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Overview
The Bachelor of Digital Enterprise combines the strengths of business and information technology to prepare you for careers shaped by innovation and rapid digital change. You develop a strong foundation in business principles alongside structured capabilities in digital and information technology.
You can choose to specialise in a Business major or an Information Technology major, allowing you to focus your studies on either business-led digital enterprise or more technically focused digital systems and solutions. Alternatively, you may choose a customised study option that allows you to combine business and information technology units based on your interest and career path.
Whether you want to design smarter digital solutions, support organisational transformation, or contribute to innovation in new or established ventures, this course equips you with the practical insight and digital enterprise mindset needed to succeed in today's connected economy.
Career opportunities
Graduates of the Bachelor of Digital Enterprise are equipped for a broad range of roles that sit at the intersection of business and information technology. You will be prepared to contribute to digital transformation initiatives, support innovation and change projects, and work with digital and enterprise systems across a variety of organisational contexts.
A key strength of this qualification is preparing you for roles that work across both business and IT functions, enabling you to engage with technical specialists while also understanding organisational, operational, and strategic business needs. Graduates are well-positioned to act as connectors between business and technology, supporting alignment between digital solutions and organisational objectives.
Depending on your study pathway, you may pursue opportunities in areas such as digital business operations, enterprise and systems support, data-informed decision-making, digital project or product coordination, or innovation-focused and consultancy roles. Graduates are prepared to work across government, industry, and the not-for-profit sector, with skills that support adaptability and career mobility in digitally enabled organisations in Australia and internationally.
Credit transfers and advanced standing
Pathways
Pathways for VET to Higher Education
Credit transfer arrangements are available to students commencing a bachelor degree at Charles Darwin University with completed Certificate IV, Diploma, Advanced Diploma or Associate Degree qualifications in the same field or discipline, subject to meeting criteria. Students who hold completed qualifications should refer to the additional information provided about Advanced Standing and Credit Transfer and Pathways using the links below:
Pathways for Higher Education to Higher Education
For information about credit transfer available to students with complete or incomplete study at this or other Institutions refer to Pathways for Higher Education to Higher Education
Credit transfer
For further information on credit transfer and how to apply visit ASK CDU
Credit transfers and advanced standing
Credit transfer
For further information on credit transfer and how to apply visit ASK CDU
Fees
Commonwealth supported places
Commonwealth Supported places are available in this course to students who meet one of the following residency requirements:
(a) be an Australian citizen, who will complete some of your course of study while resident in Australia; or
(b) a New Zealand citizen; or an Australian permanent visa holder; or an eligible former permanent humanitarian visa holder; who studies the entire course while living in Australia.
Further information about fees and charges can be found at Fees and Payments.
Why study business at CDU?
Learn from internationally-recognised academics when you study business at CDU. Future-proof your career with accredited courses built on sustainable business practices and innovation. You'll graduate ready to make an impact on the global market.
- Choose to study online, on campus, part-time or full-time as it suits you
- Five-star Australian university for graduate employment outcomes (GUG 2024)
- Industry experts with experience in Australia, the Asia Pacific and beyond
Why study business at CDU?
Learn from internationally-recognised academics when you study business at CDU. Future-proof your career with accredited courses built on sustainable business practices and innovation. You'll graduate ready to make an impact on the global market.
- Five-star Australian university for graduate employment outcomes (GUG 2024)
- Industry experts with experience in Australia, the Asia Pacific and beyond
Why study business at CDU?
Learn from internationally-recognised academics when you study business at CDU. Future-proof your career with accredited courses built on sustainable business practices and innovation. You'll graduate ready to make an impact on the global market.
- Choose to study online, on campus, part-time or full-time as it suits you
- Five-star Australian university for graduate employment outcomes (GUG 2024)
- Industry experts with experience in Australia, the Asia Pacific and beyond
Why study business at CDU?
Learn from internationally-recognised academics when you study business at CDU. Future-proof your career with accredited courses built on sustainable business practices and innovation. You'll graduate ready to make an impact on the global market.
- Five-star Australian university for graduate employment outcomes (GUG 2024)
- Industry experts with experience in Australia, the Asia Pacific and beyond
What will I study?
The Bachelor of Digital Enterprise consists of core units and a choice of study pathways. The combination of core business and information technology units creates a strong foundation of digital enterprise knowledge and skills, while a capstone unit is designed to prepare you for the workplace.
