Undergraduate - Course1807 - Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences and Bachelor of Business and Commerce

The course provides sound business training along with the transferable skills and knowledge gained from studies in arts and social sciences, such as communication, organisation, analysis and research skills.

Refer to the two single degree entries at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/courses/2224.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 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
• an arts major and an arts minor in different areas of studies

Business and Commerce

• Accounting
• Economics
• Finance and macroeconomics
• Human resource management
• Management
• Marketing

Arts and Social Sciences

• Australian Indigenous studies
• Australian studies
• Communications
• Community studies
• Community welfare and counselling
• Criminal justice
• English
• History-politics
• Philosophy
• Psychology
• Psychological studies
• Public relations
• Sociology
• Writing

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

Business and Commerce component

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

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

• AFG1000 Principles of accounting and finance
• BTG1200 Business law
• ECG1101 Introductory microeconomics
• ETG1102 Business statistics
• MGG1010 Introduction to management
• MKG1120 Marketing theory and practice

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

• the major must come from the approved majors listed 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 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 must complete an additional unit as detailed below.

(iii.) additional units from the faculty in the Bachelor of Business and Commerce at the student's campus of enrolment to reach the required 16 units

Additional Bachelor of Business and Commerce requirements:

• a minimum of four units (24 points) at third-year level from those offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics on the Gippsland campus.

Arts and Social Sciences component

(b.) 16 units (96 points) from the School of Applied Media and Social Sciences as follows:

(i.) an arts major of eight units (48 points)

(ii.) an arts minor of four units in a different area of study (24 points)

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

(iv.) any two units (12 points) taken from arts and social sciences.

The major and minor must come from the approved majors offered on the Gippsland campus listed under 'Areas of study'.

Details of arts majors and minors are available via http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2012handbooks/aos/index-byfaculty-arts.html.

Additional arts and social sciences requirements

• a maximum of 14 first-year level units (84 points)
• a minimum of six units (36 points) at each of second and 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.

Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences
Bachelor of Business and Commerce