Subjects overview
This program can be completed in 2 years (6 semesters)
Core Curriculum
Students must complete three (3) subjects plus the Beyond Bond Program.
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CORE11-001: Critical Thinking and Communication (10CP)
In this subject students will be introduced to critical thinking and clear expression. They will evaluate arguments, identify assumptions, judge patterns of inference, and recognise and apply various methods of reasoning. Students will learn how to clarify and visually represent their thinking to make better decisions, evaluate and use evidence, and communicate more effectively in their writing and speaking. Using these skills, students will structure and write an academic essay and deliver an oral presentation.
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CORE11-002: Collaboration, Teams and Leadership (10CP)
This subject is designed to help Bond students develop the intrapersonal and interpersonal skills to function effectively as individual contributors, team players and leaders in diverse social contexts. These collaborative skills are essential to all students’ personal and professional lives in any current or future profession. Students will gain a greater understanding of their personality, values, emotions, perceptions and related attributes, and develop an appreciation of the diversity of these characteristics in others. This perspective is required to work effectively in diverse multi-disciplinary groups and to develop the followership and leadership behaviours that are highly valued in contemporary organisations. Finally, students will develop a structured, self-directed approach to their ongoing learning as a capable individual, effective collaborator, and global citizen.
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CORE11-003: Responsibility, Integrity and Civic Discourse (10CP)
The subject fosters a lifelong commitment to responsible discourse and action in all spheres of human interaction. Using applied case-based approach, students will gain the critical tools to effectively respond to the moral challenges in their personal, civic, professional and global contexts. After developing a critical vocabulary and problem-solving toolkit for addressing issues of responsibility and right action, students explore a broad range of real-world, contemporary problems. Through the consideration of these problems, students are encouraged to reflect on, develop and articulate a response to the problem, outline how they can act upon their judgement, and justify their decision making. The subject explores issues of responsible decision making in many cultural, professional and political contexts specifically in the areas of civil society, science, business, media, technology, culture and the law. Topics remain flexible to reflect the dynamic nature of questions of responsibility and right action in the 21st century.
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Beyond Bond Program
To keep up with the ever-changing work landscape, we aim to help our students future-proof their careers by developing broader employability skills that are actively sought out by employers. Unique to our University, Beyond Bond is a compulsory professional development program with a practical, activity-based approach that is integrated into all undergraduate degrees.
Required Subjects
Students must complete the following one hundred and ninety credit points (190CP) of subjects.
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ACCT11-100: Accounting Principles (10CP)
This subject provides a broad and important foundation in key accounting concepts, tools, and processes of the discipline. Students will learn to apply fundamental accounting concepts and procedures to prepare and interpret basic financial statements for different types of business entities. Both manual and computerised accounting systems are used to demonstrate the accounting process. Users of financial information and the decisions they make based on accounting information are considered throughout the subject.
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DIXN11-200: Building Digital Literacy and Fluency (10CP)
Engagement with digital transformations at all levels of social interaction requires new forms of literacy and fluency. You will learn the fundamentals of digital technologies that are used in an environment of continuous change. You will discover the concepts and processes necessary to build digital literacy for professional and organisational change, including artificial intelligence, mobile and cloud computing, big data and analytics, robotics, information security, and virtual and augmented environments. You will progress from literacy about these technologies to introductory levels of fluency necessary to lead capacity-building programs for digital transformation. You will also use enterprise project and communication tools to demonstrate fluency.
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LAWS10-100: Business Law (10CP)
Business Law is a subject offered by the Faculty of Law for Bond Business School students and other non-law students. The subject provides an introduction to the law regulating business in Australia today. It seeks to develop students' knowledge and understanding of the Australian legal system and sources of law in Australia, the commercial legal responsibilities and risks of doing business, key aspects of the law of torts, contracts and consumer protection, and the law associated with starting, managing, financing and closing companies and other business entities. By focusing on the legal responsibilities and risks that have a substantial impact on business, the subject highlights the important role that law plays in business decision-making.
