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

Important information
The course
Objectives
Venue
Credit for work done elsewhere
Entry requirements
Course structure

Important information

Course code: 1335

Course director: Mr Ross Guest

This combined course 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.

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.

Venue

Day classes are offered at the Peninsula campus.

Credit for work done elsewhere

Information about credit for work done elsewhere will be available from either the Syme Department of Banking and Finance or Department of Business Management administration office.

Entry requirements

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

Course structure

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

Year one

First semester

Foreign language 1*
ECN1640 Business mathematics and statistics
FIN1710 Macroeconomics
MGM1300 Introduction to management

Second semester

Foreign language 2*
ACC1110 Accounting and financial decision making
FIN1010 Commercial law
MKT1120 Marketing theory and practice

Year two

First semester

MKT2111 Buyer behaviour
FIN1300 Money and capital markets
MGM1230 Business communication
MGM1510 Quality management

Second semester

FIN2721 Trade finance and foreign exchange
FIN3291 Multinational trade and investment
ACC2051 Financial modelling
MGM2691 Management of organisational performance

Year three

First semester

MGM2341 Employee relations
FIN2191 Taxation law for international trade
ACC2631 Financial management
MGM2661 Human resources management

Second semester

FIN3301 Case studies in international trade
MGM2621 Organisational change
MGM3351 International business
FIN/MGM0011 Elective#

Year four

First semester

FIN3331 International banking and finance
FIN3201 International law
MGM3381 Information management
FIN/MGM0021 Elective#

Second semester

MGM3401 Strategic management
MGM2681 International management
MKT3141 Issues in competitive advantage
FIN/MGM0031 Elective#

^* 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.

^# Students may continue their foreign language studies through their choice of electives.

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