. Banking Specialisation
    4. Business Law and Policy Specialisation
    5. Business Project Management Specialisation
    6. Business Strategy Specialisation
    7. Corporate Governance Specialisation
    8. Social Media and Digital Marketing Specialisation
    9. Employment Relations Specialisation
    10. Event Management Specialisation
    11. Fashion Marketing Specialisation
    12. Information Systems in Business Specialisation
    13. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Specialisation
    14. International Management Specialisation
    15. Marketing Foundations Specialisation
    16. Property Investment Specialisation
    17. Public Relations Specialisation
    18. Small Business Start-Up Specialisation
    19. Social Leadership and Ethics Specialisation
    20. Supply Chain and Marketing Distribution Specialisation
    21. Taxation Law Specialisation
    22. The Business of Advertising Specialisation
    23. Tourism and Hospitality Essentials Specialisation
    24. User Experience for Business Optimisation Specialisation
    25. Workforce Management Specialisation

    Specialisations available from Humanities and Science:

    1. Actuarial Financial Mathematics Specialisation
    2. Advertising Design Specialisation
    3. Animation and Game Design Specialisation
    4. Anthropology and Sociology Specialisation
    5. Asian Studies Specialisation
    6. Chinese Language Specialisation
    7. Construction Management Specialisation
    8. Corporate Screen Production Specialisation
    9. Creative Writing Specialisation
    10. Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
    11. Designing Fashion Specialisation
    12. Digital Design Specialisation
    13. Digital and Social Media Specialisation
    14. English and Cultural Studies Specialisation
    15. Environmental Planning Specialisation
    16. Fashion Design Specialisation
    17. Fine Art Specialisation
    18. Geography Specialisation
    19. Graphic Design Specialisation
    20. Graphics Specialisation
    21. History Specialisation
    22. Illustration Specialisation
    23. Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
    24. Interior Architecture Specialisation
    25. International Development Specialisation
    26. Journalism Specialisation
    27. Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
    28. Photography Specialisation
    29. Principles of Planning Specialisation
    30. Professional Writing Specialisation
    31. Screen Production Specialisation
    32. Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
    33. Social Justice Specialisation
    34. Surveying and Spatial Sciences Specialisation
    35. Theatre Arts Specialisation
    36. Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
    37. Web Media Specialisation
    38. Web Presence Specialisation

    Bachelor of Innovation Specialisations

    Business specialisations:

    1. Accounting for Business Decisions Specialisation
    2. Business Law and Policy Specialisation
    3. Business Project Management Specialisation
    4. Business Strategy Specialisation
    5. Corporate Governance Specialisation
    6. Social Media and Digital Marketing Specialisation
    7. Event Management Specialisation
    8. Fashion Marketing Specialisation
    9. Information Systems in Business Specialisation
    10. International Management Specialisation
    11. Marketing Foundations Specialisation
    12. Property Investment Specialisation
    13. Public Relations Specialisation
    14. Small Business Start-Up Specialisation
    15. Social Leadership and Ethics Specialisation
    16. Supply Chain and Marketing Distribution Specialisation
    17. Taxation Law Specialisation
    18. The Business of Advertising Specialisation
    19. Tourism and Hospitality Essentials Specialisation
    20. User Experience for Business Optimisation Specialisation

    Specialisations available from Humanities, Science and the Centre for Aboriginal Studies:

