Undergraduate - CourseBachelor of Business (Psychology)

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	4407
Managing faculty	Business and Economics
Abbreviated title	BBus(Psych)
CRICOS code	067628K
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/4407
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

This course aims to produce highly trained and proficient graduates who are well qualified to apply their psychological training to work in a business environment. The content of the program will provide students with excellent training for further postgraduate study in psychology or business.

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:

a set of core units which provide an introduction to the key areas of business study
a major in psychology
a major in marketing or management

Requirements

Students must complete 24 units as follows:

(a.) six compulsory 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*

(b.) a major of 10 units (60 points) in psychology

(c.) a major of eight units (48 points) in either management or marketing

the requirements of the majors are listed under 'Areas of study'.

*Note: One of these units will have already been studied as part of the group of common core units - students must complete an additional unit as detailed below.

(d.) one elective unit (6 points) from the Faculty of Business and Economics.

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.

Additional degree requirements:

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

Award(s)

Bachelor of Business (Psychology)