Course structure
You can choose to complete a Business major or an Information Technology major, or select a customised study option that allows you to combine business and information technology units instead of completing a formal major.
A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 240 credit points (cp) as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless otherwise indicated.
| Unit type | Credit Points | Specific requirements |
| Core Units (18 units) | 180cp | Compulsory Core units totalling 180 credit points as detailed below. COM105 Business Communications ENT103 Entrepreneurship Fundamentals HIT137 Software Now HIT140 Foundations of Data Science HIT164 Computing Fundamentals MAN105 Introduction to Management MKT103 Fundamentals of Marketing ACT205 Accounting for Managers BUS201 Business Ethics ENT202 Innovation: Strategies and Systems HIT226 Mobile Web Structures HIT234 Database Concepts HIT238 The Mobile Paradigm IAS201 Cultural Capabilities MAN204 Project Management BUS303 Global Digital Enterprise HIT363 Enterprise IT Management HIT381 Human Computer Interaction Design |
| Specialist Electives (6 units) | 60cp | Specialist Elective units totalling 60 credit points (cp) as detailed below.
MAJORS Business Information Technology Note: no major will be listed on the testamur at the completion of the course. Any specialist elective combination of 6 units (60cp) selected from the above. At least 30 credit points at 300 level MUST be completed, of which at least 10 credit points MUST be at 400 level. |
| 240cp | Total Credit Points |
Course Rules (unless otherwise indicated in the above course structure) (240cp)
- A maximum of 100 credit points may be taken from 100 level units.
- A minimum of 60 credit points must be taken from 300 level units or above.
- See the Higher Education Course Rules (Award Requirements) in the Units and Courses Policy.
If course commenced prior to 2023:
No more than 20 credit points shall be counted with a grade of "PC" in a Bachelor AQF Level 7 course award and no more than 10 credit points at "PC" may be received at the highest level of the program of learning.
Study plan
STUDENTS COMMENCING IN SEMESTER 1
The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student enrolling in a full-time or part-time study load. Students entering this course with advanced standing, or wishing to vary their study plan due to work, personal, financial or other reasons should use the table as a guide to create an individual study plan.
When designing an individual study plan:
- maintain the basic order in which units are to be attempted; and
- check the prerequisite and assumed knowledge for each unit as some units assume you have completed foundation unit/s in the unit area at a lower level.
| Legend: | CO = Core Unit | SE = Specialist Elective |
Full-Time Study Plan
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||
| Year 1 | |||
| COM105 Business Communications | CO | IAS201 Cultural Capabilities | CO |
| HIT164 Computing Fundamentals | CO | HIT137 Software Now | CO |
| MKT103 Fundamentals of Marketing | CO | HIT140 Foundations of Data Science | CO |
| MAN105 Introduction to Management | CO | ENT103 Entrepreneurship Fundamentals | CO |
| Year 2 | |||
| HIT226 Mobile Web Structures | CO | BUS201 Business Ethics | CO |
| HIT234 Database Concepts | CO | HIT238 The Mobile Paradigm | CO |
| ACT205 Accounting for Managers | CO | Specialist elective 1 | SE |
| MAN204 Project Management | CO | Specialist elective 2 | SE |
| Year 3 | |||
| HIT363 Enterprise IT Management | CO | ENT202 Innovation: Strategies and Systems | CO |
| HIT381 Human Computer Interaction Design | CO | BUS303 Global Digital Enterprise | CO |
| Specialist elective 3 | SE | Specialist elective 5 | SE |
| Specialist elective 4 | SE | Specialist elective 6 | SE |
Part-Time Study Plan
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||
| Year 1 | |||
| COM105 Business Communications | CO | IAS201 Cultural Capabilities | CO |
| HIT164 Computing Fundamentals | CO | HIT137 Software Now | CO |
| Year 2 | |||
| MKT103 Fundamentals of Marketing | CO | HIT140 Foundations of Data Science | CO |
| MAN105 Introduction to Management | CO | ENT103 Entrepreneurship Fundamentals | CO |
| Year 3 | |||
| HIT226 Mobile Web Structures | CO | BUS201 Business Ethics | CO |
| HIT234 Database Concepts | CO | HIT238 The Mobile Paradigm | CO |
| Year 4 | |||
| ACT205 Accounting for Managers | CO | Specialist elective 1 | SE |
| MAN204 Project Management | CO | Specialist elective 2 | SE |
| Year 5 | |||
| HIT363 Enterprise IT Management | CO | ENT202 Innovation: Strategies and Systems | CO |
| Specialist elective 3 | SE | Specialist elective 5 | SE |
| Year 6 | |||
| HIT381 Human Computer Interaction Design | CO | BUS303 Global Digital Enterprise | CO |
