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

Study mode and course location

On-campus (South Africa)

Course description

The Bachelor of Business and Commerce provides an international degree in business and commerce. It 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, management or marketing. 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 South Africa campus by the Faculty of Business and Economics. They can also, in some cases, 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):

• AFW1001 Introductory accounting A
• BTW1201 South African business law
• ECW1101 Introductory microeconomics
• ETW1102 Business statistics
• MGW1010 Managing people and organisations
• MKW1120 Marketing theory and practice

(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

• AFW1001 Introductory accounting A (core)
• AFW1002 Introductory accounting B
• AFW2020 Accounting for management information
• AFW2042 South African corporate reporting 1
• AFW3004 South African financial accounting issues
• AFW3005 Corporate finance
• AFW3006 Group statements
• AFW3007 Advanced accounting for management information

Students who wish to seek membership of the South African professional body (South African Institute of Chartered Accountants) are advised to include in their enrolment, in addition to all units listed in the accounting major, the following units:

• AFW2041 South African auditing A
• AFW3941 South African auditing B
• AFW3942 South African auditing C
• BTW2121 SA taxation of individuals
• BTW2122 SA taxation of businesses
• BTW1201 SA business law 1 (core)
• BTW2201 SA business law 2
• BTW3301 SA business law 3
• BTW3300 SA administration of deceased and insolvent estates
• ECW1102 Introductory macroeconomics
• BUS1010 Introductory computing for business applications
• + BUS1021 Business information systems

Management

• MGW1010 Managing people and organisations (core)
• MGW1100 Managerial communication
• MGW2230 Organisational behaviour
• MGW2351/MGW3351 International business
• MGW2430 Human resource management
• MGW2130/MGW3130 Organisational change and development
• MGW3401 Strategic management
• MGW3681 International management

Marketing

• MKW1120 Marketing theory and practice
• MKW2402 Consumer behaviour
• MKW2420 Marketing research methods
• MKW2460 Integrated marketing communication
• MKW3121 Marketing planning and implementation
• MKW3440 Marketing strategy
• MKW3444 International marketing
• plus one additional unit chosen from the elective units offered by the Department of Marketing

If selecting the marketing major, the following unit is excluded from this degree: MKW3461 (Marketing communication).

Units required for a sub-major

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

Business law and taxation

• BTW2121 South African taxation of individuals
• BTW2122 South African taxation of businesses
• BTW2201 South African business law 2
• BTW3301 South African business law 3
• BTW3300 South African administration of deceased and insolvent estates

Business systems

• BUS1010 Introductory computing
• BUS1021 Business information systems

Contact details

Inquiries: telephone + 27 11 950 4009, fax + 27 11 950 4004 or email inquiries@monash.ac.za.

Course coordinator

Professor Brian Brooks

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