Start Date
February
July

Campus
City West

Duration
4 year(s) full-time

Program Code
DBME

Study as
Full-time or part-time

Entry Requirements
Selection Rank (Internal): 72.20 (for 2014)
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Prerequisites
None

Assumed Knowledge
None

Aim

The Bachelor of Management, Bachelor of International Relations double degree program develops in students:

  • knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to work as productive and socially responsible managers in a global and multicutural environment;
  • knowledge of and a capacity for informed analysis in international relations and intercultural comparative studies; and
  • basic communication skills in a foreign language.

Content & Structure

The Bachelor of Management, Bachelor of International Relations double degree requires completion of courses totalling 144 units.

The double degree program consists of:

  • a Division Business core of eight courses (36 units);
  • a professional major sequence of eight courses (including a management elective course) specific to the Bachelor of Management (chosen from one of the two streams: International Management; or Operations Management) (36 units);
  • an International Relations professional major sequence of eight courses (36 units);
  • four courses in an approved language (18 units); and
  • an International Study Experience or a Hawke Ambassador International Volunteer Experience of four World Politics courses (18 units).

What courses you'll study

Course name Area and cat no. Units Reference  
FIRST YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Management Principles BUSS 1054 4.5 Note(s): 1,2
Quantitative Methods for Business MATH 1053 4.5 Note(s): 1
Peace, War and International Politics POLI 1015 4.5 Note(s): 3
Language 1A 4.5 Note(s): 4
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Introduction to International Relations POLI 1010 4.5 Note(s): 3
Principles of Economics ECON 1008 4.5 Note(s): 1
Business and Society BUSS 1057 4.5 Note(s): 1
Language 1B 4.5 Note(s): 4
SECOND YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Foundations of Human Resource Management BUSS 2043 4.5 Note(s): 2
Organisational Behaviour BUSS 2046 4.5 Note(s): 2
Contending Theoretical Perspectives in International Politics POLI 2011 4.5 Note(s): 3
Language 2A 4.5 Note(s): 4
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Communication and Information Systems in Business BUSS 1058 4.5 Note(s): 1
Accounting for Business ACCT 1008 4.5 Note(s): 1
International Political Economy and Human Development POLI 2026 4.5 Note(s): 3
Language 2B 4.5 Note(s): 4
THIRD YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
International Experience Option 4.5 Note(s): 5
International Experience Option 4.5 Note(s): 5
International Experience Option 4.5 Note(s): 5
International Experience Option 4.5 Note(s): 5
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Managing Services BUSS 2058 4.5 Note(s): 2
Marketing Principles: Trading and Exchange MARK 1010 4.5 Note(s): 1
Course from optional strand 4.5 Note(s): 3
Course from optional strand 4.5 Note(s): 3
FOURTH YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Management Accounting ACCT 2006 4.5 Note(s): 2
Communication and Organisational Practices COMM 2072 4.5 Note(s): 2
Project Management: Principles and Strategies INFS 2022 4.5 Note(s): 2
Course from optional strand 4.5 Note(s): 3
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
International Relations Research Project POLI 3016 4.5 Note(s): 3
Foundations of Business Law COML 1001 4.5 Note(s): 1
Strategic Management BUSS 3023 4.5 Note(s): 2
International Management Ethics and Values BUSS 3053 4.5 Note(s): 2
THIRD YEAR (International Experience not taken)
Rule(s): 3
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Communication and Organisational Practices COMM 2072 4.5 Note(s): 2
Marketing Principles: Trading and Exchange MARK 1010 4.5 Note(s): 1
Language 3A OR World Politics Elective 4.5 Note(s): 4
Course from optional strand 4.5 Note(s): 3
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Language 3B OR World Politics Elective 4.5 Note(s): 4
Foundations of Business Law COML 1001 4.5 Note(s): 2
Managing Services BUSS 2058 4.5 Note(s): 2
Course from optional strand 4.5 Note(s): 3
FOURTH YEAR (International Experience not taken)
Rule(s): 3
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
World Politics Elective 4.5 Note(s): 5
Management Accounting ACCT 2006 4.5 Note(s): 2
Project Management: Principles and Strategies INFS 2022 4.5 Note(s): 2
Course from optional strand 4.5 Note(s): 3
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
International Relations Research Project POLI 3016 4.5 Note(s): 3
World Politics Elective 4.5 Note(s): 5
Strategic Management BUSS 3023 4.5 Note(s): 2
International Management Ethics and Values BUSS 2042 4.5 Note(s): 2