Bachelor of Digital Business

Entry Requirements

Applicants are required to meet one of the following criteria with a competitive result:

Higher education study

Complete or partly complete a recognised higher education program at a recognised higher education institution, or
Complete at least four Open Universities Australia (OUA) courses at undergraduate level or above

OR

Vocational Education and Training (VET)

Complete an award from a registered training organisation at Certificate IV or above.

English language requirements:

IELTS score of 6.5; TOEFL iBT score of 79 with no band less than 18; TOEFL paper-based test (PBT) score of 577 with TWE of 4.5; Cambridge CAE/CPE score of 177; Pearson's test of English (Academic) (PTE) score of 58 with Reading and Writing communicative scores not less than 50; CELUSA score of AE5.

Course Details

The rate of technology advancement grows rapidly each year, presenting both opportunities and challenges for businesses. As a business leader of tomorrow, you will be required to respond to an ever-changing digital landscape and navigate current and emerging digital trends simultaneously. Through the Bachelor of Digital Business, you will learn how to manage this complexity with skills that can be applied to future workplace environments.

UniSA is a leader in business education, so you’ll be maximising your employment opportunities by studying a degree that’s co-developed with leading global professional services company, Accenture.

Access a range of internship, projects, and other innovative work integrated learning opportunities designed to simulate practical industry projects, and apply practical skills through industry assessments. Students will also have exclusive access to the Accenture Room, a dedicated online space where students can connect, access additional learning content and micro-courses focused on workplace skills, and hear from leading experts from across Accenture.

Career outcomes

Your career

There will be strong demand for graduates with high-level business and digital skills across a wide range of job roles and industry sectors. Graduates may consider roles across managerial, leadership, business analyst, sales and solution development roles.

Strong occupational growth is projected, with The Australian Government Labour Market Portal projecting 14.9% growth for Management and Organisational Analysts, and 28% growth for ICT Business and Systems Analysts through to 20251.

With a transferable skillset that prepares you to adapt to the rapid pace of digital and business change, you’ll also be uniquely positioned to excel in careers that might not even exist yet.

Careers to consider include:

Digital business solution and transformation consultant: Monitor changes to digital technologies and identify implementation opportunities to transform organisational activities, processes, competencies, and models; assess the accelerating impact of technology on business and strategy; develop strategies for digital solution implementation; imagine and plan for present and future technological shifts.

Business analyst: Use data analytics to assess processes, determine requirements, and deliver data-driven recommendations; engage with stakeholders to determine how changes to products, services, processes, software, and hardware can improve efficiencies; support business decisions and develop strategies to effectively achieve organisational objectives.

Business development roles: Develop strong long-term relationships with internal and external stakeholders to build strategic partnerships; work on negotiations, increase sales growth and make recommendations for business expansion; assess and implement new market opportunities, competitor developments, and current revenue sources.

Digital transformation lead: Understand the global vision of the organisation, how the various stakeholders interact, and the current level of digitisation; audit digital efficiency, define objectives, and enact a digital transformation plan; manage the budget, coordinate teams, manage organisational change and influence management.

Entrepreneur: Use skills and initiative to recognise or anticipate a need that isn’t being met and bring new ideas to the market; develop an idea or business, create a business plan, attract investment and financing, and provide leadership and management for a new business; forecast future business changes and identify further opportunities.