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Bachelor of Business, Diplome d'Etudes Superieures Europeenes de Management

UTS course code: C10026 (City campus), C10027 (Kuring-gai campus)
UAC code: Refer to Bachelor of Business
Testamur title: Bachelor of Business
Abbreviation: BBus
Course fee: HECS (local); $7,500 per semester (international)
Total credit points: 144

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Course duration
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This program is offered jointly by the Faculty of Business and Reims Management School, France.

After successful completion of the program, the student will be awarded a Bachelor of Business degree with a major in International Business and a sub-major in Language Other than English (French).

Students will also meet the requirements of award for the DESEM which will be granted by the Reims Management School.

Admission requirements

Admission to the double degree program is limited to 10 students per annum, and is based on admission to the Bachelor of Business through normal UAC procedures. A supplementary application form, available from the Faculty of Business Student Liaison Unit, must be completed by 30 November in the year prior to applying for admission to the Bachelor of Business. Applicants will be interviewed in January should this be required. It is expected that applicants will have taken French language tuition as part of their HSC, although consideration will be given to students who have gained knowledge of the language by other means. Students will be required to take a sub-major in French as part of their Business studies degree. French subjects are offered through the Institute for International Studies.

Course duration

The program is four years full-time and integrates two years of study in the Bachelor of Business with two years of exchange study in the Diplome d'Etudes Superieures Europeenes de Management (DESEM), including work experience in France.

Course structure

All students must complete 144 credit points in the Bachelor of Business. A total of three semesters (72 credit points) are completed at UTS and four semesters are completed at Reims Management School. A component of this must be 90 ECTS (72 credit points) of study in the DESEM at Reims Management School. Students must also undertake a work placement while in France.

Arrangements for overseas study

Payment of all tuition fees for the Bachelor of Business and DESEM are made through the HECS system. All other costs, including travel, accommodation, health cover and student union fees, must be met by the student. The student, in conjunction with Reims Management School, will arrange the work placement component in France.

Course program

Semester 1
22107 Accounting for Business
21129 Managing People and Organisations
25115 Economics for Business
971411 French Language and Culture 1

Semester 2
26133 Business Information Analysis
24108 Marketing Foundations
79203 Business Law and Ethics
972411 French Language and Culture 2

Semester 3
2xxxx Business core elective 1
2xxxx Business core elective 2
973411 French Language and Culture 3

Depart for France. Language and cultural orientation prior to classes at Reims Management School.

Semester 4 – Reims Management School
European Studies 1
Law (Business and Taxation)
Finance
Accountancy and Budgets
Human Resource Management
Information Systems
International Issues (Economics and Trade)
Research Project
Languages

Semester 5 – Reims Management School
European Studies 2
Research Project
Languages
Elective 1
Elective 2

Semester 6
Work Placement

Semester 7 – Reims Management School
Strategy
Business Ethics
Labour Law
Research Project
Languages
Elective 3

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Other information

Further information is available from the Faculty of Business Student Liaison Unit on telephone (02) 9514 3500.