Course code: 2601 + Caulfield campus + HECS fees applicable + Full-fee paying course: 2003 local fee TBA + International student fee (2002): unit fee $2012.50; course fee $16,100 per annum
This course is a unique cross-faculty initiative of the Faculty of Business and Economics and the Faculty of Medicine. While there are a number of universities, including Monash, offering double degrees in psychology and business in Australia, there is no university that offers a single degree combining psychology, management and marketing. The course aims to produce highly trained and proficient graduates who are well qualified to apply their psychological training to work in a business environment. The course content of the program will provide students with excellent training for further postgraduate study in psychology and business. On completion of this course, students will have:
The APS-accredited psychology major in the BPsychMgt/Mktg is recognised by the Australian Psychological Society and the Psychologists' Registration Board of Victoria. Students completing this degree are eligible to apply for fourth-year courses in psychology (eg Monash University offers the Postgraduate Diploma of Psychology [see entry in this guide], a Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Psychology, and a fourth-year honours program). These fourth-year programs are recognised by the APS and can lead to masters-level professional programs in psychology or to research degrees such as a MSc or PhD.
Satisfactory completion of the VCE with a study score of at least 25 in English (any) and in mathematics (any) at units 3 and 4 level, and a study score of at least 20 in any two other VCE studies. Applicants may also satisfy entrance 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. 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.
It is strongly recommended that students have access to a personal computer. (Note that both the Faculty of Business and Economics and the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences operate in an IBM-compatible Windows environment.) It is also recommended that students have access to a modem to facilitate email communication with teaching staff.
All applicants should be able to undertake a minimum workload of four units (24 points) per year via off-campus learning. Off-campus learning students should note that this represents a 50 per cent workload, which would preclude eligibility for Austudy (Austudy requires students to be enrolled in a minimum 75 per cent workload in each semester).
Applicants should note the compulsory on-campus attendance requirements of psychology units which require one 12-hour weekend school in each psychology unit. Weekend schools are run three times each semester for many of the business units. Attendance is optional for those students wishing to attend.
The Bachelor of Psychology and Management/Marketing normally requires six years of part-time study to complete. Students complete a psychology major with either a management or marketing major, plus compulsory core units.
The APS-accredited psychology major sequence (60 points) comprises the following units:
Core units
To complete the management major, students are recommended to complete:
Plus at least two of the following units:
To complete the marketing major, students are recommended to complete:
Students
entering the degree should normally enrol in four units in the first year, two
in each semester. These should normally include two first-level sequences of
two units.
Students entering the degree are encouraged to plan the equivalent of their
first year of full-time study, which will normally be studied over two years
part-time. This should include two first-level units in psychology, and at
least two first-level units in a discipline that can be used as additional
sequence/s.
Assessment is usually a combination of laboratory reports, assignments and examinations.
Students with a previously completed degree may apply for credit up to a maximum of one-third of the degree. Students with partially completed tertiary studies may apply for credits up to a maximum of one-half of the degree. The onus is on the student to provide transcripts of results, course records, details of course content and duration, including extracts from relevant handbooks. Credit/s will not be granted for studies completed more than 10 years prior to the date of enrolment in the current course. Credit will not be granted for upper-level psychology studies in sequences not accredited by the Australian Psychological Society.
For more information, contact Mr Peter Wagstaff, Department of Marketing, Faculty of Business and Economics, telephone (03) 9903 2069.
Completed applications are to be forwarded to the Student Administration Office, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University Caulfield Campus, PO Box 197, Caulfield East, Victoria 3145 by 27 September 2002 to be considered for a first-round offer.
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