Bachelor of Civil and Environmental Engineering/Bachelor of Business and Commerce

Course code: 3820 + Course abbreviation: BCivEnvEng/BBusCom + Total credit points required: 246 + 5 years full-time with overload, or equivalent part-time study + Managing faculty: Business and Economics

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Gippsland)

Course description

This double degree course allows students to qualify with both the Bachelor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Bachelor of Business and Commerce degrees.

This double degree is designed for students seeking to combine a broad base of knowledge and skills in the sustainable implementation and management of civil engineering infrastructure and solutions with a specific business discipline.

Course structure

This double degree specialises in civil and environmental engineering, and students choose one major from accounting, business law (by off-campus learning only), economics, human resource management, international business (by off-campus learning only), management or marketing. Students will be required to overload in one single semester in order to complete this course within five years.

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 units (36 points):

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

^{* Note that credit will be given for the sixth compulsory level 1 unit of the BBusCom degree course - ETW1102 (Business statistics) - on the basis of passes in compulsory units ENV2792 (Environmental modelling) and MAT2731 (Engineering mathematical analysis).}

(ii) a major of at least eight units (48 points) in a discipline from the faculty with at least two units at each of second and third-year level. All units taken as part of the major are limited to units taught by departments of the faculty on the campus delivering this program.

(iii) a maximum of eight (48 points) first-year units

(iv) a minimum of four units (24 points) at third-year level from those offered by the campus delivering the program.

(b) students must complete 24 units (144 points) from the School of Applied Sciences and Engineering as follows:

Level 1

CHM1752 Chemistry for engineers
ENG1210 Introduction to structural engineering
ENV1711Environmental science 1
ENV1722 Environmental science 2
MAT1055 Mathematics 1A
MAT1085 Mathematics 1B

Level 2

CHM2752 Chemistry of the environment
ENG2202 Steel structures
ENG2203 Concrete structures
ENG2204 Water systems
ENG2206 Introduction to geoengineering
ENG2207 Waterway engineering
ENV2792 Environmental modelling
MAT2731 Engineering mathematical analysis

Level 3

ENG3202 Geoengineering
ENG3203 Environmental geoengineering
ENG3204 Water and wastewater
ENG3205 Traffic and transport
ENV3737 Environmental management
GES3820 Geographic information systems (GIS) for environmental management

Level 4

ENG4201 Project
ENG4202 Civil and environmental engineering practice
ENG4203 Management of water resources
ENG4204 Road engineering

Professional recognition

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

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

It is important to note that professional recognition may be dependent upon the correct choice of units. For further details, refer to 'Professional recognition' earlier in this section of the handbook and the Faculty of Engineering entries in this handbook.

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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