| Specialist elective 4 | SE | Specialist elective 6 | SE |
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Specialist Elective Availability
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
| Business Major | |
| MKT204 Customer Behaviour and Joint Value Creation BUS310 Design Thinking for Innovation and Impact MKT310 International Market Analysis and Entry BUS420 Business Project | HRM204 Managing Organisational Change BUS304 Evidenced Based Strategy Creation LOG301 Logistics and Channel Management BUS305 Business Model Design and Implementation BUS420 Business Project |
| Information Technology Major | |
| HIT172 Operating Systems and Applications HIT237 Building Interactive Software HIT326 Database Driven Web Applications HIT353 Business Intelligence and Data Mining | HIT274 Network Engineering Applications HIT339 Enterprise Applications HIT333 Cyber Security HIT401 Capstone Project |
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STUDENTS COMMENCING IN SEMESTER 2
The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student enrolling in a full-time or part-time study load. Students entering this course with advanced standing, or wishing to vary their study plan due to work, personal, financial or other reasons should use the table as a guide to create an individual study plan.
When designing an individual study plan:
- maintain the basic order in which units are to be attempted; and
- check the prerequisite and assumed knowledge for each unit as some units assume you have completed foundation unit/s in the unit area at a lower level.
| Legend: | CO = Core Unit | SE = Specialist Elective |
Full-Time Study Plan
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||
| Year 1 | |||
| IAS201 Cultural Capabilities | CO | ||
| HIT137 Software Now | CO | ||
| HIT140 Foundations of Data Science | CO | ||
| ENT103 Entrepreneurship Fundamentals | CO | ||
| Year 2 | |||
| COM105 Business Communications | CO | BUS201 Business Ethics | CO |
| HIT164 Computing Fundamentals | CO | Specialist elective 1 | SE |
| MKT103 Fundamentals of Marketing | CO | Specialist elective 2 | SE |
| MAN105 Introduction to Management | CO | Specialist elective 3 | SE |
| Year 3 | |||
| HIT226 Mobile Web Structures | CO | ENT202 Innovation: Strategies and Systems | CO |
| HIT234 Database Concepts | CO | HIT238 The Mobile Paradigm | CO |
| ACT205 Accounting for Managers | CO | BUS303 Global Digital Enterprise | CO |
| MAN204 Project Management | CO | Specialist elective 4 | SE |
| Year 4 | |||
| HIT363 Enterprise IT Management | CO | ||
| HIT381 Human Computer Interaction Design | CO | ||
| Specialist elective 5 | SE | ||
| Specialist elective 6 | SE | ||
Part-Time Study Plan
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||
| Year 1 | |||
| IAS201 Cultural Capabilities | CO | ||
| HIT137 Software Now | CO | ||
| Year 2 | |||
| COM105 Business Communications | CO | HIT140 Foundations of Data Science | CO |
| HIT164 Computing Fundamentals | CO | ENT103 Entrepreneurship Fundamentals | CO |
| Year 3 | |||
| MKT103 Fundamentals of Marketing | CO | BUS201 Business Ethics | CO |
| MAN105 Introduction to Management | CO | Specialist elective 1 | SE |
| Year 4 | |||
| HIT226 Mobile Web Structures | CO | Specialist elective 2 | SE |
| HIT234 Database Concepts | CO | Specialist elective 3 | SE |
| Year 5 | |||
| ACT205 Accounting for Managers | CO | ENT202 Innovation: Strategies and Systems | CO |
| MAN204 Project Management | CO | HIT238 The Mobile Paradigm | CO |
| Year 6 | |||
| HIT363 Enterprise IT Management | CO | BUS303 Global Digital Enterprise | CO |
| Specialist elective 4 | SE | Specialist elective 5 | SE |
| Year 7 | |||
| HIT381 Human Computer Interaction Design | CO | ||
| Specialist elective 6 | SE | ||
Specialist Elective Availability
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
| Business Major | |
| MKT204 Customer Behaviour and Joint Value Creation BUS310 Design Thinking for Innovation and Impact MKT310 International Market Analysis and Entry BUS420 Business Project | HRM204 Managing Organisational Change BUS304 Evidenced Based Strategy Creation LOG301 Logistics and Channel Management BUS305 Business Model Design and Implementation BUS420 Business Project |
| Information Technology Major | |
| HIT172 Operating Systems and Applications HIT237 Building Interactive Software HIT326 Database Driven Web Applications HIT353 Business Intelligence and Data Mining | HIT274 Network Engineering Applications HIT339 Enterprise Applications HIT333 Cyber Security HIT401 Capstone Project |
Entry requirements
Admission criteria
Admission requirements are met by one of the following:
- Successful completion of the Northern Territory Certificate of Education and Training (or equivalent) and the awarding of an Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) of at least 60*.
