Bachelor
of Business
(Accounting)/
Bachelor of Business
(Banking
and Finance)
1333
– Bachelor
of Business
(Accounting)/Bachelor
of Business
(Banking
&
Course Code - 1333
Finance)
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Course
Map (commencing
2005)
Course Requirements
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All students must complete a total of thirty-two units (192 credit points) to complete the BBus(Accounting)/BBus(Banking and Finance) degree.
For students commencing the BBus(Accounting)/BBus(Banking and Finance) degree with advanced standing, a minimum of eight units (48 credit points) must
be taken from Monash University, Caulfield campus.
For students commencing the BBus(Accounting)/BBus(Banking and Finance) degree with advanced standing, a minimum of twelve units (72 credit points)
must be taken at Monash University.
Students may complete up to, but not exceeding thirteen first-year-level units (78 credit points).
Students MUST complete a minimum of eight third-year-level units (48 credit points), of which at least four (24 credit points) must be from the Caulfield
campus.
Inner core
6 compulsory units
Students MUST complete all 6 compulsory inner core units:
† AFF1110
Accounting for financial decision making
† BTF1010
Commercial law
† ECF1100
Microeconomics
† ETX1100
Business statistics
† MGF1010
Managing people and organisations
† MKF1120
Marketing theory and practice
Outer core
6 units (2 compulsory)
Students MUST complete these 2 compulsory outer core units:
† AFF2051/2851#
Accounting information systems and financial Modelling (Prerequisite: AFF1110 or AFF1121 & ETX1100)
† AFF2631
Financial Management (Prerequisite: AFF1110 plus 7 other units)
Students MUST complete an additional 4 outer core units. These MUST be chosen from:
* Units required for recognition by professional accounting bodies
† BTF2601
† BTF2220
† BTF3931
† ECF1200
† ETX2121
† MGF2351
† MGF3401
† MKF/MKX1500¬
† MKF2111
Banking Law (Prerequisite: BTF1010)
Corporations law & trusts* (Prerequisite: BTF1010)
Taxation Law* (Prerequisite: BTF1010) (Prohibition: BTF2191, BTF2931)
Macroeconomics*
Data analysis in business (Prerequisite: ETX1100) (Prohibition: ETX2111 or equivalent)
International business (Prerequisite: MGF1010)
Strategic management (Prerequisite: Completion of 12 units)
Retail management principles
Buyer behaviour (Prerequisite: MKF1120)
Strand
12 compulsory units
Students MUST complete all 12 compulsory strand units:
† AFF1121
Accounting systems and procedures (ACC) (Prerequisite: AFF1110)
† AFF1300
Money and capital markets (B &F)
Cost information for decision making (ACC) (Prerequisite: AFF1121)
† AFF2391
† AFF2401
Commercial banking and finance (B&F) (Prerequisite: AFF1300)
† AFF2491
Company reporting (ACC) (Prerequisite: AFF1121)
† AFF3121
Investment and portfolio management (B & F) (Prerequisite: AFF1110, AFF1300 & AFF2631)
† AFF3431
Performance measurement and control (ACC) (Prerequisite: AFF2391)
† AFF3491
Advanced financial accounting theory and practice (ACC) (Prerequisite: AFF2491)
Auditing (ACC) (Prerequisite: AFF2491)
† AFF3631
Treasury management (B&F) (Prerequisite: AFF2401)
† AFF3651
Lending Decisions (B&F) (Prerequisite: AFF2401 & AFF2631)
† AFF3841
Plus one of:
† AFF3331
International banking and finance (B & F) (Prerequisite: AFF2401 or AFF2341)
International study program (in banking and finance) (B & F) (Prerequisite: Completion of 8 units including 1 of
† AFX3871
AFF2341, AFF2401 or AFF2631)
Electives
8 units
Students MUST complete 8 elective units:
Elective units may be chosen from any Faculty, including the Faculty of Business and Economics. At least 2 electives MUST be from a discipline other than
Accounting and Banking and Finance.
