Bachelor of International Affairs Management with Honours [BIAM(Hons.)]

BIAM has been offered since 1997 and constitutes one of the undergraduate degree programs currently offered under the School of International Studies. The general aim of BIAM Program is to produce graduates with knowledge, practical skills and deep understanding of international affairs management in an ever-changing complex global environment. To achieve this, the Program’s curriculum and structure combine traditional coursework, mandatory internship and a mini thesis that would equip and nurture students not only with practical, problem-solving and analytical skills, but also theory and knowledge in the field of international affairs. This will enable them to tackle a wide-range of political and security issues, as well as respond to the international political economy agenda in the 21st century global environment. The degree structure and curriculum are designed to ensure the (re)creation of specialists and expert that will further the boundaries of existing knowledge in the context of current global trend in politics, environment, security and socio-economics.

PROGRAM AIMS
The aims of BIAM program are as followed:
i) To produce skilled, dynamic and progressive graduates in the management of international affairs;
ii) To produce a new generation of leaders who are professional and accountable;
iii) To increase the prospect of student employment in line with the market demand from private and public sectors.

CAREER PROSPECTS
Carrer prospects for BIAM [Hons} graduate span various field in both the public and private sectors. Among the job prospects available, include appointments as diplomatic and administrative offices, academicians, officers and administrators in international organizations, NGOs and multinational companies. BIAM [Hons] graduates also have the opportunity to work in research institutions as foreign affairs researcher, and socio-economy, trade and security analyst.

This programme consists of the SIX (6) components

To be awarded a Bachelor of International Affairs Management with Honours degree, a student is required to take and pass a minimum of 124 credit hours which include courses in the programme structure as shown below:

UNIVERSITY CORE (25 CREDIT HOURS)

Choose ONE (1) extra-curricular activity that is of interest, and students are subjected to the conditions prescribed under the field.

PROGRAMME CORE (66 CREDIT HOURS)

LANGUAGE  REQUIREMENTS (6 CREDIT HOURS)

Choose ONE (1) language from the foreign language components. Students are required to complete level one and level two of the components.
Students are NOT ALLOWED to choose their mother tongue language.

Chinese medium school students are NOT ALLOWED to choose Mandarin.

Religious school students are NOT ALLOWED to choose Arabic.

Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore and Southern Thailand students are NOT ALLOWED to choose Malay Language.

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PROGRAMME ELECTIVE (24 CREDIT HOURS)

Students MUST choose ONE (1) of  the  following focused areas:

INTERNATIONAL LAW AND DIPLOMACY

Student must choose EIGHT (8) courses from the list below.

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POLITICAL ECONOMY & INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

Student must choose EIGHT (8) courses from the list below.

FREE ELECTIVE (3 CREDIT HOURS)

Students can choose any courses offered by another programme at the same School or courses offered by other Schools taking into account the following criteria:

1. Must fullfil the prerequisite of the courses if such courses require prerequisites.
2.  Equivalent courses will not be considered as free elective courses.
3.  Students are allowed to choose  ONE (1) foreign language courses as their  free elective.

BACHELOR OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS MANAGEMENT WITH HONEST [BIAM (Hons)]

Proposed Course Structure According To Semester