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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 ~ Managing faculty: Business and Economics
Study mode and course location
On-campus (Berwick, Gippsland, Sunway, Peninsula, South Africa)
Off-campus (Gippsland, Sunway)
Course description
The Bachelor of Business and Commerce provides an international degree and is the link between the overseas offerings of the faculty 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.
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; develop 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; develop capacity for critical thinking and articulate reasoning exhibited through effective written and oral forms of communication; develop capacity to integrate and synthesise knowledge from different disciplines to innovative applications in business settings, with a demonstrated awareness of ethical and social responsibility; develop 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. This primary 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;
- eight open electives which may be taken from any Faculty of Business and Economics programs and campuses, or from disciplines offered by another faculty. These open electives can, in some cases, form a second major.
Course requirements
The degree requires completion of 24 units (144 points) over a maximum of 10 years as follows:
(a) 16 units (96 points) from the faculty in the Bachelor of Business and Commerce at your campus of enrolment as follows*:
(i) six compulsory common core units (36 points)
- AFW1001 Introductory accounting A
- BTW1200 Business law, or BTW1201 South African business law (SA)
- ECW1101 Introductory microeconomics
- ETW1102 Business statistics, or ETW1000 Business and economics statistics (S)
- MGW1010 Introduction to management
- MKW1120 Marketing theory and practice
(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) eight open electives (48 points)
- may be taken from disciplines offered by another faculty
- may be taken from any Faculty of Business and Economics programs and campuses.
Additional degree requirements:
- a maximum of 10 first-year level units (60 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)
- G (Gippsland)
- OCL (Off campus learning)
- P (Peninsula)
- S (Sunway)
- SA (South Africa)
Accounting**
(Berwick, Gippsland, OCL, Peninsula, 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
**Professional accounting sequence (units required for professional accreditation):
- AFW3041 Auditing and assurance (B,G,P,S)
- BTW2213 Malaysian company law (S)
- BTW2220 Corporations law and trust (B,G,P)
- BTW3221 Taxation law and practice (B,G,P)
- BTW3153 Malaysia income tax law (S)
- ECW1102 Introductory macroeconomics (B,G,P,S)
Accounting***
(South Africa only)
The following eight units:
- AFW1002 Introductory accounting B
- AFW2020 Cost information for decision making
- AFW2710 Financial accounting A
- AFW2720 Financial accounting B
- AFW2780 Corporate finance A
- AFW3730 Financial accounting C
- AFW3750 Advanced accounting for management information
- AFW3790 Corporate finance B
***Students who intend to seek membership of a professional accounting body, such as the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) or the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), are advised to complete the following studies:
- Professional accounting sequence
- Business law and taxation sequence
- ECW1102 Introductory macroeconomics
- FIT1003 IT in organizations
Professional accounting sequence
Business law and taxation sequence
- BTW2121 South African taxation of individuals
- BTW2122 South African taxation of businesses
- BTW2201 South African business law 2
- BTW3301 South African business law 3
Banking and finance
(Sunway only)
The following eight units:
- AFW1300 Money and capital markets
- AFW2401 Commercial banking and finance
- AFW2631 Financial management
- AFW2851 Accounting information systems and financial modelling
- AFW3121 Investments and portfolio management
- AFW3331 International banking and finance
- AFW3651 Treasury management
- AFW3841 Lending decisions
Business law
(OCL, Sunway)
(a) The following unit:
(b) seven of the following units:
- BTW2213 Malaysian company law (S)
- BTW2220 Corporations law and trusts (OCL)
- BTW2223 Corporate crime (OCL)
