B2047 Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Politics, Philosophy and Economics

All applicants must satisfy the equivalence of the VCE subject prerequisites.

VET Certificate IV, Diploma or Advanced Diploma graduates:

Applicants will require a minimum 70% average to be considered for selection. Preference will be given to applicants whose prior studies are related to the course. Programs that involve competency-based assessment without grades or marks will not be sufficient to meet admission requirements. 

Monash College entry requirements: 

Diploma of Business (Commerce stream) Part 2 average: 70% 

Monash University Foundation Year average: 76.25%

Higher education studies: 

Applicants will be require a minimum 70% average to be considered for selection. Preference will be given to applicants whose prior studies are related to the course. A minimum of two single units must be completed in order to meet minimum admission requirements. 

Monash Minimum: Level A, that is: IELTS (Academic): 6.5 overall (no band lower than 6.0); or Pearson Test of English (Academic): score of 58 overall with no band lower than 50; or TOEFL Internet-based test: score of 79 overall with minimum scores: Writing: 21, Listening: 12, Reading: 13 and Speaking: 18; or Equivalent approved English test

Refer to the Course description for each partner course

Refer to the Course description for each partner course.

Subject to unit choice, the Bachelor of Commerce is accredited by relevant Australian professional bodies. Refer to the professional recognition webpage.

You can enrich your degree to hone your academic and professional skills with a range of flagship rich experiences, including the Monash Immersion Guarantee and Global Immersion Guarantee - Study Abroad (monash.edu). These flagship rich experience units may be credited towards your degree if approved by the faculty. There are both 6 and 12 credit point unit options available.

If you are enrolled in a double degree it may be possible to use 6 credit points from each degree to do the Global Immersion Guarantee (12 credit  points). For information on eligible double degree combinations please see Global Immersion Guarantee - Study Abroad (monash.edu)

This double degree course combines the deep focus of the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Politics, Philosophy and Economics.

The Bachelor of Commerce is designed to provide you with the analytical, conceptual and quantitative skills for a wide range of careers in decision making, leadership and management, policy development, and problem solving in the professions, in addition to the corporate and public sectors.

Graduates of this course are highly valued for their training in quantitative skills and techniques which are well suited for employment in both Australia and overseas.

The course begins with an introduction to core commerce discipline principles, and then offers the choice to study a major in different commerce disciplines, as well as the opportunity to study overseas or undertake an internship.

The Bachelor of Politics, Philosophy and Economics (BPPE) is an innovative degree that equips graduates with the intellectual and practical skills necessary to comprehend and navigate the changing world in the 21st century. Graduates will finish their BPPE having mastered the main ideas shaping our understanding of the social world. They will move beyond existing frameworks by studying at the creative intersections between politics, philosophy and economics. This interdisciplinary grounding will culminate in practical, skills-based applications of the conceptual tools provided by the BPPE to produce graduates ready for the challenges and possibilities of the century ahead.

Arts Global Immersion Guarantee – a guaranteed* funded overseas experience to China, India, Italy, Indonesia or Malaysia available to all first year Bachelor of Politics, Philosophy and economics and related double degree students. A new benchmark in globally-focused education, you will have the opportunity to spend two weeks studying overseas, with airfares and accommodation all covered as part of the degree.

*Eligibility requirements apply: First year Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Global Studies, Bachelor of Criminology, Bachelor of Media and Communications, Bachelor of Music, or Bachelor of Politics Philosophy and Economics (and related double degree) students in good academic standing, who have undertaken 24 points of credit (including a minimum of 12 points Arts) and have passed all their Arts units.