Monash University: University Handbooks: Undergraduate Handbook 2002: Units indexed by faculty
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Bachelor of Commerce (Business Statistics)


General information

Course code: 2016 + Course abbreviation: BCom(BusStats) + The following describes the new course structure introduced in 2000 + For details of the old structure, refer to the 2000 university handbook
The Bachelor of Commerce (Business Statistics) degree provides a substantive sequence of units in econometrics and business statistics along with coherent sequences of units in the areas of accounting, finance, management, marketing, business law, taxation and economics. For details of the units available in this specialisation, see 'Units in econometrics and business statistics'.

Course structure

All first, second and third-year units offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics (Clayton) have a value of six points. Full-time students are expected to progress at the rate of eight units or 48 points per year. First-year students normally may not take a second-year unit until at least four first-year units have been completed successfully. It should be noted that units in the later years of the course have prerequisites and corequisites. In addition, students are expected to take units in a yearly sequence even if there are no prerequisite units specified. In addition to the compulsory specialisation from the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics specialisations are available in accounting, business law and taxation, economics, finance, management, and marketing.
Students are required to complete the following compulsory units:

Students wishing to take first-year units other than those on the above list are able to undertake the second-year versions of the appropriate number of compulsory units. This allows students to complete substantial work in related fields such as computing, or mathematics.
The following are requirements of the course:

Students must have their program of study approved by the course coordinator or the course coordinator's nominee prior to commencement of the relevant year.

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