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MGMT11-201: Responsible and Sustainable Business (10CP)
Today’s managers must cope with an increasingly complex mix of social, environmental, market, and technological trends that requires a sophisticated, sustainability-based approach. This subject is designed to enhance awareness of the ethical, social responsibility, and sustainability dimensions facing today’s organisational leaders. Students will gain an appreciation of a values-based approach to these dimensions and the knowledge and skills to effectively guide their decision-making. The subject introduces the tools needed to logically describe, debate, and evaluate ethical dilemmas in organisations and to effectively act on one’s conclusions.
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SSUD11-102: Sustainable Development and Society (10CP)
This subject introduces students to the principles, theory and practice of sustainable development and its role in our society. It provides an insight into the key underpinning fundamentals of ecology, natural environment and the built environment before illustrating how they can be put into practice in areas such as the environment, cities and urban development, construction, architecture, property and urban planning.
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SSUD12-103: Managing Projects (10CP)
This subject provides basic knowledge and skills required to manage a project or to be an effective member of a project team. It covers the nine functions of project management (cost, time, quality, scope, risk, communication, human resource, procurement and integration) as defined by the Australian Institute of Project Management, tracking a project through its various lifecycles from inception through to completion by the use of a case study.
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SSUD12-108: Professional Practice and Standards (10CP)
This subject unpacks what is meant by a projectised organisation and the context that enables project management tools and techniques to deliver organisational objectives. It looks at the standards that underpin project management, the various approaches that are used to achieve successful outcomes, and reflects on past, present and future trends. Topics covered include the projectised organisation, Waterfall versus Agile, using the PMBOK® Guide, project baselines and deliverables, ethical practice, the Project Management Office (PMO), organisational maturity, project manager certification, professional formation, life-long learning strategies, career specialisations, and the future of project management.
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SSUD12-109: Socialising Process Change (10CP)
Change happens. But implementing sustained improvements to existing organisational processes requires an ability to conceptualise an appropriate response that adds competitive advantage and to deliver an appropriate response that engages a broad range of stakeholders. The technique of benefits realisation forms the framework for process change, and socialising the change is largely about ensuring people are engaged. The ADKAR model is the basis adopted in this subject for implementing sustained improvements and is fundamental to ultimate project success. An innovative mindset is necessary to ensure that change is for the better and resultant ‘change reactions’ are positive. Design thinking is explored as a basis for empathising, defining, ideating, prototyping and testing new solutions. This subject adopts an interactive and authentic learning environment, where students work in teams, with industry partners as clients, to implement proposals for change in real organisational settings.
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SSUD12-110: Project Schedule Management (10CP)
Technical decision-making in a projectised organisation is typically driven by an analysis of time, money and human resources. This subject explores how schedules are managed from the initiation phase of a project or program until its closure phase. Topics covered include decomposition, predecessors and successors, task duration, Critical Path Method (CPM), Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT), and schedule compression. Successful outcomes can occur when on-time delivery is realised.
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SSUD12-111: Project Cost Management (10CP)
Technical decision-making in a projectised organisation is typically driven by an analysis of time, money and human resources. This subject explores how costs are managed from the initiation phase of a project or program until its closure phase. Topics covered include estimating techniques, direct and indirect costs, budgeting, cost planning, earned value, and financing. Successful outcomes can occur when value for money is realised.
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SSUD12-112: Project Resource Management (10CP)
Technical decision-making in a projectised organisation is typically driven by an analysis of time, money and human resources. This subject explores how resources are managed from the initiation phase of a project or program until its closure phase. Topics covered include leadership, team building, labour, material and plant inputs, resource calendars, resource levelling, and performance reviews. Successful outcomes can occur when productivity in labour, material and plant resources is realised.
