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Undergraduate handbook 2005 - Business and Economics

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Economics

Course code: 0170 + Course abbreviation: BA/BEc + Total credit points required: 192 + 4 years full-time, 8 years part-time + Managing faculty: Business and Economics

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton)

Course description

This double-degree program provides a professional education in the disciplines of economics or econometrics and business statistics, with a strong emphasis on developing analytical skills. The course enables students to include in their studies a range of social science and humanities disciplines.

Course structure

Majors and other studies

Students must complete a major specialisation in either economics or econometrics and business statistics. All units taken as part of the major specialisation are limited to units taught by departments of the faculty on the Clayton campus.
Other studies may be drawn from any of the disciplines taught on the Clayton campus by the Faculty of Business and Economics.
Students must also complete a major sequence, a minor sequence, and a third first-year sequence and additional arts studies from the units offered in the Faculty of Arts degree. For information on arts majors and minors, refer to the `Areas of study' section on the Arts faculty website at http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/study_areas/.
All units studied must be from the Faculty of Business and Economics at Clayton and the Faculty of Arts.

Course requirements

The degree requirements are:
(a) Students must complete 16 units (96 credit points) from the Faculty of Business and Economics (Clayton) as follows:
(i) Completion of six compulsory common core units (36 credit points):

(ii) Completion of four further compulsory units (24 credit points):

First-year students normally may not take a second-year unit until at least four first-year units have been completed successfully.
(iii) Either:

(iv) A maximum of eight first-year-level units (48 credit points).
(v) A minimum of four third-year-level units (24 credit points) must be from those offered by the faculty on the campus delivering this program.
(b) Students must complete 16 units (96 credit points) from the Faculty of Arts as follows:
(i) A major of normally eight units (48 credit points) from the Faculty of Arts.
(ii) A minor of normally four units (24 credit points) from the Faculty of Arts.
(iii) An additional arts discipline first-year sequence (12 credit points).
(iv) A further two units (12 credit points) taken from the Faculty of Arts.
(c) Students must also satisfy the following degree regulations:
(i) A total of 32 units (192 credit points).
(ii) Overall, a maximum of 14 units (84 credit points) of first-year-level units.
The degree must be completed in a maximum of 10 years of study.
It is the student's responsibility to ensure that their enrolment complies with course requirements. Any student who has doubts on this matter should seek a meeting with a course adviser.

Contact details

Inquiries: telephone +61 3 9905 2327, fax +61 3 9905 5499, email enquiries.clayton@buseco.monash.edu.au or visit http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au.

Course director

Associate Professor Marg Lindorff

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