Monash University Handbook 2010 Undergraduate - Course

This degree program, offered through Open Universities Australia, is designed to be flexible and achieve depth and breadth in the study of human resource management, management and marketing business majors. The course includes units from Monash University and other universities.

The Bachelor of Business Studies aims to produce graduates who will:

(a.) be critical and creative scholars who:

• produce innovative solutions to problems
• apply research skills to business challenges
• communicate effectively and perceptively

(b.) be responsible and effective global citizens who:

• engage in an international world
• exhibit cross cultural competence
• demonstrate ethical values

(c.) have a comprehensive understanding of their discipline and are able to provide discipline based solutions relevant to the business, professional and public policy communities that we serve

(d.) be able to synthesise knowledge from different disciplines for business solutions.

The course structure has three main components:

• a set of core units which provide an introduction to the key areas of business study
• a major from the list of majors below
• 11 electives which may, in some cases, form a second major. Electives can be selected from the current Open Universities Australia handbook available online at http://www.open.edu.au.

It is recommended students new to university complete the Open Universities unit SSK12 (Introduction to university learning).

The degree requires completion of 24 units (144 points) over six years part-time as follows:

(a.) six compulsory common core units (36 points):

• ACF110 Accounting fundamentals
• BLW16 Introduction to law
• BMS11 Business statistics*
• ECO11 Microeconomics
• MAN11 Introduction to management*
• MAR11 Marketing theory and practice*

(b.) a major of seven units (42 points):

• the major must come from the approved list of majors below

(c.) students must complete a further 11 units (66 points) as follows:

• further units may be selected from units in the Bachelor of Business Studies and may make up another major or one or two minor sequences
• eight further units (48 points) may be selected from any undergraduate level units listed in the Open Universities Australia handbook.

Additional degree requirements:

• at least eight units from Monash's Faculty of Business and Economics
• no more than 10 first-year-level units (60 points)
• at least six third-year-level units (36 points)
• in addition to specific unit prerequisites, second-year level units require the successful completion of three first-year level units and third-year level units require the successful completion of two second-year level units.

Units required for specified majors

Human resource management

• MAN22 Human resource management*
• MAN130 Managerial communication*
• MAN231 Recruitment and selection*
• MAN232 Employment relations*
• MAN320 International human resource management*
• MAN321 Organisational change*
• PSY130 Organisational behaviour

Management

• BIS15 Information technology in organisations
• MAN22 Human resource management*
• MAN26 International business*
• MAN31 Strategic management*
• MAN32 International management*
• MAN33 Service operations management*
• MAN240 Project management*

Marketing

• MAR12 Research methods for marketing and management*
• MAR23 Integrated marketing communication*
• MAR24 Buyer behaviour*
• MAR32 Issues in competitive advantage*
• MAR33 Marketing planning and implementation*
• MAR34 International marketing*
• MAR35 Strategic marketing*

Units required for minor sequences

Business law

• BLW21 Company law
• BLW22 Taxation law
• BLW23 Marketing legal issues
• BLW26 International law

Human resource management

Cannot be taken with a human resource management major.

• MAN22 Human resource management*
• MAN231 Recruitment and selection*
• MAN232 Employment relations*
• MAN321Organisational change*

Management

Cannot be taken with a management major.

• MAN14 Project management
• MAN22 Human resource management*
• MAN32 International management*
• MAN33 Service operations management*

Marketing

Cannot be taken with a marketing major.

• MAR23 Integrated marketing communication*
• MAR24 Buyer behaviour*
• MAR33 Marketing planning and implementation*
• MAR35 Strategic marketing*

Psychology

• PSY11 Introduction to psychology 1A
• PSY12 Introduction to psychology 1B
• PSY130 Organisational behaviour
• PSY230 Introduction to theories in counselling

* Units offered by Monash University Faculty of Business and Economics.

Bachelor of Business Studies