Undergraduate handbook 2005 - Business and Economics

Bachelor of Business (Management)/Bachelor of Business (Marketing)

Course code: 1337 + Course abbreviation: BBus(Mgt)/BBus(Mktg) + Total credit points required: 192 + 4 years full-time, 8 years part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Caulfield)

Course description

This combined course is designed for students seeking a career in management or in the marketing industry. In addition to providing a core of marketing and management units, the course provides specialist study in key areas.

Course structure

Majors and other studies

Students must complete a major specialisation in both management and marketing.
Other studies may be drawn from any of the disciplines taught on the Caulfield campus by the Faculty of Business and Economics. These other studies can in some cases form a third major in a business discipline.
Up to six open electives may also be taken from other campuses or other Monash faculties.

Course requirements

The degree requirements are:
(a) Completion of six compulsory common core units (36 credit points):

• AFF1110 Accounting for financial decision making
• BTF1010 Commercial law
• ECF1100/ECF2100 Microeconomics
• ETX1100 Business statistics
• MGF1010 Managing people and organisations
• MKF1120 Marketing theory and practice

(b) Outer core - completion of eight outer-core units (48 credit points), including the four compulsory units (24 credit points) listed below and a further four units (24 credit points) from the remaining units listed below:

• MGF2351 International business (compulsory)
• MGF3401 Strategic management (compulsory)
• MKF2111 Buyer behaviour (compulsory)
• MKF3141 Issues in competitive advantage (compulsory)
• AFF1300 Money and capital markets
• AFF2051 Financial modelling
• AFF2631 Financial management
• BTF2220 Corporations law and trusts
• BTF2601 Banking law
• ECF1200/ECF2200 Macroeconomics
• ECF3550/ECF2550 Business in Asia
• ETX2111 Business data modelling (recommended)

(c) Strand - the following 12 units (72 credit points) are compulsory and a complete a major specialisation in both management and marketing:

Management units

• MGF3681 International management
• MGF1100/MGF2100 Managerial communication
• MGF2111 Organisational behaviour
• MGF2661 Human resource management
• MGF3381 Managing information systems
• MGF3621 Organisational change

Marketing units

• MKF2121 Marketing research methods
• MKF2131 Marketing decision analysis
• MKF3121 Marketing planning and implementation
• MKF3131 Strategic marketing
• MKF3461 Marketing communication
• MKX3481 Logistics and fulfilment

(d) A total of 32 units (192 credit points) over a maximum of 10 years of study.
(e) A maximum of 13 first-year-level units (78 credit points).
(f) A minimum of eight third-year-level units (48 credit points), of which at least five (30 credit points) must be from those offered by the faculty on the campus delivering this program.
(g) An option to include a maximum of six units (36 credit points) in disciplines taught by other Monash faculties or from units offered on campuses other than the campus delivering this program.
(h) At least two non-compulsory units (12 credit points) must be outside the main field of study.
The following unit is excluded from this degree: MKF2331 (Retail promotion).

Contact details

Inquiries: telephone +61 3 9902 6011, fax +61 3 9903 2955, email enquiries.caulfield@buseco.monash.edu.au or visit http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au.

Course coordinator

Mr David Watson

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