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Bachelor of Business and Commerce/Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems

Course code: 3831 + Course abbreviation: BBusCom/BITS + Total credit points required: 216 + 4.5 years full-time, 9 years part-time + 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 Business and Commerce and Bachelor of Information technology and Systems degrees.

This double-degree program offers a range of business and information technology disciplines and provides students with the foundation on which further advanced business and information technology studies can be undertaken.

Course structure

Areas of study

Students must complete a major in one of the following disciplines taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics: accounting, business law (off-campus learning only), economics, e-business, human resource management, international business (off-campus learning only) 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. For details of the units required for major specialisations, refer to the Bachelor of Business and Commerce course entry in the ‘Outline of undergraduate studies – Gippsland’ section of this handbook.

Other studies may be drawn from any of the disciplines taught on the Gippsland campus by the Faculty of Business and Economics.

Students must complete either a major in applications development or business systems from the Faculty of Information Technology.

Course requirements

(a) students must complete 18 units (108 points) from the Faculty of Business and Economics as follows:

(i) six compulsory 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

(ii) a major specialisation of eight units (48 points) in a discipline or field of study of the faculty with at least two units (12 points) at each of second and third-year levels. The major must come from the approved list of majors.

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

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

(b) students must complete 18 units (108 points) from the Faculty of Information Technology as follows:

(i) seven common core units (42 points):

• FIT1001 Computer systems
• FIT1002 Computer programming
• FIT1003 IT in organisations
• FIT1004 Database
• FIT1005 Networks and data communications
• FIT2001 Systems analysis and design
• FIT2002 IT project management

(ii) a major specialisation in either applications development or business systems (66 points). For details of the units required for these major specialisations, refer to the list of majors below.

Applications development and networks

Students must complete the following:

• FIT1007 Computer programming 2
• FIT2005 Systems analysis and design 2
• FIT2009 Data structure and algorithms
• FIT2020 Networks and data communications 2
• FIT3025 IT project 1
• FIT3026 IT project 2
• FIT2029 Web programming
• FIT3037 Software engineering
• FIT3046 Operating environments
• two units (12 points) at level 3 from a schedule approved by the Faculty of Information Technology.

Business systems

Students must complete the following:

• FIT1009 e-Commerce systems
• FIT2005 Systems analysis and design
• FIT2029 Web programming
• FIT2033 Computer models for business decisions
• FIT3002 Applications of data mining
• FIT3019 Information systems management
• FIT3025 IT project 1
• FIT3026 IT project 2
• one unit (6 points) at level 2 or 3 from a schedule approved by the Faculty of Information Technology.
• two units (12 points) at level 3 from a schedule approved by the Faculty of Information Technology.

Professional recognition

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

• Australian Computer Society
• Australian Securities and Investments Commission
• Australian Institute of Management
• Australian Marketing Institute
• CPA Australia
• The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
• 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 director

Dr Melanie Bryant

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