Start Uni Now (SUN) in Victoria

CQUniversity offers two extension study pathways through The Higher Education Studies (HES) Program. This allows students undertaking their VCE with the opportunity to study first-year university units (subjects). The SUN program is for students who:

Want to get a head start with their university study and future career.
Want to be challenged further in their final years of high school.
Want to get a taste of university study.

WHAT CAN I STUDY?

BUSINESS (MARKETING)

CQUniversity offers an exciting pathway for those interested in pursuing a career in business. Our marketing focused pathway provides the foundations around marketing principles and their applications in business as well practices relative to today’s digital age.

Unit	Overview
MRKT11029 – Marketing Fundamentals	This unit will provide you with a sound knowledge of the origins of trading goods and services and the development of modern marketing practice and theory. Emphasis is placed on developing an understanding of marketing principles and their application when acquiring and retaining customers as well as driving business profitability. You will examine innovative marketing strategies deployed including digital marketing and social media in different kinds of organisations.
MRKT11028 – Digital Marketing	Businesses and organisations cannot sustain their competitive advantages in today's digital age without the expertise of digital marketing. This unit is designed to extend the way in which principles of modern marketing theory and practice are applied to the digital world. In this unit, you will develop pivotal understanding on marketing technologies, techniques, and strategies involving video, email, social media, and mobile elements. In addition, this unit also covers critical insights on the implementation of branding and advertising in the interactive online environment.

Unit

Overview

MRKT11029 – Marketing Fundamentals

This unit will provide you with a sound knowledge of the origins of trading goods and services and the development of modern marketing practice and theory. Emphasis is placed on developing an understanding of marketing principles and their application when acquiring and retaining customers as well as driving business profitability. You will examine innovative marketing strategies deployed including digital marketing and social media in different kinds of organisations.

MRKT11028 – Digital Marketing

Businesses and organisations cannot sustain their competitive advantages in today's digital age without the expertise of digital marketing. This unit is designed to extend the way in which principles of modern marketing theory and practice are applied to the digital world. In this unit, you will develop pivotal understanding on marketing technologies, techniques, and strategies involving video, email, social media, and mobile elements. In addition, this unit also covers critical insights on the implementation of branding and advertising in the interactive online environment.

ACCOUNTING

CQUniversity offers an exciting pathway for those interested in pursuing a career in business. Our accounting focused pathway introduces the important role accounting plays in business through understanding key concepts around financial and management accounting.

Unit	Overview
ACCT11059 – Accounting, Learning and Online Education	This unit introduces you to the role of accounting in business and to key financial and management accounting concepts. You will be given a different listed company and are introduced to the actual financial statements of your firm, completing simple analyses of your firm's financial statements using Excel. You will also be supported to develop your skills to learn more effectively and to communicate and collaborate online.
ACCT11081 – Introductory Financial Accounting	This unit introduces you to key concepts of financial accounting and supports you to apply these concepts to various elements of accounting. You will also examine financial statements and how they are analysed and interpreted for effective decision making by both internal and external users. This unit prepares you for further accounting units.

Unit

Overview

ACCT11059 – Accounting, Learning and Online Education

This unit introduces you to the role of accounting in business and to key financial and management accounting concepts. You will be given a different listed company and are introduced to the actual financial statements of your firm, completing simple analyses of your firm's financial statements using Excel. You will also be supported to develop your skills to learn more effectively and to communicate and collaborate online.

ACCT11081 – Introductory Financial Accounting

This unit introduces you to key concepts of financial accounting and supports you to apply these concepts to various elements of accounting. You will also examine financial statements and how they are analysed and interpreted for effective decision making by both internal and external users. This unit prepares you for further accounting units.

WHEN CAN I STUDY?

Students can commence in Term 1, 2023 undertaking one of the units from either pathway.

DOES IT COUNT TOWARDS MY VCE AND ATAR?

Students studying an approved HES pathway through the SUN program as part of their senior studies will be eligible to receive credit towards their VCE and contribute to the calculation of their ATAR.

HOW DO I APPLY?

For information on how to apply, visit our Important Dates / How To Apply page.