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SSUD12-113: Project Scope Management (10CP)
Tactical decision-making in a projectised organisation is typically driven by an analysis of extent of work, delivery method and quality standard. This subject explores how scope is managed from the initiation phase of a project or program until its closure phase. Topics covered include project charter, requirements elucidation (needs and wants), mind mapping, work breakdown structure, value management, and scope changes. Successful outcomes can occur when a balance between end-user needs and wants is realised.
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SSUD12-114: Project Quality Management (10CP)
Tactical decision-making in a projectised organisation is typically driven by an analysis of extent of work, delivery method and quality standard. This subject explores how quality is managed from the initiation phase of a project or program until its closure phase. Topics covered include continuous improvement cycle, lean production, quality audits, compliance and verification, cost of quality (defects), and workplace health and safety. Successful outcomes can occur when a high specification standard is realised.
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SSUD12-115: Project Procurement Management (10CP)
Tactical decision-making in a projectised organisation is typically driven by an analysis of extent of work, delivery method and quality standard. This subject explores how procurement is managed from the initiation phase of a project or program until its closure phase. Topics covered include specification writing, contract types, tender process, bid development, assessing bids, and alliance and joint venture partnerships. Successful outcomes can occur when an optimal delivery method is realised.
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SSUD12-116: Project Communications Management (10CP)
Strategic decision-making in a projectised organisation is typically driven by an analysis of stakeholder objectives, open communication and risk appetite. This subject explores how communications are managed from the initiation phase of a project or program until its closure phase. Topics covered include team meetings, virtual and colocated teams, cultural awareness, emotional intelligence, conflict communication, and Project Management Information Systems (PMIS). Successful outcomes can occur when trust between the project participants is realised.
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SSUD12-117: Project Risk Management (10CP)
Strategic decision-making in a projectised organisation is typically driven by an analysis of stakeholder objectives, open communication and risk appetite. This subject explores how risks are managed from the initiation phase of a project or program until its closure phase. Topics covered include types of risks, qualitative assessment, quantitative assessment, risk treatment strategies, Monte Carlo simulation, and disaster recovery. Successful outcomes can occur when an expected outcome is realised.
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SSUD12-118: Project Stakeholder Management (10CP)
Strategic decision-making in a projectised organisation is typically driven by an analysis of stakeholder objectives, open communication and risk appetite. This subject explores how stakeholders are managed from the initiation phase of a project or program until its closure phase. Topics covered include SWOT analysis, stakeholder engagement, benefit realisation, intelligent disobedience, customer satisfaction, and corporate social responsibility. Successful outcomes can occur when strategic alignment is realised.
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SSUD12-119: Project Integration Management (10CP)
This subject combines technical, tactical and strategic decision-making in practice through successful delivery of an organisational project, program or event. An authentic case study is adopted to demonstrate a student’s ability to manage schedule, cost, resource, scope, quality, procurement, communications, risk, and stakeholder decisions across the full life cycle of the activity. Project phases comprise initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and closure. This capstone subject takes the form of an authentic exploration of practice based on the PMBOK® Guide, commencing with a project management plan and ending with a closure report, oral presentation and an individual assessment of competence.
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SSUD12-120: Process Reengineering (10CP)
This subject is an introduction to the concept and importance of business/process reengineering and Business Process Management Systems (BPMS). It also specifically examines popular business process modelling systems such as Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN) and their usage in developing and redesigning existing processes. Related topics such as process improvement, analytics, flowcharting, queuing, simulation and actual case studies are explored in the context of project change.
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General Electives
Students must choose twenty credit points (20CP) of postgraduate subjects from across the University.
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University Undergraduate Electives
Students may choose from all Undergraduate subjects across the University that are available as general electives.
Study plan
Take the guess work out of planning your study schedule. Your program's study plan has been carefully curated to provide a clear guide on the sequential subjects to be studied in each semester of your program. Your study plan is designed around connected subject themes to equip you with the fundamental knowledge required as you progress through your course.
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