Communication Skills

Ccommunication Skills 1
This module covers researching business information and processing reports on research outcomes. It also develops the skills of listening, reading, note-taking summarising, writing and speaking as needed for studying in a higher education context.

These skills will be achieved through a focus on texts involving explanation, persuasion, comparison and contrast, and discussion.

Attention will also be given to information presented in tabular and graphical form. These skills developed in this module will be used and applied in many other modules in the course and will be a pre-requisite to Communication Skills 2.

Communication Skills 2
This module develops the skills of listening, reading, note taking, summarising, writing and speaking as needed for studying in a higher education context and the workplace.

These skills will be achieved through a focus on investigation, discussion and argument and through formal reports and oral presentations. Attention will also be given to the presentation of complex information in tabular and graphical form. The skills developed in this module will be used and applied in
many other modules in the course.

Computer Applications

This module is designed to develop students’ competence in word processing and presentation software as well as using the Internet in a Windows 2000 and Office 2000 environment.

Consumer Marketing

This module introduces students to marketing concepts such as market segmentation, product characteristics, pricing, distribution, promotion, market research methods and consumer rights.

Foundations of Economics

This module introduces to the nature of economic principles in preparation for more detailed studies at university level. Topics covered include the natureof economics, market economy, price merchanism, the Australian financial system, the stock market, the firm, production costs, pricing policy, perfect and imperfect markets.

Foundations of Law

This module introduces students to a number of key aspects of business law such as contract law and negligence.
 

Foundations of Management

This module introduces students to basic management skills and knowledge including motivation, leadership, change, teamwork and innovation.

Mathematics for Business Studies

This module develops students’ understanding of, and abilty to apply, selected mathematical principles and methods which are of relevance to studies in business and commerce at tertiary level.

Principles of Accounting

This module introduces students to the nature of accounting and to a variety of accounting and financial principles.

Statistical Foundations

The purpose of this module is to develop students’ abilty to use spreadsheets to present and interpret statistical data.