Bachelor of Business and Commerce - BBusCom

• General
• Course objectives
• Entry requirements
• Course structure
  • Accounting major
    • First year
    • Second year
    • Third year
• Professional accreditation
  • Banking and finance major
    • First year
    • Second year
    • Third year
  • Business law and taxation major
    • First year
    • Second year
    • Third year
  • Econometrics and business statistics major
    • First year
    • Second year
    • Third year
  • Economics major
    • First year
    • Second year
    • Third year
  • Electronic commerce major
    • First year
    • Second year
    • Third year
  • International trade major
    • First year
    • Second year
    • Third year
  • Management major
    • First year
    • Second year
    • Third year
  • Marketing major
    • First year
    • Second year
    • Third year
• Credit provision and transfer
  • (i) To other degrees of the faculty
  • (ii) From a faculty undergraduate diploma

General

Course code: 2224
The Bachelor of Business and Commerce provides an international degree in business and commerce. The course is designed to provide maximum flexibility and to allow depth and breadth in the study of the major business and commerce discipline areas. Its structure provides the capacity to tailor applications and focus in different contexts and different environments while ensuring a knowledge of the theory, principles and core elements in the relevant discipline areas.

Course objectives

On completion of this degree graduates should:

• have a fundamental knowledge of general principles and applications of business and commerce;
• have developed technical and communication skills and knowledge that are appropriate in the area(s) of their chosen major studies;
• have developed skills in problem solving in business and commerce;
• have developed a knowledge of the local and international business and commercial environments.

Entry requirements

GCE A level: Sixteen points (two or three subjects); Hong Kong A level: fourteen points (two or three subjects); OAC: 70 per cent; STPM: sixteen points (two or three subjects); Sri Lankan A level: twenty points (three or more subjects); Australian Year 12: seventy TER; MUFY: 240; IB: twenty-six.
Mathematics: GCE O level; Year 11 or equivalent.
English: TOEFL 580; TWE 5; IELTS 6.0; or GCE A level with a grade of C or above.
For information on academic qualifications not listed above, please contact Monash University Sunway campus.

Course structure

The degree program comprises twenty-four subjects (144 points) that are normally completed at a rate of four subjects each semester, with two semesters per year, over a period of three years. The degree requirements are:

• between six and ten subjects at first-year level, of which at least four must be chosen from two or more of the following faculty areas of study - accounting, banking and finance, business law and taxation, econometrics and business statistics, economics, electronic commerce, international trade, management, and marketing;
• at least six second-year subjects and at least six third-year subjects;
• up to six subjects in disciplines taught by other faculties or chosen institutions, such as computing, mathematics or languages;
• students must choose at least one major specialisation of at least eight subjects from the faculty areas of study comprising at least two subjects at each of first-, second- and third-year levels;
• within these requirements, discipline prerequisites must be met.

This structure provides a large number of different enrolment patterns, and permits choice according to students' discipline interests and career aspirations.
The number '1' or '2' in parentheses after certain subjects indicates the semester in which they are offered.

Accounting major

First year

• AFW1022 Accounting principles (1)
• AFW1032 Introductory financial accounting (2)

Second year

• AFW2631 Financial management
• AFW2051 Financial modelling (this subject requires first-year business statistics subjects as specified under the heading 'Professional accreditation)
• AFW2020 Accounting for management information
• AFW2023 Financial accounting and reporting

Third year

• AFW2021 Budgeting and management techniques (1)
• AFW3040 Accounting theory and current issues (2)
• AFW3041 Auditing

Professional accreditation

Professional accounting accreditation of the Bachelor of Business and Commerce is currently being sought. Students who wish to seek professional membership are advised to include in their enrolment, in addition to all subjects listed in the accounting major, the following subjects:
Either

• ETW1640 Business mathematics and statistics (1)

or

• ETW1020 Business and economic statistics (1) and
• ETW1031 Business and economic statistics (2)
• ECW1000 Economics (1)
• ECW1010 Economics (2)
• MGW1020 Introduction to management: managing organisations
• BTW1010 Commercial law
• BTW2213 Malaysian company law
• BTW3153 Malaysian income tax law

Banking and finance major

First year

• AFW1022 Accounting principles
• AFW1300 Money and capital markets
• BTW1010 Commercial law*

and either*

• ETW1640 Business mathematics and statistics (1) or
• ETW1020 Business and economic statistics (1) and
• ETW1031 Business and economic statistiscs (2)

Second year

• AFW2631 Financial management
• AFW2051 Financial modelling
• AFW2401 Commercial banking and finance
• BTW2601 Banking law*

Third year

• AFW3841 Lending decisions
• AFW3651 Treasury management
• AFW3331 International banking and finance

* SUBJECTS MARKED WITH AN ASTERISK ARE NOT PART OF THE MAJOR BUT MUST BE TAKEN TO SATISFY PREREQUISITES.

