The undergraduate program

• Prerequisites for undergraduate courses
  • Table 1: The undergraduate degrees
  • Similarities between the bachelor degree courses
  • Differences between the bachelor degree courses
• Honours degrees
  • Table 2: The honours degrees of the faculty
• Double degrees
  • Table 3: Double degree combinations
  • Table 4: Double award combinations
• Sir John Monash Academic Scholarships
  • Dean's Scholars Program and Dean's Scholars Award
  • Awards for Excellence
• Monash support bursaries
• Monash achievement awards
• Monash merit and equity awards

Prerequisites for undergraduate courses

Prerequisites for undergraduate courses in the faculty are as follows.

• For Berwick and Gippsland courses, students require English with a grade average of C, plus two units of Mathematics (any) at the Unit 1 and 2 level.
• For courses at Caulfield and Peninsula, a grade average of C in both English and Mathematics (any), and a grade average of D in any two other VCE studies are required.
• Courses at the Clayton campus require a grade average of C in English, and either Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics, and a grade average of D in any two other VCE studies.
• Courses at Monash Sunway require the equivalent of a grade average of C in both English and Mathematics (any). However, some individual subjects at Monash Sunway have a higher level of mathematics as a prerequisite. The diversity within the faculty is reflected in the range of undergraduate courses offered. Bachelor degrees which can be undertaken in the faculty are set out in Table 1.

Table 1: The undergraduate degrees

Some similarities and differences exist in these bachelors courses. Guidance is frequently sought on course selection. The following information may be helpful.

Similarities between the bachelor degree courses

• Students in all courses are eligible for Awards for Excellence and those in single degree courses are eligible for the Dean's Scholars program.
• Selected students who achieve excellent results in their first three years of study have the opportunity to undertake an honours degree.
• All include a general multidisciplinary introduction to the course over the first and part of the second year and major sequences are available in one or two disciplines during the second and third years.
• All students are provided with the skills to understand and analyse the commercial environment and with experiences to enable them to embark on an interesting and productive career over a lifetime.

Differences between the bachelor degree courses

• The specialist discipline Bachelor of Business degrees offered at the Caulfield and Peninsula campuses provide a general multidiscipline business base of compulsory subjects while also focusing on a particular specialisation or discipline area. Courses are structured in accordance with the requirements of the specialised discipline major.
• The generalist degrees, Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Business and Commerce, Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Economics, provide a base of a minimum of six compulsory subjects and allow students considerable flexibility in their choice of specialisation or discipline major. 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. For example, in the Bachelor of Economics half the subjects can be electives and one of the two majors can be taken from any other faculty.
• The specialist discipline Bachelor of Commerce degrees offered at Clayton allow more subjects to be studied within the specified discipline area, but otherwise allow the flexibility of final choice available in the generalist degree.
• While all six campuses teach their courses in the on-campus study mode, some courses are also offered by distance education and the Bachelor of Business Studies is offered through Open Learning Australia. Undergraduate students on the Berwick, Clayton, Peninsula and Sunway campuses are almost entirely school-leavers with the majority studying full-time. The Caulfield campus enrolments include part-time students and the campus also offers 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

Double degrees

The double degree programs offered by this faculty and by other faculties of the university are shown in Table 3. A candidate for any of the double degree programs listed shall be bound by the regulations for the degree from this faculty and, for interfaculty programs, the regulations for the degree offered by the other faculty.
During the course of study a candidate may elect to continue studies for one degree only. In this event the candidate shall discontinue studies for one degree and with the approval of the faculty board which administers the degree to be continued, he or she shall complete the course of study for the other degree in accordance with any conditions or requirements and within the time period specified and approved by that faculty board.

Table 3: Double degree combinations

Where students meet the entry and course requirements for each degree, they can, if admitted to the second degree course, complete it with a minimum of the equivalent of one additional year's full-time study.
The Bachelor of Economics allows significant flexibility in the choice of subjects from other disciplines or faculties, so by appropriate choice of subjects a second degree in arts, science or computing and also commerce can be completed after the equivalent of a further year's full-time study.
Students undertaking any of the Bachelor of Business degrees with a specified major have the opportunity to take out a second business degree in another specialisation with the completion of a minimum of eight additional subjects in one year's further study.

Table 4: Double award combinations

Sir John Monash Academic Scholarships

The Faculty of Business and Economics has a commitment to excellence in education and with this aim, the faculty has introduced the Dean's Scholars Awards and Awards for Excellence.

Dean's Scholars Program and Dean's Scholars Award

To be considered for selection into the Dean's Scholars Program students must achieve an ENTER of ninety-three or above. Selection will be primarily based on a student's ENTER but performance in prerequisite subjects may be considered along with information provided by the applicant's school principal. Students will be eligible to choose which single degree program they wish to undertake and at which campus (subject to having the appropriate prerequisites for that degree program). However for the Bachelor of Accounting, admission is also dependent upon interview. Students selected will be given the opportunity to participate in a program of study which extends beyond the usual requirements for the degrees offered by the faculty: students may choose to take additional subjects. To remain enrolled in the Dean's Scholars Program the student must continue to achieve at a high standard, normally distinction level.
Students offered a Dean's Scholars Award may also be offered an Award for Excellence. Those intending to undertake a double degree program may prefer the Award for Excellence.
In conjunction with the program, a number of Sir John Monash Scholarships will be provided which will be equal to the student's up-front HECS fee for each semester. The scholarship will continue for the duration of the course provided the student continues to be enrolled in the Dean's Scholars Program.

Awards for Excellence

Awards for Excellence provide a scholarship of $6000 per annum to a small number of outstanding students entering the faculty. This money can be used to pay up-front HECS or as a living allowance if the deferred HECS option is preferred. These awards are available to students undertaking single or double degree programs controlled by the faculty. A limited number of these awards are available to students with an ENTER above an outstanding level of performance set by the faculty. The scholarship for each award holder will extend for the duration of their course, subject to faculty assessment of continued satisfactory performance.

Monash support bursaries

Monash support bursaries will be provided for fee-paying Australian undergraduate students from equity target groups. The up-front fee will be set at the equivalent to the HECS charge for each individual's course and the faculty will provide at least one of these new bursaries for every twenty fee-paying Australian students in each course.

Monash achievement awards

Domestic fee-paying students who perform exceptionally well in the first year of their course may be eligible for Monash achievement awards which will enable these students to convert to HECS-linked places.

Monash merit and equity awards

The Sir John Monash equity awards provide exemption from liability to pay HECS. The awards are allocated to commencing students from target equity groups on the basis of merit.
Further details about all scholarships offered in 1999 may be obtained from the Scholarships Office, telephone (03) 9905 3013, http://www.adm.monash.edu.au/ssd/sarb/schols/index.htm.

wwwdev@monash.edu.au Wed Dec 2 13:01:52 EST 1998
Auth: C Whip, University Webmaster's Office
Copyright © Monash University 1998 - All Rights Reserved - Caution