This four year double degree allows you the flexibility to combine International Studies with a degree in Business.

The Bachelor of International Studies/Bachelor of Business comprises core units in both business and international studies, as well as specialisations drawn from business and a range of social sciences. This degree offers a personalised learning experience that you can tailor to your own needs. It will equip you for entry into a constantly changing local and global workforce requiring intellectual, analytical, organisational, personal, interpersonal, and intercultural skills.

Graduates from this course are provided with the opportunity to:

• locate, manage and use information efficiently and effectively;
• solve problems effectively in industry and community settings and within both domestic and international environments;
• exhibit high levels of numeracy skills in a range of business and community settings;
• communicate effectively in spoken and written form on a range of topics to professional, industry and community groups;
• apply an evidence-based research approach to problems;
• respond with social and cultural awareness within local and global environments;
• work autonomously and collaboratively as a professional in both industry and community settings.

• Location:
  Footscray Park
• Faculty:
  Faculty of Arts, Education and Human Development
• School:
  School of Social Sciences and Psychology
• Study mode:
  Full Time and Part Time
• Delivery mode:
  On campus
• Course code:
  ABIB
• Duration:
  4 years
• This information is for Australian residents.
  Click here for the international version of this course

How to apply

Graduates find employment in a wide range of professional settings, especially in those settings that involve interaction across national and cultural boundaries, including

• private corporations
• professional service firms
• the public service
• community sector.

Learn more about your career options on the Australian government's Career Information and Resources website.

The Bachelor of International Studies / Bachelor of Business enables students to experience a range of educational processes and curricula that will equip graduates for entry into a constantly changing local and global workforce requiring intellectual, analytical, organisational, personal, interpersonal, and intercultural skills.

Graduates from this course are provided with the opportunity to:

1. locate, manage and use information efficiently and effectively;
2. solve problems effectively in industry and community settings and within both domestic and international environments;
3. exhibit high levels of numeracy skills in a range of business and community settings;
4. communicate effectively in spoken and written form on a range of topics to professional, industry and community groups;
5. apply an evidence-based research approach to problems;
6. respond with social and cultural awareness within local and global environments;
7. work autonomously and collaboratively as a professional in both industry and community settings.

• Accounting for Decision Making

  Unit code

  BAO1101

  Credits

  12

• Economic Principles

  Unit code

  BEO1105

  Credits

  12

• Business Statistics

  Unit code

  BEO1106

  Credits

  12

• Communicating Transculturally

  Unit code

  ACX1000

  Credits

  12

• Foundations of Social Science Research

  Unit code

  ASX1003

  Credits

  12

• Information Systems for Business

  Unit code

  BCO1102

  Credits

  12

• Dimensions of Global Politics

  Unit code

  AAP3014

  Credits

  12

• Introduction to Marketing

  Unit code

  BHO1171

  Credits

  12

• Business Law

  Unit code

  BLO1105

  Credits

  12

• Professional Development 1 - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

  Unit code

  BFP1100

  Credits

  12

• Management and Organisation Behaviour

  Unit code

  BMO1102

  Credits

  12

• International Interdisciplinary Project

  Unit code

  ASX3500

  Credits

  12

• Professional Development 2 - Analysis and Strategy

  Unit code

  BFP2100

  Credits

  12

• International Studies: Professional Learning

  Unit code

  ASX3001

  Credits

  12

• Advanced English for Speakers of Other Languages (Aesol)

  Unit code

  ASPAES

• Asian Studies

  Unit code

  ASPASI

• History

  Unit code

  ASPHIS

• Political Science

  Unit code

  ASPPOL

• Sociology

  Unit code

  ASPSOC

• Vietnamese

  Unit code

  ASPVIE

• Accounting

  Unit code

  BSPACC

• Banking and Finance

  Unit code

  BSPBAF

• Financial Planning

  Unit code

  BSPFIP

• Human Resource Management

  Unit code

  BSPHRM

• International Business

  Unit code

  BSPIBU

• International Trade

  Unit code

  BSPITR

• Management

  Unit code

  BSPMAN

• Marketing

  Unit code

  BSPMAR

• Music Industry

  Unit code

  BSPMUI

• Retail Commerce

  Unit code

  BSPREC

• Small Business and Entrepreneurship

  Unit code

  BSPSBE

• Supply Chain and Logistics Management

  Unit code

  BSPSCM

To graduate, students must successfully complete:

• 5 core international studies units
• 6 units (1 specialisation) selected from the International Studies specialisations list below
• 5 electives selected from the Bachelor of Arts
• 9 core business units
• 7 units (1 specialisation) selected from the Business specialisations list below

International Studies specialisations:

1. Advanced English for Speakers of Other Languages (AESOL)
2. Asian Studies
3. History
4. Political Science
5. Sociology
6. Vietnamese

Business specialisations:

1. Accounting
2. Banking and Finance
3. Financial Planning
4. Human Resource Management
5. International Business
6. International Trade
7. Management
8. Marketing
9. Music Industry
10. Retail Commerce
11. Small Business and Entrepreneurship
12. Supply Chain and Logistics Management.

• TAFE: Applicants with relevant VET study may be considered.
• Year 12: VCE with minimum study score of 20 in English units 3 and 4 (any).
• International: Completion of a secondary school qualification equivalent to Australia's year 12 or VCE qualification. IELTS minimum 6.0 (no band less than 6).
• Mature: Applicants with relevant work, education and/or community experience may be considered on the basis of equivalence.