Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management
The units of study listed in the following table are those available for the current year. Students may also include any units of study, which are additional to those currently listed, which appear under these subject areas in the Business School handbook/website in subsequent years (subject to any prerequisite or prohibition rules).
Timetabling information for the current year is available on this website: Timetables.
Table A - The University of Sydney Business School
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management |
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Honours in Work and Organisational Studies |
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| Achievement of Honours in Work and Organisational Studies requires 48 of credit points from this table comprising: | |||
| (i) 48 credit points of 4000-level core units | |||
Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management major |
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| Achievement of a major in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management requires 48 credit points from this table comprising: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level core units | |||
| (iii) 6 credit points of 3000-level core units | |||
| (iv) 18 credit points of 3000-level selective units. | |||
Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management minor |
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| Achievement of a minor in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management requires 36 credit points from this table comprising: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level core units | |||
| (iii) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units. | |||
Units of study |
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| The relevant units of study are listed below. | |||
1000-level units of study |
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Core |
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| WORK1003 Foundations of Work and Employment |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| WORK1004 Foundations of Management |
6 | N WORK2201 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
2000-level units of study |
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Core |
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| WORK2203 IR Policy and Processes |
6 | P 24 credit points of Junior units of study including (WORK1003 or WORK1002) |
Semester 2 |
| WORK2205 HR Strategies and Processes |
6 | P 24 credit points of Junior units of study including (WORK1003 or WORK1002) |
Semester 1 |
3000-level units of study |
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Core (major only) |
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| WORK3600 IR and HRM in Practice |
6 | P Students commencing from 2018: completion of at least 120 credit points including WORK1003, WORK1004, WORK2203 and WORK2205. Pre-2018 continuing students: completion of at least 120 credit points including WORK2203 and WORK2205. N WORK2215 This unit should only be undertaken by students in their final semester of the IR and HRM major. |
Semester 2a |
Selective |
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| IBUS3104 Ethical International Business Decisions |
6 | P Completion of at least 48 credit points |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| INFS3050 Business Intelligence for Managers |
6 | A INFS1000 or INFO1000 or INFO1003 or INFO1903 |
Semester 2 |
| WORK3201 International Human Resource Management |
6 | A WORK1003 P Completion of at least 48 credit points N WORK2217 |
Intensive June Semester 1 |
| WORK3206 Workplace Law and Regulation |
6 | A WORK1003 P Completion of at least 48 credit points N WORK2227 |
Semester 2 |
| WORK3207 Future of Work |
6 | A WORK1003 P Completion of at least 48 credit points N WORK2225 |
Semester 1 |
| WORK3208 Globalisation, Work and Employment |
6 | A WORK1003 and (WORK1004 or WORK2201) P completion of at least 48 credit points N WORK2224 |
Semester 2 |
4000-level units of study |
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Core |
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| BUSS4000 Honours in Business |
P BUSS4001 AND 2 x Honours coursework units in the specialisation area ((BUSS4112 and BUSS4113) or (BUSS4212 and BUSS4213) or (BUSS4312 and BUSS4313) or (BUSS4412 and BUSS4413) or (BUSS4512 and BUSS4513) or (BUSS4612 and BUSS4613) or (BUSS4712 and BUSS4713) or (BUSS4812 and BUSS4813)). C BUSS4104 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| BUSS4001 Business Honours Research Methods |
12 | P Students must meet the entry requirements to the Honours program, including completion of a pass undergraduate degree and a major in the specialisation area |
Semester 1 |
| BUSS4812 Work and Organisational Studies Honours A |
6 | P Students must meet the entry requirements to the Honours program, including completion of a pass undergraduate degree and a major in the specialisation area C BUSS4001; BUSS4813 |
Semester 1 |
| BUSS4813 Work and Organisational Studies Honours B |
6 | P Students must meet the entry requirements to the Honours program, including completion of a pass undergraduate degree and a major in the specialisation area C BUSS4001; BUSS4812 |
Semester 1 |
| BUSS4104 Business Honours Thesis |
24 | P BUSS4001 + 2 x Honours coursework units in the specialisation area C BUSS4000 |
Semester 2 |