1807 - Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business and Commerce

This double-degree course is designed to provide maximum flexibility and to allow depth and breadth in the study of the major business, commerce and humanities 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.

Refer to the Bachelor of Arts single degree entry at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/courses/0002.html and Bachelor of Business and Commerce single degree entry at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/courses/2224.html.

The course structure has four 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 the student's campus of enrolment and all units taken as part of this major must be from the student's campus of enrolment)
• an Arts major
• an Arts minor.

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

(a.) 16 units (96 points) from the Faculty of Business and Economics in the Bachelor of Business and Commerce at the student's campus of enrolment as follows:*

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

• AFW1000 Principles of accounting and finance
• BTW1200 Business law
• ECW1101 Introductory microeconomics
• ETW1102 Business statistics
• 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 from the faculty in the Bachelor of Business and Commerce the student's campus of enrolment to reach the required 16 units

Additional Bachelor of Business and Commerce requirements:

• a minimum of four units (24 points) at third-year level from those offered by the campus delivering this program.

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

(i.) a major of eight units (48 points)

(ii.) a minor of four units (24 points)

(iii.) an additional first-year sequence of two units (12 points) in an Arts discipline

(iv.) any two units (12 points) taken from the Faculty of Arts.

Additional degree requirements:

• a maximum of 14 first-year-level units (84 points)
• a minimum of six units (36 points) at each of second and third-year level.
• in addition to specific unit prerequisites, second-year-level units require the successful completion of three first-year-level units and third-year-level units require the successful completion of two second-year-level units.

* Students who have failed a unit and for whom this has had an adverse effect on their ability to meet the standard progression, should contact the faculty office on their campus for advice.

Units required for specified majors

Accounting*

The following eight units:

• AFW1002 Introduction to financial accounting
• 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

* The following units are required for professional accreditation:

• BTW2220 Corporations law and trust
• ECW1102 Introductory macroeconomics

Business law*

The following eight units:

• BTW1200 Business law
  
• BTW2220 Corporations law and trusts
  
• BTW2223 Corporate crime
  
• BTW3221 Taxation law and practice
  
• BTW3240 Administrative law
  
• BTW3241 Employment law
  
• BTW3242 Business taxation and GST
• BTW3641 Information technology law

* Available to students studying this course in off-campus learning mode only.

Economics

(a.) The following four units:

• ECW1101 Introductory microeconomics
• ECW1102 Introductory macroeconomics
• ECW2730 Macroeconomic policy
• ECW2731 Managerial economics

(b.) four of the following units:

• ECW2141 Economics of labour markets
• ECW3121 Economics of international trade and finance
• ECW3143 Economics of money and banking
• ECW3830 Competition and regulation
• ECX2123 Economics of innovation and high technology

Human resource management

(a.) The following two units:

• MGW1010 Introduction to management
• MGW2430 Human resource management

(b.) six of the following units:

• BTW3241 Employment law
• ECW2141 Economics of labour markets
• MGW2230 Organisational behaviour
• MGW2322 Recruitment and selection
• MGW2323 Employment relations
• MGW3130 Organisational change and development
• MGW3430 International human resource management

Management

(a.) The following three units:

• MGW1010 Introduction to management
• MGW2230 Organisational behaviour
• MGW3401 Strategic management

(b.) a further five units (30 points) offered by the Department of Management on the student's home campus subject to the following condition:

• a maximum of two units (12 points) may be taken from units offered in the tourism major

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 offered by the Department of Marketing on the student's home campus or BTW3281 Marketing law

This double degree is recognised by the following legal entities:

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

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

Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Business and Commerce