Course code: BBBU
Course director: Mr Richard Hartshorn
The Bachelor of Business degree provides an opportunity for both school leavers and those already in employment to undertake tertiary studies in a business course that is flexible and adaptable.
The course is vocationally oriented. It aims to equip graduates for employment in a wide range of occupations in industry and commerce, small business, professional accounting, insurance, banking and finance, managing human resources, teaching, and in government and semi-government enterprises.
Upon completion of this course students will:
The Bachelor of Business degree is awarded on completion of twenty-four semester-length subjects taken over three years full-time (on-campus) or six years of part-time study (by distance education) based on the following requirements:
(a) A candidate must complete twenty-four semester subjects.
(b) A candidate must complete the following seven `core' subjects:
(d) A candidate may include up to six semester subjects offered at degree level by other disciplines or academic units within Monash University, provided they are of equivalent academic standing.
Major and submajor studies are available in accounting, economics, management, marketing and tourism management with submajor studies offered in computing and law.
A student may not enrol in any subject for which prerequisite subjects have not been successfully completed.
Students should carefully select their program of studies. Advice on course planning is available from the course advisers. This guidance will extend to counselling concerned with meeting the requirements for membership of professional bodies.
The course includes an accounting major with a minimum of six subjects. Additional accounting subjects are also provided for students who wish to satisfy the educational requirement for admission to the qualifying studies of the professional accounting bodies.
Objectives
* Students seeking membership of the professional accounting bodies in Australia must complete the Bachelor of Business degree with the nine accounting subjects specified by the professional bodies marked (*) above.
Successful completion of the required subjects will satisfy the tertiary requirements for admission as an Associate of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants (ASCPA). To achieve CPA status, graduates would need to complete the society's CPA program and satisfy an experience requirement.
Graduates who take these required subjects also satisfy the tertiary requirements for admission to The Institute of Chartered Accountants. Membership may be applied for following successful completion of the institute's Professional Year program, and an experience requirement.
Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants
For associate membership:
(i) Professional accounting and entry to CPA program
Tertiary requirements for admission:
Objectives
The primary objective of the management major is to develop, within a multidisciplinary framework, a sound understanding of management theories and practices which reflect high ethical standards and contribute to business and professional success and the optimisation of organisational resource use. Provision is made for students to focus on strategic management and/or employment relations and for those demonstrating high levels of achievement to proceed to honours and postgraduate studies.
Structure of the management major
Two vocational streams are available. One is the strategic management stream and the other is the employment relations stream. To complete the major a student is required to satisfy the examiners in six of the following subjects.
Compulsory subjects
Students completing a submajor in management are required to complete two compulsory subjects, GBU1302 (Management theory and functions) and GBU2304 (Organisational behaviour), plus two of the other subjects listed above.
Students who plan a management major will find it useful to undertake studies in law, economics and accounting, whilst subjects such as organisational psychology and politics may well be complementary.
Students undertaking the strategic management stream should consider application for membership of the Australian Institute of Management.
Objectives
The economics major aims to provide a rigorous education in the ethics, theories and principles of economics, and their application, developed sequentially over three levels of difficulty, including advanced studies in at least two specialised branches of the discipline. Students will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to contribute substantially to business and the professions and, given a sufficient level of scholastic achievement, to advance to honours and postgraduate students. Graduates will also have the ability to view their learning in a multidisciplinary context which takes into account the relationship between economics and other disciplines of business and social sciences.
Structure
Students enrolling in the Bachelor of Business degree may elect to complete a major of at least six subjects of economics, or may select fewer economics subjects as electives to support their chosen majors. Subjects available are:
Objectives
The objectives of the marketing major are, within the framework of the multidisciplinary degree course, to provide students with understandings of the role, scope, principles and concepts of marketing; to develop knowledge and skills in consumer behaviour, marketing research, promotion and sales management; and to cultivate the ability to operate effectively in domestic and international marketing environment. Students demonstrating a high level of scholastic achievement are encouraged to undertake higher level studies.
Structure
To complete the major in marketing a student would be required to satisfy the examiners in six of the following subjects or to complete a submajor in four of the following subjects:
# Compulsory subjects for submajor.
The Bachelor of Business with a major in marketing will satisfy the requirements for affiliate membership to the Australian Marketing Institute.
