BA/BCom
Credit points
320
Minimum duration
4 years full-time or equivalent part-time.
Approved locations
- Brisbane
- Melbourne
- Strathfield
EFTSL value of units : All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.
Admission requirements
An applicant must also comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy .
To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites at year 12, or equivalent:
State | Prerequisites |
---|---|
New South Wales | Prerequisites: English (Standard) (Band 2), EAL (Band 3) Assumed knowledge: For Mathematics major or minor: Mathematics (not Mathematics General 2). Recommended studies: For Visual Arts minor: Visual Arts. |
Queensland | Prerequisites: English (Units 3 & 4, C) |
Victoria | Prerequisites: Units 3 and 4 - a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or 25 in any other English. Assumed knowledge: For Mathematics major or minor: Satisfactory completion of Math Methods Unit 3 & 4. |
International applicants need to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements as defined in the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy .
Disclaimer: The course entry requirements above are for 2022 Admission. The Course entry requirements above are for 2021 Admission. Refer to your relevant Tertiary Admission Centre website for future years' entry requirements.
Definition
Bachelor of Arts Major: 80 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, normally including at least 10 cp at introductory level, at least 40 cp at 200 level and at least 20 cp from 300 level.
Bachelor of Arts Minor: 40 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, normally including at least 10 cp at introductory level and at least 20 cp at advanced level.
Bachelor of Commerce Major: 80 cp in prescribed units in one discipline, normally including at least 10 cp at introductory level, at least 40 cp at 200 level and at least 20 cp from 300 level.
Completion requirements
To qualify for the degree, a student must complete 320 cp, consisting of:
- 180 cp selected in accordance with the requirements of the Bachelor of Commerce degree consisting of:
- 60 cp from Bachelor of Commerce Specified Business Units (Part A);
- 80 cp from a Bachelor of Commerce major in Accounting, Human Resource Management or Marketing (Part B); and
- 40 cp from a Bachelor of Commerce Minor in Accounting, Human Resource Management or Marketing (Part C); OR
- 40 cp Electives from the Schedule of Unit Offerings for the Bachelor of Commerce (subject to campus availability, unit limitations and provided that prerequisite and corequisite requirements are met) (Part D).
- 120 cp selected in accordance with the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree, consisting of:
- 80 cp from a Major other than a Business Studies Major (Part E);
- 40 cp from a Minor other than Business Studies (Part F) or 40 cp electives from other units listed in the Bachelor of Arts Schedule of Unit Offerings [1](Part G)
- 20 cp Core Curriculum Units (Part H).
Part A : Bachelor of Commerce Specified Business Units
Complete exactly 60 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
BUSN104 | Money Matters | 10 | Business Foundation Unit |
BUSN112 | Managing Markets | 10 | Business Foundation Unit |
BUSN113 | Managing People and Organisations | 10 | Business Foundation Unit |
ITEC100 | Information Technology Professional Skills and Practices | 10 | Business Foundation Unit |
BIPX202 | Community Engagement: Building Strengths and Capabilities | 10 | |
BIPX301 | Professional Experience | 10 |
Part B : Bachelor of Commerce Major
Complete exactly 1 of the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
ACCT | Accounting | 80 | |
HRMG | Human Resource Management | 80 | |
MKTG | Marketing | 80 |
Part C : Bachelor of Commerce Minors
Complete exactly 1 of the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
ACCT | Accounting | 40 | |
HRMG | Human Resource Management | 40 | |
MKTG | Marketing | 40 |
Students should refer to the Bachelor of Commerce Schedule of Unit Offerings - Minors for units listed in the following Bachelor of Commerce Minors in the Faculty of Law and Business.
Part D : Elective Units - Bachelor of Commerce
Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
BCOM | Bachelor of Commerce | 240 |
Part E : Major - Bachelor of Arts
Complete exactly 80 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
ARCH | Archaeology | 80 | |
BUSD | Business Studies | 80 | |
DETI | Design and Technologies | 80 | |
DRAM | Drama | 80 | |
ECON | Economics | 80 | |
ENGL | English | 80 | |
GEES | Geography, Environment and Society | 80 | |
HIST | History | 80 | |
INDV | International Development Studies | 80 | |
LANS | Languages | 80 | |
LEGL | Legal Studies | 80 | |
MATH | Mathematics | 80 | |
MEDI | Media | 80 | |
MUSC | Music | 80 | |
PHIL | Philosophy | 80 | |
PINR | Politics and International Relations | 80 | |
PSYC | Psychology | 80 | |
SOCI | Sociology | 80 | |
SRLG | Study of Religions | 80 | |
THSD | Theological Studies | 80 | |
VISU | Visual Arts | 80 |
Part F : Minor - Bachelor of Arts
Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
ARCH | Archaeology | 40 | |
BUSD | Business Studies | 40 | |
COMM | Communication | 40 | |
COMS | Community Services | 40 | |
CRWR | Creative Writing | 40 | |
DRAM | Drama | 40 | |
DTCO | Digital Technologies (Computing) | 40 | |
ECON | Economics | 40 | |
EDUC | Education | 40 | |
ENGL | English | 40 | |
GEES | Geography, Environment and Society | 40 | |
GLST | Global Studies | 40 | |
GRDE | Graphic Design | 40 | |
HIST | History | 40 | |
HLDV | Healthy Development | 40 | |
INDV | International Development Studies | 40 | |
LANS | Languages | 40 | |
LEGL | Legal Studies | 40 | |
MATH | Mathematics | 40 | |
MEDI | Media | 40 | |
MUSC | Music | 40 | |
PHIL | Philosophy | 40 | |
PINR | Politics and International Relations | 40 | |
PSYC | Psychology | 40 | |
SOCI | Sociology | 40 | |
THSD | Theological Studies | 40 | |
VEAM | Veterans Arts Minor | 40 | |
VISU | Visual Arts | 40 | |
YWRK | Youth Work | 40 |
For the Schedule of Unit offerings in the Bachelor of Arts refer to the Bachelor of Arts Course Rules .
Part G : Electives from the Schedule of Unit Offerings for the Bachelor of Arts
Complete 0 to 40 credit points from the following:
Students undertaking an Accounting major must take ECON102 Microeconomics 1 as part of their Arts Major, Minor or as an Elective.
For the Schedule of Unit offerings in the Bachelor of Arts refer to the Bachelor of Arts Course Rules.
Part H : Core Curriculum Units
Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
UNCC100 | Self and Community: Exploring the Anatomy of Modern Society | 10 | OR |
PHCC102 | Being Human | 10 | OR |
PHCC104 | Ethics and the Good Life | 10 |
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
UNCC300 | Justice and Change in a Global World | 10 | OR |
PHCC320 | The Just Society | 10 |
1.Students undertaking an Accounting major must take ECON102 Microeconomics 1 as part of their Arts Major, Minor or as an Elective.