Undergraduate - CourseBachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Economics

This double degree provides professional education in a range of commerce disciplines, with a strong emphasis on developing analytical skills. It allows the student increased breadth and depth in the major discipline areas, plus considerable opportunity for studies from other faculties.

Refer to the outcomes for the single degrees 0179 Bachelor of Commerce and 0023 Bachelor of Economics.

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

This course consists of:

• a set of core units which provide an introduction to the key areas of commerce
• a set of compulsory units which provide an introduction to the key areas of economics
• an eight-unit commerce major
• an eight unit major in either actuarial studies, economics, econometrics and business statistics or financial and insurance mathematics
• eight free electives.

Students must complete 32 units as follows:

(a.) 24 units (144 points) from the Faculty of Business and Economics in the Bachelor of Commerce at the Clayton campus as follows:

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

• ACC1000 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 further four compulsory units (24 points):

• ECC1100 Principles of macroeconomics
• ECC2000 Intermediate microeconomics
• ECC2010 Intermediate macroeconomics
• ETC1010 Data modelling and computing

(iii.) a major of eight units from the Bachelor of Commerce (48 points):*

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

(iv.) additional units from the Faculty in the Bachelor of Commerce at the Clayton campus to reach the required minimum of 24 units

(b.) a major of eight units from the Bachelor of Economics (48 points):*

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

* 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.

(c.) eight free electives** (48 points) which may be chosen:

• to complete the eight-unit Philosophy and politics major listed under 'Areas of study'
• 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 degree requirements:

• a maximum of 13 first-year-level units (78 points).
• a minimum of eight third-year-level units (48 points), of which at least five (30 points) must be 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.

Commerce majors

• Accounting
• Business modelling
• Finance
• International commerce
• Management studies
• Marketing
• Sustainability

Economics majors

• Actuarial studies
• Econometrics and business statistics
• Economics
• Financial and insurance mathematics

Recommended additional major

Students can also complete the following recommended additional major by using their 48 points of open electives:

• Philosophy and politics

Bachelor of Commerce
Bachelor of Economics