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Small Business Start-Up Specialisation

  • Non-Award

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

Key details

Degree Type
Non-Award
Course Code
SPUC-SMBUS

About this course

Overview

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 you will learn

Overview

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.

Career pathways

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

Credit for prior study or work

Credit for recognised learning (CRL)

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How to apply

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  • Apply as a high school student
    • Apply for Semester 1, 2025 via TISC
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