School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Business Study Tour
  • Unit Code

    BUS3700
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Stephen Mark FANNING

Description

This unit is designed to enable undergraduate students to be involved in an international business experience offshore. The tour aims to provide students with first-hand knowledge and experience of business operations in their relevant discipline. The tour will provide students with an opportunity to draw together theory and practice in the country or region visited.
Acceptance to this unit will be by application only.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate broad and coherent knowledge and skills relevant to discipline.
  2. Developanunderstanding of the major social, political, cultural and/or economic challenges that apply to these international businesses.
  3. Exercise critical thinking and judgment to analyse cultural and global environments.
  4. Identifyrecent global trendsrelevant to discipline.
  5. Operate with increased cultural awareness and cross-cultural skills.

Unit Content

  1. Cultural sensitivity.
  2. International business environments.
  3. Social, political, cultural and economic challenges.

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit comprises participation in an intensive field trip to a country or region, usually in Europe or Asia. The field trip (varies between one and three weeks) includes visits to multinational corporations, local businesses, universities and/or government departments and will involve a combination of on-site visits, lectures, briefings, meetings and/or presentations. Students will usually be required to complete assessments pre and post tour. The travel and study schedule will be arranged by the Unit Coordinator.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment I30%
AssignmentAssignment II30%
AssignmentAssignment III40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Business Study Tour
  • Unit Code

    BUS3700
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Stephen Mark FANNING

Description

This unit is designed to enable undergraduate students to be involved in an international business experience offshore. The tour aims to provide students with first-hand knowledge and experience of business operations in their relevant discipline. The tour will provide students with an opportunity to draw together theory and practice in the country or region visited.
Acceptance to this unit will be by application only.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate broad and coherent knowledge and skills relevant to discipline.
  2. Developanunderstanding of the major social, political, cultural and/or economic challenges that apply to these international businesses.
  3. Exercise critical thinking and judgment to analyse cultural and global environments.
  4. Identifyrecent global trendsrelevant to discipline.
  5. Operate with increased cultural awareness and cross-cultural skills.

Unit Content

  1. Cultural sensitivity.
  2. International business environments.
  3. Social, political, cultural and economic challenges.

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit comprises participation in an intensive field trip to a country or region, usually in Europe or Asia. The field trip (varies between one and three weeks) includes visits to multinational corporations, local businesses, universities and/or government departments and will involve a combination of on-site visits, lectures, briefings, meetings and/or presentations. Students will usually be required to complete assessments pre and post tour. The travel and study schedule will be arranged by the Unit Coordinator.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment I30%
AssignmentAssignment II30%
AssignmentAssignment III40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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