Science Handbook, 1998: Monash University, Australia - Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Science

Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Science

General
Course structure

General

Gippsland campus or distance education

Course code: 2012

Course adviser: Associate Professor Philip Rayment

This course has been designed to prepare students to work at a professional level in a scientifically oriented environment in which application of modern business techniques is required, or in a commercial environment in which a background in science, technology or information technology is desirable. The course involves four years of full-time study or the equivalent in part-time or distance education study.

Course structure

Subjects with a total credit value of at least 192 points are to be completed, meeting the following requirements.

(a) Completion of the following business core subjects with a total credit value of forty-two points: AFG1001, ECG1101, TBG1201, MGG1302, MKG1401, GAS1751, GCO1851.

(b) Completion of two (four-point) subjects covering information transfer and problem solving in science and interdisciplinary perspectives on science and technology: ASC2626 and ASC2639.

(c) Either (i) completion of two business major sequences, each of thirty-six points of credit (but including one core subject from (a) above) selected from accounting, economics, management and marketing and tourism management or (ii) completion of one business major sequence of thirty-six points drawn from strands in (c)(i) above, combined with two submajor sequences each of twenty-four points of credit drawn from accounting, economics, management, marketing, tourism management, and business law.

(d) Completion of two science disciplines (excluding computing) consisting of either (i) 12+16+24 points in one discipline area across levels one, two and three respectively and twenty-eight points in a second discipline area (including at least sixteen points from levels two and three) or (ii) 12+16+16 points in one discipline area and 12+16+16 points in a second discipline area with a defined linked major package.

Discipline sequences are available in the following areas (consult BSc entry for details): biochemistry, chemistry, microbiology, mathematics (including applied statistics and operations research), psychology and environmental/resource management.