Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Business and Commerce

• General information
• Entry requirements
• Course structure
• Further inquiries

General information

Course code: 3511 + Course abbreviation: BSc/BBusCom + On campus and off campus distributed learning + Course coordinators: Associate Professor Philip Rayment and Ms Wendy Webber
The course has been designed to prepare students to work at a professional level in a scientifically oriented environment in which application of modern business techniques is required, or in a commercial environment in which a background in science or technology is desirable.

Entry requirements

The basic requirement for entry to the course is satisfactory completion of the Victorian Certificate of Education or equivalent with a study score of at least 25 in units 3 and 4 English (any), and any two units from General Mathematics and/or Mathematical Methods at units 1 and 2 level plus at least one unit of either information technology, biology, chemistry or physics. Some studies in business-related areas are helpful but not essential.
Students who have completed the first year of the normal Bachelor of Science 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.

Course structure

The Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Business and Commerce is normally taken over four years of full-time study or the equivalent in part-time study or off-campus distributed learning. Units with a total points value of at least 96 points from the Faculty of Science and 108 points from Faculty of Business and Economics units are to be completed, meeting the following requirements:
(a) Completion of six compulsory units:

• AFW1001 Introductory accounting A
• BTW1200 Business law
• ECW1101 Introductory microeconomics
• ETW1102 Business statistics (see note below)
• MGW1010 Managing people and organisations
• MKW1120 Marketing theory and practice
• Note that upon completion of the required science unit STA1010, students will be given credit for ETW1102, thereby reducing the total course requirement from 204 to 198 points.

(b) Completion of a business major of at least 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).
(c) Completion of at least 48 points of business units beyond first level, including at least 24 points at third level (the business sequence meets part of this requirement). Business majors: accounting, business law, economics, electronic commerce, management, marketing.
(d) Completion of two six-point science core units:

• MTH1210/STA1010 Statistical methods for science at first level
• SCI2010 How science works at second level

(e) Completion of two science discipline sequences (excluding computing) consisting of:

• 12 + 18 + 24 + 12 + 24 or 12 + 18 + 18 points in one discipline area across levels 1, 2 and 3 respectively, and
• 24 points in a second discipline area (including at least 12 points from levels 2 and 3).

(f) Completion of one six-point first-level science unit from a discipline other than those studied under part (e). Science discipline sequences: applied biology, applied statistics, applied chemistry, mathematics and modelling, human physiology, psychology, and resource and environmental management.

Further inquiries

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

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