Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Commerce

Course code: 0542 + Course abbreviation: BA/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

This double degree course allows students to qualify with both the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce degrees.

This double-degree program provides a professional education in a range of commerce and business disciplines, with a strong emphasis on developing analytical skills. It enables students to include in their studies a range of social science and humanities disciplines.

Course structure

Areas of study

Students must complete a major specialisation in one of the following disciplines taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics: accounting, finance, economics, business law and taxation, econometrics and business statistics, management, marketing, Asian development and transition, international commerce, competition, regulation and public policy, information strategy and decision making, labour and employment, and human resource management. 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 a major specialisation refer to the Bachelor of Commerce course entry in the ‘Outline of undergraduate studies – Clayton’ section of this handbook.

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 a major sequence, a minor sequence, and a third first-year sequence, and additional arts studies from the units offered in the Faculty of Arts degree. For information on arts majors and minors, 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:

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 Faculty of Arts as follows:

(i) a major of normally eight units (48 points) from the Faculty of Arts.

(ii) a minor of normally four units (24 points) from the Faculty of Arts.

(iii) an additional arts discipline first-year sequence (12 points).

(iv) a further two units (12 points) taken from the Faculty of Arts.

(i) a total of 34 units (204 points).

(ii) overall, a maximum of 14 units (84 points) of first-year-level units.

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.

Professional recognition

Students who wish to obtain professional recognition should refer to ‘Professional recognition’ earlier in this section of the handbook.

Contact details

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

Dr Ross Booth

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