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Uni Stuff => Universities - Victoria => Monash University => Topic started by: samuch on December 12, 2011, 11:02:46 pm

Title: 3 majors or 3 sep degrees
Post by: samuch on December 12, 2011, 11:02:46 pm

Hey guys,

Next year I will continue with my second year of a bachelor of commerce/bachelor of science degree and have contacted buseco about wanting to complete a double major for the commerce part of my degree. All they said was that there is a maximum of 16 units I can take, hence I can only complete one major. I have figured out that I would need 20 to complete the double major since I have some subjects that overlap between my other intended majors.
So I was just wondering, how can I be exempt from this 'maximum of 16 units' rule? Im assuming there would be a minimum grade average needed, does anyone know what it would be?
This may be a bit far-fetched but if this exemption isn't possible (although I have seen other threads that say it is), is it possible to be enrolled in two courses at once? (The course I'm doing now and another bachelor of commerce majoring in the second major) :P

Any help would be appreciated
Thanks!

Title: Re: 3 majors or 3 sep degrees
Post by: dc302 on December 12, 2011, 11:42:39 pm

I don't think it's possible to 'get out of' the 'rule'. For example, I'm assuming your degree is 4 years in duration. That means you can do a minimum and maximum of 32 subjects. That means 16 in commerce, 16 in science, if I'm not mistaken.

Title: Re: 3 majors or 3 sep degrees
Post by: mystikal on December 13, 2011, 01:05:18 pm

umm you should talk to truetears i think he is doin b comm/b science and he has 3 majors accorin to his signature.

Title: Re: 3 majors or 3 sep degrees
Post by: samuch on December 14, 2011, 08:55:44 pm

thanks guys, ill ask truetears

Title: Re: 3 majors or 3 sep degrees
Post by: TrueTears on December 14, 2011, 10:32:04 pm

hey samuch, yeah alot of finance/actuarial studies units overlap, if you ask the buseco faculty to overload per semester you can do a double major - this is what I did. However they only allow you to do it if you have a good enough GPA/WAM.

Title: Re: 3 majors or 3 sep degrees
Post by: samuch on December 15, 2011, 09:13:41 am

Thanks! I have a D GPA, do you know if thats good enough?

Title: Re: 3 majors or 3 sep degrees
Post by: dc302 on December 15, 2011, 11:59:31 am

A D GPA is fine, they say you need above 75% I think which is what you have.

nvm: youre at monash, I dont know then

Title: Re: 3 majors or 3 sep degrees
Post by: TrueTears on December 16, 2011, 05:10:56 pm

Quote from: samuch on December 15, 2011, 09:13:41 am

Thanks! I have a D GPA, do you know if thats good enough?

They never told me the cutoff haha, that should be good though, however I do think they look at specific unit marks as well, say ECC1100 and ECC1000.

Title: Re: 3 majors or 3 sep degrees
Post by: samuch on December 17, 2011, 03:30:45 pm

Quote from: TrueTears on December 16, 2011, 05:10:56 pm

Quote from: samuch on December 15, 2011, 09:13:41 am

Thanks! I have a D GPA, do you know if thats good enough?

They never told me the cutoff haha, that should be good though, however I do think they look at specific unit marks as well, say ECC1100 and ECC1000.

oh okay, do you remember who you spoke to regarding all of this though?

Title: Re: 3 majors or 3 sep degrees
Post by: TrueTears on December 17, 2011, 03:48:32 pm

First I went to the utility tutes (these were an actuarial studies unit), I asked the tutor there, forgot his name lol, but then i went to the department in the menzies and asked them.