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Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is correct at the time of publication.
Monash University reserves the right to alter this information should the need arise. October 2006.
Year 1
Semester 1
† Inner core 1
AFF1110 (compulsory)
Accounting for fin dec making
† Inner core 3
MGF1010 (compulsory)
Managing people & org
† Inner core 5
ETX1100 (compulsory )
Business statistics
† Inner core 6
MKF1120 (compulsory)
Marketing theory & prac
† Strand 1 B&F
AFF1300 (compulsory)
Money & capital markets
† Strand 2 A/C
AFF1121 (compulsory)
Accounting systems & proc.
† Outer core 2
AFF2051/2851
† Outer core 3
Student choice
(Recommend BTF2220*)
Semester 2
† Inner core 2
BTF1010 (compulsory)
Commercial law
Year 2
† Inner core 4
ECF1100 (compulsory)
Microeconomics
Semester 1
† Outer core 1
Student choice
(Recommend ECF1200*)
† Strand 3 A/C
AFF2391 (compulsory)
Cost info for dec making
(compulsory)
Acc info sys & fin mod
Semester 2
† Strand 4 A/C
AFF2491 (compulsory)
Company reporting
Year 3
† Strand 5 A/C
AFF3431 (compulsory)
Perf measurement & cont
† Strand 6 B&F
AFF2401 (compulsory)
Comm banking & finance
† Outer core 4
AFF2631 (compulsory)
Financial Management
† Elective 1
Student choice
† Outer core 5
Student choice
† Elective 2
Student choice
† Elective 3
Student choice
† Elective 4
Student choice
† Elective 5
Student choice
† Elective 7
Student choice
† Elective 8
Student choice
Semester 1
† Strand 7 A/C
AFF3491 (compulsory)
Adv fin acc theory & prac
† Strand 8 B&F
AFF3651 (compulsory)
Treasury management
Semester 2
† Strand 9 B&F
AFF3121 (compulsory)
Invest & portfolio management
Year 4
† Strand 10 A/C
AFF3631 (compulsory)
Auditing
Semester 1
† Strand 11 B&F
AFF3331 or AFX3871
(compulsory)
International banking & finance
OR
International study program in
banking & finance
† Strand 12 B&F
AFF3841 (compulsory)
Lending decisions
Semester 2
† Outer core 6
Student choice
(Recommend BTF3931*)
† Elective 6
Student choice
Notes
* Recommended that students choose this outer core unit which is required for recognition by professional accounting bodies.
# AFF2051 will be taught as AFF2851 from 2007 onwards. Students will course complete with either of these two codes.
¬ MKF1500 will be taught as MKX1500 from 2007 onwards. Students will course complete with either of these two codes.
Graduates of this program will satisfy the educational requirements for associate membership of CPA Australia and for entry to the CA Program of The Institute of Chartered
Accountants in Australia provided they complete the following units in addition to the compulsory common core units: ECF1200, AFF1121, AFF2051/2851, AFF2391, AFF2491,
AFF2631, AFF3431, AFF3491, AFF3631, BTF2220, BTF3931
Graduates of this program will be recognised by the new Institute of Securities Finance and Banking (formerly the Australasian Institute of Banking and Finance and the Securities
Institute of Australia). Students are advised to contact the Institute of Securities Finance and Banking directly for details of levels of membership and required educational
qualifications
Students who are contemplating a career in financial planning are advised that a number of banking and finance units meet the standards set down in the Australian Securities and
Investments Commission [ASIC] policy statement for the training of financial product advisers [PS146].
^This is the recommended course progression. It may be varied, however all prerequisite requirements must be met. Before changing the progression, first check the
prerequisite requirements for all of your units and seek advice from the faculty office.
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is correct at the time of publication.
Monash University reserves the right to alter this information should the need arise. October 2006.