皇家墨爾本理工大學

Your career in international business

Having staff with international skills is now an organisational imperative. Our degree is focused on producing graduates who can think critically about managing international business responsibly, and sustainably and be equipped with the skills to build a successful career across corporate/business sectors, government, third sector, and consultancy in Australia and overseas.

What you will learn in this degree

You will gain foundation knowledge across several areas of international business in the first half of the degree. You will then develop deeper knowledge and the ability to apply a range of critical perspectives across key areas of business practice and management. In the second half of the degree you can incorporate specialised studies or electives in a different discipline to expand your career options.

In this three-year degree you can choose a second business major, or a minor from another business discipline, a set of international studies courses or a foreign language to suit your career goals.

Examples include foreign languages, international studies, sustainability and environment, geospatial studies, statistics and data management, politics, social justice, gender studies, and conflict mediation.

The degree enables you to develop an understanding of core business issues relating to financial markets, international trade, and global logistics and supply chain management, and to develop skills in cross-cultural management.

In addition, you will learn how to think critically about managing international business responsibly, and sustainably, about design and entrepreneurship, and gain insights into the institutional roles of business that reveal how the global political economy shapes, and is shaped by, international business organisations.

Electives and program structure

This degree is suited to students who already have significant working experience, or for those who want to extend studies in business and related disciplines by choosing from a range of second majors and minors to suit career or personal development goals.

The degree consists of 24 courses (each 12 credit points) and includes:

8 compulsory common business core courses
8 business discipline major courses
8 flexible courses.

The 8 flexible courses can be selected from three options:

a second business discipline major (8 courses)
a compulsory business discipline minor (4 courses) plus second minor (any discipline)

a compulsory business discipline minor (4 courses) plus 4 electives.

A second business major can be selected from:

accounting
economics
finance
financial planning
information systems
logistics and supply chain management
management
marketing.

Career

RMIT's aim is for international business graduates to become better global citizens because they have benefited from examining business practices through a global lens, and through a socially responsible business lens. You will emerge with an understanding of how various activities within and between organisations and industry sectors are connected.

The roles and industries an international business qualification can lead to include:

policy development and advice, especially within an organisation
a wide range of trade, and finance related roles
business analyst
logistics and supply chain management roles, such as advising procurement managers regarding fair trade and ethical sourcing in logistics import/export industries
government relations and consultancy, for example, advising on trade-related issues
economic research and developing economic policy or regulatory guidelines
management consultant