Undergraduate - Course4403 - Bachelor of Arts (Global) and Bachelor of Commerce
This course entry applies to students commencing this course in 2013 and should be read in conjunction with information provided in the 'Faculty information' section of this Handbook by the Faculty of Business and Economics
Partner faculty
BA (Global)/BCom
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Dr Ross Booth
This course provides a professional education in a range of commerce and business disciplines, with a strong emphasis on developing analytical skills, and enables students to include an international element to arts studies by providing core units in international and global studies, and the opportunity for students to study overseas.
Refer to the two single degree entries at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/courses/0179.html and http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/courses/3910.html.
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The course has the following components:
an international studies major and a minor and additional units from the Faculty of Arts
compulsory global studies unit
international study experience
a set of eight foundation units which provide an introduction to the key areas of commerce
a major from the Faculty of Business and Economics.
Econometrics and business statistics
Financial and insurance mathematics
Arts (Global)
For arts areas of study refer to http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/aos/index-byfaculty-arts.html.
Students must complete 32 units over a maximum of 10 years as follows:
Arts (Global) component
(a.) 16 units (96 points from the Faculty of Arts as follows:
(i.) one core unit (6 points) in global studies:
ATS3793 Global research core units
(ii.) an international studies major of eight units (48 points)
(iii.) an arts minor of four units (24 points) in a second area of study
(iv.) a first-year arts sequence (12 points) in a third area of study
(v.) one arts elective unit (6 points)
(vi.) a minimum of one and a maximum of three semester(s) abroad at another Monash campus or designated overseas university (i.e. exchange partner)
Details of arts majors and minors are listed under 'Areas of study'.
Additional Bachelor of Arts degree requirements:
a maximum of six first-year level units (36 points)
Commerce component
(b.) 16 units (96 points) from the Faculty of Business and Economics in the Bachelor of Commerce at the Clayton campus as follows:
(ii.) a major of eight units (48 points):*
the major must come from the approved list of majors under 'Areas of study'
at least two units (12 points) must be completed at each of second and third-year levels
* Note: Depending on the major chosen, one or more of the units in the major may have already been studied as part of the group of common core units - where this is the case, students will complete additional unit/s as detailed below.
Additional Bachelor of Commerce degree requirements:
a maximum of eight first-year level units (48 points)
a minimum of four third-year level units (24 points) from those offered by the faculty at the Clayton campus
Bachelor of Arts (Global)