Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business and Commerce

• Entrance requirements
  • (a) Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE)
  • (b) Comparable qualifications
  • (c) Special admission
• Course structure*
• Further inquiries

Course code: 1807 Course abbreviation: BA/BBusCom On campus or by distance education Course coordinator: To be advised

Entrance requirements

(a) Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE)

Satisfactory completion of the VCE, with a study score of at least 25 in English units 3 and 4, plus any two units from General Mathematics and Mathematical Methods at units 1 and 2 level.

(b) Comparable qualifications

Applicants may also satisfy entrance requirements on the basis of qualifications deemed to be the equivalent of the above VCE. TAFE qualifications (eg the first year of a TAFE advanced diploma or a TAFE qualification that satisfies the first year of a TAFE advanced diploma) or comparable Year 12 qualifications, including International Baccalaureate or approved tertiary-level study completed in Victoria, other states of Australia or overseas, may satisfy entry requirements.

(c) Special admission

Students who have not successfully completed VCE or equivalent may satisfy entry requirements by completing at least two Monash non-award single subjects or open learning (OLA) subjects. Further information is contained in the booklet ´Returning to study at Monash', which is available from the Prospective Students Office, telephone (03) 9905 1320.

Course structure*

The course involves four years full-time study or the equivalent in part-time study by distance education.
Students must complete subjects totalling 204 points, including 108 points from the Faculty of Business and Economics and 96 points from the Faculty of Arts.
To complete the Bachelor of Business and Commerce component, students must:
(i) undertake the six core Business and Economics subjects:

• AFW1001 Introductory accounting A
• ETW1102 Business statistics
• MKW1120 Marketing theory and practice
• MGW1010 Managing people and organisations
• ECW1101 Introductory microeconomics
• BTW1200 Business law

(ii) complete a major of eight subjects with a minimum of two second and third-year subjects. Majors available at the Gippsland campus include accounting, economics, management, business law, electronic commerce and marketing.
(iii) complete at least four third-year subjects from those offered by the campuses delivering this program.
To complete the Bachelor of Arts component, students must:

• complete an arts major of 48 points. Major sequences available at the Gippsland campus are: Gender studies, history-politics, Indonesian, Koorie studies, mass communications, sociology, writing
• complete an arts minor of 24 points. Minor sequences available at Gippsland campus include Australian studies, community studies, journalism and all the above arts majors

* SUBJECT TO FINAL UNIVERSITY APPROVAL.

• complete a third first-year sequence of 12 points
• complete a minimum of 24 points at third-year level.

Students undertaking the double degree must complete:

• a minimum of 36 points at each of second and third year;
• further studies so as to complete 108 points of study;
• no more than 14 first year subjects (84 points).

Further inquiries

For more detailed information, contact a student services officer, Faculty of Business and Economics, Gippsland, telephone (03) 9902 6380 or (03) 5122 6380, fax (03) 9902 6524 or (03) 5122 6524 or email enquiries.sobec@buseco.monash.edu.au

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