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Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Commerce

Course code: 1185 + Course abbreviation: BMus/BCom + Total credit points required: 204 + 4.25 years full-time, 8 years part-time + Managing faculty: Business and Economics

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton)

Course description

The commerce component of this double degree provides a professional education in a range of commerce and business disciplines with a strong emphasis on developing analytical skills. The music component contains both theoretical and practical modules that prepare graduates for a range of roles within the music industry.

Course structure

Areas of study

Students must complete a major specialisation in one of the following areas taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics: accounting, Asian development and transition, business law and taxation, competition, regulation and public policy, econometrics and business statistics, economics, finance, human resource management, information, strategy and decision making, international commerce, labour and employment, management or marketing.

All units taken as part of the major specialisation are limited to units taught by departments of the faculty on the Clayton campus. For details of the units required for major specialisations, refer to the Bachelor of Commerce entry.

Other studies may be drawn from any of the disciplines taught on the Clayton campus by the Faculty of Business and Economics.

Students must also complete the prescribed sequence in music from the Faculty of Arts. For information on the requirements of all music studies offered, refer to the ‘Areas of study’ section on the Arts faculty website at www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/study_areas/.

All units studied must be from the Faculty of Business and Economics (Clayton) and the Faculty of Arts.

Course requirements

The degree requirements are:

(a) Students must complete 18 units (108 points) from the Faculty of Business and Economics as follows:

(i) Completion of six compulsory common core units (36 points):

• AFC1021/AFC1022 Accounting principles
• BTC1110 Business law
• ECC1000 Principles of microeconomics
• ETC1000 Business and economic statistics
• MGC1010 Managing people and organisations
• MKC1200 Principles of marketing

(ii) Completion of at least two units (12 points) from the following list:

• AFC1100/AFC2100 Introduction to finance, or
  AFC1030 Introduction to financial accounting
• ECC1100 Principles of macroeconomics
• ETC1010 Data modelling and computing
• MGC1020 Organisations: contexts and strategies

First-year students normally may not take a second-year unit until at least four first-year units have been completed successfully.

(iii) A major specialisation of at least eight units (48 points) in a discipline or field of study of the faculty with at least 12 points at each of second and third-year level.

(iv) A maximum of eight first-year-level units (48 points).

(v) A minimum of four third-year-level units (24 points) must be from those offered by the faculty on the campus delivering this program.

(b) Students must complete 16 units (96 points) from the School of Music, Faculty of Arts as follows:

(i) A music performance major: MUS1980, MUS1990, MUS2980, MUS2990, MUS3580, MUS3610, MUS3620, MUS3980, MUS3990 (54 points).

(ii) Three additional core units: MUS1100, MUS1110, MUS3390 (18 points).

(iii) Twelve points chosen from: MUS2020, MUS2030, MUS2110, MUS2120, MUS2140, MUS2660.

(iv) Twelve points chosen from: MUS3310, MUS3330, MUS3490, MUS3660, MUS3830, MUS3860, MUS3880, MUS3910.

The degree requires the equivalent of four-and-a-quarter years of full-time study, but can be completed in four years by accelerating with an overload of 12 points. The degree must be completed in a maximum of 10 years of study.

It is the student's responsibility to ensure that their enrolment complies with course requirements. Any student who has doubts on this matter should seek a meeting with a course adviser.

Professional recognition

Students who wish to obtain professional recognition should refer to 'Professional recognition' in the 'Faculty information' section of the Faculty of Business and Economics entry.

Contact details

Inquiries: telephone +61 3 9905 2327, fax +61 3 9905 5499, email enquiries.clayton@buseco.monash.edu.au or visit www.buseco.monash.edu.au.

Course director

Associate Professor Marg Lindorff

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