Monash University Handbook 2011 Undergraduate - Course

This course provides a professional education in a range of commerce and business disciplines, with a strong emphasis on developing analytical skills, and enables students to include an international element to arts studies by providing core units in international and global studies, and the opportunity for students to study overseas.

Refer to the two single degree entries at http://monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/courses/0179.html and http://monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/courses/3910.html

This degree is recognised by the following legal entities:

• Australian Institute of Management
• Australian Marketing Institute
• Australian Securities and Investments Commission
• Financial Services Institute of Australasia
• Chartered Financial Analysts 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.

For further details visit http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/asg/cds/publications/professional-recognition.html

The course structure has the following components:

• an international studies major
• compulsory global studies units
• international study experience
• a set of eight foundation units which provide an introduction to the key areas of commerce
• a major from the Faculty of Business and Economics.

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

Commerce component

(a.) 16 units (96 points) from the Faculty of Business and Economics in the Bachelor of Commerce at the Clayton campus as follows:

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

• AFC1000 Principles of accounting and finance
• BTC1110 Business law
• ECC1000 Principles of microeconomics
• ETC1000 Business and economic statistics
• MGC1010 Introduction to management
• MKC1200 Principles of marketing

(ii.) at least two units from the following list (12 points):

• AFC1030 Introduction to financial accounting, or AFC2140 Corporate finance
• ECC1100 Principles of macroeconomics
• ETC1010 Data modelling and computing
• MGC1020 Organisations: contexts and strategies

(iii.) a major of eight units (48 points):*

• the major must come from the approved list of majors under 'Areas of study'
• at least two units (12 points) must be completed at each of second and third-year levels

* Note: 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.

(iv.) additional units from the faculty in the Bachelor of Commerce at the Clayton campus to reach the required minimum of 16 units (96 points)

Additional Bachelor of Commerce degree requirements

• a maximum of eight first-year level units (48 points)
• a minimum of four third-year level units (24 points) from those offered by the faculty at the Clayton campus
• 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.

Arts (Global) component

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

(i.) two core units (12 points) in global studies:

• ATS3559/ATS3559 Global studies core unit
• ATS3793 Global research core unit

(ii.) an international studies major of eight units (48 points)

(iii.) an arts minor of four units (24 points)

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

(v.) a minimum of one and a maximum of three semester(s) abroad at another Monash campus or designated overseas university (ie exchange partner).

Details of arts majors and minors are available via http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/aos/index-ug-byfaculty-arts.html.

Additional Bachelor of Arts degree requirements

• a maximum of six first-year level units (36 points).

Areas of Study

Commerce majors

• Accounting (BCom)
• Actuarial studies
• Business law and taxation
• Business modelling
• Econometrics and business statistics (BCom)
• Economics (BCom)
• Finance (BCom)
• Human resource management (BCom)
• International commerce
• Management (BCom)
• Marketing (BCom)
• Sustainability

Arts (Global) majors

Details of arts majors and minors are available via http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/aos/index-ug-byfaculty-arts.html

Bachelor of Commerce

Bachelor of Arts (Global)