Bachelor of Business Studies

• General information
• Recommended Year 12 units
• Advanced standing (credit for work done elsewhere)
• Mode of offering
• Course structure
  • 1. Compulsory inner core units - all units to be completed
  • 2. Six compulsory outer core units
    • Management major
    • Marketing and retail majors
  • 3. Six major strand units - choose one or two majors
    • Management
    • Marketing
    • Retail
  • 4. Electives
  • 5. Minors - complete the degree by selecting groups of units that form a minor or minors
    • Agribusiness
    • Business law
    • Marketing (cannot be taken with a marketing major)
    • Retail (cannot be taken with a retail major)

General information

Course code: 1718 + Course abbreviation: BBusSt + Course coordinator: Ms Wendy Webber

The Bachelor of Business Studies is a degree program that is offered through Open Learning Australia. The course includes units offered by Monash University as well as units available from other universities. Students wishing to take out a Monash degree should note that they must include a minimum of eight Monash units to be eligible for a Monash degree.

Recommended Year 12 units

There are no formal academic prerequisites for Open Learning Australia (OLA) students wishing to study the Bachelor of Business Studies.

Advanced standing (credit for work done elsewhere)

Bachelor of Business Studies students will be awarded the same amount of credit for previous studies as students of other degrees offered by the faculty, depending on their major.

• Holders of a completed certificate IV in a business-related area from a recognised TAFE institute may apply for credit for up to a maximum of four units.
• Holders of a completed diploma or advanced diploma in a business- related area from a recognised TAFE institute may apply for credit for up to a maximum of eight units.

Mode of offering

Studying through Open Learning allows students to study from home or from their workplace. Specially prepared study materials are sent to students, who are expected to submit regular assignments by mail. Study assistance is available from lecturers and advisers by telephone, fax, email or post.

Normally the only attendance requirement for Open Learning students is one three-hour examination for each unit held at the end of each semester. Examination centres are established throughout Australia so that no student should have to spend more than an hour-and-a-half travelling to the nearest examination centre.
Open Learning is offered continuously throughout the year, however students may begin study by Open Learning in any of four study periods each year. Not all units are offered every study period.

Course structure

The Bachelor of Business Studies comprises 24 units as follows:

• six compulsory inner core units
• six outer core units consisting of two compulsory units and four units chosen from a group of 10
• six major strand units
• six free electives which may be chosen from any of the undergraduate- level units listed in the 2002 OLA handbook.

Students must ensure that they complete at least eight Monash-provided business units to be eligible for the award of the Bachelor of Business Studies.

Students must complete and pass a minimum of two Open Learning units (one of which must be Monash provided) before they are eligible to register and confirm their place with Monash University directly in the Bachelor of Business Studies. Once students have registered with Monash University, they have 10 years in which to complete the degree requirements.
Unit codes are shown as per the OLA handbook; Monash units show the Monash code in parentheses after the unit name.

1. Compulsory inner core units - all units to be completed

• ACG11 Accounting decisions and accountability
• BLW14 Legal framework
• BMS11 Business statistics
• ECO11 Microeconomics
• MAN11 Introduction to management*
• MAR11 Marketing theory and practice* or
• MAR11E Marketing theory and practice (online version)

2. Six compulsory outer core units

Management major

• MAN26 International business*
• MAN31 Strategic managment*

plus four of the following:

• ACG24 Introduction to management accounting
• ACG32 Finance and investment
• BAN11 Money and capital markets*
• BIS11 Computers in business
• BLW21 Company law
• BLW23 Marketing law
• ECO12 Macroeconomics
• MGM21 Business communication and negotiation
• MAR24 Buyer behaviour*
• MAR32 Issues in competitive advantage*

Marketing and retail majors

Two compulsory outer core units:

• MAR24 Buyer behaviour*
• MAR32 Issues in competitive advantage*

plus four of the following:

• ACG24 Introduction to management accounting
• ACG32 Finance and investment
• BAN11 Money and capital markets*
• BCO21 Managerial communication
• BIS11 Computers in business
• BLW21 Company law
• BLW23 Marketing law
• ECO12 Macroeconomics
• MGM21 Business communication and negotiation
• MAN26 International business*
• MAN31 Strategic management*

3. Six major strand units - choose one or two majors

Management

• MAN22 Human resource management*
• MAN13 Managing the organisation*
• MAN27 Introduction to best practice management
• MAN28 Tools for implementing best practice management
• MAN32 International management*
• MAN33 Service operations management*

Marketing

• MAR12 Research methods for marketing and management *
• MAR22 Sales management
• MAR23 Integrated marketing communication*
• MAR33 Marketing planning and implementation*
• MAR34 International marketing*
• MAR35 Strategic marketing*

Retail

• MAR13 Retail management principles*
• MAR21 Professional selling
• MAR26 Winning the retail customer*
• MAR27 Buying for retail markets*
• MAR28 Services marketing
• MAR36 Retail promotion*

4. Electives

Students are free to choose six elective units from any of the undergraduate level units listed in the OLA handbook; however where students intend to complete a double major, the six free electives will be used in undertaking the six strand units prescribed for the second major.

Students who have not completed 24 units but have completed the compulsory units and one major may select their remaining units from those listed above or from other university level units offered by OLA, provided that they complete a minimum of eight Monash business units.
Students intending to seek employment within the business sector or to apply for an honours program offered through a university are advised to take electives from within the business and economics area. Students intending to work in either the retail or agribusiness sectors are advised to complete minors in these areas.

5. Minors - complete the degree by selecting groups of units that form a minor or minors

Agribusiness

• AGR11 Introduction to agribusiness*
• AGR21 Agribusiness marketing*
• AGR31 International agribusiness*
• AGR32 Commodity trading management*

Business law

• BLW21 Company law
• BLW22 Taxation law
• BLW23 Marketing law
• BLW26 International law

Marketing (cannot be taken with a marketing major)

• MAR23 Integrated marketing communication*
• MAR24 Buyer behaviour*
• MAR33 Marketing planning and implementation*
• MAR35 Strategic marketing*

Retail (cannot be taken with a retail major)

• MAR13 Retail management principles*
• MAR26 Winning the retail customer*
• MAR27 Buying for retail markets*
• MAR36 Retail promotion*

* These units are offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics.

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