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Bachelor of Business and Commerce/Advanced Diploma of Business (Accounting)

Course code: 1715 + Course abbreviation: BBusCom/AdvDip(Acc) + Total credit points required: 144 + 4 years full-time, 8 years part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Gippsland)

Course description

This double-award program is vocationally oriented and aims to equip graduates for employment in a wide range of occupations in industry and commerce, small business, professional accounting, insurance, banking and finance, teaching and in government and semi-government enterprises.

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

Areas of study

Students must complete a major in one of the following disciplines taught by the faculty: accounting, business law (by off-campus learning only), economics, e-business, human resource management, international business (by off-campus learning only), management and 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 Gippsland campus by the Faculty of Business and Economics. These other studies can form a professional specialisation in professional accounting or a sub-major in one of the following areas: finance, human resource, international management, services management, international marketing and commerce.

Course requirements

Students will receive the following seven units of advanced standing on the basis of successfully completing the TAFE Advanced Diploma of Business (Accounting):

  • AFW1001 Introductory accounting A*
  • AFW1002 Introductory accounting B
  • AFW2020 Cost information for decision making
  • Four unspecified exemptions

    * A core unit in the Bachelor of Business and Commerce.

The Bachelor of Business and Commerce/Advanced Diploma of Business (Accounting) will require students to undertake a mix of Bachelor of Business and Commerce units and Advance Diploma of Business (Accounting) units.

  • Year one: 25% university and 75% TAFE
  • Year two: 25% university and 75% TAFE
  • Year three: 50% university and 50% TAFE
  • Year four: 100% university and 0% TAFE

The degree requirements are:

(a) Completion of six compulsory units:

(b) A major of at least eight units (48 points) in a discipline from the faculty with at least two units (12 points) at each of second and third-year levels.

(c) Completion of the Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE requirements for the Advanced Diploma of Business (Accounting) which provides seven units of advanced standing (42 points).

(d) A minimum of six third-year-level units (36 points), of which at least four (24 points) must be from those offered by the faculty on the campus delivering this program.

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

(f) An option to include a maximum of six units (36 points) in disciplines taught by other campuses or other Monash faculties

(g) At least four non-compulsory units (24 points) must be outside the main field of study.

Professional recognition

This degree with relevant units is recognised by the following legal entities:

  • Australian Securities and Investments Commission
  • Australian Institute of Management
  • Australian Marketing Institute
  • CPA Australia
  • Tax Agents’ Board
  • The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia

It is important to note that professional recognition may be dependent upon the correct choice of units. For further details, refer to 'Professional recognition' in the 'Faculty information' section of the Faculty of Business and Economics entry.

Contact details

Inquiries: telephone +61 3 9902 6380, email enquiries.gippsland@buseco.monash.edu.au, or visit www.buseco.monash.edu.au.

Course coordinator

To be advised

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