Associate Degree in Business and Commerce

Course code: 3813 + Course abbreviation: AssocDegBusCom + Total credit points required: 96 + 2 years full-time, 4 years part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Gippsland)

Off-campus (Gippsland)

Course description

The course provides a tertiary education for people interested in fast-track career progression in business. It is designed to provide either a detailed knowledge in a single field of business and commerce or broad fundamental knowledge of general principles and applications of business and commerce in two chosen fields of study.

The course fully articulates into the Bachelor of Business and Commerce program.

Course structure

Areas of study

Students must complete one major or two sub-majors in disciplines taught by the faculty.

Majors and sub-majors are available in accounting (part-time only), business law (off-campus learning only), e-business (off-campus learning only), economics, human resource management, international business (off-campus learning only), human resource management, management and marketing.

All units taken as part of the major or sub-majors are limited to units taught by departments of the faculty on the campus delivering this program.

Course requirements

The degree requirements are:

(a) completion of four compulsory common core units (24 points) from:

AFW1001 Introductory accounting A
BTW1200 Business law
ECW1101 Introductory microeconomics
ETW1102 Business statistics
MGW1010 Managing people and organisations
MKW1120 Marketing theory and practice

(b) completion of one of the following two options:

(i) 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 level, or

(ii) completion of two sub-majors of at least four units each (24 points) in disciplines from the faculty.

(d) a maximum of eight first-year-level units (48 points).

(e) an option to include a maximum of four units (24 points) in disciplines taught by other faculties.

Contact details

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

Course coordinator

Dr Melanie Bryant

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