International Business

This section outlines the Master of International Business postgraduate coursework program offered by the University of Sydney Business School.

For details of the combined Master of International Business and Master of Commerce and the Master of International Business and Master of Logistics Management, please refer to the Combined degrees section of this handbook

The International Business program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills relevant to the development, strategy, and management of international business organisations; and an understanding of the institutional context for their development, growth, and operation.

The field of international business includes multinational and transnational business activities; strategic and managerial processes that cross national boundaries; joint ventures and strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions; managing international risk; cross-cultural management; and the interactions of international business organisations with their economic, political and cultural environment.

Degree structure

To be awarded the Master of International Business, students complete 10 units of study (60 credit points), comprising:

• four core units of study (24 credit points)
• four elective units of study (24 credit points)
• an international business project comprising two units of study (12 credit points)

Students must complete the units of study in a prescribed sequence, as detailed in the 'Progression guide'.

Core units of study

• MIBS6001 Global Business Environment
• MIBS6002 Global Management and Culture
• MIBS6003 Global Strategy
• MIBS6004 Managing Global Operations

Elective units of study

• ACCT6002 International Accounting #
• CLAW6007 Issues in Law and International Business #
• CLAW6030 China's Legal Environment for Business
• FINC6013 International Business Finance #
• IBUS6004 International Business Alliances
• IBUS6005 Ethical Issues in International Business
• IBUS6006 Comparative International Management
• IBUS6007 International Business Special Project
• IBUS6008 Export Management
• IBUS6011 New Business Opportunities and Startups
• IBUS6012 Business Growth and Innovation
• IBUS6013 Business Restructuring and Renewal
• IBUS6014 Intellectual Property Management
• IBUS6016 Social Entrepreneurship
• IBUS6017 Enterprise and the Creative Industries
• IBUS6018 Business Negotiations
• IBUS6019 Strategy and Emerging Markets
• MKTG6013 International and Global Marketing #
• TPTM6260 International Logistics Management
• WORK6108 International Dimensions of HRM
• WORK6111 Management Consulting
• WORK6130 Leadership in Organisations.

# Students seeking to undertake these units must submit an online waiver application to the Student Information Office to ensure they have relevant prerequisite studies or knowledge.

International business project

The business project is designed to be completed at the end of the program over a five to seven week period. The two business project units of study will be offered in intensive mode during summer, winter and the first half of the following semester.

The two business project units of study (12 credit points), are as follows:

• MIBS6005 International Business Project A
• MIBS6006 International Business Project B

Progression guides

(i) Full-time study

The Master of International Business involves two semesters of coursework and a project (12-15 months) of full-time intensive study. Students complete units of study in a prescribed sequence, as detailed in the following tables, to facilitate progressive learning and enrich the group learning experience.

* The business project units are designed to be completed at the end of the program over a five to seven week period and will be offered in intensive mode during summer, winter and the first half of the following semester.

(ii) Part-time study

* The business project units are designed to be completed at the end of the program over a five to seven week period and will be offered in intensive mode during summer, winter and the first half of the following semester.