- BTW2241 Comparative workplace relations law (S)
- BTW2313 Malaysian corporate governance (S)
- BTW3153 Malaysian income tax law (S)
- BTW3201 International trade law (S)
- BTW3221 Taxation law and practice (OCL)
- BTW3240 Administrative law (OCL)
- BTW3241 Employment law (OCL)
- BTW3242 Business taxation and GST (OCL)
- BTW3243 Finance law (S)
- BTW3281 Marketing law (S)
- BTW3641 Information technology law (OCL)
Economics
(Berwick, Gippsland, OCL, South Africa, Sunway)
(a) The following four units:
(b) four of the following units:
- ECW2141 Labour economics (B,G, OCL, SA)
- ECW2600 Tourism economics (B)
- ECW2721 Trade finance and foreign exchange (S)
- ECW3121 Economics of international trade and finance (B, G, OCL,SA)
- ECW3143 Economics of money and banking (B, G, OCL, SA)
- ECW3146 Regional development and policy (B, G, OCL)
- ECW3291 Multinational trade and investment (S)
- ECW3301 Case studies in international trade (S)
- ECW3550 Business in Asia (S)
- ECW3830 Competition and regulation (B, G, OCL, SA)
- ECX2123 Economics of innovation and high technology (B, OCL)
Econometrics and business statistics
(Sunway only)
The following eight units:
- ETW1000 Business and economics statistics and ETW1010 Data modelling and computing, or
- ETW1102 Business statistics and ETW2111 Business data modelling
- 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, Gippsland, OCL, Peninsula)
(a) The following two units:
(b) six of the following units:
- BTW3241 Employment law (G, OCL, P)
- ECW2141 Labour economics (B, G, OCL, SA)
- MGW2230 Organisational behaviour (B, G, OCL, P, SA)
- MGW2322 Recruitment and selection (B, G, OCL, P, SA)
- MGW2323 Employment relations (B, G, OCL, P, SA)
- MGW3130 Organisational change and development (B, G, OCL, P, SA)
- MGW3210 Organisational wellness (B,)
- MGW3430 International human resource management (B, G, OCL, P, SA)
International business
(Peninsula, Sunway)
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, Gippsland, OCL, Peninsula, South Africa)
(a) The following six units:
(b) two of the following units:
- MGW2322 Recruitment and selection (B, G, OCL, P, SA)
- MGW2323 Employment relations (B, G, OCL, P, SA)
- MGW2351 International business (B, G, OCL, P,SA)
- MGW2501 Introduction to tourism (SA)
- MGW2511 Quality management (P)
- MGW2700 Project management for small and medium enterprises (G, OCL)
- MGW3352 Service operations management (G, OCL,)
- MGW3681 International management (G, OCL, P, SA)
Management
(Sunway)
(a)The following unit:
(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, Gippsland, OCL, Peninsula, Sunway, South Africa)
(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 further unit from units offered by the Department of Marketing at the Berwick campus
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.
- MKW1220 Public relations writing (not offered in 2008)
- MGW1100 Managerial communication
- 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
Sport management
(Peninsula only)
(a) The following seven units:
- AUS1070 Sport and society in Australia
- AUS3015 A world of sport: culture, communities and communication
- ECW2450 Sports economics
- ECW2451 The business of sport
- MGW3100 Festival and events management
- MKW2402 Consumer behaviour
- MKX3200 Sport marketing and sponsorship
(b) one of the following units:
Tourism
(Berwick, South Africa)
The following eight units:
Professional recognition
This degree with relevant units is recognised by the following legal entities:
- Australian Human Resources Institute
- Australian Securities and Investment Commission
- Australian Institute of Management
- Australian Marketing Institute
- CPA Australia
- The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
- Public Relations Institute of Australia
- Tax Agents Board.
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
Gippsland: Telephone +61 3 9902 6380 or +61 35122 6380; Email: enquiries.gippsland@buseco.monash.edu.au
Sunway: Telephone +60 3 5636 0600; Email: inquiries@buseco.monash.edu.my
Peninsula: Telephone +61 3 9904 4314; Email: enquiries.peninsula@buseco.monash.edu.au
South Africa: Telephone + 27 11 950 4009; fax + 27 11 950 4004; Email: inquiries@monash.ac.za.
Course coordinator
Professor Valerie Clulow
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