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Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management)

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Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management)
BBus(HRM)

Joint Studies

A joint study is a prescribed set of subjects taken from a discipline other than the chosen specialisation. Students are able to use the title of the joint study in conjunction with the specialisation (e.g. Bachelor of Business (Management/Finance). This course includes the following Joint Study options:

Accounting (Acc), Advertising (Advert), Agribusiness (Agribus), Banking (Bank), Crop Production - Sciences (CropProdn-Sc), Crop Production-Management (CropProdn-Mgt), Cultural Heritage Management (CultHeritMgt), Economics (Econ), Ecotourism (Ecotourism), Finance (Fin), Financial Planning (FinPlan), Industrial Relations (IndRel), Information Systems (InfoSys), International Business (InternatBus), Legal Studies (LegalStud), Leisure and Health (Leis&Hlth), Management (Mgt), Marketing (Mkt), Organisational Communication and Public Relations (OrgComm&PubRel), Psychology (Psych), Sociology (Sociol), Vocational Training (VocTrain)

+ Course Availability Modes and Locations

Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management) (2415HR)
On Campus CSU Study Centre Melbourne
CSU Study Centre Sydney
Distance Education Wagga Wagga

Availability is subject to change, please verify prior to enrolment.

Normal course duration

Full-time 3 years (6.0 sessions)

  • Normal course duration is the effective period of time taken to complete a course when studied Full-time (Full-time Equivalent: FTE). Students are advised to consult the Enrolment Pattern for the actual length of study. Not all courses are offered in Full-time mode.
  • Admission criteria CSU Admission Policy

    Standard CSU and UAC admission requirements for undergraduate courses apply.

    Credit CSU Credit Policy

    The Faculty has a large number of standard credit packages for TAFE and other institutions.

    Graduation requirement

    To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 192 points.

    Course structure

    Bachelor of Business (HRM)

    Core
    All of the following
    BUS110 Workplace Learning 1
    BUS220 Workplace Learning 2
    BUS370 Workplace Learning 3
    HRM210 Human Resource Management
    HRM310 Developing Human Resources
    HRM320 Issues in Human Resource Management
    HRM330 Strategic Human Resource Management (Capstone Subject)
    MGT100 Organisations & Management
    MGT230 Ethics, Sustainability & Culture
    MGT340 International Business Management
    QBM120 Business Data Analysis


    plus at least three (3) Restricted Electives (Set A) from
    ECO210 Labour Economics
    INR210 Industrial Relations in Australia
    LAW370 Law of Employment
    MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
    MGT320 Managing Change
    MGT330 Business Strategy
    MGT367 Leadership Issues

    plus at least two (2) Restricted Electives (Set B) from
    ACC100 Accounting 1
    ECO130 Business Economics
    ITC105 Communication & Information Management
    LAW110 Business Law
    MKT110 Marketing & Society

    Electives

    Students must choose eight (8) electives either by:

    Completing a joint study in another discipline area which will be included on the testamur, and adding the number of electives needed to bring the total number of subjects to 24; or by
    Selecting eight (8) electives. An elective is any undergraduate subject offered by Charles Sturt University provided prerequisites and enrolment restrictions have been met.
    Note that at least 3 electives must be Business or Business related subjects.

    Students must ensure that there are no more than twelve (12) level one subjects in their degree. Students must also ensure that they complete a minimum of five (5) level three subjects in their degree. The level of a subject is designated by the first digit in the subject code; e.g., MGT100 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 (Management/Finance).

    For a Joint Study either from within the Faculty of Business or from another Faculty, students must take an established sequence or set of five subjects. Established sequences are determined by Faculty Board. Students must ensure that they take the necessary prerequisites.

    If a Joint Study is chosen from those offered within the Faculty of Business, it must be in an area other than that of the specialisation chosen. No more than two subjects can be counted towards a Joint Study if they have already been undertaken as part of a specialisation. A student cannot claim more than one Joint Study.

    Students enrolled through the CSU Study Centres may only choose the Accounting, Management or Marketing joint studies.

    Accounting joint study

    ACC100 Accounting 1
    ACC110 Accounting 2
    ACC200 Accounting Systems
    and any two of the following subjects:
    ACC210 Management Accounting
    ACC222 External Reporting
    ACC311 Strategic and Sustainable Accounting
    ACC322 Company Accounting

    Banking joint study

    FIN211 Financial Management
    FIN230 Financial Institutions and Markets
    FIN310 Commercial Banking & Finance
    FIN320 Financial Institutions Lending
    LAW330 Finance Law

    Economics joint study

    Five of the following:
    ECO130 Business Economics
    ECO210 Labour Economics
    ECO215 Managerial Economics for Business Strategy
    ECO220 Macroeconomic Analysis
    ECO240 Forecasting for Business
    ECO320 International Economics

