Bachelor of Business and Commerce/Bachelor of Network Computing

• General information
• Entry requirements
  • (a) Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE)
  • (b) Comparable qualifications
  • (c) Special admission
• Advanced standing (credit for work done elsewhere)
• Mode of offering
• Duration
• Course structure
  • Accounting major
  • International business major
  • Management major

General information

Course code: 3200 + Course abbreviation: BBusCom/BNetComp + Course coordinator: Mr Paul de Lange + Peninsula campus
This double-degree course is designed to provide students with both the technical and organisational competencies to build and implement distributed application systems within a business environment. This requires that students understand the applications of network computing in business and the organisational issues involved in establishing and managing the various types of business.

Entry requirements

(a) Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE)

Satisfactory completion of the VCE with a study score of at least 25 in units 3 and 4 English (any), plus any two units from General Mathematics and/ or Mathematical Methods at units 1 and 2 level.

(b) Comparable qualifications

Applicants may also satisfy entry requirements on the basis of qualifications deemed to be the equivalent of the above VCE. TAFE qualifications (eg the first year of a TAFE advanced diploma or a TAFE qualification that satisfies the first year of a TAFE advanced diploma) or comparable Year 12 qualifications, including International Baccalaureate or approved tertiary-level study completed in Victoria, other states of Australia or overseas, may satisfy entry requirements.

(c) Special admission

Students who have not successfully completed VCE or equivalent may satisfy entry requirements by completing at least two Monash non-award single units or open learning (OLA) units. Further information is contained in the booklet 'Returning to study at Monash', which is available from the Prospective Students Office, telephone (03) 9905 1320.

Advanced standing (credit for work done elsewhere)

Credit transfer may be considered for previous tertiary-level study or post-secondary study (including TAFE) in Australia and overseas. Each application is assessed on a case-by-case basis. It is essential that units submitted for credit transfer fit the philosophy and principles of this degree course of study. Units studied more than 10 years ago are regarded as beyond a reasonable time limit and will not be considered for credit/ exemption.

Mode of offering

Day classes are offered at Peninsula campus. Some elective units may be offered from other campuses through tele-teaching, and some units may be offered through off-campus distributed learning via the world wide web.

Duration

Full-time students would normally complete the course in 4.25 years.

Course structure

• The double degree comprises 204 points (34 six-point units).
• The maximum number of points taken at first-year level is 84 (14 units).
• Six compulsory core units must be taken from the Bachelor of Business and Commerce, and 15 compulsory core units from the Bachelor of Network Computing.

The compulsory core units in the network computing part of the double degree are:

• CPE1001 Object-oriented programming in Java
• CPE1002 Computer equipment and operating systems
• CPE1003 Web page development
• CPE1004 Object-oriented design and programming
• CPE1005 System modelling and simulation techniques
• CPE1006 Distributed information systems
• CPE2001 Concurrent programming techniques
• CPE2002 Data communications networks
• CPE2003 Analysis and design of distributed systems
• CPE2004 Engineering distributed software applications
• CPE2005 Database systems in networked environments
• CPE2006 Managing distributed system development
• CPE3001 Information and network security
• CPE3100 Industrial project (12 points)

The compulsory core units in the business and commerce part of the double degree are:

• AFW1001 Introductory accounting A
• BTW1200 Business law
• ECW1101 Introductory microeconomics
• ETW1102 or ETX1100 Business statistics
• MGW1010 Managing people and organisations
• MKW1120 Marketing theory and practice

Students must choose a major (a sequence of eight units) in one of accounting, international trade, or management.

Accounting major

• AFW1002 Introductory accounting B
• AFW2020 Accounting for management information
• AFW2051 Financial modelling
• AFW2491 Company reporting
• AFW2021 Budgeting and management techniques
• AFW3044 Business finance
• AFW3050 Financial accounting issues
• AFW3040 Accounting theory

Note that to meet the requirements of the professional accounting bodies, students must also take the following units:

• AFW3041 Auditing
• BTW2220 Corporations law and trusts
• BTW2211 Taxation law and practice
• ECW1102 Introductory macroeconomics

International business major

• AFW2341 International financial management
• BTW3201 International trade law
• ECW2721 Trade finance and foreign exchange
• ECW3301 Case studies in international trade
• MGW2351/MGW3351 International business
• MGW3121 Strategic management for international trade
• MGW3681 International management
• MKW3444 International marketing

Note that students taking the international business major will be encouraged to take one of the following specialisations: languages, international economics.

Management major

• MGW1010 Managing people and organisations
• MGW1100 Managerial communication
• MGW2130/MGW3130 Organisational change
• MGW2230 Organisational behaviour
• MGW2430 Human resource management
• MGW3401 Strategic management

Plus at least two of the following units:

• MGW2323 Employment relations
• MGW2351/MGW3351 International business
• MGW2511/MGW3511 Quality management
• MGW3681 International management

Note that students taking the management major will be encouraged to take one of the following specialisations: international management, international business, wine technology and marketing.

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