Course code: 0024 + Course abbreviation: BEc(Hons) + Total credit points required: 48 + 1 year full-time
On-campus (Clayton)
The Bachelor of Economics (Honours) allows students to study aspects of their undergraduate major in depth and prepares them to move successfully into postgraduate research.
(a)
Students must have completed the first three years of one of the Bachelor of
Accounting, Bachelor of Commerce or Bachelor of Economics courses and obtained
results judged to be of a sufficient standard by the head of the Department of
Accounting and Finance.
(b) Students will normally have completed at least three AFC units at
third-year level.
(c) Students will be expected to have obtained an average of at least 65% in
the third-year units taught by the Department of Accounting and Finance.
(a)
Students must have completed the first three years of one of the Bachelor of
Accounting, Bachelor of Commerce or Bachelor of Economics courses and obtained
results judged to be of a sufficient standard by the head of the Department of
Accounting and Finance and the head of the Department of Econometrics and
Business Statistics or their nominees.
(b) Students will normally have completed at least three AFC units at
third-year-level.
(c) Students will normally have completed at least three third-year
econometrics units. Students should normally include ETC3460. The other
appropriate third-year units are ETC3400, ETC3410, ETC3450 ETC3480, ETC3500 and
ETC3510.
(d) Students will normally have completed the third-year-level honours unit
ETC3470 (Econometrics (pre honours)).
Students who have not completed ETC3470 and who have obtained at least a credit
standard in the appropriate third-year units may be considered for fourth-year
honours in special circumstances. These students will be expected to complete
additional work during either the long vacation or concurrently.
(e) Students will be expected to have obtained an average of at least 65% in
the third-year units taught by the Department of Accounting and Finance.
(f) Students will be expected to have obtained an average of at least 65% in
the third-year units taught by the Department of Econometrics and Business
Statistics.
(a)
Students must have completed the first three years of one of the Bachelor of
Accounting, Bachelor of Commerce or Bachelor of Economics courses and obtained
results judged to be of a sufficient standard by the head of the Department of
Econometrics and Business Statistics.
(b) Students should take at least three third-year econometrics units. Students
should normally include ETC3400 and ETC3410. The other appropriate third-year
units are ETC3450, ETC3460, ETC3480, ETC3500 and ETC3510.
(c) Students should normally have completed the third-year-level honours unit
ETC3470 (Econometrics (pre honours)).
Students who have not completed ETC3470 and who have obtained at least a credit
standard in the appropriate third-year units may be considered for fourth-year
honours in special circumstances. These students will be expected to complete
additional work during either the long vacation or concurrently.
(d) Students will be expected to have obtained an average of at least 65% in
the third-year units taught by the Department of Econometrics and Business
Statistics.
(a)
Students must have completed the first three years of one of the Bachelor of
Accounting, Commerce or Economics courses and obtained results judged to be of
a sufficient standard by the head of the Department of Economics.
(b) Students should take at least four third-year economics units, including
ECC3855 (Topics in economics).
(c) Students should normally have completed the third-year-level honours unit
ECC3850 (Economics (pre honours)). Students who have not completed ECC3850 and
who have obtained at least a credit standard in the appropriate third-year
units may be considered for fourth-year honours in special circumstances. These
students will be expected to complete additional work during either the long
vacation or concurrently.
(d) Students will be expected to have obtained an average of at least 65% in
the third-year units taught by the Department of Economics.
(a)
Students must have completed the first three years of one of the Bachelor of
Accounting, Bachelor of Commerce or Bachelor of Economics courses and obtained
results judged to be of a sufficient standard by the heads of the Department of
Economics and the head of the Department of Econometrics and Business
Statistics, or their nominees.
(b) Students should normally have completed at least two third-year
econometrics units. Students should normally include ETC3410. The other
appropriate third-year units are ETC3400, ETC3450, ETC3460, ETC3480 ,ETC3500
and ETC3510.
(c) Students should normally have completed at least two third-year economics
units, including ECC3855 (Topics in economics).
(d) Students should normally have completed the third-year-level honours unit
ECC3850 (Economics (pre honours)).
Students who have not completed ECC3850 and who have obtained at least a credit
standard in the appropriate third-year units may be considered for fourth-year
honours in special circumstances. These students will be expected to complete
additional work during either the long vacation or concurrently.
(e) Students will be expected to have obtained an average of at least 65% in
the third-year units taught by the Department of Econometrics and Business
Statistics.
(f) Students will be expected to have obtained an average of at least 65% in
the third-year units taught by the Department of Economics.
(a)
Students must have completed the first three years of one of the Bachelor of
Accounting, Commerce or Economics courses and obtained results judged to be of
a sufficient standard by the head of the Department of Management.
