Ask Monash University

[Orson]

Hey everyone. Someone told me that its possible to do DipLang for free given you are doing an undergrad or postgrad at Monash. Is this true? Or does it just add onto your HECS tab? Thanks!

[Ask Monash University]

If I revoke credit for a unit that I previously was awarded credit for after doing an internal transfer, that unit no longer is calculated towards my WAM correct? Does it also get removed from my academic transcript?

 Cheers.

Hi extremeftw,

If you were to revoke credit for any units you previously received exemptions for, these unit results may not appear in your final WAM calculation for your awarding course. However, as there are a number of things that will be looked at should you choose to revoke any credits, we would encourage that you contact your managing faculty directly. The Monash Business School at the Clayton campus may be reached via email: [email protected].

[Ask Monash University]

Hi Monash!

I was just wondering what you'd be able to tell me about the New Monash Law Pathway?

I noticed on the flyer that one of the possible categories to be eligible is living in a low 'socio-economic area' - however I was wondering if you'd be able to let me know how this is judged?

Thanks 

Hi Glasses,

The ‘home location’ requirement for the new law pathway is determined by your home location in accordance with the Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), as developed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Although the eligibility assessment will happen in the background, you are able to check your eligibility for the new Monash Law pathway by inputting your information into the Monash SEAS calculator . As a minimum, you will need to input your Home address and select your achieved ATAR to be 90.00-90.95 or above. If you are eligible for the Law pathway, a blue box will appear with the message: “Based on the information you entered, you may be eligible for a Law pathway”.

[Ask Monash University]

Hey everyone. Someone told me that its possible to do DipLang for free given you are doing an undergrad or postgrad at Monash. Is this true? Or does it just add onto your HECS tab? Thanks!

Hi Orson,

The Diploma of Languages is an additional course of study available concurrently to students completing a single or double bachelor's degree. The course requires you to study the equivalent of one further year of full-time study, taken part-time over three years.

As you will be required to study additional units to your standard degree to satisfy this Diploma requirement, you may need to extend the duration of your course, thus, will incur more tuition fees. However, these fees will be charged alongside your standard university course fees. If you had chosen to defer your university fees through HECS-Help, you will be able to defer the language units through HECS-Help too.

[stunfiskery]

Hi Monash,

At the moment I am considering taking a double degree Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Biomedicine. Obviously, being a double degree, I have considerably less elective time than if I were to study a single Commerce degree and hence it would be unlikely for me to pursue a minor or an additional major.

However, if I take the new Principles of Commerce university extension (check the link below) next year and both of these units can be counted towards my commerce degree, I worked out that I can just squeeze in a minor in marketing accompanied by my intended major in finance.

My issue is that neither of the names of the units in the extension program exactly correspond to the compulsory commerce specified study units. ECF1100 (uni extension) is not the required ECC1000 but it does specify on each subject page that ECC1000 is 'prohibited' if you study ECF1100 and vice versa. The same goes for MKC1200 and MKF1120.

My question is: Does this mean that if I do in fact successfully complete the university extension subjects, both ECF1100 and MKF1120 are suitable and equivalent substitutes which can be credited in place of MKC1200 and ECC1000? (in which case, giving me more time to complete extra commerce-related electives for an optional minor study)

https://www.study.monash/why-choose-monash/information-for-high-achieving-students/monash-extension/study-options/economics-and-marketing

Another question I have is with regards to the difference between Bachelor of Commerce with a major in Finance as opposed to a Bachelor of Finance. First of all, is there a particular reason that Monash University does not offer Bachelor of Finance as a double degree with Bachelor of Biomedicine, given that a Bachelor of Finance and a Bachelor of Commerce have the same amount of compulsory unit requirements? Also, understandably, the Bachelor of Finance is completely focused on Finance subjects. Would it be perhaps more beneficial for future employment (mainly in the Finance industry), having done a Bachelor of Finance as opposed to a major in finance in the Bachelor of Commerce?

Thanks heaps for your time,
Stunfiskery
 

[1998]

Hi Monash,
If I were to do an overseas exchange, would it be possible to initially do a semester program but extend it to a year if I find myself wanting to stay for longer at the end of the semester?
Also is there often help with the funding of the exchange? I read on your website that there are certain scholarships etc. but was wondering how much they're actually given out.

Thanks!!

[Joseph41]

Hi Monash,
If I were to do an overseas exchange, would it be possible to initially do a semester program but extend it to a year if I find myself wanting to stay for longer at the end of the semester?
Also is there often help with the funding of the exchange? I read on your website that there are certain scholarships etc. but was wondering how much they're actually given out.

