Bachelor of Business and Commerce/Bachelor of Computing

• General information
• Entry requirements
• Course structure
  • MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY SEQUENCE
  • SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT SEQUENCE
  • BUSINESS SYSTEMS SEQUENCE
• Electives
• Further information

General information

Course code: 1794 Gippsland campus Directors of studies: Kent Farrell, Dr Guojun Lu and Ms Kim Styles
This double-degree course is designed to enable graduates to pursue a computing career in areas requiring a strong business and commercial background, or a career in one of the business discipline areas supported by commercially relevant professional computing skills.
The course is directed towards intending students who have relevant career goals and who combine ability with high motivation.

Entry requirements

Applicants should have met the appropriate entry criteria for both the Bachelor of Business and Commerce and the Bachelor of Computing, that being a study score of 25 in English units 3 and 4 and a study score of 20 in an area of mathematics and any two other VCE studies.

Course structure

(a) Completion of Faculty of Business and Economics subjects with a total credit value of 108 points are to be completed, meeting the following requirements:
(i) Completion of six compulsory introductory six-point subjects, one in each of the following business disciplines:

• Accounting
• Business mathematics and statistics
• Business law
• Economics
• Management
• Marketing

(ii) Completion of a business major sequence of at least 48 points (eight subjects), including at least 12 points at each of second and third levels. (One core subject from part (a) may form part of the 48 points requirement.)
(iii) Completion of at least 48 points of business subjects beyond first level, including at least 24 points at third level (the business major sequence meets part of this requirement).
(b) Completion of 96 points from the Faculty of Information Technology, from the sequences available in the following computing majors:

• Multimedia technology
• System development
• Business systems

MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY SEQUENCE

• GCO1063 Human communications
• GCO1810 Programming fundamentals
• GCO1811 Object-oriented programming
• GCO1813 Information systems 1
• GCO1815 Computer technology
• GCO1821 Introduction to multimedia technology
• GCO2812 Computer organisation
• GCO2813 Information systems 2
• GCO2815 Database management systems
• GCO2816 Object-oriented analysis and design
• GCO2822 Multimedia signals and systems
• GCO2823 Multimedia development
• GCO3826 Advanced multimedia technology
• GCO3819 Computing project (students may opt to take the 12-point subject GCO3700 in place of GCO3819)

plus two elective subjects to be chosen from:

• GCO3601 Infrastructure and electronic commerce
• GCO3803 Inventory management systems
• GCO3806 General operations management
• GCO3811 Software engineering
• GCO3812 Data communications and networks 1
• GCO3813 UNIX systems programming
• GCO3814 Human--computer interaction
• GCO3816 Information systems management
• GCO3817 Computer graphics
• GCO3818 Software environments
• GCO3822 Multimedia concepts and applications
• GCO3823 Client-server and www database applications
• GCO3824 Data communications and networks 2

SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT SEQUENCE

• GCO1063 Human communication
• GCO1810 Programming fundamentals
• GCO1811 Object-oriented programming
• GCO1813 Information systems 1
• GCO1815 Computer technology
• GCO2811 Commercial programming
• GCO2812 Computer organisation
• GCO2813 Information systems 2
• GCO2815 Database management systems
• GCO2816 Object-oriented analysis and design
• GCO2817 Data structures and algorithms
• GCO3811 Software engineering
• GCO3818 Software environments
• GCO3819 Computing project (students may opt to take the 12-point subject GCO3800 in place of GCO3819)

plus two elective subjects to be chosen from:

• GCO3812 Data communications and networks 1
• GCO3813 Systems programming
• GCO3814 Human--computer interaction
• GCO3816 Information systems management
• GCO3817 Computer graphics
• GCO3818 Software environments
• GCO3821 Object-oriented programming
• GCO3822 Multimedia concepts and applications
• GCO3823 Client-server and www database applications
• GCO3824 Data communications and networks 2

BUSINESS SYSTEMS SEQUENCE

• GCO1063 Human communications
• GCO1810 Programming fundamentals
• GCO1813 Information systems 1
• GCO1815 Computer technology
• GCO2802 Computer models for business decisions
• GCO2803 Internet commerce
• GCO2812 Computer organisation
• GCO2813 Information systems 2
• GCO2815 Database management systems
• GCO2816 Object-oriented analysis and design
• GCO3807 Project management
• GCO3816 Information systems management
• GCO3819 Computing project (students may opt to take the 12-point subject GCO3900 in place of GCO3819)

plus two elective subjects from:

• GCO3601 Infrastructure and electronic commerce
• GCO3803 Inventory management systems
• GCO3806 General operations management
• GCO3812 Data communications and networks 1
• GCO3811 Software engineering
• GCO3814 Human--computer interaction
• GCO3822 Multimedia concepts and applications
• GCO3823 Client-server and www database applications
• GCO3824 Data communications and networks 2

Electives

Students select additional business or information technology subjects to complete the required 198 points minimum. Subjects can also be selected from other faculties.

Further information

For more information about the course structure and subjects, refer to the Business and Economics section, telephone (03) 9902 6380 or contact an on-campus student adviser on (03) 51 226 642.

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