(b) Students should normally have completed at least three third-year
management units including MGC3650 (Management research methods (pre honours)).
(c) Students should normally have completed the third-year-level honours unit
MGC3600 (Management (pre honours)).
Students who have not completed MGC3600 and who have obtained at least a credit
standard in the appropriate third-year units may be considered for fourth-year
honours in special circumstances. These students will be expected to complete
additional work during either the long vacation or concurrently.
(d) Students will be expected to have obtained an average of at least 65% in
the third-year units taught by the Department of Management.
Marketing specialisation*
(a) Students must have completed the first three years of one of the Bachelor
of Accounting, Bachelor of Commerce or Bachelor of Economics courses and
obtained results judged to be a sufficient standard by the head of the
Department of Marketing
(b) Students should have completed at least three third-year marketing
units.
(c) Students will be expected to have obtained an average of at least 65% in
the third-year units taught by the Department of Marketing.
* Subject to faculty board approval.
Students
can complete their honours in the following disciplines taught by the faculty:
accounting and finance, economics, econometrics, management and marketing*.
Combined honours are available in accounting/econometrics and
economics/econometrics.
Students wishing to take honours in business law and taxation may apply to
enrol in the Bachelor of Business (Honours) in taxation at Caulfield.
* Subject to faculty board approval.
Special units are fourth-year-level honours units which are based on the third-year-level units taught by the faculty. These units can be identified by the first two numeric digits of the unit code, which are `43'.
Students
invited to undertake fourth-year honours in the Department of Accounting and
Finance must enrol for AFC4020 (Accounting and finance honours). Such students
must have their enrolment approved by the head of the Department of Accounting
and Finance, or their nominee.
In their first semester, students will enrol in AFC4400 (Research proposal) (6
points), AFC4100 (Research methods in accounting and finance) (6 points) plus
two other units (total 12 points) selected from the list below. At the end of
first semester, the submitted research proposal will be assessed by a panel
consisting of the research director of the Department of Accounting and
Finance, the lecturer-in-charge of AFC4400 and the student's research mentor.
For those research proposals considered to be of a sufficient standard, the
student will be invited to complete AFC4440 (Research project) (12 points) in
second semester. Only students invited to do AFC4440 will be permitted to
enrol. Students not invited to do AFC4440, but who wish to do it, may appeal to
the relevant head of discipline for a review of their research proposal.
For students who take up the offer of doing a research project, their course
structure for their second semester will be as follows:
For those students who do not undertake AFC4440 (Research project), their course structure for their second semester will be as follows:
In
order to complete a total of 48 credit points in accounting and finance
honours, in addition to completing AFC4400, AFC4100 and either AFC4440 or
AFC4860:
(a) Students must enrol in at least two units (12 credit points) from the list
below:
(b) Students may include up to two
special honours units (those units for which the first two digits are '43')
either from those offered by the Department of Accounting and Finance at
Clayton, or a maximum of one special unit from the departments of Business Law
and Taxation, Economics, or Econometrics and Business Statistics, provided that
the third-year version of the unit has not been taken in previous years:
(c) Students may include up to two fourth-year units (12 credit points) that
are not special units from the Departments of Accounting and Finance, Business
Law and Taxation, Economics, and Econometrics and Business Statistics.
(d) In special circumstances, students may include up to two units (12 credit
points) from another faculty, where they are complementary to the honours
program offered by the Department of Accounting and Finance. Such a student
would need to have the appropriate prerequisites, and the head of the
Department of Accounting and Finance would need to be satisfied that the units
contributed to a coherent program of study.
Students
invited to undertake fourth-year honours jointly in the departments of
Accounting and Finance and Econometrics and Business Statistics must enrol for
AFC4040 (Accounting/econometrics honours). Such students must apply to, and
have their enrolment approved by, both heads of department, or their
nominees.
The course comprises eight six-point units as follows:
(a) Students must complete one core unit (six credit points):
(b) Students must complete a minimum of three units (18 credit points) from the following list:
A maximum of one special honours unit
(six credit points) from the Department of Accounting and Finance (those units
which begin with the code 'AFC43') provided that the third-year-level version
of the unit has not been taken in previous years.
(c) Students must complete at least two units (12 credit points) from the units
listed below, including at least one of ETC4410 or ETC4460:
(d) A maximum of one special
honours unit (six credit points) from the Department of Econometrics and
Business Statistics (those units which begin with the code 'ETC43'), provided
that the third-year-level version of the unit has not been taken in previous
years.
The remaining unit(s) can be selected from honours units offered by the
departments of Accounting and Finance, Econometrics and Business Statistics,
Business Law and Taxation, Economics, and Mathematics, or from other faculties.
