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Undergraduate handbook 2004
Business and Economics

Bachelor of Business and Commerce/Bachelor of Sport and Outdoor Recreation

Course code: 3202 + Course abbreviation: BBusCom/BS&OR + On-campus + Day classes available + Four years full-time, eight years part-time + Course director: Dr Mindi Nath + Total credit points required: 204

General course information

The Bachelor of Business and Commerce/Bachelor of Sport and Outdoor Recreation double-degree program offers students an opportunity to complete two separate degrees, a Bachelor of Business and Commerce and a Bachelor of Sport and Outdoor Recreation from Monash University. A feature of this course is its interdisciplinary approach to the teaching of some units. The major aim of the double degree is to foster the development of a confident and competent professional, combining knowledge and skills from the fields of business, sport and outdoor recreation. Graduates of the program will have qualifications that enable them to enter the sport and outdoor industries with a strong business emphasis.

Majors and other studies in the degree

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.
Students must also complete the prescribed program of study from the Faculty of Education.
All units studied must be from the Faculty of Business and Economics and the Faculty of Education.

Course structure

The degree requirements are:
(a) Students must complete 18 units (108 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.
(v) At least four non-compulsory units (24 credit points) must be taken from outside the main field of study.
(b) Students must complete 16 units (96 credit points) from the Faculty of Education as follows:
(i) Fourteen compulsory units (84 credit points):

(ii) Two units (12 credit points) of approved sport and outdoor recreation electives.
(c) Students must also satisfy the following degree regulations:
(i) A total of 34 units (204 credit points).

(ii) Overall, a maximum of 14 units (84 credit points) of first-year-level units.

Further information

Initial inquiries should be directed to Mr Andrew Cope (telephone (03) 5122 6969, (03) 9902 6372 or (03) 9902 6969).

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