Bachelor of Business and Commerce

• General information
• Entry requirements
• Course structure
  • Accounting major
  • Management major
  • Marketing major

General information

Course code: 2224 Course abbreviation: BBusCom
The Bachelor of Business and Commerce provides an international degree in business and commerce. The course is designed to provide maximum flexibility and to allow depth and breadth in the study of the major business and commerce discipline areas. Its structure provides the capacity to tailor applications and focus in different contexts and different environments while ensuring knowledge of the theory, principles and core elements in the relevant discipline areas.

Entry requirements

Students must hold one of the following to be eligible for entry into an undergraduate degree course at Monash University South Africa:

• senior school certificate issued by the South African Certification Council (SAFCERT), endorsing that the student has met the minimum entrance requirements for university admission in South Africa, or
• a certificate issued by the Matriculation Board exempting the student from having to obtain SAFCERT certification, or
• an equivalent qualification (eg successful completion of the International Baccalaureate or A levels), or
• relevant post-secondary studies.

Students must provide original evidence of matriculation endorsement, exemption or other qualifications, and final grades in subjects undertaken.
Mathematics: while there is no formal mathematics prerequisite, a bonus is calculated for students who have studied mathematics in the SAFCERT.
English: a pass in an examination equivalent to English at the higher grade (first or second language) in the South African Senior Certificate; or a pass in English at A level, O level, International Baccalaureate or equivalent; or TOEFL 580 and TWE 5; or computer-based TOEFL score of 213 with an Essay Rating (ER) of 5; IELTS 6.0 with a score of at least 6 for each individual band.
For information on academic qualifications not listed above, contact Monash University South Africa campus.

Course structure

The degree program comprises 24 six-point subjects (144 points) that are normally completed by full-time students at a rate of four subjects each semester, with two semesters per year, over a period of three years. The degree requirements are:
(a) A core of six compulsory first-year subjects comprising one subject from each of the faculty's six discipline groupings (accounting, business law, business statistics, economics, management and marketing). The six individual core subjects are:

• Introductory accounting A
• Business law
• Introductory microeconomics
• Business and economic statistics or Business statistics
• Managing people and organisations
• Marketing theory and practice

(b) Up to 10 subjects (60 points) may be taken at first-year level.
(c) At least six subjects (36 points) must be third-year level subjects -- at least four of these (24 points) must be taken from subjects offered by the faculty.
(d) up to six subjects are free electives (subjects from another faculty must be approved by that faculty).
(e) at least one major specialisation must be chosen consisting of eight subjects (48 points) from the accounting, management, or marketing, including at least two subjects (12 points) at each of the second and third-year levels.
(f) at least four of the non-compulsory subjects must be outside the main field of study.

Accounting major

• Introductory accounting A (core)
• Introductory accounting B
• Accounting for management information
• Financial modelling
• Company reporting
• Budgeting and management techniques
• Business finance
• Financial accounting issues
• Accounting theory

Management major

• Managing people and organisations (core)
• Managerial communication
• Organisational behaviour
• International business
• Human resource management
• Management of change
• Strategic management
• International management

Marketing major

• Marketing theory and practice (core)
• Consumer behaviour
• Market research methods
• Advertising theory and practice
• Marketing planning and implementation
• Marketing strategy
• Sales management
• International marketing
• Electronic marketing

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