Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Business Administration (BBus/(BBA) Double Degree

This double degree pairs a business qualification with a hospitality management specialisation, and it runs for four years of full-time study. You graduate with two bachelor awards: a Bachelor of Business and a Bachelor of Business Administration. Both are AQF level 7 qualifications, so the combined load is longer than a standard three-year bachelor degree, but you finish with two testamurs rather than one.

Le Cordon Bleu Australia delivers the course through its Australian campuses, and the hospitality side draws on the school's long history in culinary and hotel management education. The business and administration components cover the usual ground: accounting, marketing, economics, management, organisational behaviour, business law and strategy. The hospitality units sit alongside those and deal with hotel and resort operations, food and beverage management, events, revenue management and service operations. You study units of study, each carrying credit points, and you need to pass the required number of credit points to graduate. The academic year is generally split into semesters or trimesters, and the exact structure is set out in the official course information.

Work-integrated learning is standard in hospitality management degrees, and this course includes industry placement so you spend time in a real operation, a hotel, resort, restaurant group or events business, rather than only in a classroom. Assessment mixes exams, assignments, group projects and practical work. The double degree gives you two sets of skills that employers in hospitality actually ask for: the operational knowledge to run a venue or a department, and the financial and people-management grounding to move into a supervisory or management role. You also build the analytical habits, reading a profit and loss statement, costing a menu, forecasting demand, that separate a manager from a supervisor.

This suits school leavers who want a business career with a hospitality focus, and also people already working in hotels, restaurants or tourism who want a formal qualification to move up. It is a longer commitment than a single degree, so it makes most sense if you genuinely want both the operational and the management sides. International students should check the English requirement and the Student visa conditions, including the 48 hours per fortnight work limit during study and the Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485) post-study work stream after graduation. Tuition is published on the CRICOS register, and you should confirm fees, intake dates and unit details on the official course page.

• Hotel or resort operations manager
• Food and beverage manager
• Restaurant or venue manager
• Events and functions coordinator or manager
• Revenue or rooms division manager
• Business development or sales manager in hospitality and tourism
• Operations analyst or management consultant
• Small business owner or operator in hospitality

Employers include hotel groups, resorts, restaurant and catering companies, event and conference venues, tourism operators, clubs, casinos, airlines and hospitality supply businesses across Australia.