Undergraduate - Course0542 - Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce

This double-degree program provides a professional education in a range of commerce disciplines, with a strong emphasis on developing analytical skills. It enables students to include in their studies a range of social science and humanities disciplines.

Refer to the two single degree entries at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/courses/0179.html and http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/courses/0002.html.

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

The course has four main components:

• a set of core units which provide an introduction to the key areas of commerce
• a major from the Faculty of Business and Economics (all units taken as part of this major must be from the student's campus of enrolment)
• a major and a minor and additional units from the Faculty of Arts

Commerce

• Accounting
• Actuarial studies
• Business law and taxation
• Business modelling
• Econometrics and business statistics
• Economics
• Finance
• Financial and insurance mathematics
• International commerce
• Management Studies
• Marketing
• Sustainability

Arts

For arts areas of study refer to http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/aos/index-byfaculty-arts.html.

Students must complete 32 units over a maximum of 10 years as follows:

Arts component

(a.) 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) in a second area of study

(iii.) an additional first-year arts sequence (12 points) in a third area of study

(iv.) a further two units (12 points) from the Faculty of Arts

Details of arts majors and minors are listed under 'Areas of study'.

Additional Bachelor of Arts degree requirements:

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

Commerce component

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

• the major must come from the approved majors listed '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.

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, third-year level units require the successful completion of two second-year level units and second-year level units require the successful completion of four first-year level units

Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Commerce