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Bachelor of Business and Commerce

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

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Gippsland)

Off-campus (Gippsland)

Course description

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, economics, e-business, human resource management, international business, 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. They can also, in some cases, form a second major in a business discipline.

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

Course requirements

The degree requirements are:

(a) completion of six compulsory common core 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

(b) 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.

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

(d) a maximum of 10 first-year-level units (60 points).

(e) 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.

(f) 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.

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

Units required for specified majors

Accounting

• AFW1002 Introductory accounting B
• AFW2020 Cost information for decision making
• AFW2491 Company reporting
• AFW2851 Accounting information systems and financial modelling
• AFW3021 Performance measurement and control
• AFW3040 Accounting theory
• AFW3044 Business finance
• AFW3050 Financial accounting issues

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

Business law (by off-campus learning only)

• BTW1200 Business law

and seven of the following:

• BTW2220 Corporations law and trusts
• BTW2223 Corporate crime
• BTW3221 Taxation law and practice
• BTW3240 Administrative law
• BTW3241 Employment law
• BTW3242 Business taxation and GST
• BTW3243 Finance law
• BTW3281 Marketing law
• BTW3641 Information technology law

Economics

• ECW1101 Introductory microeconomics
• ECW1102 Introductory macroeconomics
• ECW2730 Macroeconomic Policy
• ECW2731.html">ECW2731 Managerial economics

and five units (30 points) from the following:

• ECW2141 Labour economics
• ECW2600 Tourism economics
• ECW3121 Economics of international trade and finance
• ECW3143 Economics of money and banking
• ECW3146 Regional development and policy
• ECW3150 Natural resources and environment
• ECW3830 Competition and Regulation
• ECX2123 Economics of information technology and electronic commerce

E-business (by off-campus learning only)

• GCO1851 Computing systems and applications*
• GCO2851 Programming for business applications*
• GCO3601 Infrastructure for electronic commerce*
• MKW1601 Introduction to e-business
• MKW2841 E-business models and analysis

and three of the following:

• AFW2851 Accounting information systems and financial modelling
• BTW3641 Information technology law
• ECX2123 Economics of information technology and electronic commerce
• MGW3352 Services operations management
• MKW3841 E-business performance measurement

Note that students undertaking this major may only study up to three more units from outside the Faculty of Business and Economics.

^{* Units under review.}

Human resource management

• MGW1010 Managing people and organisations
• MGW2430 Human resource management

and six of the following:

• BTW3241 Employment law
• ECW2141 Labour economics
• MGW2230 Organisational behaviour
• MGW2322 Recruitment and selection
• MGW2323 Employment relations
• MGW3130 Organisational change and development
• MGW3210 Organisational wellness
• MGW3430 International human resource management

Note that units may not all be offered on this campus.

International business (by off-campus learning only)

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

Management

Students are recommended to complete the following:

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

and at least two of the following units:

• MGW2351 International business
• MGW2323 Employment relations
• MGW3352 Service operations management
• MGW3681 International management

Marketing

Students are recommended to complete the following:

• 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 unit chosen from the elective units offered by the Department of Marketing

If selecting the marketing major, the following units are excluded from this degree: MKW3461 (Marketing communication), MKW2211 (Advertising theory and practice).

Recommended sequences

Optional sequences of four units (24 points) have been developed to provide students with guidance towards vocational professional outcomes. Sequences are available in the following areas: professional accounting, finance, human resource management, international management, international marketing and commerce, services management. Contact the faculty office for further details.

Professional recognition

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

• CPA Australia
• The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
• 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.

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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