Undergraduate - CourseBachelor of Commerce (Accounting 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	2015
Managing faculty	Business and Economics
Abbreviated title	BCom(Acc&Fin)
CRICOS code	037846D
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 (Clayton)
Admission, fee and application details	http://www.monash.edu/study/coursefinder/course/2015
Contact details	Visit http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/findoutmore/current-students.html
Course coordinator	Dr Ross Booth

Notes

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

Description

This course provides professional education for those wishing to become accounting and finance professionals. It has a strong emphasis on developing analytical skills and offers a solid grounding and professional competence in all aspects of commerce required for careers in the business or public sector.

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 served

(d.) be able to construct conceptual frameworks and use these to analyse complex issues in the corporate sector, government and the professions.

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:

a set of core units which provide an introduction to the key areas of commerce
a major in accounting
a major in finance
four electives.

Requirements

Students must complete 24 units as follows:

(a.) 20 units (120 points) from the faculty 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 major of eight units (48 points) in accounting as listed under 'Areas of study'

(iii.) a major of eight units (48 points) in finance as listed under 'Areas of study'

* Note: This unit is one of the units in both of the majors and will have already been studied as part of the group of common core units - students will complete additional units as detailed below.

(b.) four free electives** (24 points) which may be chosen:

from any Faculty of Business and Economics programs and campuses***
to complete the requirements for membership by CPA Australia or The Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia
from disciplines offered by another faculty
to form a minor
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.

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 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 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.

Areas of study

Award(s)

Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance)