Course code: 3200 + Course abbreviation: BBusCom/BNetComp + Course coordinator: Mr Paul de Lange + Peninsula campus
This double-degree course is designed to provide students with both the technical and organisational competencies to build and implement distributed application systems within a business environment. This requires that students understand the applications of network computing in business and the organisational issues involved in establishing and managing the various types of business.
Satisfactory completion of the VCE with a study score of at least 25 in units 3 and 4 English plus any two units from General Mathematics and/or Mathematical Methods at units 1 and 2 level.
Satisfactory completion of qualifications deemed to be equivalent to the VCE such as interstate Year 12 or International Baccalaureate, or the completion of a TAFE Certificate IV with a grade average of at least 60 per cent or one year of an advanced diploma (formerly associate diploma) with a grade average of at least 60 per cent.
Minimum score of 240.
Those who have not satisfied the above admission requirements may do so by successfully completing two units with a credit average at university level. These may be studied either on-campus or by off-campus learning or through Open Learning Australia.
Credit transfer may be considered for previous tertiary-level study or post- secondary study (including TAFE) in Australia and overseas. Each application is assessed on a case-by-case basis. It is essential that units submitted for credit transfer fit the philosophy and principles of this degree course of study. Units studied more than 10 years ago are regarded as beyond a reasonable time limit and will not be considered for credit/ exemption.
Day classes are offered at Peninsula campus. Some elective units may be offered from other campuses through tele-teaching, and some units may be offered through off-campus learning via the world wide web.
Full-time students would normally complete the course in 4.25 years.
The compulsory core units in the network computing part of the double degree are:
The compulsory core units in the business and commerce part of the double degree are:
Students must choose a major (a sequence of eight units) in one of accounting, international trade or management.
Note that to meet the requirements of the professional accounting bodies, students must also take the following units:
Note that students taking the international business major will be encouraged to take one of the following specialisations: languages, international economics.
Plus at least two of the following units:
Note that students taking the management major will be encouraged to take one of the following specialisations: international management, international business.
Students studying the Bachelor of Business and Commerce/Bachelor of Network Computing double degree are not permitted to study this major.
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