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International Business

Major type

Undergraduate

Description

The International Business major is designed to provide students with knowledge and skills relevant to the development, strategy and management of international business organisations and the institutional context for their development, growth and operation.

Requirements for the major

Students intending to complete an International Business major must complete at least six junior units of study (36 credit points) including at least two junior units (12 credit points) selected from those offered by the Faculty of Economics and Business as prerequisites for the major.

For a major in International Business, students must complete a minimum 36 credit points in senior units of study, comprising:

  1. four compulsory units of study (24 credit points), comprising:
  2. At least two elective units of study (12 credit points) selected from the following:

Please Note:

  1. All units of study marked with an "*" will NOT be offered for 2009 enrolments
  2. Almost all senior elective units of study require the completion of additional prerequisites outside of those units of study listed for this major. Students who choose to include language units of study from the Faculty of Arts (after seeking permission to do so from the Chair of the Discipline of International Business) must meet the prerequisite requirements for these units of study as set out in the Faculty of Arts Handbook.
  3. # From 2008, Government and International Relations and Political Economy will be part of the Faculty of Arts. All ECOP and GOVT units will be considered as Arts units of study for students commencing in 2008. Students enrolled in the combined Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws or the Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws from 2008 cannot complete any ECOP, GOVT or language units as part of their major because they are restricted to completing only units from the Faculties of Economics and Business and Law for their degree.

Requirements for the extended major

To obtain an extended major in International Business , students must complete the following units of study (including 48 credit points in senior units of study):

  1. All the compulsory units listing under the International Business major (see above), and
  2. At least four (4) senior units of study (24 credit points) selected from the elective units of study listing under the International Business major (those listed under point (ii) above).

Pre-2006 students

Students who commenced their degree prior to 2006 may complete the following to qualify for a major in International Business:

Availability of this major

The International Business major is an available option in the following degrees offered by the Faculty of Economics and Business:

Students in the following degrees administered by the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies also have the option of completing a major in International Business :

Students in the following degree administered by the Faculty of Arts also have the option of completing a major in International Business :

An International Business major or electives in this area may also be available to students enrolled in other degrees in the University. Students should check the other faculty's course information for further details.

The following is a list of the compulsory and elective units of study from the Faculty of Economics and Business which are available for enrolment this year.

For details of the current availability of non-Faculty of Economics and Business units of study (ECOP, GOVT and all Language units), please refer to the University's Online Unit of Study Handbook

Compulsory units offered in this major
Elective units offered in this major
Courses offering this major
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