Monash University: University Handbooks: Undergraduate Handbook 2001: Subjects indexed by faculty
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The undergraduate program


Prerequisites

Berwick, Gippsland and Peninsula

For Berwick, Gippsland and Peninsula courses, students require VCE English (any) with a study score of at least 25, plus two units from General Mathematics and Mathematical Methods at units 1 and 2 level.

Caulfield

For courses at Caulfield, a study score of at least 25 in both VCE English (any) and mathematics (any), and a study score of at least 20 in any two other VCE studies.

Clayton

Courses at the Clayton campus require a study score of at least 25 in VCE English (any) and either Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics, and a study score of at least 20 in any two other VCE studies.

Monash University Malaysia

Students require English (any) units 3 and 4 with a study score of at least 25, plus two units from General Mathematics and Mathematical Methods at units 1 and 2 level.

Monash University South Africa

The Bachelor of Business and Commerce at South Africa requires a total of 44 points for the South African Senior School Certificate, with satisfactory scores in English and Mathematics.

Bachelor degrees

The diversity within the faculty is reflected in the range of undergraduate courses offered. Bachelors degrees which can be undertaken in the faculty are set out in Table 1.

Table 1: The undergraduate degrees

Bachelors degrees

Campus

Generalist degrees with a choice of major specialisations


Bachelor of Business Studies, majors and submajors in management and marketing

OLA

Bachelor of Business and Commerce, majors in accounting, banking and finance, business law and taxation, econometrics and business statistics, economics, electronic commerce, international business, international trade, management, marketing, marketing communication, public relations and tourism

Berwick, Gippsland, Peninsula, Malaysia, South Africa and distance education

Bachelor of Commerce, majors in accounting, finance, economics, econometrics, management, marketing and another discipline within the university

Clayton

Bachelor of Economics, majors in accounting, finance, economics, econometrics, management, marketing and another discipline offered within the university. One-third of all subjects can be taken outside the faculty

Clayton

Discipline-specific degrees


Bachelor of Accounting

Clayton

Bachelor of Business (Accounting)

Caulfield

Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance)

Caulfield and distance education

Bachelor of Business (Human Resources)

Caulfield

Bachelor of Business (Law)*

Caulfield

Bachelor of Business (Management), sequences in international business, human resources and management.

Caulfield

Bachelor of Business (Marketing)

Caulfield

Bachelor of Business (Retail Management)

Caulfield, distance education

Bachelor of Business (Risk Management)*

Caulfield, distance education

Bachelor of Business and Electronic Commerce

Gippsland and distance education

Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance), majors in accounting, finance or another discipline

Clayton

Bachelor of Commerce (Business Statistics), majors in business statistics, econometrics or another discipline

Clayton

Bachelor of Commerce (Management), majors in management, including specialisation in industrial and employee relations, organisational behaviour, human resource management, or public sector management

Clayton

Bachelor of Electronic Commerce

Berwick

Bachelor of Tourism

Berwick


* SUBJECT TO FINAL UNIVERSITY APPROVAL.
Some similarities and differences exist in these bachelor courses. Guidance is frequently sought on course selection. The following information may be helpful.

Similarities between the bachelor degree courses
Differences between the bachelor degree courses

Honours degrees

Table 2: The honours degrees of the faculty

Honours degrees

Campus

Bachelor of Accounting (Honours)

Clayton

Bachelor of Business (Honours)

Caulfield, Peninsula and Gippsland

Bachelor of Business (Accounting) (Honours)

Caulfield

Bachelor of Commerce (Honours)

Clayton

Bachelor of Economics (Honours)

Clayton

Double degrees

The double-degree programs offered by this faculty and by other faculties of the university are shown in Table 3. A candidate for any of the double-degree programs listed shall be bound by the regulations for the degree from this faculty and, for interfaculty programs, the regulations for the degree offered by the other faculty. During the course of study, a candidate may elect to continue studies for one degree only. In this event, the candidate shall discontinue studies for one degree and with the approval of the faculty board which administers the degree to be continued, he or she shall complete the course of study for the other degree in accordance with any conditions or requirements and within the time period specified and approved by that faculty board.

Table 3: Double degree combinations

Intra-faculty

Campus

Generalist degrees with a choice of discipline major


Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Economics

Clayton

Discipline-specific degrees


Bachelor of Business (Accounting)/Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance)

Caulfield

Bachelor of Business (Accounting)/Bachelor of Business (Management)

Caulfield

Bachelor of Business (Management)/Bachelor of Business (Marketing)

Caulfield

Inter-faculty degrees from this faculty

Degrees from other faculties

Campus

Generalist degrees with a choice of discipline major



Bachelor of Business and Commerce

Bachelor of Arts

Gippsland


Bachelor of Arts (International Communication)*

Peninsula


Bachelor of Sport and Outdoor Recreation*

Gippsland


Bachelor of Computing

Gippsland


Bachelor of Science

Berwick, Gippsland


Bachelor of Communication

Berwick


Bachelor of Network
Computing*

Peninsula


Bachelor of Engineering

Gippsland

Bachelor of Commerce

Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Business Systems
Bachelor of Education
Bachelor of Engineering*
Bachelor of Laws*
Bachelor of Music*
Bachelor of Pharmacy
Bachelor of Science

Clayton

Bachelor of Economics

Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Laws*

Clayton

Discipline-specific degrees



Bachelor of Business (Accounting)

Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Computing

Caulfield

Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance)

Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Computing
Bachelor of Laws*

Caulfield
Caulfield and Clayton

Bachelor of Business (Management)

Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Laws*

Caulfield
Caulfield and Clayton

Bachelor of Business (Marketing)

Bachelor of Arts

Caulfield

Bachelor of Tourism

Bachelor of Communication

Berwick


* SUBJECT TO FINAL UNIVERSITY APPROVAL.
Where students meet the entry and course requirements for each degree, they can, if admitted to the second degree course, complete it with a minimum of the equivalent of one additional year's full-time study.
The Bachelor of Economics allows significant flexibility in the choice of subjects from other disciplines or faculties, so by appropriate choice of subjects a second degree in arts, science or computing and also commerce can be completed after the equivalent of a further year's full-time study.
Students undertaking any of the Bachelor of Business degrees with a specified major have the opportunity to take out a second business degree in another specialisation with the completion of a minimum of eight additional subjects in one year's further study.

Table 4: Double award combinations

Bachelor of Business and Commerce/Advanced Diploma of Business (Accounting)


THIS AWARD IS CONDUCTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CENTRAL GIPPSLAND INSTITUTE OF TAFE.

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