Monash University: University Handbooks: Undergraduate Handbook 2002: Units indexed by faculty
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Bachelor of Business and Commerce


General information

Course code: 2224 + Course abbreviation: BBusCom
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 in different contexts and different environments while ensuring knowledge of the theory, principles and core elements in the relevant discipline areas.

Entry requirements

Students must hold one of the following to be eligible for entry into an undergraduate degree course at Monash South Africa:

Students must provide original evidence of matriculation endorsement, exemption or other qualifications, and final grades in subjects undertaken.
Mathematics: while there is no formal mathematics prerequisite, a bonus is calculated for students who have studied mathematics in the SAFCERT.
English: a pass in an examination equivalent to English at the higher grade (first or second language) in the South African Senior Certificate; or a pass in English at A level, O level, International Baccalaureate or equivalent; or TOEFL 580 and TWE 5; or computer-based TOEFL score of 213 with an Essay Rating (ER) of 5; IELTS 6.0 with a score of at least 6 for each individual band.
For information on academic qualifications not listed above, contact Monash University South Africa campus.

Course structure

The degree program comprises 24 six-point subjects (144 points) that are normally completed by full-time students at a rate of four units each semester, with two semesters per year, over a period of three years. The degree requirements are:
(a) A core of six compulsory first-year units comprising one unit from each of the faculty's six discipline groupings (accounting, business law, business mathematics and statistics, economics, management and marketing). The six individual core units are:

(b) Up to 10 units (60 points) may be taken at first-year level.
(c) At least six units (36 points) must be third-year level units -- at least four of these (24 points) must be taken from units offered by the faculty.
(d) up to six units are free electives (units from another faculty must be approved by that faculty).
(e) at least one major specialisation must be chosen consisting of eight units (48 points) from the accounting, management, or marketing, including at least two units (12 points) at each of the second and third-year levels.
(f) at least four of the non-compulsory units must be outside the main field of study.

Accounting major
Management major
Marketing major

Plus any two of the following (subject to availability)

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