Bachelor of Commerce in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The University of Sydney

Our Bachelor of Commerce offers a wide variety of subject options, hands-on learning experiences and a strong industry grounding in business. Take advantage of our international exchange and work placement opportunities and tailor your degree to launch your career in virtually any field, anywhere in the world. The three-year, full-time (or equivalent part-time) Bachelor of Commerce program combines theory and practice to build your understanding of how businesses operate. You’ll gain the analytical, technical and practical skills to apply your knowledge effectively in your career. To succeed in business, graduates need to be equipped with a solid grounding in areas such as accounting and business statistics, as well as leadership skills and a global mindset. Our Bachelor of Commerce combines theory and practice to teach you how businesses operate. Alongside technical development, you will gain critical thinking and problem-solving skills to apply your knowledge effectively in the business world. Our core units, Future of Business and Leading and Influencing in Business, have been specifically designed to prepare you for the contemporary workforce and a global career.Innovation and entrepreneurship knowledge and skills are critical to thriving in a complex and dynamic global economy while making meaningful advances towards the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Organisations in all sectors require entrepreneurial leaders who can transform innovative ideas into positive impact. In this major, you will develop an innovative and entrepreneurial mindset along with the practical skills required to disrupt with purpose. Our Innovation and Entrepreneurship major offers students from across the University a range of study pathways tailored to different interests, including technological innovation, social entrepreneurship, digital disruption, and sustainability-focused innovation and entrepreneurship. Units of study are drawn from diverse subject areas including Business Arts and Social Sciences Engineering Science Architecture, Design and Planning and Music. You will have the opportunity not only to collaborate with peers from diverse disciplinary backgrounds to creatively solve real-world problems, but also to apply your learning in a range of areas that includes building new ventures and launching start-ups, design thinking for new product or service development, social and technological innovation for sustainability, music festivals and arts event management, and digital games. With an emphasis on experiential and project-based learning opportunities, you will gain the practical skills and experience to launch new for-profit and social ventures and to lead innovation projects in private, public or not-for-profit organisations. As a primary discipline, or as a complement to another field of study, a major in Innovation and Entrepreneurship will give you a competitive advantage in the workplace and open up a wide range of career pathways across numerous sectors.

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