    1. Advertising Design Specialisation
    2. Animation and Game Design Specialisation
    3. Asian Studies Specialisation
    4. Biological Diversity Minor
    5. Climate Change Science Minor
    6. Construction Management Specialisation
    7. Corporate Screen Production Specialisation
    8. Creative Writing Specialisation
    9. Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
    10. Designing Fashion Specialisation
    11. Digital and Social Media Specialisation
    12. Environmental Management Minor
    13. Environmental Planning Specialisation
    14. Fashion Design Specialisation
    15. Fine Art Specialisation
    16. Food Science Minor
    17. Forensic Studies Minor
    18. Geophysics Minor
    19. Geospatial Technology Minor
    20. Go Global – Internship Specialisation 1
    21. Go Practice – Internship Specialisation 1
    22. Graphic Design Specialisation
    23. Graphics Specialisation
    24. Illustration Specialisation
    25. Indigenous Australian Cultural Studies Specialisation
    26. Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
    27. Interior Architecture Specialisation
    28. International Development Specialisation
    29. Landscape Restoration Minor
    30. Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
    31. Mapping and Land Planning Minor
    32. Metallurgy Minor
    33. Mining Minor
    34. Optimisation Minor
    35. Photography Specialisation
    36. Principles of Planning Specialisation
    37. Screen Production Specialisation
    38. Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
    39. Social Justice Specialisation
    40. Strategic Studies Specialisation
    41. Theatre Arts Specialisation
    42. Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
    43. Web Media Specialisation
    44. Web Presence Specialisation

    Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Specialisations

    Business specialisations available in the BBA:

    1. Accounting for Business Decisions Specialisation
    2. Business Law and Policy Specialisation
    3. Business Project Management Specialisation
    4. Business Strategy Specialisation
    5. Corporate Governance Specialisation
    6. Social Media and Digital Marketing Specialisation
    7. Supply Chain and Marketing Distribution Specialisation
    8. Event Management Specialisation
    9. Fashion Marketing Specialisation
    10. Information Systems in Business Specialisation
    11. International Management Specialisation
    12. Marketing Foundations Specialisation
    13. Property Investment Specialisation
    14. Public Relations Specialisation
    15. Small Business Start-Up Specialisation
    16. Social Leadership and Ethics Specialisation
    17. Taxation Law Specialisation
    18. The Business of Advertising Specialisation
    19. Tourism and Hospitality Essentials Specialisation
    20. User Experience for Business Optimisation Specialisation
    21. Workforce Management Specialisation

    Specialisations available from Humanities and Science:

    1. Actuarial Financial Mathematics Specialisation
    2. Advertising Design Specialisation
    3. Animation and Game Design Specialisation
    4. Anthropology and Sociology Specialisation
    5. Asian Studies Specialisation
    6. Chinese Language Specialisation
    7. Construction Management Specialisation
    8. Creative Writing Specialisation
    9. Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
    10. Designing Fashion Specialisation
    11. Digital Design Specialisation
    12. Digital and Social Media Specialisation
    13. English and Cultural Studies Specialisation
    14. Environmental Planning Specialisation
    15. Fashion Design Specialisation
    16. Fashion Marketing Specialisation
    17. Fine Art Specialisation
    18. Geography Specialisation
    19. Graphic Design Specialisation
    20. Graphics Specialisation
    21. History Specialisation
    22. Illustration Specialisation
    23. Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
    24. Interior Architecture Specialisation
    25. International Development Specialisation
    26. Journalism Specialisation
    27. Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
    28. Photography Specialisation
    29. Principles of Planning Specialisation
    30. Professional Writing Specialisation
    31. Screen Production Specialisation
    32. Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
    33. Social Justice Specialisation
    34. Surveying and Spatial Sciences Specialisation
    35. Theatre Arts Specialisation
    36. Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
    37. Web Media Specialisation
    38. Web Presence Specialisation

    Bachelor of Commerce Specialisations

    Business specialisations:

    1. Accounting for Business Decisions Specialisation
    2. Applied Finance Specialisation
    3. Banking Specialisation
    4. Business Law and Policy Specialisation
    5. Business Project Management Specialisation
    6. Business Strategy Specialisation
    7. Corporate Governance Specialisation
    8. Social Media and Digital Marketing Specialisation
    9. Employment Relations Specialisation
    10. Event Management Specialisation
    11. Fashion Marketing Specialisation
    12. Information Systems in Business Specialisation
    13. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Specialisation
    14. International Management Specialisation
    15. Marketing Foundations Specialisation
    16. Property Investment Specialisation
    17. Public Relations Specialisation
    18. Small Business Start-Up Specialisation
    19. Social Leadership and Ethics Specialisation
    20. Supply Chain and Marketing Distribution Specialisation
    21. Taxation Law Specialisation
    22. The Business of Advertising Specialisation
    23. Tourism and Hospitality Essentials Specialisation
    24. User Experience for Business Optimisation Specialisation
    25. Workforce Management Specialisation

