International Undergraduate Prospectus - James Cook University

Business, Information
Technology and Law
Bachelor of
Business
JCU’s Bachelor of Business is a
flexible course that offers a wide
range of majors or specialisations.
Students must complete a
common core of subjects as
well as a business major of their
choice. They also have the option
of completing a double major or
a selection of minors or elective
subjects from other disciplines and
other schools from within James
Cook University. The curriculum
design used by the School of
Business ensures flexibility and
choice for students who can
choose to switch majors at the
end of the first year of study.
All business students undertake
Work Integrated Learning
projects as these allow
application of business theory
and the gaining of practical skills.
The Work Integrated Learning
philosophy allows students
to build their own portfolio of
practical work which will assist
them in gaining their first career
position in business.
The following majors are available
• Accounting
• Economics
• Financial Management
• Human Resources
Management
• Information Technology for
Business *
• Management
• Marketing
• Sports and Events Management
• Business Law^
• Communication Design^
^ Only available as a second major
*The School of Business is currently
developing this major for introduction
in 2014. For more information please
contact the School of Business.
The following minors are
also available
• Managerial Economics
• Socio-Ecological Economics
• Financial Management
• Human Resources Management
• Management
• Marketing
• Tourism Management
• Communication Design
• Indigenous Studies
• Public Relations and Design
• Sustainability
It is also possible to study a
number of double degrees at
JCU – gaining two qualifications
in a shorter amount of time. The
Bachelor of Business can also be
combined as a joint degree with
Arts, Law, Sport and Exercise
Science and Psychology.
Regardless of the major or
specialisation chosen the Bachelor
of Business consists of common
first-year subjects that include
• Business Data Analysis and
Interpretation
• Business, Environment and
Society in the Tropics
• Contemporary Business
Communications
• Accounting for Decision
Making
• Economics for Sustainable
Business
• Managing Consumer Markets
• Business Law
Plus the first subject of your
chosen major.
Accounting
Course highlights
This program is for students
wishing to become professionally
qualified accountants. It is fully
accredited with the Institute of
Chartered Accountants Australia
(ICAA) and CPA Australia (Certified
Practising Accountants) and upon
graduation students are eligible for
membership of these professional
bodies. This course also equips
graduates with broad business skills
for a range of business careers.
Career opportunities
Accounting graduates are in
demand around Australia and
the world. They enjoy and
progress through a wide range
of employment opportunities
in the public and private sectors
including: public accounting
practice, financial and
management accounting, systems
accountant, financial officer,
chief executive officer, financial
analyst, management consulting,
stockbroker, merchant banker,
financial institutional manager,
policy advisor, taxation and
financial planning, and corporate
bankruptcy, insolvency and recovery.
A selection of subjects for this
major include
• Accounting Principles and Systems
• Cost and Management Accounting
• Auditing
• Contemporary Issues in
Accounting
• Performance Management
and Control
• Company Accounting
• Business Information Systems
• Financial Management
• Business Modelling
• Law of Business Organisations
• Taxation
Economics
Course highlights
Students study problems
associated with the labour market,
human resource management,
exchange rates, profitability,
politics, social welfare, financial
fragility and the environment. The
course offers choice and flexibility.
You can enhance your economics
expertise by including other
specialist subjects in economics
and econometrics.
Career opportunities
The skills acquired by graduates
in this area are like an economic
toolkit – one that can be
used to help solve problems
associated with a huge variety
of issues. Given this solid base
it is not surprising to find that
JCU Economics graduates
are very successful in finding
employment as professional
economists in a range of areas
including: consulting, economic
policy development, economic
modelling, investment and trade,
banking (merchant, trading and
reserve), natural resources and
agriculture, non-government
agencies, private industry, federal,
state and local government
departments, research
organisations and universities.
A selection of subjects for this
major include
• Macroeconomics Policy
• Managerial Economics
• Economic Growth and
Sustainable Development
• Contemporary Economic Policy
and Social Welfare
• Data Collection, Analysis and
Interpretation in Economics
• Economics and Sustainable
Resource Management
• Cost Benefit Analysis
• Behavioural Economics for
Sustainable Policy
Financial Management
Course highlights
Students discover how to create
and manage wealth in today’s
globalised economy. Graduates
are equipped with expert
knowledge of financial and capital
markets with a focus on decisionmaking
within those markets and
how values or prices of financial
assets are determined. Studies
are concerned with investment
decisions, financing decisions of
a firm and the development of
risk hedging strategies so as to
minimise the damaging effects
of adverse movements in share
prices, interest rates, exchange
rates and other uncertainties.
Career opportunities
As a graduate with a major in
Financial Management, you
will have the financial expertise
to pursue a broad range of
successful careers, for example,
a banker, compliance officer,
financial manager, financial
analyst, financial planner, financial
institution manager, fund
manager, investment analyst,
investment banker, stockbroker
and financial researcher.
A selection of subjects for this
major include
• Multinational Business Finance
• Business Modelling
• Financial Management
• Risk Management
• Cost Benefit Analysis
• Performance Management
and Control
• Financial Institutions
and Markets
• Advanced Business Modelling
• Personal Portfolio Management
Human Resources
Management
Course highlights
You will learn how to harness
your people skills to hire,
promote and develop the right
management and staff. Specialist
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