BBus(IndRel)

The course aims to produce effective and responsible industrial relations practitioners through the extensive examination of industrial relations in organisations and society.

Enrolment through

Albury-Wodonga Campus

Study mode

Distance education

Normal course duration

Part-time 6 years (12 sessions)

Credit

Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Business degree are entitled to credits if they have completed applicable TAFE courses within ten years of admission to the degree. Credit is normally granted for relevant Certificates, Diplomas and Advanced Diplomas. Overseas qualifications will be considered for credit towards the Bachelor of Business degree.

Graduation requirements

To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete 192 points (24 subjects). These subjects are a combination of core subjects, specialisation subjects and electives.

All distance education students are required to have access to a personal computer (IBM PC or compatible) and spreadsheet software capable of reading Excel and/or Lotus 1-2-3 files. It is recommended that distance education students have access to appropriate hardware and software to enable them to communicate electronically with the University. The current specifications are available upon request.

Course structure

Students must complete eight core subjects, ten specialisation subjects and six electives.

Core subjects

ACC100   Accounting 1

ACC110   Accounting 2

ECO110    Microeconomics

ECO120    Macroeconomics

LAW110    Business Law

MGT100   Organisations & Management

MKT110     Marketing Principles

QBM117   Business Statistics

 

Specialisation subjects

ECO210     Labour Economics

HRM210    Human Resource Management

INR210      Industrial Relations in Australia

INR230      Workplace Industrial Relations

INR310      Comparative Industrial Relations

INR320      Industrial Relations Practice A

INR330      Industrial Relations Practice B

LAW240    Industrial Law

LAW370    Law of Employment

MGT320    Managing Change

 

Students completing INR330 Industrial Relations Practice B are required to attend a four-day residential school in the mid-session break.

Part-time/distance education suggested study sequence

Albury Campus students may follow a different suggested sequence.

Session 1 (Autumn)

ECO110     Microeconomics

MGT100    Organisations & Management

 

Session 2 (Spring)

MKT110    Marketing Principles

QBM117    Business Statistics

 

Session 3 (Autumn)

ACC100    Accounting 1

LAW110    Business Law

 

Session 4 (Spring)

ACC110    Accounting 2

ECO120     Macroeconomics

 

Session 5 (Autumn)

INR210      Industrial Relations in Australia

LAW240    Industrial Law

 

Session 6 (Spring)

HRM210    Human Resource Management

[            ]    Elective 1

 

Session 7 (Autumn)

LAW370    Law of Employment

[            ]    Elective 2

 

Session 8 (Spring)

ECO210     Labour Economics

INR230      Workplace Industrial Relations

 

Session 9 (Autumn)

MGT320    Managing Change

[            ]    Elective 3

 

Session 10 (Spring)

INR310      Comparative Industrial Relations

[            ]    Elective 4

 

Session 11 (Autumn)

INR320      Industrial Relations Practice A

[            ]    Elective 5

 

Session 12 (Spring)

INR330      Industrial Relations Practice B

[            ]    Elective 6

 

Electives

Students must choose six electives either by:

•  Completing a joint study in another discipline area, which will be included on the testamur, and adding the number of free electives needed to bring the total number of subjects to 24; or by

•  Selecting six free electives. A free elective is any undergraduate subject offered by Charles Sturt University provided prerequisites and enrolment restrictions have been met.

 

Students must ensure that there are no more than 12 level one subjects in their degree. The level of a subject is designated by the first digit in the subject code, e.g. ACC100 is a level one subject.

Joint studies

A joint study is a prescribed set of subjects taken from a discipline, other than the chosen specialisation. Students are then able to use the title of the joint study in conjunction with the specialisation (e.g. Bachelor of Business (Accounting/Finance). Details of approved joint studies are included in this section following Bachelor of Business specialisation entries.

Inquiries

Courses Manager

Mary Callaway
School of Business
Telephone: (02) 6051 9861
Facsimile: (02) 6051 9878
Email: mcallaway@csu.edu.au