    Specialisations available from Humanities and Science:

    1. Actuarial Financial Mathematics Specialisation
    2. Advertising Design Specialisation
    3. Animation and Game Design Specialisation
    4. Anthropology and Sociology Specialisation
    5. Asian Studies Specialisation
    6. Chinese Language Specialisation
    7. Construction Management Specialisation
    8. Corporate Screen Production Specialisation
    9. Creative Writing Specialisation
    10. Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
    11. Designing Fashion Specialisation
    12. Digital Design Specialisation
    13. Digital and Social Media Specialisation
    14. English and Cultural Studies Specialisation
    15. Environmental Planning Specialisation
    16. Fashion Design Specialisation
    17. Fine Art Specialisation
    18. Geography Specialisation
    19. Graphic Design Specialisation
    20. Graphics Specialisation
    21. History Specialisation
    22. Illustration Specialisation
    23. Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
    24. Interior Architecture Specialisation
    25. International Development Specialisation
    26. Journalism Specialisation
    27. Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
    28. Photography Specialisation
    29. Principles of Planning Specialisation
    30. Professional Writing Specialisation
    31. Screen Production Specialisation
    32. Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
    33. Social Justice Specialisation
    34. Surveying and Spatial Sciences Specialisation
    35. Theatre Arts Specialisation
    36. Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
    37. Web Media Specialisation
    38. Web Presence Specialisation

    Bachelor of Innovation Specialisations

    Business specialisations:

    1. Accounting for Business Decisions Specialisation
    2. Business Law and Policy Specialisation
    3. Business Project Management Specialisation
    4. Business Strategy Specialisation
    5. Corporate Governance Specialisation
    6. Social Media and Digital Marketing Specialisation
    7. Event Management Specialisation
    8. Fashion Marketing Specialisation
    9. Information Systems in Business Specialisation
    10. International Management Specialisation
    11. Marketing Foundations Specialisation
    12. Property Investment Specialisation
    13. Public Relations Specialisation
    14. Small Business Start-Up Specialisation
    15. Social Leadership and Ethics Specialisation
    16. Supply Chain and Marketing Distribution Specialisation
    17. Taxation Law Specialisation
    18. The Business of Advertising Specialisation
    19. Tourism and Hospitality Essentials Specialisation
    20. User Experience for Business Optimisation Specialisation

    Specialisations available from Humanities, Science and the Centre for Aboriginal Studies:

    1. Advertising Design Specialisation
    2. Animation and Game Design Specialisation
    3. Asian Studies Specialisation
    4. Biological Diversity Minor
    5. Climate Change Science Minor
    6. Construction Management Specialisation
    7. Corporate Screen Production Specialisation
    8. Creative Writing Specialisation
    9. Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
    10. Designing Fashion Specialisation
    11. Digital and Social Media Specialisation
    12. Environmental Management Minor
    13. Environmental Planning Specialisation
    14. Fashion Design Specialisation
    15. Fine Art Specialisation
    16. Food Science Minor
    17. Forensic Studies Minor
    18. Geophysics Minor
    19. Geospatial Technology Minor
    20. Go Global – Internship Specialisation 1
    21. Go Practice – Internship Specialisation 1
    22. Graphic Design Specialisation
    23. Graphics Specialisation
    24. Illustration Specialisation
    25. Indigenous Australian Cultural Studies Specialisation
    26. Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
    27. Interior Architecture Specialisation
    28. International Development Specialisation
    29. Landscape Restoration Minor
    30. Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
    31. Mapping and Land Planning Minor
    32. Metallurgy Minor
    33. Mining Minor
    34. Optimisation Minor
    35. Photography Specialisation
    36. Principles of Planning Specialisation
    37. Screen Production Specialisation
    38. Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
    39. Social Justice Specialisation
    40. Strategic Studies Specialisation
    41. Theatre Arts Specialisation
    42. Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
    43. Web Media Specialisation
    44. Web Presence Specialisation
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