Bachelor of Business (Accounting)/Bachelor of Business (Management) - BBus(Acc)/BBus(Mgt)

• General
• Course objectives
• Credit for work done elsewhere
• Mode of offering
• Professional accreditation
• Course structure
  • Year one
    • First semester
    • Second semester
  • Year two
    • First semester
    • Second semester
  • Year three
    • First semester
    • Second semester
  • Year four
    • First semester
    • Second semester

General

Course code: 1334

Course coordinator: Ms Nell Kimberley

The Bachelor of Business (Accounting)/Bachelor of Business (Management) double degree course is a combination of two degree programs and is structured so that successful completion leads to the award of the Bachelor of Business (Accounting) and the Bachelor of Business (Management).

Course objectives

The objective of this double degree program is to provide an integrated course of undergraduate studies in accounting and management. On completion its graduates should have:

• a broad understanding and appreciation of management issues with emphasis on the role of accounting within an organisation;
• developed effective interpersonal and communication skills with continuous independent and critical thinking;
• an understanding of the external environment within which business operates and, in particular, emphasis on Australia's international context;
• developed critical analytical and technical skills within the accounting environment;
• the skills, opportunity and encouragement to progress into post-graduate studies and/or research;

Credit for work done elsewhere

In addition to part one, section four of the degree regulations, the following credit transfers have been standardised for the Bachelor of Business (Accounting)/Bachelor of Business (Management):

• members of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators will be granted credit for three subjects;
• holders of a recognised Certificate of Business Studies are eligible for credit for up to a maximum of four subjects in the course, to be determined by the course director;
• holders of an Associate Diploma in Accounting from a TAFE college (post-1989) are eligible for up to a maximum of eight subjects on a subject-by-subject basis to be determined by the faculty's credit transfer committee.

Mode of offering

Day and evening classes are offered at the Caulfield campus and day classes at the Peninsula campus.

Professional accreditation

The degree satisfies the academic requirements for membership of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants, The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.

Course structure

Year one

First semester

• AFX1110 Accounting for financial decision making
• ETX1640 Business mathematics and statistics
• TBX1010 Commercial law
• MGX1230 Business communication

Second semester

• AFX1121 Accounting systems and procedures
• ECX1710 Macroeconomics
• MGX1300 Introduction to management
• MKX1120 Marketing theory and practice

Year two

First semester

• AFX2391 Cost accounting
• AFX1300 Money and capital markets
• ETX2111 Statistics for management
• MGX2691 Management of organisational performance

Second semester

• AFX2491 Company reporting
• MGX2511 Quality management
• MGX2661 Human resources management
• TBX1151 Corporations law and trusts

Year three

First semester

• AFX2051 Financial modelling
• AFX2431 Management accounting
• ECX2710 Microeconomics
• MGX2341 Employee relations

Second semester

• AFX3631 Auditing
• TBX3931 Taxation law
• MGX2621 Organisational change
• MKX2111 Buyer behaviour

Year four

First semester

• AFX2631 Financial management
• AFX3631 Auditing
• MGX3381 Managing information systems
• MKX3141 Issues in competitive advantage

Second semester

• AFX3491 Advanced financial accounting theory and practice
• AFX3791 International accounting
• MGX3401 Strategic management
• MGX3351 International business