Monash University Business & Economics handbook 1995

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The undergraduate program

The diversity within the faculty is reflected in the range of undergraduate courses offered. Bachelor degrees which can be undertaken in the faculty are as set out in table 1.

Table 1: The undergraduate degrees

Bachelor degrees                   Campus      
Generic degrees with a choice of               
discipline major                               
Bachelor of Business               Gippsland   
(Multidiscipline), majors in       and         
accounting, economics,             Distance    
management, marketing and          Education   
tourism management                             
Bachelor of Business Studies,      Open        
majors in accounting, banking      Learning,   
and finance, management,           Caulfield   
marketing and another discipline   and         
                                   Peninsula   
Bachelor of Commerce,   majors     Clayton     
in accounting and finance,                     
economics, econometrics,                       
management and another discipline              
Bachelor of Economics,   majors    Clayton     
in economics, econometrics,                    
accounting and finance and                     
another discipline offered                     
within the university. Half of                 
all subjects can be taken                      
outside the faculty.                           
Specified discipline major                     
degrees                                        
Bachelor of Accounting             Clayton     
Bachelor of Business (Accounting)  Caulfield,  
                                   Peninsula   
                                   and  Open   
                                   Learning*   
Bachelor of Business               Caulfield,  
(Agribusiness)+                    Peninsula   
Bachelor of Business(Banking &     Caulfield   
Finance)                           and         
                                   Distance    
                                   Education   
Bachelor of Business (Business     Caulfield,  
Administration), majors in human   Peninsula   
resource management, management,               
manufacturing management and                   
another discipline                             
Bachelor of Business               Caulfield,  
(International Trade), sequences   Peninsula   
in foreign business language and               
general business                               
Bachelor of Business (Management)  Caulfield,  
                                   Peninsula   
Bachelor of Business               Caulfield,  
(Manufacturing Management)         Peninsula   
Bachelor of Business (Marketing)   Caulfield   
Bachelor of Business(Retail        Distance    
Management)                        Education   
*Open Learning subject to                      
approval                                       
+No intake after 1993                          

Some similarities and differences exist in these bachelors courses. Guidance is frequently sought as to why a prospective applicant should select one course instead of another.

The following information may be helpful.

Similarities in the bachelor degree courses

* They include a general multi-disciplinary introduction to the course over the first and part of the second year.

* Major sequences are available in one or two disciplines during the second and third years.

* Students are provided with the skills to understand and analyse the Australian and international economies.

* Australian and international students are provided with skills and experiences to enable them to embark on an interesting and productive career over a lifetime as educated people.

Differences between the bachelor degree courses

* The Bachelor of Business(Multidiscipline), Bachelor of Business Studies, Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Economics degrees allow students to choose one or two discipline majors. These generic degrees provide a base of a minimum of six compulsory subjects and allow students considerable flexibility in their choice of discipline majors. The courses provide a range of specific disciplines and a student's choice of major study may be made at the end of the first year of study.

* The specialist discipline business degrees offered at the Caulfield and Peninsula campuses provide a general multidiscipline business base of normally thirteen subjects. They focus on a particular vocation and show their specialisation or discipline area in the title. Courses are structured in accordance with the requirements of the specialised discipline major.

* While all four campuses teach their courses in the on-campus study mode, some courses are also offered by distance education, and teaching in some courses is also available through Open Learning Australia. Students undertaking the undergraduate courses on the Clayton and Peninsula campuses are almost entirely school-leavers with the majority studying full-time. The Caulfield campus enrolments include many part-time students, as well as full-time students, and the campus has evening classes. More than seventy per cent of the students enrolled at the Gippsland campus are studying by distance education.

Honours degrees

Table 2: The honours degrees of the faculty

Honours degrees                Campus         
Bachelor of Accounting         Clayton        
(Honours)                                     
Bachelor of Business           Caulfield,     
(Honours)                      Peninsula      
                               and Gippsland  
Bachelor of Business           Caulfield      
(Accounting)(Honours)                         
Bachelor of Commerce           Clayton        
(Honours)                                     
Bachelor of Economics          Clayton        
(Honours)                                     

Double degrees

A variety of double degrees with arts, computing, applied science, engineering, law and music is offered.

Table 3: Double degree combinations

Degrees from this       Degrees from other    
faculty                 faculties             
Generic degrees with                          
a choice of                                   
discipline majors                             
Bachelor of Business    Bachelor of Arts      
(Multidiscipline)       (Humanities and       
                        Social Sciences)      
                        Bachelor of Applied   
                        ScienceBachelor of    
                        Engineering           
Bachelor of Economics   Bachelor of Arts      
                        Bachelor of Laws      
Bachelor of Commerce    Bachelor of           
                        ArtsBachelor of       
                        EngineeringBachelor   
                        of LawsBachelor of    
                        Music                 
Specified discipline                          
major degrees                                 
Bachelor of Business    Bachelor of           
(Accounting)            ArtsBachelor of       
                        Computing             
Bachelor of Business    Bachelor of           
(Banking & Finance)     ArtsBachelor of       
                        ComputingBachelor     
                        of Laws               
Bachelor of Business    Bachelor of Arts      
(International Trade)                         
Bachelor of Business    Bachelor of           
(Management)            ArtsBachelor of Laws  
Bachelor of Business    Bachelor of Arts      
(Marketing)                                   

Students may apply to study towards a second Bachelor of Business degree in a different specialisation. Specialisations include accounting, banking and finance, business administration, international trade, management and marketing. Business administration and management specialisations cannot be paired.


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