1. Changes to Business Programs for 2012 Cherida Longley Senior Manager, Marketing and Business Development Office of the Pro-Vice Chancellor College of Business Tass Katsoulidis Senior Advisor, Learning and Teaching Office of the Pro-Vice Chancellor College of Business

2. RMIT University©2008 Information Technology Services 2 Overview RMIT 3 year Bachelor of Business degrees Rationale for revisions Review and consultations undertaken in 2010 Common degree structures Major and minor sequences Examples of student selections

3. RMIT University©2008 Information Technology Services 3 RMIT 3 year Bachelor of Business degrees VTAC course codes for 3 year Bachelor of Business degrees remain unchanged from 2010: –Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) 32441 (CSP), 32443 (IFP), PT: 32611 (CSP) –Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance) 32501 (CSP), 32503 (IFP) PT: 32781 (CSP) –Bachelor of Business (Entrepreneurship) 33311 (CSP), 33313 (IFP) –Bachelor of Business (International Business) 32511 (CSP), 32513 (IFP) PT: 32751 (CSP) – Bachelor of Business (Logistics & Supply Chain Management) 32531 (CSP), 32533 (IFP) PT: 32631 (CSP) –Bachelor of Business (Management) 32491 (CSP), 32493 (IFP) PT: 33041 (CSP) –Bachelor of Business (Marketing) 32541 (CSP), 32543 (IFP) PT: 32801 (CSP)

4. RMIT University©2008 Information Technology Services 4 Rationale for revisions to 3-year degrees Improve student engagement and experience –Transition to Higher Education and embedded academic/learning skills –Cohort experience and degree-based tutorials Increase student choice and flexibility –Unlocked degree structures –8 common core courses, 8 major courses and 8 flexible courses –Approved suite of minors in Business and in other disciplines Broaden skills and enhance graduate outcomes –Build and enhance communication and critical thinking skills, and global and social awareness –Opportunities to enhance outcomes by packaging disciplines to meet the needs of the business community for flexible, well-rounded and broader- thinking graduates

5. RMIT University©2008 Information Technology Services 5 Review and consultations in 2010 A 12 month review focussed on existing 3-year Bachelor of Business degrees The review was driven by consultations with internal and external stakeholders: –Careers Advisers –VCE students, current students, recent graduates and Alumni –Business community, professional associations and graduate employers Opportunities to package specialisations according to student interest or professional need were favoured highly by students and graduate employers Degree structures were validated by graduate employers and representatives of the business community A review of existing 4 year Bachelor of Business degrees in partnership with stakeholders is planned for 2011-12

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7. RMIT University©2008 Information Technology Services 7 Second business majors Accountancy Business Information Systems Economics Entrepreneurship Finance Human Resource Management International Business Logistics and Supply Chain Management Management Marketing

8. RMIT University©2008 Information Technology Services 8 Minors Business minors Accountancy Business Information Systems Economics Economics and Finance Entrepreneurship Finance Human Resource Management International Business Logistics and Supply Chain Management Management Marketing Work Integrated Learning Other minors Advanced Applied Mathematics Advanced Statistics Advanced Statistics and Data Management Applied Mathematics and Statistics Chinese French Criminal Law and Legal Studies Criminology Conflict and Conflict Mediation Contemporary Crime Geospatial Global Aspects of Crime GPS and Geospatial Indigenous Studies International Area Studies International Studies Politics Global and Local Japanese Spanish Social Justice Statistics and OR Sustainability and Environment

9. RMIT University©2008 Information Technology Services 9 Bachelor of Business (Marketing) Incorporating a second major in Management Year 1Year 2Year 3 Introductory AccountingCommercial LawBusiness to Business Marketing Macroeconomics 1Marketing CommunicationService Quality Introduction to ManagementMarket ResearchProduct Innovation Management Business Computing 1Strategic MarketingGlobal Marketing Marketing PrinciplesOrganisational BehaviourInternational Management Prices and MarketsEthics and GovernanceLeadership and Managing Change Business Statistics 1Organisational TheoryThe Entrepreneurial Process Buyer BehaviourHuman Resource ManagementStrategic Management

10. RMIT University©2008 Information Technology Services 10 Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) Incorporating two minors in Accounting Professional Services* and Business Information Systems. Year 1Year 2Year 3 Introductory AccountingCommercial Law Accounting Theory Macroeconomics 1Corporate Accounting Management Accounting Systems Introduction to ManagementManagement Accounting and Business Strategic Decision Making for Accountants Business Computing 1Cost Management and Applications Company Law Marketing PrinciplesTaxation 1Ethical Issues in Accounting Prices and MarketsAuditingForensic Accounting Business Statistics 1 Introduction to BIS Development Business Analysis and Design 1 Financial Accounting Business Database Fundamentals Business IT * A requirement for students seeking to meet the requirements for admission to membership of the professional accounting bodies in Australia.

11. RMIT University©2008 Information Technology Services 11 Bachelor of Business (International Business) Incorporating minors in Economics and Chinese Year 1Year 2Year 3 Introductory AccountingCommercial LawGlobal Entrepreneurship Macroeconomics 1Global MarketingStrategic Management Introduction to ManagementIssues in International BusinessCulture and Business Practice in Asia Business Computing 1International Human ResourcesInternational Political Economy: Business, Resources and Politics in the Global Era Marketing PrinciplesPrice TheoryInternational Monetary Economics Prices and MarketsMacroeconomics 2International Trade Business Statistics 1Chinese 1Chinese 3 International ManagementChinese 2Chinese 4

12. RMIT University©2008 Information Technology Services 12 Bachelor of Business (Entrepreneurship) Incorporating a minor in Work Integrated Learning and 4 student electives Year 1Year 2Year 3 Introductory AccountingCommercial LawFinance & Regulation for Entrepreneurs Macroeconomics 1Applied EntrepreneurshipNew Venture Creation Introduction to ManagementIntrapreneurshipFamily Business and Entrepreneurship Business Computing 1Global EntrepreneurshipHuman Resource Management Marketing PrinciplesLearning portfolioIndustry-based project 1 Prices and MarketsBusiness strategyIndustry-based project 2 Business Statistics 1ForecastingSustainability, Society and Environment The Entrepreneurial ProcessEnergy Policy and ManagementEthics & Governance