    Finance joint study

    FIN211 Financial Management
    FIN221 Investments
    FIN230 Financial Institutions & Markets
    and two from:
    FIN331 Financial Planning
    FIN340 International Finance
    FIN350 Strategic Financial Management
    FIN360 Treasury Risk Management
    FIN370 Funds Management

    Financial Planning joint study

    FIN211 Financial Management
    FIN221 Investments
    FIN331 Financial Planning
    FIN380 Superannuation
    LAW301 Taxation Law (Principles)

    Note: Finance and Banking students should substitute LAW302 Taxation Law (Issues) for FIN211

    Industrial Relations joint study

    INR210 Industrial Relations in Australia
    LAW240 Industrial Law
    INR310 Comparative Industrial Relations
    LAW370 Law of Employment
    and one from:
    ECO210 Labour Economics
    HRM210 Human Resource Management
    LAW260 Administrative Law
    MGT320 Managing Change

    Information Systems joint study

    ITC114 Database Management Systems
    ITC211 Systems Analysis
    and three of the following, only one of which may be at Level 1:
    ITC105 Communication and Information Management
    ITC106 Programming Principles
    ITC161 Computer Systems
    ITC204 User Interface Design and Evaluation
    ITC206 Programming in Java 1
    ITC240 IT Infrastructure Management
    ITC212 Internet Technologies
    ITC301 IT Project Management
    ITC331 Security, Privacy and Ethics

    International Business joint study

    MGT250 Asia-Pacific Business
    MGT340 International Business Management
    and three from:
    ECO320 International Economics
    FIN340 International Finance
    INR310 Comparative Industrial Relations
    LAW335 International Business Law
    MKT260 International Marketing

    Legal Studies joint study

    LAW110 Business Law
    and four from:
    LAW200 Commercial Activities: Law & Policy
    LAW220 Business Organisations Law
    LAW240 Industrial Law
    LAW260 Administrative Law
    LAW301 Taxation Law (Principles)
    LAW302 Taxation Law (Issues)
    LAW330 Finance Law
    LAW335 International Business Law
    LAW350 Advanced Commercial Law
    LAW370 Law of Employment

    Management joint study

    MGT310 Service Operations Management
    MGT320 Managing Change
    MGT330 Business Strategy
    and two from:
    LAW220 Business Organisations Law
    MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
    MGT340 International Business Management
    INR310 Comparative Industrial Relations
    ECO210 Labour Economics

    Marketing joint study

    MKT110 Marketing & Society
    MKT220 Buyer Behaviour
    MKT230 Market Research
    MKT340 Strategic Marketing Management
    and one from the following:
    MKT260 International Marketing
    MKT303 Social and Environmental Marketing
    MKT310 Integrated Marketing Communications
    MKT335 Marketing of Services
    MKT350 Product Innovation Management

    From outside the Faculty of Business

    Advertising joint study (choose 40 points from)

    ADV104 Understanding Advertising
    ADV205 Advertising Creative
    ADV206 Principles of Channel Planning
    ADV317 Advertising Srategy and Planning (16 points)
    ADV105 The Advertising Business

    Agribusiness joint study

    AHT231 Agriculltural Finance
    AGB351 Commodity Trade and Pricing
    AGB310 Agricultural Marketing
    AGB450 Agribusiness Decision Analysis
    plus one of the following:
    AGB165 Agribusiness Systems
    AHT101 Professional Skills in Agriculture & Horticulture
    AGR220 Extension

    Cultural Heritage Management joint study

    ENM163 Natural Resource Management
    PKM260 Interpretive Planning
    PKM266 Cultural Resource Management
    plus either
    PKM397 Heritage Site Management (16 points)
    or
    PKM398 Cultural Heritage Policy & Planning (16 points)

    Crop Production joint study (Management Strand)

    AGR156 Plants in Agriculture
    AHT101 Professional Skills in Agriculture & Horticulture
    PSC236 Pasture Production and Management
    PSC270 Annual Crop Management
    AGS301 Weed and Pesticide Sciences

    Crop Production joint study (Sciences Strand)

    Students choose five of the following:
    PSC102 Botany
    PSC104 Soil Science
    PSC202 Crop and Pasture Science
    PSC271 Crop Agronomy
    PSC371 Plant Pathology
    AGS301 Weed and Pesticide Sciences

    Ecotourism joint study

    REC200 Principles of Ecotourism
    and four from:
    REC167 Recreation Leadership & Communication
    REC302 Interpretive Guiding Management in Ecotourism
    REC305 Advanced Principles of Ecotourism
    PKM230 Social Psychology of Risk in Outdoor Recreation
    PKM260 Interpretive Planning
    PKM302 Philosophy of Outdoor Recreation

    Leisure and Health joint study

    LES101 Introduction to Leisure and Health
    LES102 Leisure Programming with Diverse Populations
    LES202 Community Leisure & Health Issues
    LES301 Health Policy and Program Development
    LES302 Leisure and Social Relations

