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Bachelor of Business and Commerce and Bachelor of Communication

Course code: 1941 ~ Course abbreviation: BBusCom/BComn ~ Total points required: 192 ~ 4 years full-time, 8 years part-time ~ Managing faculty: Business and Economics

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Berwick, Sunway)

Course description

The Bachelor of Business and Commerce provides an international degree and is the link between the overseas offerings of the faculty (Sunway and South Africa) and the on-shore program taught across the Berwick, Gippsland and Peninsula campuses.

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.

The Bachelor of Communication is concerned with both new and traditional communications technologies such as print, film, television and electronic media. It explores the practical operations of mass communications technologies as well as their social and cultural aspects.

Course objectives

Refer to the Bachelor of Business and Commerce and Bachelor of Communication single degree entries.

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 Faculty of Business and Economics. This major must be selected from majors available on your campus of enrolment and all units taken as part of this major must be from your campus of enrolment;
  • a Communications major from the Faculty of Arts.

Course requirements

The degree requires completion of 32 units (192 points) over a maximum of 10 years as follows:

(a) 16 units (96 points) taken from the Bachelor of Business and Commerce at your campus of enrolment as follows*:

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

    ** Sunway students have the option of selecting ETW1000 Business and economic statistics instead of ETW1102.

(ii) a major of eight units (48 points)

  • the major must come from the approved list of majors below
  • at least two units (12 points) must be completed at each of second and third-year levels

(iii) additional units selected from the faculty in the Bachelor of Business and Commerce at your campus of enrolment, to reach the required minimum of 16 units

(b) 16 units (96 points) from the Faculty of Arts as follows:

(i) a major of at least eight units (48 points) in communications.

(ii) a minor of at least four units (24 points) in an arts discipline.

(iii) a third first-year arts sequence (12 points).

(iv) a further two units (12 points) offered by the Faculty of Arts.

Additional degree requirements:

  • a maximum of 14 first-year level units (84 points)
  • a minimum of six third-year level units (36 points), of which at least four units (24 points) must be from those offered by the faculty at your campus of enrolment
  • 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

    * If students fail a unit and this has an adverse effect on their ability to meet the standard progression, they should contact the faculty office on their campus for advice.

Units required for specified majors

Key to campus of offering:

  • B (Berwick)
  • S (Sunway)
Accounting*

(Berwick, Sunway)

The following eight units:

  • AFW1002 Introductory accounting B
  • AFW2020 Cost information for decision making
  • AFW2491 Company reporting
  • AFW2631 Financial management
  • AFW2851 Accounting information systems and financial modelling
  • AFW3021 Performance measurement and control
  • AFW3040 Accounting theory
  • AFW3050 Financial accounting issues

* Additional units required for professional accreditation:

  • BTW2213 Malaysian company law (S)
  • BTW2220 Corporations law and trust (B)
  • ECW1102 Introductory macroeconomics (B, S)
Banking and finance

(Sunway only)

The following eight units:

  • AFW1300 Money and capital markets
  • AFW2851 Accounting information systems and financial modelling
  • AFW2401 Commercial banking and finance
  • AFW2631 Financial management
  • AFW3121 Investments and portfolio management
  • AFW3331 International banking and finance
  • AFW3651 Treasury management
  • AFW3841 Lending decisions
Business law

(Sunway only)

The following eight units:

Economics

(Berwick, Sunway)

(a) The following four units:

(b) four of the following units:

  • ECW2141 Labour economics (B)
  • ECW2600 Tourism economics (B)
  • ECW2721 Trade finance and foreign exchange (S)
  • ECW3121 Economics of international trade and finance (B)
  • ECW3143 Economics of money and banking (B)
  • ECW3146 Regional development and policy (B)
  • ECW3291 Multinational trade and investment (S)
  • ECW3301 Case studies in international trade (S)
  • ECW3550 Business in Asia (S)
  • ECW3830 Competition and regulation (B)
  • ECX2123 Economics of innovation and high technology (B)
Econometrics and business statistics

(Sunway only)

(a) The following two units:

  • ETW1000 Business and economics statistics and ETW1010 Data modelling and computing, or
  • ETW1102 Business statistics and ETW2111 Business data modelling

(b) six of the following units:

  • ETW2410 Introductory econometrics
  • ETW2420 Survey methods and managerial statistics
  • ETW2480 Business modelling methods
  • ETW3410 Applied econometrics
  • ETW3420 Principles of forecasting and applications
  • ETW3480 Decision analysis for managers
e-Business

(Sunway only)

The following eight units:

  • FIT1003 IT is organisations
  • ECW2731 Managerial economics
  • MGW2700 Project management for small to medium enterprises
  • MGW3381 Management information systems
  • MKW1601 Introduction to e-business
  • MKW2841 e-Business models and analysis
  • MKW3841 e-business performance management
  • MKW3881 Electronic marketing
Human resource management

(Berwick only)

(a) The following two units:

(b) six of the following units:

  • 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
International business

(Sunway only)

The following eight units:

  • 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

(Berwick only)

(a) The following six units:

  • MGW1010 Introduction to management
  • MGW1100 Managerial communication
  • MGW2230 Organisational behaviour
  • MGW2430 Human resource management
  • MGW3130 Organisational change and development
  • MGW3401 Strategic management

(b) two of the following units:

Management

(Sunway only)

(a) The following units:

  • MGW1010 Introduction to management
  • (b) seven of the following units:
  • MGW1100 Managerial communication
  • MGW2230 Organisational behaviour
  • MGW2351 International business
  • MGW2430 Human resource management
  • MGW2700 Project management for small and medium enterprises
  • MGW3130 Organisational change and development
  • MGW3381 Management information systems
  • MGW3401 Strategic management
  • MGW3681 International management
Marketing

(Berwick, Sunway)

(a) The following seven units:

  • 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
  • (b) one further unit from units offered by the Department of Marketing on your home campus, or BTW3281 Marketing law
Marketing communication

(Berwick only)

(a) the following seven units:

(b) one of the following units:

  • any unit offered by the Department of Marketing
Public relations

(Berwick only)

Students wishing to commence this major in 2008 must enrol in the major offered by the Faculty of Arts. Only students who have completed MKW1220 prior to 2008 are permitted to continue to complete the major within the Faculty of Business and Economics.

  • MGW1100 Managerial communication
  • MKW1220 Public relations writing (not offered in 2008)
  • MKW2221 Public relations principles and practice
  • MKW2251 Publicity and promotion
  • MKW2252 Crisis and risk communication
  • MKW3231 Public relations consulting
  • MKW3261 Public relations campaigns
  • MKW3631 Marketing internship
Tourism

(Berwick only)

The following eight units:

Professional recognition

This degree is recognised by the following legal entities:

  • CPA Australia
  • The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
  • Australian Institute of Management
  • Australian Marketing Institute
  • Public Relations Institute of Australia
  • Tax Agent's Board
  • Australian Securities and Investment Commission.

Professional recognition may be dependent upon work experience requirements and the correct choice of units.

Contact details

Berwick: Telephone +61 3 9904 7045; Email: enquiries.berwick@buseco.monash.edu.au

Sunway: Telephone +60 3 5636 0600; Email: inquiries@buseco.monash.edu.my

Course coordinator

Professor Valerie Clulow