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Course
code: 1807
Gippsland campus
HECS fees applicable
Attendance optional
The double degree is designed to equip students with a broad range of skills appropriate to work in a variety of vocations. The disciplines from which students may select subjects for inclusion in the double degree are those taught by the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and those taught by the School of Business and Electronic Commerce.
All applicants should satisfy Tertiary Entrance Requirements (TER) as outlined in the section on entry requirements in this book.
All applicants should be willing to undertake a normal initial work load of at least twenty-four points a year by distance education. Distance education students should note that this may have implications regarding eligibility for Austudy or similar schemes. In later years of the course the normal work load will vary between twenty-four and thirty-two points per year, but there is scope to vary this under some circumstances.
Classes will be held in most subjects at each weekend school. Normally, this will include lectures and seminars or tutorials. Attendance at weekend school classes is recommended, but not compulsory for the completion of most subjects offered within the double degree program.
Students
will choose major and minor studies from those available in the Bachelor of
Arts degree program and the Bachelor of Business degree program, noting that
they must include a major and a minor from arts, and a double major from
business.
The course of study is normally a minimum of eight years part-time by distance
education. In order to complete the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business
double degree a student must:
(a) complete appropriate subjects within the course to gain at least 192 but
not more than 216 points;
(b) complete a major of fifty-two points and a minor of twenty-eight points
from arts disciplines;
(c) complete the prescribed core subjects;
(d) complete two majors of at least thirty-six points each in Business
disciplines;
(e) undertake any additional studies to complete the minimum 192 points needed
for the double degree.
A course plan for the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business may look like the one depicted below:
First semester |
Second semester | |
Year 1 |
MGG1302 Management theory and function; Arts sequence 1 |
TBG1201 Introduction to business law; Arts sequence 1 |
Year 2 |
AFG1001 Introductory accounting A; Arts sequence 2 |
ECG1101 Introduction to economics; Arts sequence 2 |
Year 3 |
MKG1401 Introduction to marketing; GSC1601 Basic statistics and computing for social Sciences |
Business elective; GSC1602 Introduction to methods of social research |
Year 4 |
Arts first-level elective; Business major 1 |
Business major 2; Arts major |
Year 5 |
Business major 1; Arts major |
Business major 2; Arts major |
Year 6 |
Business major 2; Arts minor |
Business major 1; Arts major |
Year 7 |
Business major 1; Business major 2 |
Business major 1; Arts major |
Year 8 |
Business major 2; Arts minor |
Major, minor and first-year sequences may be completed within the following disciplines.
Gender studies; history-politics; Indonesian; Koorie studies; mass communications; sociology; writing.
Australian studies; community studies; journalism.
Accounting; economics; management; marketing; tourism management.
Further details on each of these areas are included separately under the entries for the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Business.
Students entering the double degree program should normally enrol in four subjects in the first year, two in each semester. Normally, these will all be subjects which do not require prerequisites. The following is the suggested first-year enrolment:
or
Students with previously completed or partially completed tertiary studies should complete an application for credit transfer to apply for credits and exemptions. The onus is on the student to provide course records and details of course content and duration (including extracts from relevant handbooks). Students in this category are advised to complete a course plan prior to the commencement of study to ensure they will complete the major/s or minor they intend. Students may be granted up to a maximum of twelve8 points of credits/exemptions. As a general rule, specific credits will not be granted for studies completed more than ten years prior to the date of enrolment in the current course.
For more detailed information, contact the administrative officers, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, telephone (03) 9902 6339 or (03) 5122 6339, email melanie.michie@arts.monash.edu.au, the student advisers, School of Business and Electronic Commerce, telephone (03) 9902 6380 or (03) 5122 6380.
Completed applications are to be forwarded to the admissions officer, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Monash University Gippsland campus, Churchill, Victoria, 3842, by 18 September 1998 to be considered for a first-round offer.
Details of the various arts sequences and the first-level subjects offered within them are included under the entry for the Bachelor of Arts. For details on the subjects available in the business degree, the entry for the Bachelor of Business should be consulted.
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