Program Overview

Diploma in Business
To succeed in business, you must possess both the knowledge and know-how to develop original and exciting initiatives and to build and implement the strategies that will make these initiatives successful. This course aims to harness your energy and passion for success by focussing on career and the future of enterprises in a range of contexts. Whether you wish to start your own business or pursue a corporate role in a global enterprise, this course provides the necessary skills.

Students successfully completing the Diploma in Business will be granted entry into the second year of a Bachelor of Business degree at Western Sydney University.

Leading to: Bachelor of Business
This program gives you the knowledge to create a career as a business professional. Whether you wish to pursue a corporate role in a global enterprise or start your own business, this program will provide you with the skills to do it.
Be job-ready and prepared for enterprise futures by studying a competitive, high value, globally accredited degree located within the fastest growing region in the Australian economy.

The Bachelor of Business at Western offers 10 different majors to choose from (Accounting, Applied Finance, Economics, Property, International Business, Marketing, Sports Management, Human Resources, Management, Business Analytics), leading to a diverse range of career possibilities. 

Major: Economics
The Economics major provides a broad pluralist perspective on fundamental aspects of relationships between individuals, firms, institutions and countries.

Students will learn how economies function and how public policy and the way organisations behave affect diverse social, economic and environmental problems. Students are introduced to a wide array of competing economic theories, so that they are critically informed about the ways in which they can transform the world.

A major in Economics prepares students to be active participants in addressing the wide range of problems faced by governments, social organisations and the business community in the domestic and international economies.

Students who study economics can expect to develop their analytical and problem solving skills and to be intellectually challenged, whether they view the discipline as providing specific vocational skills or as an area of academic and intellectual interest to them.

An Economics major is very highly regarded in the business world and opens up a very large range of career prospects in general business, finance and the public sector.