    Organisational Communication and Public Relations joint study

    COM116 Principles and Practices of Public Relations
    COM215 Public Relations Processes
    COM313 Crisis and Issues Management
    and two from:
    COM115 Media Audiences and Public Opinion
    COM232 Strategic Public Relations Practice
    COM316 Advertising and Public Relations Research
    COM318 Public Affairs

    Psychology joint study

    PSY101 Foundations of Psychology 1
    PSY102 Foundations of Psychology 2
    PSY201 Research Methods in Psychology
    PSY204 Psychological Testing
    and one from:
    PSY305 Psychology of Personality
    PSY307 Cognition

    Note: Students who have completed QBM117 Business Statistics, QBM217 Advanced Business Statistics and MKT230 Marketing Research are not required to complete PSY201 Research Methods in Psychology.

    Sociology joint study

    SOC101 Introductory Sociology
    SOC102 Social Inequality
    plus
    Three SOC coded subjects, at least one at Level 2 and one at Level 3.

    Vocational Training joint study

    EPT327 Effective Teaching in VET
    EPT322 Training in Workplaces
    EEE303 Training Design and Assessment
    EEB312 Reflective Practice and Lifelong Learning
    and one of the following:
    EEL320 Learning Theories for Post Compulsory Education
    EPT320 High Level Facilitation Skills for Post Compulsory Education
    EEB330 Developing the Vocational Education and Training Practitioner
    EEB321 Reflective Practice in VET

    Enrolment pattern

    BBus (HRM)

    Part time suggested study sequence

    Session 1

    MGT100 Organisations & Management
    1 x Restricted Elective (Set B) subject from:
    ACC100 Accounting 1
    ECO130 Business Economics
    ITC105 Communication & Information Management
    LAW110 Business Law
    MKT110 Marketing & Society

    Session 2

    BUS110 Workplace Learning 1
    1 x Restricted Elective (Set B) subject from:
    ACC100 Accounting 1
    ECO130 Business Economics
    ITC105 Communication & Information Management
    LAW110 Business Law
    MKT110 Marketing & Society

    Session 3

    QBM120 Business Data Analysis
    1 x Elective

    Session 4

    MGT230 Ethics, Sustainability & Culture
    1 x Elective

    Session 5

    BUS220 Workplace Learning 2
    HRM210 Human Resource Management

    Session 6

    1 x Elective
    1 x Restricted Elective (Set A) subject from:
    ECO210 Labour Economics
    INR210 Industrial Relations in Australia
    LAW370 Law of Employment
    MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
    MGT320 Managing Change
    MGT330 Business Strategy
    MGT367 Leadership Issues

    Session 7

    HRM310 Developing Human Resources
    1 x Restricted Elective (Set A) subject from:
    ECO210 Labour Economics
    INR210 Industrial Relations in Australia
    LAW370 Law of Employment
    MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
    MGT320 Managing Change
    MGT330 Business Strategy
    MGT367 Leadership Issues

    Session 8

    MGT340 International Business Management
    1 x Restricted Elective (Set A) subject from:
    ECO210 Labour Economics
    INR210 Industrial Relations in Australia
    LAW370 Law of Employment
    MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
    MGT320 Managing Change
    MGT330 Business Strategy
    MGT367 Leadership Issues

    Session 9

    2 x Electives

    Session 10

    HRM320 Issues in Human Resource Management
    1 x Elective

    Session 11

    BUS370 Workplace Learning 3
    1 x Elective

    Session 12

    HRM330 Strategic Human Resource Management
    1 x Elective

    + Residential School

    Please note that the following subjects may have a residential school component.

    AGR156 Plants in Agriculture
    AGR220 Extension
    AGS301 Weed and Pesticide Sciences
    PKM266 Culture and Heritage
    PKM397 Heritage Site Management
    PKM398 Cultural Heritage Policies and Planning
    PSC102 Botany
    PSC104 Soil Science
    PSC202 Crop And Pasture Science
    PSC236 Pasture Production and Utilisation
    PSC270 Annual Crop Management
    PSC271 Crop Agronomy
    PSC371 Plant Pathology

    Enrolled students can find further information about CSU residential schools via the About Residential School page.

    + Workplace Learning

    Please note that the following subjects have a Workplace Learning component.

    BUS110 Workplace Learning 1
    BUS220 Workplace Learning 2
    BUS370 Workplace Learning 3
    EEE303 Training Design and Assessment
    EPT320 High Level Facilitation Skills for Post Compulsory Education
    EPT322 Training in Workplaces
    EPT327 Effective Teaching in VET

    Professional recognition

    The Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management) is accredited by the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) from 2013 to 2016.

    Contact

    For further information about Charles Sturt University, or this course offering, please contact info.csu on 1800 334 733 (free call within Australia) or email inquiry@csu.edu.au

    The information contained in the 2015 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: February 2015. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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