Undergraduate handbook 2004
Business and Economics

Bachelor of Business (Management)/Bachelor of Laws

Course code: 0817 + Course abbreviation: BBus(Mgt)/LLB + On-campus + Day and evening classes available + 5.25 years full-time, 10 years part-time + Course coordinator (business units): Mr Rolf Bergman + Total credit points required: 252 + This course is administered by the Faculty of Law

Entry requirements

Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE)

Units 3 and 4 - a study score of at least 30 in English (any) and a study score of at least 25 in mathematics (any).

General course information

The combined course is designed for full-time students seeking either a career in law or in management. In addition to providing a core of law and business foundation units the course provides specialist study in key areas.
The first three years of the course will be combined studies in business and law and require students to study at the Caulfield and Clayton campuses. The remaining two years will be undertaken at the Faculty of Law, Clayton campus.

Majors and other studies in the degree

Students must complete a major specialisation in management and other studies from the disciplines taught on the Caulfield campus by the Faculty of Business and Economics.
Students must also complete the prescribed sequence in law.
All units studied must be from the Faculty of Business and Economics and the Faculty of Law.

Course structure

The degree requirements are:
(a) Students must complete 16 units (96 credit points) from the Faculty of Business and Economics as follows:
(i) Inner core - five compulsory units (30 credit points):

• AFF1110 Accounting for financial decision making
• ECF1100/ECF2100 Microeconomics
• ETX1100 Business statistics
• MGF1010 Managing people and organisations
• MKF1120 Marketing theory and practice

(ii) Outer core - five outer-core units (30 credit points) from the units listed below:

• AFF2051 Financial modelling
• AFF2631 Financial management
• BTF2601 Banking law
• ECF2550/ECF3550 Business in Asia
• ETX2111 Business data modelling
• MGF2351 International business (compulsory)
• MGF3401 Strategic management (compulsory)
• MKF2111 Buyer behaviour
• MKF3141 Issues in competitive advantage

(iii) Strand - the following six units (36 credit points) are compulsory and complete a major specialisation in management:

• MGF1100/MGF2100 Managerial communication
• MGF2621 Organisational change
• MGF2661 Human resource management
• MGF3111 Organisational behaviour
• MGF3381 Managing information systems
• MGF3681 International management

(b) Students must complete 156 credit points from the Faculty of Law as follows:
(i) In the first three years, students should include from the Faculty of Law the units LAW1100 (Legal process)*, LAW3300 (Criminal law)*, LAW2100 (Contract)*, LAW3400 (Property)*, LAW1003
(Skills, ethics and research A)* and LAW2003 (Skills ethics and research B)*.
(ii) The final two years of the program must include the compulsory units LAW3201 (Constitutional law)*, LAW3101 (Administrative law)*, LAW2200 (Torts)*, LAW3003 (Skills, ethics and research C)* and LAW4003 (Skills, ethics and research D)*.
(iii) Further units from the Faculty of Law to bring the total of Law units to 156 credit points

* Taught by the Faculty of Law on the Clayton campus.

Progression to further studies

Completion of the BBus(Management)/LLB 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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