Choice of Minors
BROADEN YOUR BORDERS WITH MINORS – NOW AVAILABLE AT SWINBURNE SARAWAK
Swinburne's new Flexible Degree Structure adds flexibility to most of our undergraduate degrees. We've broken down the traditional academic barriers, allowing you to tailor your degree and add either depth or breadth to your education through your choice of professional majors, co-majors and minors. Minors encompass four units of study totaling 50 credit points. You can select a minor from a range of disciplines and skill levels, subject to program prescriptions and timetabling availability.
Have you considered broadening your horizons and gain knowledge in other discipline areas whilst studying for your degree?? Below IS a list of interdisciplinary minors available to you:
Commerce/Business Minors
Accounting for Non Commerce Students minor
This minor is only available to students who are not enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce program. Students who complete this minor will be exposed to the rudiments of accounting and finance. Upon completion of these minor, students will have the knowledge and skills to generate and interpret basic accounting information.
HBC110N Accounting for Managers
HBC220N Financial Information Systems
HBC222N Management Decision Making
HBC224N Finance
Economics Minor
This minor is designed to introduce students to economic theory and the functioning of the banking and monetary systems. Students undertaking this minor will develop skills in interpreting economic data and applying economic concepts to issues facing business and government.
HBE110N Microeconomics
HBE220N Macroeconomics
HBE228N Banking and Financial Markets
Plus one of the following:
HBE335N International Finance
HBE333N Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy
Commercial Law Minor
This minor aims to provide graduates with an understanding of the importance of law and government regulation. This Minor will impart legal problem-solving skills and the ability to assess the impact of law on business organisations.
HBL111N Introduction to Business Law Minor
HBL220N Contract Law
HBL330N Intellectual Property Law
Plus one of the following:
HBL222N Marketing Law
HBL332N Environment and Natural Resources Law
Leadership Minor
This minor presents an overview of the leadership issues in an organisation. Students will gain basic knowledge of human behaviour, group dynamics, and leadership, and how these affect organisational processes. Students completing this Minor will be able to facilitate the leadership process in an organisation.
HBH110N Organisation and Management
HBH220N Organisational Behaviour
HBH330N Leadership and Organisation Dynamics
HBH324N Managing Workplace Relations
Organisational Behaviour Minor
This minor gives students an overview of factors driving individual and group behaviour within organisations. Students completing this Minor will have a basic understanding of human processes and can support organisational communication, inter-personal relationships, and team work in an organisation.
HBH110N Organisation and Management
HBH220N Organisational Behaviour
HBH222N Organising and Organisations
HBH330N Leadership and Organisation Dynamics
Basic Marketing Minor
This minor will present fundamental aspects of the marketing function, covering marketing concepts, market research, marketing planning, and buyer behaviour. Students will gain an overview of marketing and can contribute to the marketing process in a business organisation.
HBM110N Fundamentals of Marketing
HBM220N Buyer Behaviour
HBM221N Marketing Research
HBM350N Marketing Planning
Applied Marketing Minor
This minor introduces the fundamentals of marketing and highlights specific issues in different marketing contexts, such as digital marketing, services marketing, and social marketing. Students will gain an appreciation of the contemporary issues in marketing and apply that knowledge in business situations.
HBM110N Fundamentals of Marketing
HBM228N Digital and Direct Marketing
HBM271N Customer Relationship Management
Plus one of the following:
HBM227N Social Marketing
HBM331N Services Marketing
International Studies Minor
This minor introduces students to the business environment and practices in Southeast Asia. It includes a study tour of 2 weeks’ duration to some business organisations in this region. Students will develop an understanding of the economic and cultural realities in this region and learn to work effectively with business organisations in this region.
HAC213 Intercultural Communication
HAP233 Comparative Asian Politics
SWKXXX An Introduction to History, Culture and Society of Sarawak
HBI391 Pacific Rim Business Study Tour
Design Minor
This Minor provides an appreciation and understanding of the historical and contemporary theories of design as well as some practical applications of digital visualization techniques and project management.
HDC001 20th Century Design
HDC002 Methods of Investigation
HDC003 Design Studio
HDC004 Digital Design
Effective Communication Minor
This minor is designed to enhance oral and written communication skills required for the workplace and foster teamwork skills. The following units are offered:
SWK2001 Workplace Communication Skills
HAH 103 Critical Thinking
SWK2002 Business Communication Skills
Plus one of the following:
HAC 213 Intercultural Communications
HAT 213 Analysing and Writing English
Computing Minors
IT Essentials Minor
This Minor provides fundamental knowledge of 4 important elements of ICT i.e. information system, database, overall ICT environments and programming
HIT1401 Introduction to Business Information Systems
HIT1402 Database Analysis and Design
HIT1403 ICT Environments
HIT1404 Introduction to Programming in .NET
Information Systems Minor
This Minor serves students to obtain the basic of Information Systems with some hands-on on SAP
HIT1401 Introduction to Business Information Systems
HIT1402 Database, Analysis and Design
HIT2405 Requirements Analysis and Modelling
HIT3406 Enterprise Systems
Web Development Minor
This Minor helps students to understand and be able to develop a real-life web application system
HIT1307 Internet Technologies
HIT1404 Introduction to Programming in .NET
HIT2316 Usability
HIT3323 Web Programming
Software Engineering Minor
This Minor provides software engineering and software project management fundamental training
HIT1404 Introduction to Programming in .NET
HIT2037 Software Development in Java
HIT2308 Software Development Practices
HIT3309 Software Project Practices and Management
Science Minors
Consumer Chemistry Minor
Chemistry is part of everything around you; from medicine and food production to agriculture chemicals, cleaning products and environmental protection. Thisminor is especially relevant to students in Sarawak with the upcoming and implementation of SCORE and the largest halal food hub in the country. Subjects taught have an applied and consumer and food orientated approach and this minor will enhance your degree by having practical experience in real world examples of chemistry in action.
HES1555 Consumer Science
HES2541 Analytical Chemistry
HES2700 Food Science
HES2520 Chemistry 3
Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology Minor
For students who are interested in real-world applications of biotechnology in the areas of microbial, medical and aquatic biotechnology suitable. Malaysia is recognised as one of 12 mega-diversity countries in the world and this rich biodiversity holds an enormous potential of biotechnological discoveries (such as new medicine) and also to transform the country’s agricultural and industrial systems and to contribute to economic growth. Subjects taught are delivered in collaboration with local industry partners and students can actively explore future working places and make contacts during the studies. The ability to apply technology to real work examples is of great importance to prospective employers and this minor is designed to do just that.
HES2205 Aquatic Biotechnology
HES3405 Natural Products
HES2210 Industrial Microbiology
HES3410 Product Development and Evaluation