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Bachelor of Business (Honours)
Course
code: 0508 Course abbreviation: BBus(Hons) Course coordinator: Mr Roger Love
(banking and finance stream), Dr Marilyn
Fenwick (management stream), Dr David Bednall (marketing stream), Dr Bill Orow
(taxation stream)
This one-year full-time or two-year part-time course offers selected students
the opportunity for specialised study in banking and finance, management,
marketing or taxation at an advanced level.
The course aims to provide a post-degree level of study for students seeking to
widen their knowledge in one of the specialist areas offered by the departments
and to expose students to both substantive theory and practice of research in
the field of business. The course gives graduates the training necessary to
conduct independent high-quality research in either business or academic
settings, cultivates analytical and critical skills, and an awareness of
emerging developments in business. The course is particularly suited to those
who may wish to undertake further study at the higher degree level.
A
bachelors degree from an approved tertiary institution. Applicants need to have
attained a minimum average grade of 65 per cent in the relevant
disciplines in the final two years of undergraduate studies for consideration.
Day
and evening classes are offered at the Caulfield campus. The total formal time
commitment is 12 hours per week for two semesters. Students should be prepared
to devote a further 36 hours per week to private study. A Bachelor of Business
(Honours) course is also offered at the Gippsland campus.
To
qualify for the honours degree in the banking and finance stream, a candidate
shall complete:
To
qualify for the honours degree in the management stream, a candidate shall
complete:
- MGF4020 Data analysis for organisational research
- MGF4030 Perspectives and paradigms in management theory
- MGF4900 Research report (full year)
- MGF4000 Contemporary issues in management
- Those students who have not completed MGF3421 (Introductory
management research methods) in their third year of study will be required to
undertake this subject as their additional subject, or
- The third-year or fourth-year subjects taught by the departments of
Management, Accounting and Finance, Business Law and Taxation, Econometrics and
Business Statistics, Economics, and Marketing. Third-year subjects may be
undertaken on the condition that the subject has not been undertaken in third
year, and that the appropriate prerequisites are met. Additionally, third-year
subjects must be supplemented by additional supervised work. In order to
undertake a subject from another department, the head of the Department of
Management must be satisfied that the subject forms a coherent part of the
proposed course of study.
To
qualify for the honours degree in the marketing stream, a candidate shall
complete:
- MKF4900 Research project (full year)
- MKF4000 Advanced marketing
- MKF4010 Developing a marketing orientation
- MKF4020 History and philosophy of marketing, and
- MKF4030 Advanced business research methods for marketing honours
To
qualify for the honours degree in the taxation stream, a candidate shall
complete:
- BTF4900 Research report, plus six of the following subjects or
eight of the following subjects, or other appropriate subjects offered by the
Department of Business Law and Taxation as approved by the course coordinator.
In addition, candidates may take up to two other equivalent subjects from any
other department, with the approval of the course coordinator.
- BTF4001 Financial institutions law
- BTF4060 Asian taxation
- BTC4150 Advanced taxation
- BTC4180 Securities regulation
- BTF4440 Tax administration and practice
- BTF4460 Capital gains tax
- BTF4480 International tax
- BTF4490 Current issues in taxation and tax planning
- BTF4540 Taxation of companies and shareholders
- BTF4550 Tax policy and constitutional issues
- BTF4560 Employment taxation
- BTF4561 Research project -- tax (not available with BTF4900)
- BTF4570 Taxation of financial transactions
- BTF4590 Income and deductions
- BTF4650 Taxation of trusts and partnerships
- BTF4660 Stamp duty and other state taxes
- BTF4670 Goods and services tax
- BTF4680 Anti-avoidance provisions
- BTF4690 Superannuation and retirement benefits
On
successful completion of the Bachelor of Business (Honours) degree, students
may apply for admission to a masters by research, or other postgraduate programs.
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