If the unit is from outside the faculty, a student would need to have the
appropriate prerequisites, and the heads of the departments of Accounting and
Finance and Econometrics and Business Statistics would need to be satisfied
that the units formed a coherent part of the proposed course of study
(e) Overall, a maximum of two special units can be included in the course.
Students
wishing to undertake fourth-year honours in the Department of Econometrics and
Business Statistics must enrol for ETC4020 (Econometrics honours). Such
students must apply to, and have their enrolment approved by, the head of the
Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, or their nominee.
The course comprises eight six-point units selected as follows:
(a) Students must complete one core unit (six credit points):
(b) A minimum of four units (24 credit points) from the following list:
(c) A maximum of two special honours units (12 credit points) from the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics (those units which begin with the code 'ETC43'), provided that the third-year-level version of the unit has not been taken in previous years.
* It is strongly recommended that ETC4340 be included if the student has not previously passed ETC3400.
(d) A maximum of three units (18 credit points) from honours units offered by the departments of Accounting and Finance, Business Law and Taxation, Economics, Management, Marketing and Mathematics, or from other faculties. One of these units can be a special unit (ie those units for which the first two digits are '43'), and the third-year version of the unit must not have been taken in previous years. Only two of these units can be from outside the faculty (excluding mathematics). For such units, a student would need to have the appropriate prerequisites, and the head of the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, or their nominee, would need to be satisfied that the units formed a coherent part of the proposed course of study.
Students
wishing to undertake fourth-year honours in the Department of Economics must
enrol for ECC4020 (Economics honours). Such students must apply to, and have
their enrolment approved by, the head of the Department of Economics, or their
nominee.
The course comprises eight units (48 credit points) selected as follows:
(a) Students must complete three compulsory units (18 credit points):
(b) Students must complete five units (30
credit points) according to the following degree regulations:
(i) A maximum of five units (30 credit points) from the following list:
(ii) A maximum of two
fourth-year units (12 credit points) from the departments of Accounting and
Finance, Business Law and Taxation, or Econometrics and Business Statistics.
Students would need to have the appropriate prerequisites, and the head of the
Department of Economics would need to be satisfied that the unit contributed to
a coherent program of study. Only one of these units (six credit points) can be
a special honours unit (that is, a unit for which the first two digits of the
code are '43') and the third-year-level version of the unit must not have been
taken in previous years.
(iii) A maximum of one special honours unit (six credit points) from the
Department of Economics (those units which begin with the code 'ECC43'),
provided that the third-year-level version of the unit has not been taken in
previous years.
(iv) In special circumstances, a maximum of one honours unit (six credit
points) may be chosen from other faculties where it is complementary to the
honours program offered by the Department of Economics. Students would need to
have the appropriate prerequisites, and the head of the Department of Economics
would need to be satisfied that the unit contributed to a coherent program of
study.
Students
wishing to undertake fourth-year honours jointly in the Department of Economics
and the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics must enrol for
ECC4040 (Economics/econometrics honours). Such students must apply to, and have
their enrolment approved by, the heads of the two departments, or their
nominees.
The course comprises eight units (48 credit points) selected as follows:
(a) Students must complete one core unit (six credit points):
(b) Students must complete three units (18 credit points) from the following list, one of which must be ETC4410 (Applied econometrics):
(c) Students must complete three units (18 credit points) from the following list, one of which must be ECC4650 (Microeconomics) or ECC4660 (Macroeconomics):
(d) Students must complete one unit (six credit points) from the preceding list, or other honours units (including special honours units for which the first two digits are '43') taught by the Departments of Econometrics and Business Statistics and/or the Department of Economics, and/or the Department of Accounting and Finance or, in special circumstances, from another department, provided that the appropriate prerequisites are met, the third-year version of the unit has not been taken in previous years, and the heads of the departments are satisfied that the unit forms a coherent part of the proposed course of study.
Students
wishing to undertake fourth-year honours in the Department of Management must
enrol for MGC4020 (Management honours). Such students must apply to, and have
their enrolment approved by, the head of the Department of Management, or their
nominee.
(a) Students must complete three compulsory common core units (18 credit
points):
(b) Students must complete a compulsory thesis (24 credit points):
(c) Students must complete one
unit (six credit points) according the following degree regulations:
(i) MGC4365 if MGC3650 not previously undertaken.
(ii) One special honours unit (six credit points) taught by the Department of
Management (those units which begin with the code 'MGC43'), provided the
third-year version has not been taken in previous years.
(iii) One fourth-year unit from the faculty, provided that prerequisites are
met and the head of the Department of Management is satisfied that the unit
forms a coherent part of the proposed course of study.
Students must complete four compulsory common core units (24 credit points):
Students must complete one unit (24 credit points):
* Subject to faculty board approval.
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.
Associate Professor Marg Lindorff
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