Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Business double degree on campus and by distance education - BSc/BBus
Course code: To be advised
Course director: Associate Professor Philip Rayment
The course involves four years of full-time study or the equivalent in
part-time or distance education.
On completion of the course, students will:
- have a sound knowledge and understanding of business principles and
practice;
- be qualified to work at a professional level in a scientifically oriented
environment in which modern business techniques are required, or in a
commercial environment in which a background in a science or information
technology is desirable;
- through the breadth and depth of knowledge acquired by undertaking the
joint degree be able to contribute significantly to Australia's performance in
developing and marketing products which reflect customer needs, the country's
resources and its scientific and technological expertise.
Australia as a
nation must improve its track record in developing and marketing products and
services which exploit its resources and strong scientific and technological
expertise. This will require more graduates with the breadth of skills offered
by the new combined degree.
The basic requirement for entry to the course is satisfactory completion
of an upper secondary school program equivalent to the Victorian Certificate of
Education. Applicants will be expected to have a grade average of C in English,
Specialist Mathematics or Mathematical Methods, and a grade average of C in one
of Biology, Chemistry, Physics or Psychology. Some studies in business-related
areas are helpful but not essential.
Students who have completed the first year of the normal Bachelor of Science or
Bachelor of Business at the Gippsland campus with good academic results may be
admitted to the second year of the double degree with full credit for
appropriate first-year studies.
Mature-age applicants are assessed on the basis of their employment and overall
educational background and career objectives.
The Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Business is normally taken over four
years of full-time study or the equivalent in part-time or distance education
study. Students are required to complete a minimum of 192 credit points,
meeting the following requirements.
(a) Completion of the following core business subjects with a total credit
value of forty-two credit points (seven subjects):
- AFG1001 Introductory accounting A
- ECG1101 Introduction to economics
- TBG1201 Introduction to business law
- MGG1302 Management theory and functions
- MKG1401 Introduction to marketing
- GAS1751 Quantitative methods I
- GCO1851 Computing systems and applications
(b) Completion of the
following two subjects covering information transfer and problem-solving in
science and interdisciplinary perspectives on science and technology:
- ASC2626 Information and research methodology (four credit points
- ASC2639 Science, technology and society (four credit points)
(c)
Completion of a major study of at least thirty-six credit points and two
submajors of at least twenty-four credit points each in any business discipline
areas; or completion of two major studies of at least thirty-six credit points
each in two business discipline areas. Business major and submajor studies are
available in the following discipline areas:
- Business majors: accounting, economics, management, marketing, tourism
management;
- Business submajors: all of the above business majors and law.
(d)
Completion of two science discipline sequences (excluding computing) consisting
of (i) either a sequence of twelve credit points at level one, sixteen credit
points at level two and twenty-four credit points at level three in one science
discipline area; and a sequence of twenty-eight credit points in a second
science discipline area (including at least sixteen credit points from levels
two and three); or (ii) two science discipline sequences each consisting of
twelve credit points at level three within a defined linked major package.
Science discipline sequences are available in the following discipline areas:
- Science majors: biochemistry, chemistry, mathematics (including applied
statistics and operations research), microbiology, psychology and
resource/environmental management.
(e) Undertake any additional studies
required to complete the minimum 192 credit points needed for the double degree.
- Information on this course may be obtained by contacting the School of
Business and Electronic Commerce, telephone (03) 9902 6380 or (03) 51 226 380.
For more specific details on the course, contact the student advisers,
telephone (03) 9902 6642 or (03) 51 226 642.