Bachelor of Business and Commerce

• General information
• Entry requirements
• Course structure
  • Accounting major
  • Business law and taxation units
  • Management major
  • Marketing major

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:

• senior school certificate issued by the South African Certification Council (SAFCERT), certifying that the student has met the minimum entry requirements for university admission in South Africa, or
• a certificate issued by the Matriculation Board exempting the student from having to obtain SAFCERT certification, or
• an equivalent qualification (eg successful completion of the International Baccalaureate or A levels), or
• relevant post-secondary studies.

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 550 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 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:

• AFW1001 Introductory accounting A
• BTW1201 South African business law
• ECW1101 Introductory microeconomics
• ETW1102 Business statistics
• MGW1010 Managing people and organisations
• MKW1120 Marketing theory and practice

(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

• AFW1001 Introductory accounting A (core)
• AFW1002 Introductory accounting B
• AFW2020 Accounting for management information
• AFW2042 South African corporate reporting 1
• AFW2021 Budgeting and management techniques
• AFW3044 Business finance
• AFW3050 Financial accounting issues
• AFW2041 South African auditing A

Business law and taxation units

• BTW2121 South African taxation of individuals
• BTW2122 South African taxation of businesses
• BTW2201 South African business law 2
• BTW3300 South African administration of deceased and insolvent estates
• BTW3301 South African business law 3

Management major

• MGW1010 Managing people and organisations (core)
• MGW1100 Managerial communication
• MGW2230 Organisational behaviour
• MGW2351/MGW3351 International business
• MGW2430 Human resource management
• MGW2130/MGW3130 Organisational change
• MGW3401 Strategic management
• MGW3681 International management

Marketing major

• MKW1120 Marketing theory and practice (core)
• MKW2402 Consumer behaviour
• MKW2460 Integrated marketing communication
• MKW3444 International marketing
• MKW3121 Marketing planning and implementation
• MKW2420 Market research methods
• MKW3440 Marketing strategy

Plus any two of the following (subject to availability)

• MKW2431 Business marketing
• MKW3881 Electronic marketing
• MKW3443 Export marketing
• BTW2281 Marketing law
• MKW3442 Sales management

Application forms for course admission and further information may be obtained from the Faculty of Business and Economics, South Africa campus office, telephone + 27 11 950 4020 fax + 27 11 950 4022. Application forms should be forwarded to the Student Administration Office, Faculty of Business and Economics, South Africa campus, Monash University, Roodepoort, 1725, South Africa.

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