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Undergraduate handbook 2005 - Business and Economics

Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Economics

Course code: 1319 + Course abbreviation: BCom/BEc + Total credit points required: 192 + 4 years full-time, 8 years part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton)

Course description

The Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Economics double degree provides professional education in a range of commerce disciplines, with a strong emphasis on developing analytical skills. It allows the student increased breadth and depth in the major discipline areas, plus considerable opportunity for major studies from other faculties.

Course structure

Majors and other studies

Students must complete a major specialisation in one of economics or econometrics and business statistics, and a second major specialisation in either the other field of study, or in one of the following disciplines taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics: accounting, finance, business law and taxation, management and marketing. All units taken as part of a 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, or from other campuses or other Monash faculties. In some cases, these other studies can form a major specialisation in a third discipline area.

Course requirements

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

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

(c) Completion of at least one unit (six credit points) from the following list:

First-year students normally may not take a second-year unit until at least four first-year units have been completed successfully.
(d) Completion of a major specialisation of at least eight units (48 credit points) in either economics, or econometrics and business statistics with at least two units (12 credit points) at each of second and third-year level.
(e) Completion of a major specialisation of at least eight units (48 credit points) in a discipline or field of study of the faculty, including the discipline not selected in (b), with at least two units (12 credit points) at each of second and third-year level.
(f) A maximum of 13 first-year-level units (78 credit points).
(g) 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 of Business and Economics on the campus delivering this program.
(h) At least two non-compulsory units (12 credit points) must be taken outside the main fields of study.
(i) An option to include a maximum of eight units (48 credit points) from disciplines taught by other faculties or from an approved list of faculty units offered on campuses other than Clayton.
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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