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Undergraduate handbook 2005 - Business and Economics

Bachelor of Business and Commerce

Course code: 2224 + Course abbreviation: BBusCom + Total credit points required: 144 + 3 years full-time, 6 years part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Peninsula)

Course description

The Bachelor of Business and Commerce is the link between the overseas offerings of the faculty and the onshore program taught across the Berwick, Gippsland and Peninsula campuses. The course is designed to provide maximum flexibility and to allow depth and breadth in the study of the major business and commerce discipline areas. Its structure provides the capacity to tailor applications and focus in different contexts and different environments while ensuring knowledge of the theory, principles and core elements in the relevant discipline areas.

Course structure

Majors and other studies

Students must complete a major in one of the following disciplines taught by the faculty: accounting, electronic business systems, human resource management, international business, management, marketing or sport management. All units taken as part of the major are limited to units taught by departments of the faculty on the campus delivering this program.
Other studies may be drawn from any of the disciplines taught on the Peninsula campus by the Faculty of Business and Economics. These other studies can form a sub-major in one of the following areas: professional accounting, accounting for managers, business law, financial management, human resources, information technology, international management, psychology in business, sports and recreation management and language studies. They can also form a second 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):

(b) Completion of a major of at least eight units (48 credit points) in a discipline from the faculty with at least two units (12 credit points) at each of second and third-year levels.
(c) A total of 24 units (144 credit points) over a maximum of 10 years of study.
(d) A maximum of 10 first-year-level units (60 credit points).
(e) A minimum of six units (36 credit points) at third-year level, of which at least four (24 credit points) must be from those offered by the faculty on the campus delivering this program.
(f) An option to include a maximum of six units (36 credit points) in disciplines taught by other faculties or from units offered on campuses other than the campus delivering this program.
(g) At least four non-compulsory units (24 credit points) must be outside the main field of study.

Units required for specified majors
Accounting

Students can also choose a professional accounting sequence in addition to the accounting major. Students who complete the major and the professional stream will be eligible for membership of the professional accounting bodies.

Electronic business systems
Human resource management
International business
Management

plus at least two of the following units:

Marketing

If selecting the marketing major, the following units are excluded from this degree: MKW3461 (Marketing communication), MKW2211 (Advertising theory and practice).

Sport management

plus two units from the following:

Units required for a sub-major

Optional sub-majors have been developed to provide students with guidance towards vocational professional outcomes. Sub-majors include:

Professional accounting

Students who complete the major and the professional stream will be eligible for membership of the professional accounting bodies.

Accounting for managers
Business law
Financial management
Human resources

Four units from the following list:

Information technology
International management
Language
Psychology in business
Sport and recreation management

plus one of the following units:

Professional recognition

This degree is recognised as meeting the academic requirements of the following professional bodies:

For all profession bodies, membership is dependent upon the correct choice of units by students. Details are provided at the beginning of the Peninsula courses entry in this section of the handbook.

Contact details

Inquiries: telephone +61 3 9904 4314, email enquiries.peninsula@buseco.monash.edu.au or visit http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au.

Course coordinator

Dr Paul de Lange

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