Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business and Commerce

• General information
• Entry requirements
  • (a) Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE)
  • (b) Comparable qualifications
  • (c) Special admission
• Course structure
• Further inquiries

General information

Course code: 1807 + Course abbreviation: BA/BBusCom + On campus or by off-campus learning + Course coordinator: To be advised

Entry requirements

(a) Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE)

Units 1 and 2 - any two units from General Mathematics and/or Mathematical Methods. Units 3 and 4 - a study score of at least 25 in English (any).

(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 with a credit average at least two Monash non-award single units or open learning (OLA) units. Further information is contained in the Monash University booklet `Returning to study: a guide for mature-age and non-school-leaver applicants', available from the Prospective Students Office, telephone (03) 9905 1320.

Course structure

The course involves four years full-time study or the equivalent in part-time study by off-campus learning.

Students must complete units totalling 204 points, including 108 points from the Faculty of Business and Economics and 96 points from the Faculty of Arts.
To complete the Bachelor of Business and Commerce component, students must:

(a) undertake the six core Business and Economics units:

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

(b) complete a major of eight units with a minimum of two second and third-year units. Majors available at the Gippsland campus include accounting, economics, management, business law, electronic commerce and marketing.
(c) complete at least four third-year units from those offered by the campuses delivering this program.
To complete the Bachelor of Arts component, students must:

• complete an arts major of 48 points. Major sequences available at the Gippsland campus are: Australian Indigenous studies, behavioural studies (subject to approval), history-politics, Indonesian, mass communications, psychology (off-campus learning only), sociology, writing
• complete an arts minor of 24 points. Minor sequences available at Gippsland campus include Australian studies, community studies, journalism and all the above arts majors
• complete a third first-year sequence of 12 points
• complete a minimum of 24 points at third-year level.

Students undertaking the double degree must complete:

• a minimum of 36 points at each of second and third year
• further studies so as to complete 108 points of study
• no more than 14 first-year units (84 points).

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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