Student Experience and Frequently Asked Questions

You must complete 24 units to successfully graduate with a Bachelor of Business. These courses include four (4) Foundational Core Courses that you’ll complete within the first 8 courses of your degree, and one (1) Business Graduate Folio - Capstone course, that you’ll complete at the end of your program.  

For the remainder of the courses in your program, you have the choice of a number of majors, minors, or a unique combination of courses to suit your professional and personal ambitions. 

Our flexibly designed Bachelor of Business means that you can study around your work and life commitments.  You can take up to a maximum of 10 years to complete your program. 

At RMIT Online, there are four (4) 10-week teaching terms per year. This means, if you chose to study a full-time load, you’ll complete eight (8) courses per year (2 per term), for a total of three (3) years. 

If you chose to study part time, you could complete four (4) courses per year (1 per term) for a total of 6 years. 

Or you could choose a study load that aligns with your personal situation and take longer to study your degree if you need to. Please reach out to our Student success team if you need additional support. 

Our flexible Bachelor of Business means that you can customise your degree and study a number of majors, minors, or a unique combination of courses to align to your personal and professional aspirations. 

A major is series of eight (8) or more units in an area of specialisation within a bachelor degree program. 

A minor is a series of four (4) units in the same subject or area of specialisation. 

As part of this program, you can choose to study from 3 majors: 

• Marketing and/or; 

• People and Organisations and/or; 

• Management and Change 

You can also choose to study one or more minors in: 

• Marketing and/or; 

• People and Organisations and/or; 

• Management and Change and/or; 

• Business Analytics and/or; 

• Business and Technology 

Note, Marketing, People and Organisations, and Management and Change can be studied as both majors and minors. Business Analytics and Business and Technology can only be studied as minors. 

Some of these majors and minors have pre-requisites, meaning you must study the courses within that major/minor in a specific sequence.  

You can also choose to tailor your degree with any unique combination of courses that align to your interests. This means you don’t have to choose any major or minor. Please note, if you choose to pursue this study method, you may not graduate with any major or minor, as this requires that you complete the requisite number of courses. 

While there is flexibility in your program, you must study the four (4) Foundational Core courses within the first eight (8) courses of your program.  

For example, if you study part time with 4 courses per year, you must study the Foundational Core courses within the first 2 years of your program. 

For majors and minors, there are a required number of courses you must complete to satisfy that major/minor requirement. Each major has 8 courses, and each minor has 4 courses. 

The majors may have a specific sequence in which you’ll be required to study. The minors have a specific sequence in which you will study. 

If you choose to study the Business Internship, we highly recommend that you complete a major, minor, or a unique combination of courses prior to taking the Business Internship. We suggest that you complete this course towards the end of your program. 

The Business Graduate Folio is known as a capstone course, which means you’ll complete it as the last course of your program.  

As a unique offering of this course, you can choose to study an optional Business Internship that includes a virtual industry project. You’ll build on your personal narrative and showcase and communicate enhanced employability skills using evidence from your internship. 

While not mandated, we highly recommend that you complete a major, minor, or a unique combination of courses prior to taking the Business Internship. We suggest that you complete this course towards the end of your program. 

For the last course of this program, you’ll complete a mandatory Capstone unit; where you’ll finalise your employer portfolio that you’ve worked on throughout your program. 

No, our online Bachelor of Business isn’t like your general undergraduate program. Our online Bachelor of Business has a variety of learning and teaching approaches. Incorporating the use of authentic assessment, each course is designed with real-world industry tasks to demonstrate the application of knowledge and skills gained throughout the course. 

Problem based learning: You’ll conduct research, solve problems, and analyse case studies, prepare or respond to briefs, write original research or case study reports, or participate in managing a company in a computer-based business simulation. 

Assignments and projects: Either research or problem based, these will provide you experience at undertaking research and writing effectively to present your findings and recommendations to a range of audiences. Assignments and projects are also designed to develop your abilities in communications, research and reasoning, and provide a way to receive feedback on your skills development. 

