1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

~055 Bachelor of Business
The Bachelor of Business is a three year full-time (or six
year part-time) degree program offered at the Hawthorn
campus.
A new Bachelor of Business (L.055) structure is offered on
the Lilydale campus. For more information on this course
please see the Lilydale undergraduate chapter in this
Handbook.
Business specialisations
The course leading to the award of Bachelor of Business
offers major, minor and elective studies in accounting,
business law, business modelling, economics, finance,
information systems and technology, marketing and
organisation behavioudhuman resource management.
The following majors are available from Arts subjects:
Australian studies, Asian studies, cultural studies, European
studies, Italian, Japanese, Korean, literature, media studies,
sociology, political studies, psychology, philosophy and
cultural inquiry, and Vietnamese.
In addition to the business core subjects one major must be
taken from one of the approved business specialisations.
Key features of the major streams are described in the
-I following section.
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Bachelor of Business course structure
Students undertake a total of twenty-four subjects,
consisting of a core of seven subjects, and a combination of
majors, minors and electives. A major consists of six
subjects (at least two at stage three) from one specialisation.
A minor consists of four subjects (at least one at stage three)
from one specialisation.
Students should note the following restrictions on subjects
that can be credited towards the Bachelor of Business:
a maximum of twelve subjects from any specialisation
8
(e.g. Accounting);
a maximum of ten stage one subjects;
a minimum of four stage three subjects;
the subject AT119 Academic Communication Skills
cannot be used for credits towards the Bachelor of
Business;
the subjects BC331 Taxation and BC336 Advanced
Taxation may be counted towards either an
Accounting or Law major or minor, but not both.
BH334 Asian Business may only be counted as an
elective, not towards any major or minor;
BI300 Industrial Project cannot be used for credit
towards the Bachelor of Business; and
students will be allowed to study a maximum of
twenty-six subjects as part of a Bachelor of Business.
Bachelor of Business:
course structure options
Mandatory subjects (7 subiects)
Majors (6 subjects)
Minors (4 subjects)
Electives
The seven core subjects are:
BCllO Accounting 1
BE110 Microeconomics
BHllO Organisations and Management
BLllO Legal Environment of Business
BMllO The Marketing Concept
BQ110/
BQlll Quantitative Analysis
BTllO Information Technology