1999 Business and Economics Handbook - Bachelor of Business (Retail Management) by flexible learning

Bachelor of Business (Retail Management) by flexible learning - BBus(RetMgt)

General
Course objectives
Admission requirements - Australian students
Credit for work done elsewhere
Professional accreditation
Mode of offering
Course structure
Application procedures

General

Course code: 0517
Course coordinator: Ms Val Clulow
The Bachelor of Business (Retail Management) is a three-year course available by flexible learning.
The overall aim of the course is to raise the level of management skill and competence in all aspects of retail management.
The content, structure and presentation of the course are designed to equip students with the skills to manage a retail business in an increasingly complex and challenging environment.
For those candidates who are unable to complete the full course, it is possible to gain recognition for partial completion.
The degree is offered at the Caulfield campus.

Course objectives

The specific objectives of the course are to:

provide the basic building blocks required to understand and analyse the principles of sound business practice in a retail context and the environment in which business operates;
provide the operational knowledge, techniques and skills required to run a retail business more effectively and productively;
provide a senior management perspective and develop analytical and strategic skills required for general management.

Admission requirements - Australian students

Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) 1999-2001 entry

A grade average of C in both English and in mathematics (any), and a grade average of D in any two other VCE studies.

Comparable qualifications

Applicants may also satisfy entrance requirements on the basis of qualifications deemed to be the equivalent of the above VCE: eg TAFE qualifications (the first year of a TAFE associate diploma or a TAFE qualification that satisfies the first year of a TAFE associate diploma) or comparable Year 12 qualifications including International Baccalaureate or approved tertiary level study completed in Victoria, other states of Australia, or overseas.

Special admission

Students who have not successfully completed VCE or equivalent may satisfy entry requirements by completing at least two Monash non-award single subjects or open learning (OLA) subjects. Further information is contained in the booklet 'Returning to study at Monash' which is available from the Prospective Students Office, telephone 9905 1320.

Credit for work done elsewhere

Applicants who have undertaken studies at tertiary level may apply for credit in equivalent subjects in the course. When applying, prospective candidates must provide full documentary evidence of prior tertiary studies including a copy of academic records and subject synopses from the handbooks of the years in which the subjects were passed to enable credits to be processed by the faculty's credit transfer committee.

Professional accreditation

The Bachelor of Business (Retail Management) is recognised by the Australian Retailers' Association.

Mode of offering

The course is coordinated from the Caulfield campus, Monash University. The course is delivered in a flexible learning mode, enabling students to enrol in a mix of on- and off-campus subjects, either full-time or part-time. The course may be taken entirely off-campus with all course materials and course administration completed by mail.
Opportunities for communication between students and subject coordinators are organised on a subject basis and candidates are given advance notice of such arrangements. Local study groups are encouraged.
For students enrolled in off-campus subjects, materials are mailed each semester and include introductory information about each subject, all assignment requirements (content, due dates, marks allocation) and examination information.
Depending on where candidates live they can nominate the most convenient examination centre. Arrangements will be made for candidates to sit their examinations in their own state and as close as possible to their residence.

Course structure

Year one

First semester

MGF1300 Introduction to management
MGX1230 Business communication
AFF1110 Accounting for financial decision making
MKF2500 Retail management principles

Second semester

AFX1300 Money and capital markets
MKX1120 Marketing theory and practice
MKF3501 Buying for retail markets
ETX1640 Business mathematics and statistics

Year two

First semester

MKX2221 Retail logistics
BTX1010 Commercial law
MKF1200 Winning the retail customer
ETF2211 Statistical methods for retailers

Second semester

ECX1710 Macroeconomics
MKF3360 Retail technology
AFF2231 Retail financial management
Elective MKF3441 International retailing (option)

Year three

First semester

AFX2051 Financial modelling
MKX3141 Issues in competitive advantage
MKF3381 Retail case studies
MGX3401 Strategic management

Second semester

MGF3280 Retail human resource management
MKF3390 Retail project
Elective
Elective

Application procedures

Mature-age entry

Mature-age applicants should contact the course administrator, Ms Helen Frost, at the Department of Marketing, Monash University, Caulfield campus, PO Box 197, Caulfield East, Victoria 3145 for application forms and instructions. Telephone (03) 9903 2055, fax (03) 9903 2929. Email: helen.frost@buseco.monash.edu.au, http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/Depts/Mkt/

Australian permanent residents

School leavers (VCE) and applicants with comparable Victorian, interstate or overseas Year 12 or tertiary qualifications should apply through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC). Application forms are available from VTAC, telephone: (03) 9690 7977.

International students

International students may obtain an application form from he director, Monash International Pty Ltd, 871 Dandenong Road Caulfield East, Vic. 3145, Australia. Tel: 61 3 9903 2311; Fax: 61 3 9903 2430
International students studying VCE in Australia should apply through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre on (03) 9690 7977.