Monash University Handbook 2010 Undergraduate - Course

The Bachelor of Arts is a general, flexible degree which allows students to match academic interests with career aspirations to create a personalised course progression. Studying humanities will develop general knowledge and specific intellectual skills relating to human thought and relations, such as the way we communicate or how the past has affected the present. Social science analyses and explains societies and the relationships of individuals within those societies.

The Bachelor of Business Information Systems, a cooperative education program between the Faculty of Information Technology and industry, focuses on the applications of information technology in business and leads to a career in business information technology. The curriculum has been developed in consultation with the industry partners of the faculty and potential employers of graduates of the program. The program offers a broad-based degree, with core units spanning computer programming to business analysis.

This course provides students with a broad understanding of the applications of information technology in business, combined with the broad teaching and learning objectives of the Bachelor of Arts degree.

This course consists of 96 points in the arts component and 96 points in the business information systems component.

Areas of study

For information on arts majors and minors, refer to the 'Areas of study' section on the Arts faculty website at http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/study_areas/.

Arts component

Students complete:

(a.) an arts discipline major (48 points)

(b.) an arts discipline minor (24 points)

(c.) an additional arts discipline first-year sequence (12 points)

(d.) a further 12 points of arts.

By combining some of the core arts requirements, students can complete a double major in two different arts disciplines. For more details on this option, contact the Faculty of Arts.

Business information systems component

Students complete:

(a.) seven core information technology units:

• FIT1001 Computer systems
• FIT1002 Computer programming
• FIT1003 IT in organisations
• FIT1004 Database
• FIT1005 Networks and data communications
• FIT2001 Systems analysis and design
• FIT2002 Project management

(b.) the following nine core business information systems units:

• FIT1006 Business information analysis
• FIT2006 Business process modelling and workflow
• FIT2011 Decision support systems fundamentals
• FIT2013 e-Business technologies
• FIT2017 Computer models for business decision making
• FIT3003 Business intelligence and data warehousing or FIT3022 Intelligent decision support systems
• FIT3009 e-Business systems or FIT3012 Enterprise systems
• two third-year level BBIS electives; listings available at http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/courses/2009/undergraduate/3333/study/bbisapprovedelectives.html

Students cannot graduate from either single degree until they have satisfied the requirements for that award and successfully completed studies to the value of 144 points in the relevant component. Students are permitted to count up to 48 points of the FIT component towards those 144 points for an arts degree or 48 points from the arts component towards 144 points for the BBIS degree. To meet Bachelor of Arts requirements students must also complete at least 36 points at third-year level.

Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Business Information Systems