1999 Business and Economics Handbook - Bachelor of Business (International Trade)/Bachelor of Business (Management)

Bachelor of Business (International Trade)/Bachelor of Business (Management) - BBus(IntTrade)/BBus(Mgt)

The course
Objectives
Admission requirements
Credit for work done elsewhere
Mode of offering
Course structure

The course

Course code: 1335
Course coordinator: Mr Peter Schuwalow
Intake into this course ceased after 1998.
This combined course offered at Peninsula campus is designed for students seeking a career that involves a managerial role in an industry with an international outlook. The course consists of a sequence of specialist subjects in both international trade and management. It involves four years of full-time study or three years of accelerated progression with subjects available during summer semester.

Objectives

The objectives of this double degree course are to provide students with:

a thorough understanding and appreciation of the international business environment including its financial, legal, economic, managerial and marketing components;
effective skills in oral communication and in the management of personal relationships;
practical, analytical and process skills with general business applications as well as specialised knowledge of international trade and management;
an elementary understanding of a foreign language, relevant to international trade and a degree of cultural awareness;
research skills and a suitable knowledge base for postgraduate study.

Admission requirements

Applicants are required to meet the individual entry requirements of both the Bachelor of Business (International Trade) and the Bachelor of Business (Management).

Credit for work done elsewhere

Information about credit for work done elsewhere will be available from the David Syme School of Business - Peninsula administration office.

Mode of offering

Day classes are offered at the Peninsula campus.

Course structure

Further details of each subject are available in this handbook under 'Details of undergraduate subjects'.

Year one

First semester

Foreign language 1*
ETX1640 Business mathematics and statistics
ECX1710 Macroeconomics
MGX1300 Introduction to management

Second semester

Foreign language 2*
AFX1110 Accounting and financial decision making
BTX1010 Commercial law
MKX1120 Marketing theory and practice

*EACH OF THE TWO LANGUAGE UNITS MUST BE IN THE SAME LANGUAGE CHOSEN FROM EITHER BUSINESS CHINESE (REFER CBL1110 BEGINNING BUSINESS CHINESE, PART 1; CBL1120 BEGINNING BUSINESS CHINESE, PART 2) OR BUSINESS JAPANESE (REFER JBL1010 BUSINESS JAPANESE 1A; JBL1020 BUSINESS JAPANESE 2A), GERMAN, INDONESIAN, OR ANOTHER FOREIGN LANGUAGE APPROVED BY THE COURSE COORDINATOR. THE PROGRAM ASSUMES NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHOSEN LANGUAGE.

Year two

First semester

MKX2111 Buyer behaviour
AFX1300 Money and capital markets
MGX1230 Business communication
MGX1691 Management of organisational performance

Second semester

ECX2721 Trade finance and foreign exchange
ECX3291 Multinational trade and investment
AFX2051 Financial modelling
MGX2511 Quality management

Year three

First semester

MGX2341 Employee relations
BTX2191 Taxation law for international trade
AFX2631 Financial management
MGX2661 Human resources management

Second semester

ECX3301 Case studies in international trade
MGX2351 International business
MGX2621 Organisational change
Elective_

_STUDENTS MAY CONTINUE THEIR FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES THROUGH THEIR CHOICE OF ELECTIVES.

Year four

First semester

BTX3201 International law
MGX3381 Managing information systems
AFX3331 International banking and finance
Elective_

Second semester

MGX3401 Strategic management
MGX3681 International management
MKX3141 Issues in competitive advantage
Elective_

_STUDENTS MAY CONTINUE THEIR FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES THROUGH THEIR CHOICE OF ELECTIVES.