3820 - Bachelor of Civil and Environmental Engineering/Bachelor of Business and Commerce

This double degree is designed for students seeking to combine a broad base of knowledge and skills in the sustainable implementation and management of civil engineering infrastructure and solutions with a specific business discipline.

Refer to the Bachelor of Civil and Environmental Engineering single degree entry at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/courses/3274.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 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 the student's campus of enrolment and all units taken as part of this major must be from the student's campus of enrolment)
• a major in civil and environmental engineering.

The degree requires completion of 40 units (240 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):

• AFW1000 Principles of accounting and finance
• ECW1101 Introductory microeconomics
• ETW1102 Business statistics*
• MGW1010 Introduction to management
• MKW1120 Marketing theory and practice

* Note that credit will be given for the sixth compulsory level 1 unit of the BBusCom degree course - ETW1102 Business statistics - on the basis of passes in compulsory units ENV2792 Environmental modelling and MAT2731 Engineering mathematical analysis.

(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

** Depending on the major chosen, one or more of the units in the major may have already been studied as part of the group of common core units - where this is the case, students will complete additional unit/s as detailed below.

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

Additional requirements:

• a maximum of eight units (48 points) of first-year-level units
• a minimum of four units (24 points) at third-year level at your campus of enrolment
• 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.

(b.) students must complete 24 units (144 points) from the School of Applied Sciences and Engineering as follows:

• CHM1752 Chemistry for engineers
• ENG1210 Introduction to structural engineering
• ENG2202 Steel structures
• ENG2203 Concrete structures
• ENG2204 Water systems
• ENG2206 Introduction to geoengineering
• ENG2207 Waterway engineering
• ENG3202 Geoengineering
• ENG3203 Environmental geoengineering
• ENG3204 Water and wastewater
• ENG3205 Traffic and transport
• ENG4201 Project
• ENG4202 Civil and environmental engineering practice
• ENG4203 Management of water resources
• ENG4204 Road engineering
• ENV1711 Environmental science 1
• ENV1722 Environmental science 2
• ENV2792 Environmental modelling
• ENV3737 Environmental management
• GES3820 Geographic information systems (GIS) for environmental management Level 4
• MAT1055 Mathematics 1A
• MAT1085 Mathematics 1B Level 2
• MAT2731 Engineering mathematical analysis Level 3

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

*Additional units are required for professional accreditation as follows: BTW2220 (Corporations law and trust) and ECW1102 (Introductory macroeconomics)

Economics

The following eight units:

• ECW1101 Introductory microeconomics
• ECW1102 Introductory macroeconomics
• ECW2141 Economics of labour markets
• ECW2730 Macroeconomic policy
• ECW2731 Managerial 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:

• MGW1010 Introduction to management
• MGW2430 Human resource management

(b.) six units from the following list:

• 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 from units 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 Securities and Investments Commission
• Australian Institute of Management
• Australian Marketing Institute
• CPA Australia
• The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
• Provisional accreditation Engineers Australia.

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

Bachelor of Business and Commerce

Bachelor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Bachelor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (with honours)

* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.