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The undergraduate program


The diversity within the faculty is reflected in the range of undergraduate courses offered. Bachelor degrees which can be undertaken in the faculty are as set out in table 1.

Table 1: The undergraduate degrees

Bachelor degrees

Campus
Generalist degrees with a choice of major specialisations

Bachelor of Business*, majors in accounting, economics, electronic commerce, management, marketing and tourism management
Gippsland and distance education
Bachelor of Business*, majors in economics, management, marketing (subject to final approval) and tourism management
Berwick
Bachelor of Business Studies, majors in accounting, banking and finance, management, marketing and another discipline
Open learning
Bachelor of Commerce, majors in accounting, finance, economics, econometrics, management and another discipline within the university
Clayton
Bachelor of Economics, majors in economics, econometrics, accounting, finance and another discipline offered within the university. Half of all subjects can be taken outside the faculty.
Clayton
Discipline-specific degrees

Bachelor of Accounting
Clayton
Bachelor of Business and Electronic Commerce
Gippsland
Bachelor of Business (Accounting)
Caulfield, Peninsula and Open Learning
Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance)
Caulfield and distance education
Bachelor of Business (Business Administration), majors in human resource management, management, manufacturing management and another discipline
Caulfield, Peninsula
Bachelor of Business (International Trade), sequences in foreign business language and general business
Caulfield, Peninsula
Bachelor of Business (Management), sequences in international business, human resources and management
Caulfield, Peninsula
Bachelor of Business (Marketing)
Caulfield
Bachelor of Business (Retail Management)
Distance education
Bachelor of Business and Electronic Commerce
Gippsland and distance education
Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance), majors in accounting, finance or another discipline
Clayton
Bachelor of Commerce (Business Statistics) majors in business statistics, econometrics or another discipline
Clayton
Bachelor of Commerce (Management) majors in management, including some marketing, public sector management, human resource management, industrial and employee relations and organisation behaviour subjects
Clayton
Bachelor of Tourism. The Bachelor of Tourism cannot be taken alone

Berwick+
* Not all majors are offered at each campus.

+ Some double awards offered in conjunction with TAFE are available with the Bachelor of Business or the Bachelor of Tourism.

Some similarities and differences exist in these bachelors courses. Guidance is frequently sought on course selection. The following information may be helpful.

Similarities in the bachelor degree courses

Differences between the bachelor degree courses

Honours degrees

Table 2: The honours degrees of the faculty

Honours degrees

Campus
Bachelor of Accounting (Honours)
Clayton
Bachelor of Business (Honours)
Caulfield, Peninsula and Gippsland
Bachelor of Business (Accounting)(Honours)
Caulfield
Bachelor of Commerce (Honours)
Clayton
Bachelor of Economics (Honours)
Clayton

Double degrees

The double degree programs offered by this faculty and by other faculties of the university are shown in Table 3. A candidate for any of the double degree programs listed shall be bound by the regulations for the degree from this faculty and, for interfaculty programs, the regulations for the degree offered by the other faculty. Except for the double degree programs offered at the Berwick campus, at any time during the course of study a candidate may elect to continue studies for one degree only. In this event the candidate shall discontinue studies for one degree and with the approval of the faculty board which administers the degree to be continued, he or she shall complete the course of study for the other degree in accordance with any conditions or requirements and within the time period specified and approved by that faculty board.

Table 3: Double degree combinations

Intra-faculty

Campus
Generalist degrees with a choice of discipline major

Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Tourism
Berwick
Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Economics
Clayton
Discipline-specific degrees

Bachelor of Business (Accounting)/Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance)
Caulfield
Bachelor of Business (Accounting)/Bachelor of Business (Management)
Caulfield, Peninsula
Bachelor of Business (International Trade)/Bachelor of Business (Management)
Peninsula
Bachelor of Business (Management)/Bachelor of Business (Marketing)
Caulfield

Inter-faculty

Degrees from this faculty


Degrees from other faculties

Generalist degrees with a choice of discipline major

Bachelor of Business
Bachelor of Arts (Humanities and Social Sciences)
Bachelor of Applied Science
Bachelor of Communication
Bachelor of Computing
Bachelor of Engineering
Bachelor of Commerce
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Business Systems
Bachelor of Engineering
Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Music
Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Economics
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Laws
Discipline-specific degrees

Bachelor of Business (Accounting)
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Computing
Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance)
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Computing
Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Business (International Trade)
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Business (Management)
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Business (Marketing)
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Tourism
Bachelor of Communication
Where students meet the entry and course requirements for each degree, they can, if admitted to the second degree course, complete it with a minimum of the equivalent of one additional year's full-time study.

The Bachelor of Economics allows significant flexibility in the choice of subjects from other disciplines or faculties, so by appropriate choice of subjects a second degree in arts, science or computing and also commerce can be completed after the equivalent of a further year's full-time study.

Students undertaking any of the Bachelor of Business degrees with a specified major have the opportunity to take out a second business degree in another specialisation with the completion of a minimum of eight additional subjects in one year's further study.

Table 4: Double award combinations

Bachelor of Business/Associate Diploma of Business (Marketing)*

Bachelor of Business/Diploma of Information Technology (Technical and User Support)*
Bachelor of Business/Diploma in Hospitality(Management)*
Bachelor of Tourism/Associate Diploma of Business (Marketing)*
Bachelor of Tourism/Diploma in Hospitality (Management)*
Bachelor of Business/Associate Diploma of Business (Accounting)+
*. These awards are conducted in conjunction with Casey Institute of TAFE, Berwick.

.+ This award is conducted in conjunction with the Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE.


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