Course code: 2224 + Course abbreviation: BBusCom + On-campus and off-campus + Day classes available + Three years full-time, six years part-time + Course coordinator: Dr Mindi Nath + Total credit points required: 144
The Bachelor of Business and Commerce is the link between the overseas offerings of the faculty and the onshore program taught across the Berwick, Gippsland and Peninsula campuses. 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.
Students must complete a major in one of the following disciplines taught by the faculty: accounting, business law (by off-campus learning only), economics, electronic business, human resource management, international business (by off-campus learning only), management and marketing.
Other studies may be drawn from any of the disciplines taught on the Gippsland campus by the Faculty of Business and Economics. These other studies can form a professional specialisation in one of the following areas: professional accounting, finance, information technology, human resource, international management, services management, tourism management and international marketing and commerce. They can also, in some cases, form a second major in a business discipline.
The degree requirements are:
Completion of six compulsory units (36 credit points):
Completion of 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.
A total of 24 units (144 credit points) over a maximum of 10 years of study
A maximum of 10 first-year-level units (60 credit points)
A minimum of six units (36 credit points) at third-year level, of which at least four (24 credit points) must be from those offered by the faculty on the campus delivering this program.
An option to include a maximum of six units (36 credit points) in disciplines taught by other faculties or from units offered on campuses other than the campus delivering this program
At least four non-compulsory units (24 credit points) must be outside the main field of study.
Students can also choose a professional accounting sequence in addition to the accounting major. Students who complete the major and the professional stream will be eligible for membership of the professional accounting bodies. For further details, refer to the `Professional accreditation' entry at the beginning of the Gippsland section.
Plus seven of the following:
Plus five of the following:
Plus three of the following:
Note that students undertaking this major may only study up to three more units from outside the Faculty of Business and Economics.
Plus six of the following:
Note that units may not all be offered on this campus.
Plus at least two of the following units:
Plus any two from the following units:
Optional specialisation sequences have been developed to provide students with guidance towards vocational professional outcomes. Professional specialisations include:
Students who complete the accounting major and the professional stream will be eligible for membership of the professional accounting bodies.
Students are required to select four units from:
* This sequence is currently under review, and the combination of units may change in 2004.
*This sequence is currently under review and the combination of units may change in 2004.
** Subject to final faculty approval.
This degree is recognised as meeting the academic requirements of the following professional bodies:
For all profession bodies, membership is dependant upon the correct choice of units by students. Details are provided at the beginning of the Gippsland courses entry in this section of the handbook.
Applicants for admission to the Bachelor of Business and Commerce by off-campus learning are required to meet the normal entry requirements given above and must also detail in their application those factors that would enable them to study successfully by off-campus learning.
Application forms are available from the Course Inquiries Centre by telephoning 1800 671 845.
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