About this Course

Most businesses around the world now support their critical business processes by using IT. This is as true for large multinationals as it is for small and medium enterprises. Businesses also must use a range of electronic methods in the marketing of products and keeping in touch with clients and employees in an efficient and cost effective ways.

Knowledge of these systems and integrating them into the overall business strategy are essential, together with the use of the data they generate. This major provides students with the opportunity to gain these skills as a component of their business studies.

Subjects

Core Subjects

• Accounting for Decision Making
  
• Economics for Sustainable Business
  
• Business Data Analysis and Interpretation
  
• Business, Environment and Society in the Tropics
  
• Contemporary Business Communications
  
• Managing Consumer Markets
  
• Business Law
  
• PLUS one of the following:
  

*where applicable

Major Subjects

• Fundamentals of Problem Solving and Programming
  
• Interactive Media and Web Technologies
  
• Information Processing and Management
  
• Database Modelling
  
• Collective Intelligence & Social Networks
  
• e-Strategic Management
  
• Business Intelligence and Data Mining
  
• Enterprise and Information Security
  

Minor Subjects (4 subjects from one of the following areas)

• Accounting
  
• Tourism Management
  
• Management
  
• Marketing
  
• Finance
  

Entry Requirements

• The entrance requirements differ from country to country but in general applicants must have satisfactorily completed 12 years of schooling or equivalent.
  
• Successful completion of the JCU Singapore Foundation Program will also satisfy the entrance requirement.
  

English Requirements

• IELTS 6.0 (no component lower than 5.5)/TOEFL iBT 79 (with minimum writing score of 19) and above; or
  
• Satisfactory completion of JCU Singapore English Language Preparatory Program (ELPP).
  
• Students who have successfully completed 2 years of full-time study in English medium may satisfy the English Language Requirement
  

Advanced Standing

• Advanced standing of up to 8 subjects will be granted upon successful completion of JCU Diploma of Higher Education (Business Studies) program.

Attendance Requirements

International students holding a valid student’s passes are required to attend at least 90% of scheduled classes per month. Failure to attend classes is a breach of the student visa conditions. Being absent from classes for a continuous period of seven days or more, or attendance falling below 90% without valid reasons will result in the student needing to surrender their Student pass for cancellation.

Domestic students must attend at least 75% of the scheduled lecture and tutorial activities to be eligible for assessment.

• Credit exemption may be granted for students with tertiary qualifications from recognised institutions on a case-by-case basis.
  

Duration

2 years full time

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