1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Stage one (core subject)
BLllO Legal Environment of Business
Stage two
BL220 Contract Law (A)
BL221 Company Law (A)
BL222 Marketing Law
BL223 Computer Law
BL224 Retailing Law
BL225 Tourism Law
Stage three
BL330 Advanced Company Law
BL331 International Business Law
BL332 Employment Law D
BL333 Finance Law
5 Note: BC331 Taxation and BC336 Advanced Taxation
a may be counted towards either an accounting or business
law major or minor but not both.
(A) Mandatory subjects for professional recognition by
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ASCPA or ICA
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m Business Modelling
g. The business modelling major will provide a
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comprehensive set of skills necessary for the successful
analysis of everyday business problems and which assist in
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3 A business modelling major or minor will provide students
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2. with valuable tools and skills that will complement majors
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Q The applied approach to business modelling and data
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analysis adopted within the discipline is designed to meet
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the needs of both industry and the business community.
9. Stage one provides students with an introduction to basic
o_ business modelling and data analysis tools required to
support subsequent studies, both within business modelling
and other disciplines.
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Stage two introduces a variety of analytical tools and provides
the additional skills that can be applied directly to everyday
problems in the business world; resource allocation
(fundamental to the world of commerce); business forecasting
(essential for business survival); managing inventory; basic
decision-malung and planning for changes in Australia's
population attributes (necessary to understand changing
business markets).
Stage three provides students with additional tools that are
necessary to enable an analysis of a number of real-world
business modelling problems. This stage is also designed to
strengthen and focus the skills already obtained, enhancing the
value of possessing these skills to the business community.
In today's business world, very little can be achieved
without the application of business modelling practices and
techniques. Students completing a major or minor sequence
of study in business modelling will also inherit valuable
multi-disciplinary skills that are extremely marketable
within the business community.
Stage one (core subject)
BQllOE Quantitative Analysis (??nabling) and
BQllO Quantitative Analysis A; or
BQlll Quantitative Analysis B
Stage two
BQ220 Business Forecasting
BQ22 1 Marketing Data Management
BQ223 Business Demography
BQ225 Economic Techniques for Business
BQ226 Marketing Research l(M)
BQ227 Marketing Research 2 (M)
BQ228 Management Decision Techniques (formerly
BQ222 Quantitative Management Techniques)
Stage three
BQ330 Market Modelling
BQ331 Survey Research Methods
BQ335 Quality Mechanisms and Measures
(M) Mandatory subjects for Marketing major
Economics
Understanding economic principles is a fundamental
requirement for a career in business. An economic
approach to important practical social and business
problems is the focus of the economics major.
Stage one is designed to acquaint students with the
economic principles necessary to understand and evaluate
economic com*entary and rkports and to analyse the
operations of government and industry in Australia.
In stage two students may choose from subjects which
emphasise the relationship between industry and
government; managerial economics; environmental
economics; industrial relations; macroeconomic policy and
economic techniques used in business.
The third stage provides an added insight into some of the
specialist practical areas in economics, such as international
trade, international finance, public finance, financial
institutions and monetary policy and industry relevant
economic research.
Students completing an economics major find employment
in a wide range of challenging fields. These include
administration in both public and private sectors,
management consulting, economic policy evaluation and
financial analysis and economic research.
Stage one (core subject)
BE1 10 Microeconomics
Stage two
BE220 Macroeconomics (A)(E)
BE221 Managerial Economics
BE222 Industry and Government
BE223 Industrial Relations (D)
BE224 Economic Evaluation
BE226 Applied Macroeconomics
BE227 Environmental Economics