3832 - Bachelor of Business and Commerce and Bachelor of Visual Arts

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

Refer to the Bachelor of Business and Commerce single degree entry at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/courses/2224.html and Bachelor of Visual Arts single degree entry at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/courses/2479.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 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 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 Faculty of Art and Design major from the list of majors below.

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):

• 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
• 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.

* 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):

• DWG1201 Drawing 1B
• DWG1202 Drawing 2B
• TAD1101 Introduction to visual language
• TAD1102 Modernism and the avantgardes
• VIS1111 Visual arts studio 1
• VIS1112 Visual arts studio 2

(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, 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.

Majors offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics

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
• ECW1102 Introductory macroeconomics

Economics

(a.) The following eight units:

• ECW1101 Introductory microeconomics
• ECW1102 Introductory macroeconomics
• ECW2730 Macroeconomic policy
• ECW2731 Managerial economics
• ECW2141 Economics of labour markets
• 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 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 from units offered by the Department of Marketing on the student's home campus or BTW3281 Marketing law

Majors offered by the Faculty of Art and Design

Visual arts studio

The following four units:

• VIS2113 Visual arts studio 3A
• VIS2114 Visual arts studio 4A
• VIS3105 Visual arts studio 5
• VIS3106 Visual arts studio 6

This double degree is recognised by the following legal entities:

• Australian Securities and Investment Commission
• Australian Institute of Management
• Australian Marketing Institute
• 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 Business and Commerce

Bachelor of Visual Arts