Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business (Human Resources Management) CB02

Program Overview

This combined degree program is designed to allow students to meet professional accreditation in Human Resources Management, and to complete two separate six-course plans in Arts.

This program is designed to satisfy the educational requirements for membership of the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI). Career opportunities exist for graduates in both the government and private business sectors for generalists or specialists in HRM. Generalist career opportunities often exist in smaller organisations whereas specialists tend to find employment in larger organisations.

Graduates may find diverse employment options including administration management, industrial relations, organisational change, staff development and training, staff recruitment and personnel management. Executive careers within a HRM environment may include eventual appointment as a general manager or director of human resources within a larger organisation.

Students should consider the following points in selecting courses to be studied in a particular year, enabling them to structure their study program so prerequisite courses are completed prior to subsequent advanced level courses:

• full-time students usually study a maximum of four courses per term;
• part-time students usually study a maximum of two courses per term; and
• details of course availability (term offered, internal and distance availability, prerequisites) are published in the Table of Course Availability, and students must make themselves aware of these.

This program places some emphasis on developing the student’s competencies and practical knowledge of the business applications of computing. Internal students will spend time in computer facilities as part of their regular classes and distance students will need to ensure, when undertaking certain courses of study, they have a high level of access to adequate computer facilities.

Program Structure

To satisfy the requirements of the award, students must complete a 32 courses or 192 units of credit (19 Business courses or 114 units of credit and 13 Arts courses or 78 units of credit) which comply with the program detailed below. Students must complete:

Code	Course
all of the following 7 compulsory courses:
ACCT11059	Using Accounting for Decision Making
ECON11026	Principles of Economics
HRMT11010	Organisational Behaviour
COIS11011	Foundations of Business Computing
LAWS11030	Introductory & Contract Law I
MRKT11029	Marketing
STAT11028	Quantitative Methods A
all of the following 12 HRM technical specialist courses:
HRMT11011	Human Resources in Organisations
HRMT19012	Performance Management
HRMT19013	Human Resources Development
HRMT19020	Managing Organisational Change
HRMT19021	Australian Industrial Relations
HRMT19014	Human Resources Planning, Recruitment & Selection
HRMT19005	Professional Experience & Practice
HRMT19015	Research for Human Resources Decision-making
HRMT19022	Comparative Employment Relations
HRMT19016	Contemporary Organisational & HRM Studies
2 elective courses (selected from any 6 units of credit undergraduate course offered by CQU, subject to the Dean’s approval. The Faculty will notify students if their selection is not approved).
12 courses, comprising two separate 6 course plans from the Bachelor of Arts Core Studies plans (Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies, Asia & Pacific Studies, Australian Studies, Drama Studies, Environmental Studies, Film Studies, Geography, History, Japanese Language, Literary & Cultural Studies, Literary Studies, Methods of Social Research, Sociology, Text & Cultural Studies, Welfare Studies).
1 elective course, selected from a Bachelor of Arts Core Studies plan.
Refer to the program listing for further details of Bachelor of Arts plans.

Application for Credit Transfer

Credit Transfer will only be granted where a student is able to demonstrate that tertiary studies equivalent in content and depth to a Bachelor of Business (Human Resources Management) or Bachelor of Arts course have been completed.

Students should examine the course synopses in this handbook to determine the courses from which they may be eligible to claim exemption.

Refer to Credit for Previous Studies in the Admissions & Enrolment section of the handbook, regarding the guidelines and requirements in applying for credit transfer.