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Bachelor of Business and Commerce

Course code: 2224 + Course abbreviation: BBusCom + Total credit points required: 144 + 3 years full-time, 6 years part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Peninsula)

Course description

The Bachelor of Business and Commerce is the link between the overseas offerings of the faculty and the on-shore program taught across the Berwick, Gippsland and Peninsula campuses. 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, electronic business systems, human resource management, international business, management, marketing or sport management. 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 Peninsula campus by the Faculty of Business and Economics. These other studies can form a sub-major in one of the following areas: professional accounting, accounting for managers, business law, financial management, international management, psychology in business and web systems.

Up to six open electives may also be taken from other campuses or other Monash faculties.

Course requirements

The degree requirements are:

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

  2. Completion of 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.

  3. A total of 24 units (144 points) over a maximum of 10 years of study.

  4. A maximum of 10 first-year-level units (60 points).

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

  6. An option to include a maximum of six units (36 points) in disciplines taught by other faculties or from units offered on campuses other than the campus delivering this program.

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

Units required for specified majors

Accounting

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.

Electronic business systems

  • AFW2051 Financial modelling
  • BTW3641 Information technology law
  • CPE1003 Web page development*
  • CPE1006 Distributed information systems*
  • CPE2005 Database systems in networked environments*
  • CPE3008 Electronic commerce*
  • MGW3381 Managing information systems
  • MKW3881 Electronic marketing

* Units under review.

Note that a maximum of two additional units may be undertaken from units not offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics.

Human resource management

  • BTW3241 Employment law
  • MGW1010 Managing people and organisations
  • MGW2230 Organisational behaviour
  • MGW2322 Recruitment and selection
  • MGW2323 Employment relations
  • MGW2430 Human resource management
  • MGW3130 Organisational change and development
  • MGW3430 International human resource management

International business

  • AFW2341 International financial management
  • BTW3201 International trade law
  • ECW2721 Trade finance and foreign exchange
  • ECW3301 Case studies in international trade
  • MGW2351 International business
  • MGW3121 Strategic management for international trade
  • MGW3681 International management
  • MKW3444 International marketing

Management

  • MGW1010 Managing people and organisations
  • MGW1100 Managerial communication
  • MGW2230 Organisational behaviour
  • MGW2430 Human resource management
  • MGW3130 Organisational change and development
  • MGW3401 Strategic management

plus at least two of the following units:

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
  • One additional second or third-year-level marketing unit chosen from the elective units offered by the Department of Marketing

Sport management

  • AUS1070 Sport and society in Australia
  • AUS2015/3015 A world of sport: culture, communities and communication
  • ECW2450 Sports economics
  • ECW2451 The business of sport
  • MGW3100 Festival and event management
  • MKX3200 Sport marketing and sponsorship

plus two units from the following:

Units required for a sub-major

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

Professional accounting

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.

Accounting for managers

  • AFW1002 Introductory accounting B
  • AFW2020 Cost information for decision making
  • AFW2051 Financial modelling
  • AFW3021 Performance measurement and control

Business law

Financial management

International management

  • MGW2351 International business
  • MGW3121 Strategic management for international business
  • MGW3600 Cross-cultural communication and negotiation
  • MGW3681 International management

Psychology in business

Web systems

** Subject to final approval to commence in 2006.

Professional recognition

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

  • 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 9904 4314, email enquiries.peninsula@buseco.monash.edu.au or visit www.buseco.monash.edu.au.

Course coordinator

Mr Peter Krueger

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