Course code: 0510 + Course abbreviation: BBus(Acc)(Hons) + Total credit points required: 48 + 1 year full-time
On-campus (Caulfield)
The honours degree in accounting provides students with the opportunity to undertake a further one year's education in accounting and finance and to provide a framework for more in-depth study of areas covered in the ordinary three-year Bachelor of Business degree. The fourth year comprises eight semester units which include the completion of a research project. The extra material covered in fourth year allows honours students to tackle practical problems from a broader intellectual perspective. The honours degree allows students to complete a research report, a major piece of investigation and writing which has no counterpart in the pass degrees. Increasingly, major employers of accounting graduates are supporting honours programs and encouraging eligible students to tackle the fourth year.
A bachelors degree consisting of an accounting major from an approved tertiary institution. Applicants need to have attained a minimum average grade of 65% in the relevant disciplines in the final two years of undergraduate studies for consideration.
The degree provides more in-depth study in accounting. All studies are confined to the accounting discipline.
The
degree requirements are:
(a) Completion of three compulsory units (24 credit points):
(b) Completion of four units (24 credit points) from the units listed below:
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.
Mr Roger Love
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