Monash University: University handbooks: Postgraduate handbook: Units indexed by faculty
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Unit codes

Units are listed in alphabetical and then numerical order. The first two alphabetical characters of the unit code indicate the departmental ownership of the unit:

AF - Accounting and Finance
BT - Business Law and Taxation
ET - Econometrics and Business Statistics
EC - Economics
MG - Management
MK - Marketing
MB - MBA programs
DB - DBA programs

The third alphabetical character indicates campus:

B - Berwick
F - Caulfield
C - Clayton
G - Gippsland
P - Peninsula

W - Units offered within the Bachelor of Business and Commerce
Y - City
X - Multi-campus or multi-family

The first digit indicates the year level at which the unit is available and the remaining digits indicate the unit number:

1xxx - First-year undergraduate-level units.

2xxx - Second-year undergraduate-level units that assume prior knowledge of the discipline or areas of study at the preceding level.

3xxx - Third-year undergraduate-level units that assume prior knowledge of the discipline or areas of study at the preceding levels.

4xxx - Fourth-year-level units offered in honours and postgraduate diplomas that assume prior knowledge of the discipline at the preceding levels and units offered in some graduate courses that build on knowledge gained in an undergraduate degree in a related discipline and relevant employment experience.

5xxx - Fifth-year-level units offered in those cumulative masters degrees that assume prior knowledge of the discipline at the preceding levels, and units offered in some other masters degrees that build on knowledge gained through previous study in a related discipline and relevant employment experience.

6xxx - Sixth-year doctoral units that assume prior knowledge of the discipline at the preceding levels.

9xxx - Accelerated learning units offered in graduate courses that assume no prior knowledge of the discipline at a preceding level but building on knowledge and skills gained through previous study in another discipline area and/or relevant employment experience.

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