Off-Campus Learning Guide 2004
Business and Economics

Bachelor of Psychology and Management/Marketing

Course code: 2601 + Course abbreviation: BPsychMgtMktg + Three years full-time, six years part-time + Course coordinator: Mr Peter Wagstaff + Total credit points required: 144 + Attendance required

General course information

This course is a unique cross-faculty initiative of the Faculty of Business and Economics and the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. While there are a number of universities in Australia, including Monash, offering double degrees in psychology and business, no other institutions offer 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 content of the program will provide students with excellent training for further postgraduate study in psychology and business.

Majors

The degree provides a major sequence in psychology and either management or marketing.

Supporting studies available

Students have the option of one open elective in the degree. All other studies are in the disciplines of psychology, management or marketing.

Workload

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).

Attendance

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.

Course structure

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.

Level one

• PSY1011 Psychology 1A (6 points)
• PSY1022 Psychology 1B (6 points)

Level two

• PSY2031 Developmental and biological psychology (6 points)
• PSY2051 Research, design and analysis (6 points)
• PSY2042 Cognitive and social psychology (6 points)
• PSY2112 Organisational psychology (6 points)

Level three

Core units:

• PSY3041 Psychological testing, theories of ability and ethics (6 points)
• PSY3051 Perception and personality (6 points)
• PSY3032 Abnormal psychology (6 points)
• PSY3062 Research methods and philosophy of psychology (6 points)

Management major

To complete the management major, students are recommended to complete:

• MGW1010 Managing people and organisations
• MGW1100/MGW2100 Managerial communication
• MGW2230 Organisational behaviour
• MGW2430 Human resource management
• MGW2130/MGW3130 Organisational change
• MGW3401 Strategic management
• MKW1120 Marketing theory and practice
• MKW2402 Consumer behaviour

Plus at least two of the following units:

• MGW2351/MGW3351 International business
• MGW3681 International management
• MGW2323 Employment relations
• MGW3352 Service operations management

Marketing major

To complete the marketing major, students are recommended to complete:

• MKW1120 Marketing theory and practice
• MKW2402 Consumer behaviour
• MKW2420 Market research methods
• MKW3440 Marketing strategy
• MKW3121 Marketing planning and implementation
• MGW1010 Managing people and organisations
• MGW2430 Human resource management

Plus at least three of the following units:

• MKW2460 Integrated marketing communication
• MKW3444 International marketing
• MKW2431 Business marketing
• MKW3441 Research project in marketing
• MKW3442 Sales management
• MKW3443 Export marketing
• MKW3881 Electronic marketing
• BTW2281 Marketing law

Other units

All students are also required to complete:

• PMM1010 Business law and accounting
• PMM2020 Economic and statistical decision making
• PMM3020 Psychology, management and marketing
• One general elective (any level-one unit from any faculty of the university)

Professional recognition

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.

Application procedures

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 26 September 2003 to be considered for a first-round offer.

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