Thanks!!

Hi 1998,

Until Ask Monash University responds, you may be interested in this thread.

All the best.

[1998]

Thanks!! I've checked it out and it's great

[Ask Monash University]

Hi Monash,
If I were to do an overseas exchange, would it be possible to initially do a semester program but extend it to a year if I find myself wanting to stay for longer at the end of the semester?
Also is there often help with the funding of the exchange? I read on your website that there are certain scholarships etc. but was wondering how much they're actually given out.

Thanks!!

Hi 1998 & Joseph41

Joseph41 - thanks for sharing some useful resources with 1998! 

1998 - You might have contacted our Monash University Study Abroad which is the department that runs all student exchange programs. You can reach them via email: [email protected] or phone: (03) 9905 1551. With study options such as intercampus exchange to Malaysia, South Africa or Italy and exchange to one of our partners in 30 countries across the globe, it's a great opportunity to learn in an overseas context. Hope it helps! 

[gunsforhands]

Hi Monash,

I am currently a first year undergraduate student completing an arts degree. I am interested in transferring into an arts/law double degree next year but am a bit confused about the steps I need to complete to change course. I know I need to maintain at least a distinction average across my subjects (which I have, at the moment), and I know I meet the prerequisites, but I'm not totally sure about who I need to talk to in order to start the transferring process, and i've found the instructions on the Monash website a bit vague :/

Any help or advice you can offer would be really great!

Thanks a lot

[Ask Monash University]

Hi Monash,

I am currently a first year undergraduate student completing an arts degree. I am interested in transferring into an arts/law double degree next year but am a bit confused about the steps I need to complete to change course. I know I need to maintain at least a distinction average across my subjects (which I have, at the moment), and I know I meet the prerequisites, but I'm not totally sure about who I need to talk to in order to start the transferring process, and i've found the instructions on the Monash website a bit vague :/

Any help or advice you can offer would be really great!

Thanks a lot

Hi gunsforhands
Thank you for your question here on AtarNotes. For current students of Monash, we recommend you reach out to Monash Connect for any enquiries as they will have an answer for you. Lodge a question with ask.monash or call the Connect team on 1800 MONASH (1800 666 274). Hope it helps.

[HasibA]

Hey!
just wondering, what would be the main differences between a Bachelor of Commerce/I.T vs a Bachelor of Business/I.T vs a bachelor of Business Specialist/I.t ? roughly what would be the contact hours of these courses (i know it depends on majors, etc. but roughly)

thanks!

[Ask Monash University]

Hey!
just wondering, what would be the main differences between a Bachelor of Commerce/I.T vs a Bachelor of Business/I.T vs a bachelor of Business Specialist/I.t ? roughly what would be the contact hours of these courses (i know it depends on majors, etc. but roughly)

thanks!

Hi HasibA
The main differences between our Bachelor of Commerce and the Bachelor of Business degrees are the majors offered in each. The contact hours are quite similar, although this does depend on the units you select. As a rough guide, you could be looking at around 12-14 contact hours per week.
 
Within the Bachelor of Business, students can choose up to 2 major study areas from Accounting, Banking and finance, Business statistics, Economics and business strategy, Business law, Taxation, Marketing, Business management, Human resource management and International business. On the other hand, the Bachelor of Commerce offers majors in Accounting, Finance, Actuarial studies, Econometrics, Economics, Marketing science, Behavioural commerce, Management studies and Sustainability.
 
The Bachelor of Business Specialist is available if you would like to specialise in either accounting, banking and finance, international business or marketing. Specialist degrees are for those who have a specific career goal and would like to specialise from day one. When you graduate, your degree will reflect your specialisation, e.g. Bachelor of International Business.

Hope the information helps!
 

[alxhrmnn]

3 things :

1) When I check VTAC I found that some of your degrees cannot be found (I was looking particularly for the PharmSci/Engineering double which I could not find the course code for either). Any help for this?

2) Housing. Obviously Monash is v. far away and at one stage I may get sick of taking hours of public transport daily. Is affordable housing easy to find (I say affordable so living on campus is NOT an option)? Is there some kind of service I could use for help? Can anyone tell me an approx. pricing for housing?

3) Your Medicine MD: Is there a place I could see which countries it is accredited for?

[shlblk]

Hi,
Just wondering what the difference is between the computational science major in the bachelor of science as opposed to what you'd be doing in a bachelor of computer science degree?
Thanks.