Course director: Mr Philip Rayment
The course
The course involves four years of full-time study or the equivalent in part-time or distance education.
Objectives
On completion of the course, students will
* have a sound knowledge and understanding of business principles and practice;
* be qualified to work at a professional level in a scientifically oriented environment in which modern business techniques are required, or in a commercial environment in which a background in a science or information technology is desirable;
* through the breadth and depth of knowledge acquired by undertaking the joint degree be able to contribute significantly to Australia's performance in developing and marketing products which reflect customer needs, the country's resources and its scientific and technological expertise.
Australia as a nation must improve its track record in developing and marketing products and services which exploit its resources and strong scientific and technological expertise. This will require more graduates with the breadth of skills offered by the new combined degree.
Entrance requirements
The basic requirement for entry to the course is satisfactory completion of an upper secondary school program equivalent to the Victorian Certificate of Education. Applicants will be expected to have above-average results in Year-12 level English and Mathematics, plus preferably at least one of Information technology, Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Some studies in business-related areas are helpful but not essential.
Students who have completed the first year of the normal Bachelor of Applied Science or Bachelor of Business at the Gippsland campus with good academic results may be admitted to the second year of the double degree with full credit for appropriate first-year studies.
Mature-age applicants are assessed on the basis of their employment and overall educational background and career objectives.
Course structure
Subjects with a total credit value of at least thirty-two are to be completed, meeting the following requirements.
(a) Completion of the following seven business core subjects:
* GBU1401 Introduction to marketing
* GBU1001 Introductory accounting A
* GBU1201 Introduction to business law
* GBU1302 Management theory and functions
* GBU1101 Introduction to economics
* GBU1851 Computers in business
* GAS1751 Quantitative methods I
(b) Completion of three subjects covering information transfer and problem solving in science and interdisciplinary perspectives on science and technology:
* GAS1062 Scientific thought and methods (first level)
* GAS2062 Scientific thought and methods (second level)
* GAS1030 Science and society
(c) Either
(i) completion of two business major sequences, each of six subjects of credit (but including one core subject from (a) above) selected from:
* Accounting
* Economics
* Management
* Marketing management.
(ii) Completion of one business major sequence of six subjects drawn from strands in (c) (i) above, combined with two submajor sequences each of four subjects of credit drawn from:
* Accounting
* Economics
* Management
* Marketing management
* Business computing
* Business law.
(d) Completion of two major sequences, each of six subjects of credit, selected from the strands of the Bachelor of Applied Science (multidisciplinary program), which include:
* Biological science (either biochemistry or microbiology)
* Chemical science (either chemistry or applied chemistry)
* Physical science (either physical science or applied physics)
* Computing
* Mathematics (one of applied mathematics, pure mathematics, or statistics)
* Operations research
* Technology studies.
Please refer to the Faculty of Science handbook and the Bachelor of Business (Multidiscipline) section of this handbook for further details. Course advisers in the School of Applied Science and the School of Business - Gippsland will be happy to give advice on this double degree program.