Bachelor of Business (Honours)

• General information
• Entrance requirements
• Fees
• Course structure
  • Accounting
  • Economics
  • Marketing
  • Tourism
  • Management
• Time commitment
• Further inquiries

General information

Course code: 1775 Course abbreviation: BBus(Hons) Course coordinator: Mr Kent Farrell
This one-year full-time or two-year part-time course has been especially designed to offer selected students the opportunity for advanced study in one of the specialist business areas offered by the departments of the Faculty of Business and Economics and to teach students how to conduct business-related research at an advanced level.

Entrance requirements

(i) A candidate for the honours degree will have completed the requirements for a Bachelor of Business or any combined degree program which includes a major study in one specialised area of business (accounting, economics, management or marketing) at Monash University or obtained an equivalent degree from an equivalent university or institute.
(ii) Candidates should normally have obtained a minimum average credit grade over levels two and three of the undergraduate degree in the specialised area of business subjects.
(iii) Applications must include legally certified copies of entry qualifications.

Fees

The course is subject to the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS). An additional fee will also apply for amenities and library services. International students should contact Monash International on (03) 5122 6741 for details of course fees.

Course structure

Students may elect to undertake honours studies at Gippsland in the areas of accounting, economics, management, marketing or tourism management.
The course involves one year of full-time study or two years of part-time study, and is offered on-campus only.
Students undertaking accounting, economics, tourism or marketing are required to complete subjects totalling 48 credit points, as follows:

• BEG4760 Business research methods (12 credit points)
• BEG4761 Research project and report (24 credit points)
• plus two advanced subjects from the selected specialist area in accounting, economics, management, tourism or marketing (six credit points each)

These specialist subjects are as follows:

Accounting

• AFW4060 Advanced financial accounting
• AFW4061 Advanced management accounting

Economics

• ECW4160 Regional economics
• ECW4161 Theory and practice of economic reforms

Marketing

• MKW4460 Advanced marketing
• MKW4461 Developing a marketing orientation

Tourism

• MGW4360 Contemporary issues in management
• MGW4361 Business consulting

Management

Students undertaking honours specialising in management are required to complete subjects totalling 48 credit points as follows:

• MGW4367 Research report (24 points)
• MGW4363 Data analysis for business research (6 points)
• MGW4365 Perspectives and paradigms in management theory (6 points)
• MGW4360 Contemporary issues in management (6 points)
• An additional subject (6 points) selected from third or fourth-level subjects taught by the Department of Management, or MGW3xxx (Introductory business research methods) for those students who have not completed this subject within their third year of study.

Time commitment

The business research methods subject requires six hours of formal class work per week over the first semester. The substantive area of specialisation (accounting, economics, management or marketing) requires a further three hours of formal class work per week over each semester of the honours year. The research report requires an equivalent further six hours per week. Thus the total formal time commitment is 15 hours per week for the first semester and 12 hours per week for the second semester. Students should be prepared to devote approximately double that amount of time (ie 30 hours) to private study.

Further inquiries

Application forms for course admission and further information may be obtained from the Faculty of Business and Economics, Gippsland campus office, by contacting telephone (03) 51 226 380 or (03) 9902 6380 or fax (03) 51 226 524 or (03) 9902 6524. Application forms should be forwarded to the General Office, Faculty of Business and Economics, Gippsland campus, Monash University, Churchill, Victoria 3842.

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