Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Science


General information

Course code 2012 · Berwick or Gippsland campus or distance education · Course adviser: Associate Professor Philip Rayment
This course has been designed to prepare students to work at a professional level in a scientifically oriented environment in which application of modern business techniques is required, or in a commercial environment in which a background in science, technology or information technology is desirable. The course involves four years of full-time study or the equivalent in part-time or distance education study.

Course structure

Subjects with a total credit value of at least 192 points are to be completed, meeting the following requirements.
(a) Completion of the following business core subjects with a total credit value of 42 points: AFG1001, ECG1101, BTG1201, MGG1302, MKG1401, ETX1642, GCO1851.
(b) Completion of two (six-point) subjects covering information management and problem solving in science and interdisciplinary perspectives on science and technology: SCI1010 and SCI1020.
(c) Either (i) completion of two business major sequences, each of 36 points of credit (but including one core subject from (a) above) selected from accounting, economics, management, marketing and tourism management, or (ii) completion of one business major sequence of 36 points drawn from strands in (c) (i) above, combined with two submajor sequences each of 24 points of credit drawn from accounting, economics, management, marketing, tourism management and law.
(d) Completion of two science disciplines (excluding computing) consisting of (i) 12 + 18 + 24 or 12 + 12 + 24 or 12 + 18 + 18 points in one discipline area across levels 1, 2 and 3 respectively and (ii) 24 points in a second discipline area (including at least 12 points from levels 2 and 3) plus one six-point subject from one of the following groups:

This latter subject is to be drawn from a different group from those which include the chosen science discipline sequences.
Science discipline sequences are available in the following areas (consult BSc entry for details): applied biology, applied statistics, applied chemistry, mathematics and modelling, human physiology, psychology, and resource and environmental management.