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

Course code: 3831 ~ Course abbreviation: BBusCom/BITS ~ Total points required: 204 ~ 4.5 years full-time, 9 years part-time ~ Managing faculty: Business and Economics

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Berwick, Gippsland)

Off-campus (Gippsland)

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.

The Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems aims to produce graduates who satisfy the IT needs of industry, government and business. Students will develop their knowledge, skills and attitudes in the broad areas of software development, computer technology, networks and data communications, and information systems.

Course objectives

Refer to the Bachelor of Business and Commerce and Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems 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 Faculty of Information Technology major from the list of majors below.

Course requirements

The degree requires completion of 34 units (204 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)

(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.

    * If you have failed a unit and this is having an adverse effect on your ability to meet the standard progression, contact the faculty office on your campus for advice.

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

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

(ii) a major of 11 units (66 points)

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

Additional degree requirements:

  • a maximum of 14 first-year level units (90 points)
  • a minimum of 10 third-year level units (60 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

Majors offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics:

Key to campus of offering:

  • B (Berwick)
  • G (Gippsland)
  • OCL (Off campus learning)
Accounting*

(Berwick, Gippsland, OCL)

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:

  • BTW2220 Corporations law and trust
  • ECW1102 Introductory macroeconomics
Business law

(OCL only)

The following eight units:

Economics

(Berwick, Gippsland, OCL)

(a) The following four units:

(b) four of the following units:

  • ECW2141 Labour economics (B, G, OCL
  • ECW2600 Tourism economics (B)
  • ECW3121 Economics of international trade and finance (B, G, OCL)
  • ECW3143 Economics of money and banking (B, G, OCL)
  • ECW3146 Regional development and policy (B)
  • ECW3830 Competition and regulation (B, G, OCL)
  • ECX2123 Economics of innovation and high technology (B, OCL)
Human resource management

(Berwick, Gippsland, OCL)

(a) The following two units:

(b) six of the following units:

  • BTW3241 Employment law (G, OCL)
  • ECW2141 Labour economics (B, G, OCL)
  • MGW2230 Organisational behaviour (B, G, OCL)
  • MGW2322 Recruitment and selection (B, G, OCL)
  • MGW2323 Employment relations (B, G, OCL)
  • MGW3130 Organisational change and development (B, G, OCL)
  • MGW3210 Organisational wellness (B)
  • MGW3430 International human resource management (B, G, OCL)
Management

(Berwick, Gippsland, OCL)

(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:

  • MGW2322 Recruitment and selection (B, G, OCL)
  • MGW2323 Employment relations (B, G, OCL)
  • MGW2351 International business (B, G, OCL)
  • MGW2700 Project management for small and medium enterprises (G, OCL)
  • MGW3352 Service operations management (G, OCL)
  • MGW3681 International management (G, OCL)
Marketing

(Berwick, Gippsland, OCL)

(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

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.

The following eight units:

  • 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:

Majors offered by the Faculty of Information Technology:
Multimedia

(Berwick only)

Eleven of the following units:

Applications development and networks

(Gippsland only)

(a) The following nine units:

(b) two units (12 points) at level 3 from a schedule approved by the Faculty of Information Technology.

Business systems

(Gippsland only)

(a) The following eight units:

(b) one unit (6 points) at level 2 or 3 from a schedule approved by the Faculty of Information Technology.

(c) two units (12 points) at level 3 from a schedule approved by the Faculty of Information Technology.

Professional recognition

This degree is recognised by the following legal entities:

  • Australian Computer Society
  • Australian Securities and Investment Commission
  • Australian Institute of Management
  • Australian Marketing Institute
  • CPA Australia
  • The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
  • Tax Agents' Board.

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

Contact details

Faculty of Business and Economics :Gippsland; Telephone +61 3 9902 6380 or +61 35122 6380; Email: enquiries.gippsland@buseco.monash.edu.au

Faculty of Business and Economics :Berwick; Telephone +61 3 9904 7045; Email: enquiries.berwick@buseco.monash.edu.au

Course coordinator

Professor Valerie Clulow