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Course
code: 1714
Gippsland campus
HECS fees applicable
Overseas student fees: $1500 per subject
Attendance optional
This course provides an opportunity for both school leavers and those already in employment to undertake tertiary studies in a business course that is flexible and adaptable. The course is vocationally oriented. It aims to equip graduates for employment in a wide range of occupations in industry/commerce, small business, professional accounting, insurance, banking and finance, teaching, and in government and semi-government enterprises.
Dependent on the completion of the appropriate subjects of study, the tertiary requirements for membership of the following may be satisfied: Australian Society of Certified Practising Accounts, Institute of Chartered Accountants, Australian Institute of Management, Australian Human Resource Institute, Australian Institute of Bankers, and Australian Marketing Institutions. Note that Each professional body may have additional specific entry requirments, eg experience.
All applicants should satisfy Tertiary Entry Requirements (TER) as outlined in the section on entry requirements in this book. It is desirable that students have satisfactorily completed units 1 and 2 of VCE mathematics (any).
Access to an IBM-compatible computer is essential for the use of wordprocessing and computer packages.
Weekend schools are run one weekend a month for many of the business subjects. Attendance is optional for those students wishing to attend.
The
requirements for the award of the Bachelor of Business degree, normally
completed over six years by distance education, are:
(a) A candidate must complete twenty-four semester subjects.
(b) A candidate must complete the following seven 'core' subjects:
(c) A candidate must
complete one major study of at least six semester subjects chosen from
accounting, management, marketing, economics and tourism management and two
submajors of at least four semester subjects chosen from the above disciplines
and law and computing.
or
A candidate must complete two majors of at least six semester subjects chosen
from accounting, management, marketing, tourism management and economics.
(d) A candidate may include up to six semester subjects offered at degree level
by other disciplines or academic units within Monash University, provided they
are of equivalent academic standing.
A typical course plan for a Bachelor of Business distance education student may be as follows:
First semester |
Second semester | |
Year 1 |
ECG1101 Introduction to economics; MGG1302 Management theory and functions |
AFG1001 Introductory accounting A; TBG1201 Introduction to business law |
Year 2 |
Two of the following core subjects: GCO1851 Computing systems and applications; MKG1401 Introduction to marketing or GAS1751 Quantitative methods I |
Two of the following major studies subjects: MKG1402 Consumer behaviour; MGG1303 Organisational behaviour; AFG1002 Introductory accounting B; ECG1102 Macroeconomics; ECG1103 Ethics, economy and society; GCO2852 Business systems; MGG1501 Tourism -- social environment; MGG1502 Tourism -- policy and regulations |
Completion of the above course plan will depend on the discipline areas chosen
for a major and/or submajor. You may wish to consult a course adviser for
further subject recommendations.
Major studies are available in accounting, management, economics, marketing and tourism management. Submajors are also available in law and computing.
The
course includes an accounting major with a minimum of six subjects. Additional
accounting subjects are also available for students who wish to satisfy the
educational requirement for admission to professional accounting bodies.
The following accounting subjects are available to students undertaking the
Bachelor of Business degree:
The first two subjects
are compulsory in an accounting major.
Students seeking membership of the professional accounting bodies in Australia
must complete the Bachelor of Business degree with the eight accounting
subjects specified by the professional bodies.
Successful completion of the required subjects will satisfy the tertiary
requirements for admission as an associate of the Australian Society of
Certified Practising Accountants (ASCPA). To achieve CPA status, graduates
would need to complete the society's CPA program and an experience
requirement.
Graduates who take these required subjects also satisfy the tertiary
requirements for admission to the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Membership may be applied for following successful completion of the
institute's Professional Year program, and an experience requirement.
Plus one sequence of the following
groups of subjects:
(i) Professional accounting (Students who complete this stream will be eligible
to enter the CPA program)
(ii) Finance (A further unit of study specified by the ASCPA must be completed to satisfy entry to the CPA program)
(ii) Information technology (A further unit of study specified by the ASPCA muct be completed to satisfy entry to the CPA program)
The
aim of the course is to develop conceptual understanding and basic skills in a
vocationally oriented academic discipline relevant to the full spectrum of
professional, business and governmental occupations. Wherever possible, the
course will build upon the previous experience of students, many of whom will
be part-time and distance education students with a background of management
skills and responsibility. The course is designed, first, to provide students
with basic management skills; second to equip students with the basic
knowledge, concepts, tools and techniques necessary to appraise problems and
make decisions within complex organisational contexts and to take account of a
wide variety of social, economic, and political factors; third, to provide a
rigorous academic framework for the development of leadership skills based upon
human relations training; fourth, to establish a sound basis for the subsequent
assimilation of management study and experience.
