B2005 Bachelor of International Business

The course develops through the themes of foundation business knowledge, specialist discipline knowledge, capstone experience, and in addition includes a project, internship, foreign language, international experience or a flagship rich experience as well as elective study.

Part A. Foundation business knowledge

This will provide you with a study of accounting, economics, econometrics, management and marketing disciplines and the impact they have on decision making in organisations.

Part B. Specialist discipline knowledge and capstone unit

These studies will develop and consolidate your capacity as a critical and creative professional who is able to apply your knowledge of international business to provide discipline-based solutions for business.

Part C. Project, internship, foreign language, international experience or flagship rich experience

The experiential unit will consolidate your knowledge and skills acquired through the study of international business and provide experience in multi-disciplinary processes and decision making. You may select your units from any combination of Study abroad, internship, and exchange experience or one foreign language area of study (Chinese studies, Indonesian studies, Japanese studies, Korean studies or European languages (which includes: German, French, Italian or Spanish).

Part D. Free elective study

These are free electives which will enable you to further your knowledge of international business, or business more broadly, or to select units from across the University in which you are eligible to enrol.

You must complete units as specified in Parts A, B, C and D (144 credit points): including 96 points of study in Parts A, B and C, and 48 points of free electives in Part D.

In choosing your units, you must ensure that you complete no more than 10 units (60 credit points) at level 1 and at least six units (36 credit points) at level 3, including four units (24 credit points) at level 3 offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics.

Part A. Foundation business knowledge (36 credit points)

You must complete the following six units (36 credit points):

• ACF1100 Introduction to financial accounting* or ACF1001 Accounting fundamentals
• ECF1100 Microeconomics
• ECF1200 Macroeconomics
• ETF1100 Business statistics
• MGF1010 Introduction to management
• MKF1120 Marketing theory and practice

*You must complete ACF1100 if you intend to gain an accounting accreditation.

Part B. Specialist discipline knowledge and Capstone unit (36 credit points)

You must complete the following three units (18 credit points):

• BTX3110 International trade law
• MGF2351 International business
• MGX3121 International business strategy*
  
  *Is a Capstone unit

a. You must complete two units (12 credit points) from the following:

• ECX2630 Chinese economy and global business 
• ECX2641 Rising South Asia and global business
• ECX2642 Southeast Asian economies and global business
• ECX2631 The Australian economy 
• ECX3550 Business in Asia
• ECX3750 European economy and global business 
• MGF3681 International management
• ECF3800 The wealth and poverty of nations
  
  

b. You must complete one unit (6 credit points) from the following

Integrating units:

• BEX2000 Digital technology and business
• BEX2421 Harnessing big data for business and society
• BEX2500 Integrative thinking in a dynamic world

Part C. Project, internship, foreign language, international experience or flagship rich experience (24 credit points)

You must complete 24 credit points, which may be a combination of units in a., b., c., and d., or an approved exchange program is allowed.

a. Project and Internship:

• BEX3006 Industry placement
• BEX3106 Industry placement
• BEX3012 Industry placement (12 credit points)
• BEX3112 Industry placement (12 credit points)
• BEX3024 Industry placement (24 credit points)
• BEX3350 Consulting project
• BEX3351 Consulting project
• BEX3450 Consulting project

b. International experience:

• ACX3500 Accounting study tour
• BEX3412 Innovation and entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley
• BEX3413 Entrepreneurship and creativity in an international context
• BEX3622 Issues in global business
• BEX3722 Engaging with international business
• BEX3723 Engaging with international business 
• BEX3724 Engaging with international business 
• BEX3725 Engaging with international business 
• BEX3726 Engaging with international business
• BEX3727 Engaging with international business
• BEX3728 Engaging with international business (12 credit points)
• BEX3730 Engaging with international business - Asia (12 credit points)
• BFX3871 International study program in banking and finance
• ECX3750 European economy and global business
• MGX3831 European business and society
• MKX3521 Global study programs in marketing 
• MKX3522 Global study programs in marketing (12 credit points)

(Please refer to Global Study Experiences for further information)

c. Foreign language area of study:

Chinese studies, Indonesian studies, Japanese studies, Korean studies or European languages (which includes: German, French, Italian or Spanish) 

d. Flagship rich educational experience

You can enrich your degree to hone your academic and professional skills with a range of Flagship Rich Educational Experiences (FREE), including the Research, Experimentation and Discovery, Monash Innovation Guarantee and Global Immersion Guarantee. These flagship rich educational experience units may be credited, if approved by the faculty. There are both 6 and 12 credit point unit options available :

• MON2100 Global immersion guarantee program
• MON2750 Monash innovation guarantee 
• MON3750 Monash innovation guarantee

Part D. Free elective study (48 credit points)