For a more detailed breakdown of each of the courses that make up this program, including a program overview and learning outcomes, please download our course brochure by completing the “Download a brochure” form.  

You may be eligible for a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) position as part of enrolment into this program. A CSP means part of your fees are paid by the government and the remaining part is paid by you; known as a student contribution. For full details on CSP including eligibility requirements, click here. 

Please review our Entry Requirements section on the program page for full details of this program’s entry requirements.  

One of the major differences between the on-campus versus the online Bachelor of Business is the type of student.  

Our on-campus Bachelor of Business is more aligned to school leavers, such as those students who have just completed high school. 

Our online Bachelor of Business is more suited to working professionals, as it can be flexibly tailored to suit your working and lifestyle requirements.  

A second difference is the delivery, with the on-campus program running twice a year with two (2) 12-week semesters. The online program has four (4) intakes a year, with 10-week terms. 

We understand that choosing to study for a bachelor’s degree is a big decision and can seem overwhelming. As such, we’ve provided a glossary to some common university terms that you may come across:  

Award: A qualification that will be conferred on a student upon successful completion of an award program.

Bachelor degree: A bachelor degree gives you the theoretical and practical knowledge and skills for professional work. Bachelor degrees are considered undergraduate qualifications, and in Australia are considered Level 7 under the Australian Qualifications Framework.

Capstone: A final course until that you must complete at the end of your program. This practically based capstone course integrates outcomes of your self-directed journey and is where you will complete your employer-ready portfolio.

Census: This is your key enrolment and HELP loan application deadline. It’s important because if you miss the census date you might have to pay for study that you don’t want or need to do

Course: A unit of study with specified learning outcomes that may be a component of a program. A course is generally 12 credit points.

Course coordinator: Your course coordinator ensures your course is run to the highest standard. They are the academic experts who wrote and developed most of the course content. They are here to assist and oversee how the course runs including but not limited to assessment moderation and grades release, publishing results, and reviewing extension requests for approval.

Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP): A CSP is a subsidised higher education place that is subsidised by the Australian Government. This means part of your fees are paid by the government and the remaining part is paid by you. This is known as your ‘student contribution’.

Credit points: A measure of study load that will be represented by a numerical value that must be assigned to a course.

Experiential learning: Experiential learning refers to the process of learning through experience, and is more narrowly defined as learning through reflection on doing. This course will focus on practically applying the skills you’ve gained to various tasks and projects. You’ll work on a virtual industry project and demonstrate industry-ready skills upon completion of the program.

Major: A series of eight or more courses in an area of specialisation within a bachelor degree program.

Minor: A series of four courses in the same subject or area of specialisation.

Program: A curriculum of study that will provide a structured approach for you to achieve defined learning outcomes and may lead to one or more awards and must have at least one program offering. At RMIT Online, a program is made up of multiple courses. 

SSAF: A Student Services and Amenities fee based on your enrolment load, which is used to maintain and enhance services and amenities that improve your experience as an RMIT Online student.

Student success advisor: provides personalised non-academic study support and will equip you with study tips and online resources. They also offer advice and referral to the relevant RMIT services, ensuring you receive responses and outcomes in a timely manner. They will be your #1 RMIT supporter throughout your studies.

Tutor/online facilitator: A facilitator for your learning in the online environment. This could be through driving your engagement and conversation through discussions, hosting weekly webinars, and providing you with feedback and feed forward on your assessments so that you can adequately prepare for the next assignment.

Onboarding webinar: A live video session hosted by the Student Success team before your first study term begins. The purpose of this webinar is to outline key information you need to be aware of, support services available through RMIT, and study tips that will enable success in your program.

Webinar: A live online video session hosted by your Online Facilitator where they will share their industry experiences, guide you through the course material, and prepare you for upcoming assessments. Your Online Facilitator will inform you of webinar dates and times, and recordings will be available after each live session if you’re unable to make it.

For other definitions of key academic dates, please see our FAQs, under ‘What do each of my key dates for my program mean?’