Admissions information for domestic students
Honours degree of Bachelor of Commerce

Entry requirements

Minimum entrance requirements

Applicants must have completed a bachelor degree, with a major in the related discipline offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics or an equivalent qualification from another university; and normally have achieved an average equivalent to at least 70 per cent in relevant second and third-year units.

Accounting specialisation

Applicants must be able to demonstrate that they possess the motivation and academic skills required to complete successfully a program that comprises research training; research; and specific discipline units that cover topics in advanced theory. These skills include the ability to understand and discuss articles published in learned journals; to compose a high quality 18,000 word research paper; and a level of achievement in prior mathematical studies appropriate to their discipline.

Econometrics specialisation

Applicants should normally have completed at least three third-year econometrics units including:

• ETC3400 Principles of econometrics
• ETC3410/ECC3410 Applied econometrics.

Other appropriate third-year units are:

• ETC3450 Time series analysis for business and economics
• ETC3460 Financial econometrics
• ETC3500 Survey data analysis
• ETC3510 Modelling in finance and insurance
• ETC3490 Business simulation

Economics specialisation

Applicants should have completed at least four third-year economics units.

Economics and econometrics specialisation

(a.) Applicants should have completed at least two third-year economics units.

(b) Applicants should have completed at least two third-year econometrics units including:

• ETC3410/ECC3410 Applied econometrics.

Other appropriate third-year units are:

• ETC3400 Principles of econometrics
• ETC3450 Time series analysis for business and economics
• ETC3460 Financial econometrics
• ETC3500 Survey data analysis
• ETC3510 Modelling in finance and insurance
• ETC3490 Business simulation

Finance specialisation

Applicants must be able to demonstrate that they possess the motivation and academic skills required to complete successfully a program that comprises research training; research; and specific discipline units that cover topics in advanced theory. These skills include the ability to understand and discuss articles published in learned journals; to compose a high quality 18,000 word research paper; and a level of achievement in prior mathematical studies appropriate to their discipline.

Finance and econometrics specialisation

(a.) Applicants must be able to demonstrate that they possess the motivation and academic skills required to complete successfully a program that comprises research training; research; and specific discipline units that cover topics in advanced theory. These skills include the ability to understand and discuss articles published in learned journals; to compose a high quality 12,000 word research paper; and a level of achievement in prior mathematical studies appropriate to their discipline.

(b.) Applicants should have completed at least three third-year finance units.

(c.) Applicants should normally have completed at least three third-year econometrics units including ETC3400 Principles of econometrics and ECC3410/ETC3410 Applied econometrics. Other appropriate third-year units are:

• ETC3450 Time series analysis for business and economics
• ETC3460 Financial econometrics
• ETC3490 Business simulation
• ETC3500 Survey data analysis
• ETC3510 Modelling in finance and insurance

(d.) Applicants should have completed ETC3470 Econometrics pre-honours.

University entrance requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for admission to Monash University Australia.

Applications

Semester one (March)

Applications for this course are made directly to the Faculty. Contact information can be found by visiting the Monash faculties website

Semester two (July)

This course is not available for second semester entry.