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Bachelor of Business Studies

Course code: 1718 ~ Course abbreviation: BBusSt ~ Total points required: 144 ~ 6 years part-time

Study mode and course location

Off-campus Gippsland, part-time only

Course description

This degree program, offered through Open Universities Australia, is designed to be flexible and achieve depth and breadth in the study of human resource management, management and marketing business majors. The course includes units from Monash University and other universities.

Course objectives

The learning goals of this course are to: develop fundamental knowledge of general principles and applications of a core range of business and commerce disciplines; demonstrate technical knowledge, analytical skills and evaluative capabilities that are appropriate to chosen major areas of study and ability to apply expertise to problem solving in discipline-based contexts; demonstrate critical thinking and articulate reasoning exhibited through effective written and oral forms of communication; integrate and synthesise knowledge from different disciplines to innovative applications in business settings, with a demonstrated awareness of ethical and social responsibility; demonstrate skills in interpersonal communication and cultural awareness in a global business environment.

Course structure

The course structure has three main components:

  • a set of core units which provide an introduction to the key areas of business study:
  • a major from the list of majors below
  • 11 open electives which may, in some cases, form a second major. Open electives can be selected from the current Open Universities Australia handbook available online at http://www.open.edu.au.

It is recommended students new to university complete the Open Universities unit SSK12 (Introduction to university learning).

Course requirements

The degree requires completion of 24 units (144 points) over 6 years part time as follows:

(a) six compulsory common core units (36 points)

  • ACF110 Accounting fundamentals
  • BLW16 Introduction to law
  • BMS11 Business statistics
  • ECO11 Microeconomics
  • MAN11 Introduction to management*
  • MAR11 Marketing theory and practice

(b) a major of seven units (42 points)

  • the major must come from the approved list of majors below

(c) students must complete a further 11 units (66 points) as follows.

  • further units may be selected from units in the Bachelor of Business Studies and may make up another major or one or two minor sequences.
  • six further units (36 points) may be selected from any undergraduate level units listed in the Open Universities Australia handbook.

Additional degree requirements:

  • at least eight units from Monash's Faculty of Business and Economics.
  • no more than 10 first-year-level units (60 points).
  • at least six third-year-level units (36 points).
  • in addition to specific unit prerequisites, third-year level units require the successful completion of two second-year level units and second-year level units require the successful completion of four first-year level units

Units required for specified majors

Human resource management
  • MAN22 Human resource management*
  • MAN230 Managerial communication*
  • MAN231 Recruitment and selection*
  • MAN232 Employment relations*
  • MAN320 International human resource management*
  • MAN321 Organisational change*
  • PSY130 Organisational behaviour
Management
  • BIS15 Information technology in organisations
  • MAN14 Project management*
  • MAN22 Human resource management*
  • MAN26 International business*
  • MAN31 Strategic management*
  • MAN32 International management*
  • MAN33 Service operations management*
Marketing
  • MAR32 Issues in competitive advantage*
  • MAR33 Marketing planning and implementation*
  • MAR34 International marketing*
  • MAR35 Strategic marketing*
  • MAR12 Research methods for marketing and management*
  • MAR23 Integrated marketing communication*
  • MAR24 Buyer behaviour*

Further units and sequences may be selected from any of the following:

  • ACG24 Introduction to management accounting
  • ACG32 Finance and investment
  • ECO12 Macroeconomics
  • MAN27 Introduction to best practice management
  • MAN28 Tools for implementing best practice management
  • MAR22 Sales management
  • MGM21 Business communication and negotiation
Business law
  • BLW21 Company law
  • BLW22 Taxation law
  • BLW23 Marketing legal issues
  • BLW26 International law
Human resource management (cannot be taken with HRM major)
  • MAN22 Human resource management*
  • MAN231 Recruitment and selection*
  • MAN232 Employment relations*
  • MAN321Organisational change*
Management (cannot be taken with a management minor)
  • MAN32 International management*
  • MAN14 Project management
  • MAN22 Human resource management*
  • MAN33 Service operations management*
Marketing (cannot be taken with a marketing major)
  • MAR33 Marketing planning and implementation*
  • MAR35 Strategic marketing*
  • MAR23 Integrated marketing communication*
  • MAR24 Buyer behaviour*
Psychology
  • PSY11 Introduction to psychology 1A
  • PSY12 Introduction to psychology 1B
  • PSY130 Organisational behaviour
  • PSY230 Introduction to theories in counselling

    *These units are offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics.

Contact details

Telephone +61 3 9902 6380 or +61 3 5122 6380; Email: enquiries.gippsland@buseco.monash.edu.au

Course coordinator

Ms Wendy Webber