Career training and vocational courses

	2013
Location:	Sydney, Melbourne
Intake Session:	February, July, November
Normal Course Duration:	3 years

About the Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management)

CSU’s Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management) equips graduates for a career managing an organisation’s people to deliver strategic goals.

About the course

Regardless of the size of an organisation or the extent of its resources, the organisation survives and thrives because of the capabilities and performance of its people. As a graduate, you will implement activities to maximise people’s capabilities to achieve the organisation’s goals. Activities may include staff recruitment, career planning, appraisal, developing reward and discipline structures, and the design and redesign of jobs. Career options are broad and include the following:

• human resources manager
• training manager
• learning and development manager
• Occupational Health and Safety, anager
• employee relations manager
• human resources management consultant

Your course is recognised

The Bachelor of Business (HRM) is accredited by the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI).

Alternative pathway

Students who successfully complete the Taylors UniLink Diploma of Business or the Martin College Advanced Diploma of Management are able to gain credit into the Bachelor of Business degree.

Course structure

You must successfully complete 24 subjects to graduate consisting of three core subjects, five foundation subjects, eight specialisation subjects and eight electives. Refer to the CSU Handbook 2012 for full course and subject details.

Core subjects:
ECO130	Business Economics
MGT100	Organisations and Management
MGT230	Ethics, Sustainability and Culture

Foundation subjects:
BUS110	Professional Practice
BUS220	Business Placement
BUS370	Business Internship
QBM120	Business Data Analysis
	plus at least one (1) from:
ACC100	Accounting 1
ITC105	Communication and Information Management
LAW110	Business Law
MKT110	Marketing and Society

As well as core subjects and electives, you must complete the following subjects for the Human Resources Management specialisation:

Specialisation subjects:
HRM210	Human Resource Management
HRM310	Developing Human Resources
HRM320	Issues in Human Resource Management
HRM330	Strategic Human Resource Management
	plus at least four 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

* Not all subjects may be offered at CSU Study Centres.

Electives

You must choose eight electives or choose a Joint Study as an alternative. An elective is any undergraduate subject offered at the CSU Study Centre. Students can enrol in these subjects provided they meet prerequisites and enrolment restrictions. Electives are required to bring a student’s total number of subjects to 24 over thecourse of the three-year degree.

Joint Study

A Joint Study is a prescribed set of subjects taken from a discipline other than Human Resources Management. The discipline studied will then be included on the testamur in conjunction with Bachelor of Business (e.g. Bachelor of Business (HRM/Management)).

For a Joint Study from within the Faculty of Business, students must take an established sequence or set of five subjects. Students must ensure that they take the necessary prerequisites or have the required assumed knowledge.

A student cannot claim more than one Joint Study.

Joint study programs available at the CSU Study Centres are:

• Accounting
• Information Systems
• Management
• Marketing

This course is also offered at CSU’s regional campuses.