Course code: 1941 + Course abbreviation: BBusCom/BComn + On-campus + Day classes available + Four years full-time, eight years part-time + Course coordinator: Dr Mahendra Goyal + Total credit points required: 192
The Bachelor of Business and Commerce/Bachelor of Communication program offers students the opportunity to graduate with two separate degrees - a Bachelor of Business and Commerce degree and a Bachelor of Communication degree.
Students must complete a major in one of the following
disciplines taught by the faculty: accounting, e-business, economics, human
resource management, management, marketing, marketing communication, public
relations or tourism.
Other studies may be drawn from any of the disciplines taught on the Berwick
campus by the Faculty of Business and Economics. These other studies can form a
professional specialisation in one of the following areas: professional
accounting, management, travel and tourism, public relations, marketing and
marketing communication. They can also, in some cases, form a second major in a
business discipline.
The degree requirements are:
(a) Students must complete 16 units (96 credit points) from the Faculty of
Business and Economics as follows:
(i) Six compulsory units (36 credit points):
(ii) A major of
at least eight units (48 credit points) in a discipline from the faculty with
at least two units (12 credit points) at each of second and third-year levels.
All units taken as part of the major are limited to units taught by departments
of the faculty on the campus delivering this program.
(iii) A maximum of eight first-year-level units (48 credit points).
(iv) A minimum of four units (24 credit points) at third-year level from those
offered by the campus delivering this program.
(b) Students must complete 16 units (96 credit points) from the Faculty of Arts
as follows:
(i) Two compulsory units (12 credit points):
(ii) An eight unit (48 credit point) major:
(iii) A four
unit (24 credit point) arts minor sequence.
(iv) Two elective units (12 credit points) from the Faculty of Arts.
(c) Students must also satisfy the following double degree regulations:
(i) A total of 32 units (192 credit points) over a maximum of 10 years.
(ii) Overall, a maximum of 14 units (84 credit points) of first-year-level
units.
(iii) A minimum of six units (36 credit points) at each of second and third
year level.
* Subject to university approval.
This degree is recognised as meeting the academic requirements of the following professional bodies:
For all professional bodies, membership is dependant upon the correct choice of units by students. Details are provided at the beginning of the Berwick courses entry in this section of the handbook.
Completion of the Bachelor of Business and Commerce/Bachelor of Communication will enable progression to an honours year and a variety of postgraduate courses either at Monash or other Australian or overseas universities. Details of specific postgraduate courses are available on inquiry from the faculty.
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