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Bachelor of Business and Commerce/Bachelor of Visual Arts

Course code: 3832 ~ Course abbreviation: BBusCom/BVA ~ Total points required: 192 ~ 4 years full-time, 8 years part-time ~ Managing faculty: Business and Economics

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Gippsland)

Course description

This double-degree course provides foundation knowledge in a wide range of business and visual arts disciplines and a broad perspective on business.

Course objectives

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

Course structure

The course structure has four main components:

  • a set of core units which provide an introduction to the key areas of business study
  • a set of core units which provide an introduction to the key areas of visual arts
  • 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 Art & Design major from the list of majors below.

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)

(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) 16 units (96 points) from the Faculty of Art and Design as follows:

(i) six compulsory units (36 points):

(ii) a compulsory OHS unit (0 points):

  • OHS1000 Introduction to art and design health and safety

(iii) completion of an Art and Design major (36 points)

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

(iv) completion of two units of theory (12 points) at either second or third-year level (units with the prefix TAD)

(v) completion of two units (12 points) of complementary study chosen from either theory or studio disciplines

Additional degree requirements:

  • a maximum of 14 units (84 points) of first-year-level units
  • a minimum of eight units (48 points) of third-year-level units
  • 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
Accounting*

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
Economics

(a) The following eight units:

  • ECW1101 Introductory microeconomics
  • ECW1102 Introductory macroeconomics
  • ECW2730 Macroeconomic policy
  • ECW2731 Managerial economics
  • ECW2141 Labour economics
  • ECW3121 Economics of international trade and finance
  • ECW3143 Economics of money and banking
  • ECW3830 Competition and regulation
Human resource management

(a) The following two units:

(b) six of the following units:

Management

(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
  • MGW2323 Employment relations
  • MGW2351 International business
  • MGW2700 Project management for small and medium enterprises
  • MGW3352 Service operations management
  • MGW3681 International management
Marketing

(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

Majors offered by the Faculty of Art and Design:
Visual Arts Studio

The following four units:

Professional recognition

This double degree is recognised by the following legal entities:

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

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

Contact details

Telephone +61 3 9902 6380 or +61 35122 6380; Email: enquiries.gippsland@buseco.monash.edu.au

Course coordinator

Professor Valerie Clulow and Ms Julie Adams (Visual Arts)