Major study areas for Bachelor of Business and Commerce and Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems

APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT AND NETWORKS (Gippsland, off-campus)

Applications development and networks focuses on the development of IT-based systems to support organisations, with a particular emphasis on the use of network technologies. It aims to prepare students for careers in positions responsible for the development and implementation of software systems and the management and support of computer networks. Key topics covered in the major include e-commerce, application software development, network management and database design.

BUSINESS SYSTEMS (Gippsland, off-campus)

Business systems focuses on the use of computers and information systems to understand, model and solve complex problems in business and commerce. It aims to prepare students for careers in positions responsible for specifying and developing effective business system solutions. Key topics include business modelling, business systems application, systems analysis and development.

ACCOUNTING (Gippsland, off-campus)

Accounting is a system that identifies, measures, and communicates economic information to permit informed judgements and decisions by the users of that information. It is the language of business.

ECONOMICS (Gippsland, off-campus)

Economics is the study of the production, distribution and consumption of wealth. Economics is concerned with the welfare of individuals and of society at large and directs attention to how scarce resources can best be allocated. Knowledge of economics helps both individuals and societies.

FINANCE AND MACROECONOMICS (Gippsland)

Finance and macroeconomics is an interdisciplinary field of study combining economics and finance. The issues of how financial markets impact on the economy, and how the economy influences financial markets is important for business and public policy decision making.

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (Gippsland, off-campus)

Human resource management is the study of managing people within the employer/employee relationship. It covers strategies and activities that enable people to fulfil their needs in the work environment while achieving the organisation's strategic business objectives.

MANAGEMENT (Gippsland, off-campus)

Management is the process by which organisational goals are attained through integrating human activity. It is largely about people and human endeavour. This major provides the body of knowledge for future managers.

MARKETING (Gippsland, off-campus)

Marketing is the process of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion and distribution of ideas, goods and services. Marketing aims to satisfy organisational objectives efficiently and profitably. The focus of this major is to develop an understanding of fundamental marketing principles and practices, and to provide the ability to apply marketing within any context.