Bachelor of Business and Commerce

• Aims
• Professional recognition
• Entry requirements
• Special requirements
  • PC requirement
  • Attendance
• Course structure
  • Course plan
• Major studies
  • Business law major
    • Major units
  • Economics major
    • Major units
  • Electronic commerce major
    • Major units
• Assessment
• Advanced standing for previous studies
• Further information
• Completed applications

Course code: 2224 + Gippsland campus + HECS fees applicable + International student fees: $1687.50 per unit (2001 fee) + Attendance optional

Aims

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 on different contexts and different environments while ensuring knowledge of the theory, principles and core elements in the relevant discipline areas.
Majors consisting of a sequence of eight units available at the Gippsland campus include accounting, business law, economics, electronic commerce, management and marketing. Students have the option of choosing a second major or combining their major with one or more professional specialisations, consisting of a sequence of four units.

Professional recognition

The Bachelor of Business and Commerce with an accounting major is recognised by both CPA Australia and The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia as meeting the academic requirements for membership.

Entry requirements

Applicants will need one of the following:
(a) Satisfactorily completion of the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE), including English units 3 and 4 with a study score of at least 25, plus any two units from General Mathematics and/or Mathematical Methods at the unit 1 and 2 level. Please provide an ENTER statement with application, or
(b) Satisfactory completion of qualifications deemed to be equivalent to the VCE such as interstate Year 12 or International Baccalaureate, or completion of the TAFE Certificate IV or one year of an Advanced Diploma (formerly Associate Diploma).
Those who have not satisfied the above admission requirements may do so by successfully completing two units with a credit average at university level. These may be studies either on-campus, by off-campus distributed learning or through Open Learning.
Students who have undertaken prior study at Monash University will have their results taken into account when applications for admission are assessed.

Special requirements

PC requirement

Access to an IBM-compatible computer is essential for the use of word processing and other software packages. It is also recommended that off-campus distributed learning students have access to a modem to facilitate email communication with teaching staff.

Attendance

Weekend schools are run three times each semester for some of the business units. Attendance is optional for those students wishing to attend.

Course structure

The Bachelor of Business and Commerce is awarded on completion of 144 points (24 units) taken over six years of part-time study by off-campus distributed learning based on the following requirements:
(a) Completion of six compulsory units:

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

(b) Completion of at least one major consisting of eight units.
(c) Completion of up to six electives that may be taken from any discipline within the faculty or from any other faculty.
Note that, of the above, no more than 10 first-year-level units may be taken; at least six third-year-level units must be taken, of which at least four must be taken from units offered by the faculty on the Gippsland campus; at least four of the electives must be taken outside the main field of study.

Course plan

Example of a course plan for a Bachelor of Business and Commerce off-campus distributed learning student for years 1 and 2:

Completion of the above course plan will depend on the discipline areas chosen for a major. Students may wish to consult a student services officer for further unit recommendations. Please see ´Further information' for contact details.

Major studies

Major studies comprising eight units are available in accounting, business law, economics, electronic commerce, management and marketing.
Accounting major

Management major

Marketing major

Business law major

Major units

• BTW1200 Business law

plus seven of the following:

• BTW2141 Communications law
• BTW2161 Tourism law
• BTW2281 Marketing law
• BTW2220 Corporations law and trusts
• BTW2221 Taxation law and practice
• BTW2223 Business regulation and corporate crime
• BTW3240 Administrative law
• BTW3241 Employment law
• BTW3242 Business taxation
• BTW3243 Finance law
• BTW3641 Information technology law

Economics major

Major units

• ECW1101 Introductory microeconomics
• ECW1102 Introductory macroeconomics
• ECW2120 Applied micro/macroeconomics

plus five of the following:

• ECW1103 Ethics, economy and society
• ECW2122 Contemporary issues in global commerce
• ECW2121 Economics of international trade and finance
• ECW2731 Managerial economics
• ECW2123 Economics of information technology and electronic commerce
• ECW2600 Tourism economics
• ECW2141 Labour economics
• ECW3146 Regional development
• ECW3150 Natural resources and environment
• AFW3144 Financial institutions management
• ECW3143 Economics of money and banking

Electronic commerce major

Major units

• BEW1601 Introduction to electronic commerce
• BEW2620 Supra-organisational systems
• BEW2621 Commercial aspects of electronic commerce
• GCO2601 Electronic commerce systems - analysis and design
• GCO3601 Infrastructure of electronic commerce
• GCO3807 Project management
• BTW3641 Information technology law
• GCO2851 Programming for business applications

Assessment

Assessment is by a combination of assignments and final examination for each unit. Generally, a pass is required in the final examination to pass the unit.

Advanced standing for previous studies

Credits/exemptions may be considered for previous tertiary-level study or post-secondary study (including TAFE) and open learning in Australia and overseas. Each application is assessed on a case-by-case basis. It is essential that units submitted for credit/exemption fit the philosophy and principles of this degree course of study. Units studied more than 10 years ago will not be considered for credit/exemption. The faculty's Credit Assessment and Tracking System (CATS) is a web-based record of credits that have been granted for students in the past. Please go to: http://credits.buseco.monash.edu.au/ and follow the instructions to look up studies that you have already completed to obtain a guide to the credits you may receive towards the Bachelor of Business and Commerce. Credits and exemptions will not be confirmed until major/s and specialisations have been selected by the applicant.

Further information

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.gippsland@buseco.monash.edu.au.

Completed applications

Completed applications are to be forwarded to the Student Administration Office, Faculty of Business and Economics - Gippsland, Monash University Gippsland Campus, Churchill, Victoria 3842, by 21 September 2001 to be considered for a first-round offer.

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