Objective
The primary objective of the tourism management major is to provide an industry-specific focus for students seeking to complement (multidisciplinary) studies in management, economics, marketing and accounting. The sequence of subjects aims to cultivate in students the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes which will, with appropriate experience, equip them to function effectively in management positions in various sectors of the tourism industry, or to proceed to higher level studies in tourism.
Structure
The major in tourism management commences with a broad overview of the industry and progresses to a more detailed examination of tourism business operations management. The advanced level subjects are concerned with destination management and project development. With the compulsory core subjects, and appropriate choices in other major or submajor streams, graduates with a tourism management major will be well prepared to enter a management career path in public or private tourism-related activities, or for successful operation of their own tourism business.
The major stream in tourism management comprises six compulsory subjects as follows:
Law is offered as a submajor in the Bachelor of Business degree. All students must complete GBU1201 (Introduction to business law). The following additional subjects should be taken for professional studies in accounting:
Business computing is offered as a submajor in the Bachelor of Business degree, and may be used to gain advanced status as a member of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants. The subjects available in the computing submajor are:
Students wishing to satisfy the academic requirements of the Australian Institute of Banking and Finance for admittance to senior associate status must complete the following professionally accredited subjects:
Satisfactory completion of the VCE with English, units 3 and 4, and Maths, units 1 and 2.
Applicants may also satisfy entrance requirements on the basis of qualifications deemed to be the equivalent of the above VCE. TAFE qualifications (eg the first year of a TAFE associate diploma or a TAFE qualification that satisfies the first year of a TAFE associate diploma) or comparable Year 12 qualifications including International Baccalaureate or approved tertiary-level study completed in Victoria, other States of Australia or overseas may satisfy entry requirements.
Those who have reached at least twenty-three years of age in the year of application and who have either not satisfied the above entrance requirements or have done so more than three years prior to their application, may apply for entry. These applicants will be required to sit an admissions test and undertake other assessments as prescribed.
Successful completion of at least two open learning subjects may satisfy entry requirements.
It is strongly recommended that students have access to a personal computer. (Please note that the School of Business and Electronic Commerce is an IBM-compatible Windows environment) It is also recommended that students have access to a modem to facilitate email communication with teaching staff.
Credits and exemptions may be considered for previous tertiary-level study or post-secondary study (including TAFE) in Australia and overseas. Each application is assessed on a case-by-case basis. It is essential that subjects submitted for credit and exemption fit the philosophy and principles of this degree course of study. Subjects studied more than ten years ago are regarded as beyond a reasonable time limit and will not generally be considered for credit/exemption.
The Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) requires contributions to be made by students towards the cost of their higher education studies commenced after 1 January 1989. The amount to be contributed depends on the study load (subjects) undertaken each semester, and is payable whether or not a pass in each subject is achieved. An additional fee will also apply for amenities and library services. More detailed information relating to HECS can be obtained from the Student Administration Office, Monash University Gippsland campus, Churchill, Victoria 3842.
(a) Application through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC)
School leavers (VCE) and applicants with comparable Victorian, interstate or overseas Year 12 or tertiary qualifications should apply through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) by phoning the VTAC 1900 Telecom service.
(b) Special admission - mature age
Those seeking special admission should also make application and arrangements for the admissions test through VTAC.
(a) Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) or comparable qualifications
Applicants for admission to the Bachelor of Business by distance education are required to meet the normal entry requirements given above and must also detail in their application those factors which would enable them to study successfully in a distance education mode.
(b) Special admission - mature age
Those seeking special admission to the Bachelor of Business by distance education should also make application and arrangements for the admissions test through the Student Administration Office, Monash University Gippsland campus. Applications for 1997 entry should be returned by 20 September 1996 to be given admission priority.
Application forms for (a) and (b) above are available from Student Administration Office, Monash University Gippsland campus, Churchill, Victoria 3842. Telephone: (051) 226 287 or (03) 9902 6287. Applications for study by distance education should be returned by 20 September each year and must include certified documentary evidence of entry qualifications.
Information on this course may be obtained by contacting the School of Business and Electronic Commerce, telephone (03) 9902 6380 or (051) 226 380. For more specific details on the course, contact the course advisers, telephone (03) 9902 6642 or (051) 226 642.
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