Undergraduate - CourseBachelor of Business (Banking and Finance)

Students who commenced study in 2015 should refer to this course entry for direction on the requirements; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course.

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This course entry applies to students commencing this course in 2015 and should be read in conjunction with information provided in the 'Faculty information' section of this Handbook by the Faculty of Business and Economics.

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Course code	0312
Managing faculty	Business and Economics
Abbreviated title	BBus(Bkg&Fin)
CRICOS code	001725K
Total credit points required	144
Standard duration of study (years)	3 years FT, 6 years PT Students have a maximum of 8 years to complete this course.
Study mode and location	On-campus (Caulfield)
Admission, fee and application details	http://www.monash.edu/study/coursefinder/course/0312
Contact details	Visit http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/findoutmore/current-students.html
Course coordinator	Associate Professor Colin Jevons

Notes

Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.

Description

The course is designed to provide graduates with high-level skills in both the specialised field of banking and finance and the general field of business management. Graduates will be capable of pursuing careers in the banking and finance industry and a wide range of business fields. The course blends a conceptual theoretical framework with practical applications and covers basic discipline material through to more specialised banking and finance requirements.

Outcomes

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 7, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate AttributesAustralian Qualifications Framework level 7, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/alignmentofoutcomes.html).

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will:

(a.) be critical and creative scholars who:

produce innovative solutions to problems
apply research skills to business challenges
communicate effectively and perceptively

(b.) be responsible and effective global citizens who:

engage in an internationalised world
exhibit cross cultural competence
demonstrate ethical values

(c.) have comprehensive understanding of their discipline and be able to provide discipline based solutions relevant to the business, professional and public policy communities that we serve

(d.) have a well-developed understanding of multi-disciplinary decision making in organisations.

Professional recognition

Refer to the faculty's Professional recognition of coursesProfessional recognition of courses (http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/professional-recognition/) page in this Handbook.

Structure

This course consists of:

six core units which provide an introduction to the key areas of business study
a major of 10 units in banking and finance
eight free electives.

Requirements

All students

All single and double degree students must complete the following:

(A.) 16 units (96 points) from the faculty in the Bachelor of Business at the Caulfield campus as follows:

(1.) six core units (36 points):

ACF1000 Principles of accounting and finance
BTF1010 Commercial law
ECF1100 Microeconomics
ETX1100 Business statistics
MGF1010 Introduction to management
MKF1120 Marketing theory and practice

(2.) a major of 10 units (60 points) in banking and finance as listed under 'Areas of study':

at least two units (12 points) must be completed at each of second and third-year levels
all units taken as part of this major must be from the Caulfield campus

Single degree students only

(B.) eight free electives* (48 points) as follows which may be chosen:

from any Faculty of Business and Economics programs and campuses**
from disciplines offered by another faculty
to form minors or a major
from individual units.

* Note: Students must be able to meet any prerequisites for elective units.

** Note: Enrolment in units at campuses other than the student's campus of enrolment is subject to there being spare capacity after students from that campus have enrolled.

Elective units can be identified using the browse units toolbrowse units tool (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/units/search) in the current edition of the handbook. The level of the unit is indicated by the first number in the unit code; undergraduate units are those that commence with the numbers 1-3.

Majors and minors can be identified from the areas of study indexesareas of study indexes (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/aos/index.html) in the Handbook.

Students may select free elective units from any campus, but should be aware of the teaching location as this may require travel to another campus and have timetabling implications. Students may also select units offered in off-campus mode (Note: The number of off-campus units permitted for international students is limited).

Additional requirements

Students must also meet the following requirements:

a maximum of 10 first-year level units (60 points)
a minimum of six third-year level units (36 points), of which at least four units (24 points) must be from those offered by the faculty at the Caulfield 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.

Areas of study

Banking and finance

Award(s)

Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance)