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Bachelor of Business (Honours)

Course code: 0508 + Course abbreviation: BBus(Hons) + Total credit points required: 48 + 1 year full-time, two years part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Caulfield)
Off-campus (Caulfield)

Course description

This course aims to provide a post-degree level of study for students seeking to widen their knowledge in one of the specialist areas offered by the departments and to expose students to both substantive theory and practice of research in the field of business. The course gives graduates the training necessary to conduct independent high-quality research in either business or academic settings, cultivates analytical and critical skills, and an awareness of emerging developments in business. The course is particularly suited to those who may wish to undertake further study at the higher degree level.

The mode of offering varies between departments, and students should consult the department with which they are enrolled for honours. The management stream must be studied full-time by on-campus attendance.

Entry requirements

A bachelors degree from an approved tertiary institution. Applicants need to have attained a minimum average grade of 65% in the relevant disciplines in the final two years of undergraduate studies for consideration.

Course structure

Areas of study

The degree offers selected students the opportunity for specialised study in banking and finance, management, marketing (subject to faculty board approval) or taxation at an advanced level. All studies are confined to the area of specialisation chosen.

Course requirements

The degree requirements are:

Banking and finance stream

(a) Completion of five compulsory units (48 points):

Management stream

(a) Completion of five compulsory units (48 points):

  • MGX4000 Introductory management research methods
  • MGX4100 Perspectives and paradigms in management theory
  • MGX4200 Data analysis for organisational research
  • MGX4300 Contemporary issues in management
  • MGX4400 Research thesis (24 points)

Marketing stream

(a) Completion of five compulsory units (48 points):

  • MKX4050 Marketing theory
  • MKX4060 Marketing research practice
  • MKX4070 Qualitative methods: paradigms and approaches
  • MKX4080 Quantitative research methods in marketing
  • MKX4900 Independent research project (24 points)

Taxation stream

(a) Completion of eight units (48 points):

  • BTF4200 Income and deductions
  • BTF4210 Taxation of trusts and partnerships
  • BTF4220 Taxation of companies and shareholders
  • BTF4230 Taxation of capital gains
  • BTF4240 Taxation of employees and contractors
  • BTF4250 Anti-avoidance rules and financial transactions
  • BTF4260 Tax administration and policy
  • BTF4270 Superannuation and retirement benefits
  • BTF4280 Taxation of international transactions
  • BTF4290 GST and other indirect taxes
  • BTF4300 Contemporary issues in taxation
  • BTX4001 Financial institutions law
  • BTC4150 Advanced taxation
  • BTC4180 Securities regulation
  • BTF4310 Research project - tax (not available with BTF4900)
  • BTC4316 Malaysian taxation law
  • BTC4319 Asian business law
  • BTC4320 Finance law
  • BTC4330 Marketing law
  • BTC4364 Information technology law
  • BTC4373 Industrial bargaining and arbitration
  • BTX4031 Insurance law
  • BTX4100 Corporate environmental responsibility
  • Other appropriate units offered by the Department of Business Law and Taxation, subject to approval by the course coordinator

or

(b) Completion of BTF4900 (Research report) (12 points) and six units (36 points) from the units listed in (a) above, except BTF4310.

For the purpose of both options, students may take up to two equivalent units from any other department, subject to approval by the course coordinator.

Contact details

Inquiries: telephone +61 3 9902 6011, fax +61 3 9903 2955, email enquiries.caulfield@buseco.monash.edu.au or visit www.buseco.monash.edu.au.

Course coordinators

Mr Roger Love (banking and finance stream), Mr Jeff McLean (management stream), Associate Professor Francis Farrelly (marketing stream), Dr Bill Orow (taxation stream)

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