Business law and taxation major

First year

• AFW1300 Money and capital markets
• BTW1010 Commercial law

Second year

• BTW2601 Banking law (1)
• BTW2801 Lending law (2)
• BTW2213 Malaysian company law

Third year

• BTW3153 Malaysian income tax law (1)
• BTW3491 International taxation (2)
• BTW3201 International law
• BTW3641 Information law (requires BEW1601 and BEW2621)

Econometrics and business statistics major

First year

Either

• ETW1020 Business and economic statistics (1) and
• ETW1031 Business and economic statistics (2)

or
Sequence 2

• ETW1640 Business mathematics and statistics (1) and
• ETW2111 Statistics for management (2)

Second year

• ETW2410 Practical econometrics
• ETW2420 Survey methods and managerial statistics
• ETW2480 Decision models for managers

Third year

• ETW3410 Applied econometrics
• ETW3480 Decision analysis for managers
• Business systems subject (to be advised)

Economics major

First year

• ECW1000 Economics (1)
• ECW1010 Economics (2)

Second year

• ECW2000 Intermediate microeconomics
• ECW2010 Intermediate macroeconomics
• ECW2721 Trade finance and foreign exchange

Third year

• ECW2890 Economic development of East Asia
• ECW3291 Multinational trade and investment
• ECW3550 Business in Asia

Electronic commerce major

First year

• BEW1601 Introduction to electronic commerce
• BTW1010 Commercial law

Second year

• BEW2620 Supra-organisational systems
• BEW2621 Commercial aspects of electronic commerce
• GCO2601 Electronic commerce systems - analysis and design

Third year

• BEW3640 Electronic commerce project management
• GCO3601 Infrastructure for electronic commerce
• BTW3641 Information law

International trade major

First year

• ECW1000 Economics (1)
• ECW1010 Economics (2)
• MGW1020 Introduction to management: managing organisations
• MKW1120 Marketing theory and practice
• BTW1010 Commercial law

Second year

• MGW2351 International business
• ECW2721 Trade finance and foreign exchange
• ECW3550 Business in Asia

Third year

• MKW3531 International marketing
• BTW3201 International law (1)
• ECW3301 Case studies in international trade (2)
• ECW3291 Multinational trade and investment
• MGW3681 International management

Management major

First year

• MGW1020 Introduction to management: managing organisations (1)
• MGW1030 Introduction to management: people and organisations (2)
• MGW1230 Business communication

Second year

• MGW2230 Organisational behaviour
• MGW2351 International business
• MGW2430 Human resource management

Third year

• MGW3681 International management
• MGW3130 The management of change
• MGW3401 Strategic management

Marketing major

First year

• MKW1120 Marketing theory and practice (1)
• MKW2111 Buyer behaviour (2)

and either*

• ETW1020 Business and economic statistics (1) and
• ETW1031 Business and economic statistics (2)

or

• ETW1640 Business mathematics and statistics (1) and
• ETW2111 Statistics for management (2)

Second year

• MKW2121 Marketing research methods
• MKW2131 Marketing support systems
• MKW3471 Sales management and negotiation

Third year

• MKW3121 Marketing planning and implementation (1)
• MKW3131 Strategic marketing (2)
• MKW3461 Marketing communication
• MKW3531 International marketing

* SUBJECTS MARKED WITH AN ASTERISK ARE NOT PART OF THE MAJOR, BUT MUST BE TAKEN TO SATISFY PREREQUISITES.

Credit provision and transfer

(i) To other degrees of the faculty

This degree enables students to transfer into other courses offered by the faculty in Australia, subject to successful completion of appropriate subjects. The required academic achievement level needed to gain a transfer as well as the extent of credit for subjects completed will depend upon the program and major studies undertaken in line with the following transfer options:

• for those students who met the Australian on-shore degree intake standard in the year of entry - a pass in all subjects with all relevant subject prerequisites being met; or
• for those students who did not meet the Australian on-shore degree intake standard in the year of entry - normally the student must have achieved a credit average in all subjects undertaken and have met all relevant subject prerequisites.

In order to proceed in any specialised discipline area normally a credit in the subject(s) in that area is required. The program of study enables transfer with full credit up to first-year for the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Economics and after three semesters of study for the Bachelor of Business (tagged) programs, the Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Business and Electronic Commerce. Beyond this time period the level of credit given on articulation will be assessed on a case-by case basis.

(ii) From a faculty undergraduate diploma

Students admitted to the Bachelor of Business and Commerce degree course, on the basis of successful completion of a relevant faculty undergraduate diploma, will be given credit for subjects successfully completed therein. However university policy stipulates that the minimum proportion of study to be undertaken for the completion of the degree course is 50 per cent by university policy, so students would need to complete at least a further seventy-two points of subjects.

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