The major is designed as a broad-based course to meet the changing needs of
practising professionals, as well as providing an academic framework for
personnel involved in more general fields of people management and business
decision making.
Two vocational streams are available. One is the strategic management stream and the other is the employment relations stream. To complete the major a student is required to satisfy the requirements in six of the following subjects:
The following two subjects
The following four subjects
The two compulsory subjects plus any four of the following subjects satisfying appropriate prerequisites:
To
satisfy academic requirements for professional membership of the Australian
Human Resource Institute (AHRI) students are recommended to complete all
subjects in the employment relations stream as well as TBG3241 (Industrial and
labour law) and ECG3141 (Labour economics).
Students completing the strategic management stream should consider application
for membership of the Australian Institute of Management.
Students who plan a management major will find it useful to undertake studies
in accounting, marketing and tourism whilst other subject areas such as law,
economics, psychology and politics may well be complementary.
Students completing a submajor in management are required to complete the subjects:
plus two of the other subjects listed above.
Students enrolling in the Bachelor of Business degree may elect to complete a major of at least six subjects of economics or may select fewer economics subjects as electives to support their other majors. Subjects available are:
Students enrolling in economics for the first time will normally take subject ECG1101 (Introduction to economics) in first semester and ECG1102 (Macroeconomics) in second semester of their first year, and ECG2120 (Microeconomics) in first semester of their second year. After passing these subjects, they will then normally progress to a selection of upper-level subjects, although students are encouraged to complete ECG2121 (International trade and finance) in second semester of second year.
The
primary objective of this major is to provide students with an understanding of
the role, scope, concepts and theories of advanced marketing. It also
emphasises on an applied approach with practical applications to give students
a workable understanding of marketing principles. As future business executives
and entrepreneurs, the major is designed to teach students how marketing can
help meet the needs of the public and assist organisations in successfully
competing in an environment of intense competition.
Students completing a major in marketing are required to complete six of the
following subjects:
*Compulsory subjects
Students completing a submajor in marketing would be required to complete the
following subjects:
A Bachelor of Business with a major in marketing will satisfy the requirements for affiliate membership to the Australian Marketing Institute.
The
major in tourism management commences with a broad overview of the industry and
progresses to a more detailed examination of tourism business operations
management. The advanced level subjects are concerned with destination
management and project development. With the compulsory core subjects, and
appropriate choices in other major or submajor streams, graduates with a
Tourism Management major will be well prepared to enter a management career
path in public or private tourism-related activities, or for successful
operation of their own tourism business.
The major stream of study in tourism management comprises six compulsory
subjects as follows:
Law
is offered as a submajor in the Bachelor of Business degree. Students who major
in accounting will need to complete TBG1201 (Introduction to business law).
Subjects TBG1202 (Contract law), TBG2220 (Law of business organisations) and
TBG2221 (Taxation law and practice) may be taken for professional studies in
accounting.
Students majoring in other areas may wish to take a law submajor or a number of
law subjects which will support their area of major study. In addition to the
four subjects mentioned above, a number of optional subjects are available both
to internal and distance education students. Availability depends on the other
commitments of the members of the staff and the number of students opting for a
subject.
In addition to supporting areas of major studies, the law component in the business degree is designed to acquaint students with the legal problems they might encounter in their careers, and in the case of taxation, to equip accountancy students for professional practice.
Business
computing is offered as a submajor in the Bachelor of Business degree, and may
be used to gain advanced status as a member of the Australian Society of
Certified Practising Accountants.
A submajor will comprise at least four of the following subjects:
Students wishing to satisfy the academic requirements of the Australian Institute of Banking and Finance for admittance to senior associate status must complete the following professionally accredited subjects:
In addition, although the above subjects satisfy professional entry requirements, the Australian Institute of Banking and Finance recommends the following specialised stream:
Assessment is by a combination of assignments and final examination for each subject. Generally a pass is required in the final examination to pass the subject.
Credits/exemptions may be considered for previous tertiary level study or post secondary study (including TAFE) and open learning in Australia and overseas. Each application is assessed on a case by case basis. It is essential that subjects submitted for credit/exemption fit the philosophy and principles of this degree course of study. Subjects studied more than ten years ago will not be considered for credit/exemption.
For more detailed information, contact a student adviser, School of Business and Electronic Commerce, telephone (03) 9902 6206 or (03) 5122 6206, fax (03) 9902 6524 or (03) 5122 6524, or email enquiries.sobec@buseco.monash.edu.au.
Completed applications are to be forwarded to the general office, School of Business and Electronic Commerce, Monash University Gippsland campus, Churchill, Victoria, 3842, by 18 September 1998 to be considered for a first-round offer.
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