Bachelor of Business (International Trade) BBus(IntTrade)
Course code: 0389
Course director: Mr Ross Guest
This course is principally designed for students seeking a career in
international business. The course is available in two sequences. Both
sequences comprise a core of foundation business subjects (common to all
Bachelor of Business degrees at Monash University), specialist studies in areas
of relevance to international trade and three electives. The foreign business
language sequence includes a minimum of one year of study in an approved
foreign language related to international trade, such as Chinese or Japanese.
The international business sequence includes an extended range of specialist
international trade subjects.
The course is designed to produce graduates equipped to operate
effectively in the international business arena and to:
- provide a thorough appreciation and understanding of the impact the
international environment has on Australian business activities (this includes
the study of the relationships which exist between individual enterprises and
the financial, legal, economic, political and trade systems which comprise the
international environment);
- provide an understanding and appreciation of the various ways an
Australian firm can gain access to foreign markets;
- raise students to a basic level of foreign language proficiency and
cultural awareness through the foreign business language sequence (offered at
the Peninsula campus only);
- develop conceptual and practical skills so that graduates will be able to
understand the major determinants of trade; identify and analyse international
business opportunities and problems; understand the law relating to
international trade; appreciate the function and characteristics of
international financial markets and corporate funding decisions; appreciate the
cultural and political aspects of export marketing to sell products overseas
successfully.
The foreign business language sequence is offered at day classes only at
the Peninsula campus. The international business sequence is offered at day
classes at the Caulfield campus. Evening classes in some subjects are also
offered at the Caulfield campus.
In addition to part one, section four of the degree regulations, the
following credit transfers have been standardised for the Bachelor of Business
(International Trade):
- holders of a relevant associate diploma (with Year-12 entry) from a TAFE
college may be eligible for credits up to a maximum of eight subjects.
Available only at the Peninsula campus, two language subjects must be
taken as a sequence of study in an approved foreign language. Either business
Chinese (Mandarin) or business Japanese is recommended. However, students may
choose another language relevant to international trade, with the approval of
the course director. Up to three further language units may be taken as
electives. Students who enrol in the double degree Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of
Business (International Trade) take seven units of languages as their Arts
major (see Arts faculty handbook or course brochure). The program assumes no
prior knowledge of the language.
The languages focus on contemporary and business vocabulary and the languages
will therefore complement the business subjects and enhance career prospects.
First semester
- Foreign language 1*
- ECN1640 Business mathematics and statistics
- FIN1710 Macroeconomics
- MGM1230 Business communication
Second semester
- Foreign language 2*
- ACC1110 Accounting and financial decision making
- FIN1010 Commercial law
- MKT1120 Marketing theory and practice
First semester
- MKT2111 Buyer behaviour
- FIN1300 Money and capital markets
- MGM1300 Introduction to management
- FIN0011 Elective+
Second semester
- FIN2721 Trade finance and foreign exchange
- ACC2051 Financial modelling
- ACC2631 Financial management
- FIN0021 Elective+
First semester
- FIN2191 Taxation law for international trade
- FIN3201 International law
- FIN3331 International banking and finance
- FIN0031 Elective+
Second semester
- MGM3401 Strategic management
- MKT3141 Issues in competitive advantage
- FIN3301 Case studies in international trade
- FIN3291 Multinational trade and investment
* 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) or another foreign language approved by the
course director.
+ See the section headed `Choice of elective subjects for Bachelor
of Business students-Caulfield and Peninsula campuses'.
The international business sequence includes two additional specialist
international trade subjects instead of the foreign language sequence. The
international business sequence is available only at the Caulfield campus.
First semester
- ECN1640 Business mathematics and statistics
- FIN1710 Macroeconomics
- MGM1230 Business communication
- MKT1120 Marketing theory and practice
Second semester
- ACC1110 Accounting and financial decision making
- FIN1010 Commercial law
- MGM1300 Introduction to management
- FIN1300 Money and capital markets
First semester
- FIN2721 Trade finance and foreign exchange
- MKT2111 Buyer behaviour
- ACC2051 Financial modelling
- FIN0011 Elective*
Second semester
- ACC2631 Financial management
- FIN2191 Taxation law for international trade
- MGM3600 Cross-cultural communication and negotiations
- FIN0021 Elective*
First semester
- FIN3291 Multinational trade and investment
- MKT3141 Issues in competitive advantage
- FIN3301 Case studies in international trade
- FIN0031 Elective*
Second semester
- FIN3331 International banking and finance
- FIN3201 International law
- MGM3401 Strategic management
- MKT3531 International marketing
* See the section headed
`Choice of elective subjects for Bachelor of Business students-Caulfield and
Peninsula campuses'.
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