Undergraduate handbook 2004
Information Technology

Bachelor of Business and Commerce/Bachelor of Network Computing

Course code: 3200 + Course abbreviation: BBusCom/BNetComp + Course coordinator: Mr Paul de Lange + Peninsula

This double-degree course is designed to provide students with both the technical and organisational competencies to build and implement distributed application systems within a business environment. This requires that students understand the applications of network computing in business and the organisational issues involved in establishing and managing the various types of business.

Entry requirements

(a) Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE)

Satisfactory completion of the VCE with a study score of at least 25 in units 3 and 4 English plus any two units from General Mathematics and/or Mathematical Methods at units 1 and 2 level.

(b) Comparable qualifications

Satisfactory completion of qualifications deemed to be equivalent to the VCE such as interstate Year 12 or International Baccalaureate, or the completion of a TAFE Certificate IV with a grade average of at least 60 per cent or one year of an advanced diploma (formerly associate diploma) with a grade average of at least 60 per cent.

(c) Monash University Foundation Year (MUFY)

Minimum score of 240.

(d) Special admission

Those who have not satisfied the above admission requirements may do so by successfully completing two units with a credit average at university level. These may be studied either on-campus or by off-campus learning or through Open Learning Australia.

Advanced standing

Credit transfer may be considered for previous tertiary-level study or post-secondary study (including TAFE) in Australia and overseas. Each application is assessed on a case-by-case basis. It is essential that units submitted for credit transfer fit the philosophy and principles of this degree course of study. Units studied more than 10 years ago are regarded as beyond a reasonable time limit and will not be considered for credit/exemption.

Mode of offering

Day classes are offered at Peninsula campus. Some elective units may be offered from other campuses through tele-teaching, and some units may be offered through off-campus learning via the world wide web.

Course length

Full-time students would normally complete the course in 4.5 years.

Course structure

• The double degree comprises 216 points (36 six-point units).
• The maximum number of points taken at first-year level is 84 (14 units).
• Six compulsory core units must be taken from the Bachelor of Business and Commerce, and 11 compulsory core units from the Bachelor of Network Computing.

The compulsory core units in the network computing part of the double degree are:

• CPE1001 Object-oriented programming in Java
• CPE1002 Computer organisation
• CPE1003 Web development I
• CPE1004 Object-oriented design and programming
• CPE1007 Data communications and networks
• CPE1006 Distributed information systems
• CPE2003 Analysis and design of distributed systems
• CPE2005 Database systems
• CPE2006 Project management
• CPE2007 Information and network security
• CPE3100 Industrial experience project (12 points)
• Students must also study two second-year and four third-year network computing electives

The compulsory core units in the business and commerce part of the double degree are:

• AFW1001 Introductory accounting A
• BTW1200 Business law
• ECW1101 Introductory microeconomics
• ETW1102 Business statistics
• MGW1010 Managing people and organisations
• MKW1120 Marketing theory and practice

Students must choose a major (a sequence of eight units) in one of accounting, international trade or management.

Accounting major

• AFW1002 Introductory accounting B
• AFW2020 Accounting for management information
• AFW2021 Budgeting and management techniques
• AFW2051 Financial modelling
• AFW2491 Company reporting
• AFW3040 Accounting theory
• AFW3044 Business finance
• AFW3050 Financial accounting issues

Note that to meet the requirements of the professional accounting bodies, students must also take the following units:

• AFW3041 Auditing
• BTW2220 Corporations law and trusts
• BTW2221 Taxation law and practice
• ECW1102 Introductory macroeconomics

International business major

• AFW2341 International financial management
• BTW3201 International trade law
• ECW2721 Trade finance and foreign exchange
• ECW3301 Case studies in international trade
• MGW2351/MGW3351 International business
• MGW3121 Strategic management for international trade
• MGW3681 International management
• MKW3444 International marketing

Note that students taking the international business major will be encouraged to take one of the following specialisations: languages, international economics.

Management major

• MGW1010 Managing people and organisations
• MGW1100/MGW2100 Managerial communication
• MGW2130/MGW3130 Organisational change
• MGW2230 Organisational behaviour
• MGW2430 Human resource management
• MGW3401 Strategic management

Plus at least two of the following units:

• MGW2323 Employment relations
• MGW2351/MGW3351 International business
• MGW2511/MGW3511 Quality management
• MGW3681 International management

Note that students taking the management major will be encouraged to take one of the following specialisations: international management, international business.

Electronic business major

Students studying the Bachelor of Business and Commerce/Bachelor of Network Computing double degree are not permitted to study this major.

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