Course code: 1807 + Gippsland campus + HECS fees applicable + Attendance optional
The double degree is designed to equip students with a broad range of skills appropriate to work in a variety of vocations. The disciplines from which students may select units for inclusion in the double degree are those taught by the School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences and those taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics - Gippsland.
Satisfactory completion of the VCE, including English units 3 and 4 with a study score of at least 25, plus any two units from General Mathematics or Mathematical Methods at the unit 1 and 2 level. Students who have completed the first year of the normal Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Business and Commerce at the Gippsland campus with good academic results may be admitted to the second year of the double degree with full credit for appropriate first-year studies. All applicants should be willing to undertake a normal workload of eight units per year full-time or four units per year part-time by off-campus distributed learning.
All applicants should be willing to undertake a normal initial work load of at least 24 points a year by off-campus distributed learning. Off-campus distributed learning students should note that this may have implications regarding eligibility for Austudy or similar schemes. In later years of the course, the normal workload will vary between 24 and 32 points per year, but there is scope to vary this under some circumstances.
Classes will be held in most units at each weekend school. Normally, this will include lectures and seminars or tutorials. Attendance at weekend school classes is recommended, but not compulsory for the completion of most units offered within the double degree program.
Students
must complete 204 points including 96 points from the Faculty of Arts and 108
points from the Faculty of Business and Economics.
To complete the Bachelor of Business and Commerce component, students must:
(a) complete six compulsory units:
(b) complete a major of 48
points, including at least 12 points at each of second and third levels (one
core unit from part (a) may form part of the 48 points requirement). Business
majors: accounting, business law, economics, electronic commerce, management,
marketing
(c) complete at least four third-level units from those offered by the Faculty
of Business and Economics at the campus delivering this program.
To complete the Bachelor of Arts component, students must:
(a) complete an arts major of 48 points. Major sequences available are
Australian Indigenous studies, gender studies, history-politics, Indonesian,
mass communications, sociology, writing;
(b) complete an arts minor of 24 points. Minor sequences available include
those listed above along with Australian studies, community studies,
journalism;
(c) complete a third first-year sequence of 12 points;
(d) 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 levels; further studies so as to complete a total of
204 points of study and no more than 14 first-level units.
Students with previously completed or partially completed tertiary studies should complete an application for advanced standing to apply for credits and exemptions. The onus is on the student to provide course records and details of course content and duration (including extracts from relevant handbooks). Students in this category are advised to complete a course plan prior to the commencement of study to ensure they will complete the major/s or minor they intend. As a general rule, credits will not be granted for studies completed more than 10 years prior to the date of enrolment in the current course.
For more detailed information, contact the administrative officers, School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences, telephone (03) 9902 6339 or (03) 5122 6339, email humass.info@arts.monash.edu.au or the student advisers, Faculty of Business and Economics - Gippsland, telephone (03) 9902 6380 or (03) 5122 6380, email enquiries.gippsland@buseco.monash.edu.au.
Completed applications are to be forwarded to the Admissions Officer, School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences, Monash University Gippsland Campus, Churchill, Victoria 3842, by 30 October 2001 to be considered for a first-round offer.
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