- Successful completion of a national qualification at Certificate III level or higher.
- Successful completion of at least 0.5 year of full-time study (or equivalent) of a higher education degree/diploma.
- Overseas secondary or tertiary qualifications considered equivalent to the above Australian qualifications.
- Attainment of a STAT Multiple Choice score of 140.
- Successful completion of the Tertiary Enabling Program, the Preparation for Tertiary Success courses, or other recognised tertiary preparation course.
- Submission of an acceptable personal competencies statement and/or employment experience.
- Australian Defence Force (ADF) members with service of 1 year or more at the following ranks (or higher) meet the academic entry requirement for this course:
- Navy: Seaman, Able Seaman, Leading Seaman
- Air Force: Aircraftmen/Aircraftwoman, Leading Aircraftman/Aircraftwoman, Corporal
- Army: Private, Lance Corporal, Corporal
- Current School Leaver Pathways:
- Best of 3 Year 12 subject grades
- School recommendation program
* After any applicable adjustment factors have been applied.
Essential requirements
English language requirements
DOMESTIC STUDENTS
To be eligible for admission to this course, applicants must meet the standard English language proficiency requirements for Higher Education courses at Charles Darwin University (CDU) and provide evidence as part of their application.
You can meet the minimum English language requirement by providing evidence of one of following:
| Previous study in English |
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| AHPRA Registration | Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). |
| English Test^ | Completion of an approved English Test within two years of commencement, with the minimum scores shown below. |
| Primary language pathway | Completion of six years of primary and/or secondary schooling in a recognised English-speaking country*, including at least two years between years 7-12. |
Additional information about accepted tests and the evidence requirements is available on the English language proficiency requirements page.
^English tests - approved tests and minimum scores
| Undergraduate and postgraduate pathway program requirement | Postgraduate requirement (HDR and coursework) | |
| CDU ELICOS - English for Academic Purposes | Successful completion of EAP003 | Successful completion of EAP004 |
| International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic test | Overall minimum: 6.0 No band below: 6.0 | Overall minimum: 6.5 No band below 6.0 |
| Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic | Overall minimum: 50 No score below: 50 | Overall minimum: 58 No score below: 50 |
| Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) | Overall minimum: 60 Minimum writing score: 21 | Overall minimum: 79 Minimum writing score: 21 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) | Overall minimum: 169 No skill below: 169 | Overall minimum: 176 No skill below: 169 |
Information about test validity, accepted combined test results, IELTS One Skill Retake and evidence requirements is available on the English language proficiency requirements page.
*Recognised English-speaking countries:
| Standard List | Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America. |
| Extended List | Bermuda, Botswana, Cayman Islands, Fiji, Kenya, Malawi, Malta, Mauritius, Seychelles, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Vanuatu, Zimbabwe. |
All previous studies must have been delivered in English (medium of instruction was English). Applicants who have studied at an institution from a coutnry on the extended list must provide confirmation that their study was completed within the last five years.
For further details on the English requirements for CDU courses, please refer to the CDU English Language Proficiency Policy.
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Stage 2 Mathematical Methods or equivalent
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I genuinely believe Darwin is the land of opportunities if you leverage your strengths, abilities and skills.
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I loved the whole process of learning how to pitch, working on business models, figuring out solutions to problems—they’re all really helpful skills to have in business.
Ben
CDU student
I genuinely believe Darwin is the land of opportunities if you leverage your strengths, abilities and skills.
Ellie
CDU student
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Accreditation
This course is accredited by the University in accordance with the Higher Education Standards.
Inherent Requirements
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Australian qualification framework
This course is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 7.
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Learn about business at CDU
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