1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Admission requirements
A student may be admitted into the Bachelor of Business
(Honours) program if they have satisfied the requirements
for a Swinburne Bachelor of Business degree and have
achieved an average level of attainment of a credit (C) or
better in an appropriate discipline or range of disciplines
considered by the Division of Business, Humanities and
Social Science Honours Committee to be acceptable for
entry to the Bachelor of Business (Honours) program.
Program timetable
The honours program consists of a 25% research
methodology component, a 25% discipline specific
component and a 50% research project component or a
50% discipline specific component and 50% research
component at the discretion of the discipline.
Research methodology component
The research methodology subject (BQ405) aims to equip
students with the necessary research skills to conduct
studies for higher degrees. It is designed to facilitate the
development of independent learning skills. Students will
be presented with various research methodologies
appropriate to their chosen discipline as well as those used
in other disciplines. Two-thirds of the subject will be
presented as a common core, with one third of the syllabus
being discipline specific. Assessment will be based on
assignments, casestudies and presentations and teaching
methods will include formal lectures and tutorial discussion
groups and will make extensive use of library resources.
This subject is compulsory for all Bachelor of Business
(Honours) students and no prerequisite is necessary.
Subject to approval from the Division of Business,
Humanities and Social Science Honours Committee, a pass
in an equivalent subject at a graduate level may entitle the
student to an exemption from this subject.
Discipline specific and research components
Students should seek advice from the Honours Convener
in the appropriate school when formulating their discipline
specific course of study and their research project proposal.
Students may, subject to approval, undertake selected
honours level coursework subjects from other schools,
divisions, or institutions provided that they show the
relevance of these coursework subjects to their proposed
area of research. Such arrangements are subject to the
student having any necessary prerequisite studies and may
be subject to any quotas imposed on these subjects by the
offering school.
Students must submit a proposal to their Honours
Convener for approval before the commencement of their
honours program. Approval for a student's discipline
specific course of study and research project proposal shall
be subject to the availability of any necessary resources and
the availability of appropriate staff supervision. Research
projects may be individually supervised or supervised
within a group seminar setting.
As part of the Bachelor of Business (Honours) program,
students may be required to make class presentations at
progressive stages in their program and to attend and
participate fully in a series of seminars conducted by staff.
At the end of their research component students will be
required to submit a written dissertation of about 15 000
words.
Course Administrator
Vicki Ryan
Telephone: (03) 9214 8082
Swinburne University of Technology 1997 Handbook