BCom/BGlobSt

Credit points

320

Minimum duration

4 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Approved locations

  • Brisbane
  • Melbourne
  • North Sydney

Note:

Students in Sydney are required to complete units at North Sydney and Strathfield campuses. Enrolment is via North Sydney campus. Students will not be required to travel between campuses on the same day.


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 comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy that includes meeting a minimum ATAR requirement.

International applicants need to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements as defined in 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 level, or equivalent:

StatePrerequisites

New South Wales

Assumed Knowledge: 2 units of English (any) (Band 3)

Queensland

Prerequisites: English (Units 3 & 4, C)

Victoria

Prerequisites: Units 3 and 4 – a study score of at least 25 in English (EAL) or 20 in any other English.

Disclaimer: The course entry requirements above are for 2023 Admission. Refer to your relevant Tertiary Admission Centre website for future years' entry requirements.



Completion requirements

To qualify for the degrees, a student must complete 320 cp consisting of:

a. 180 cp selected in accordance with the requirements for the Bachelor of Commerce, consisting of:

  1. 60 cp from Specified Business Units (Part A);
  2. 80 cp from one Major (Part B);
  3. 40 cp from one Minor (Part C); OR 40 cp Electives from the Schedule of Unit Offerings in School of Business, or units from other disciplines (subject to campus availability, unit limitation and provided that prerequisite requirements are met.) (Part D)

b. 120 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of;

  1. 30 cp of Global Studies Specified Units (Part E)
  2. 10 cp of units from Global Studies List A (Part F);
  3. 10 cp of units from Global Studies List B (Part G);
  4. 10 cp of units from Global Studies List C (Part H);
  5. 40 cp from Global Study Abroad OR Global Studies International Internship OR Rome Semester Program (Part I);
  6. 20 cp from Global Studies Electives (Part J);

c. 20 cp from the Core Curriculum Units (Part K).

Progression requirements

Students normally complete 100- level units before undertaking related 200-level units, and 200-level units before undertaking related 300-level units.

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Schedule of unit offerings

Complete exactly 60 credit points from the following:

  • BUSN104Money Matters10 CP

    Business Foundation Unit

  • BUSN112Managing Markets10 CP

    Business Foundation Unit

  • BUSN113Managing People and Organisations10 CP

    Business Foundation Unit

  • ITEC100Information Technology in Action10 CP

    Business Foundation Unit

  • BIPX202Community Engagement: Building Strengths and Capabilities10 CP
  • BIPX301Professional Experience10 CP

Complete exactly 80 credit points from the following:

  • ACCTAccounting80 CP

    Students undertaking an Accounting major must take ECON106 Microeconomics 1: Theory and Applications as one of their Global Studies electives. A student undertaking an Accounting major must undertake BAFN200 Principles of Finance instead of ECON200 Business Economics.

  • DATAData Analytics80 CP

    Not offered in Blacktown, Brisbane and Melbourne in 2023

  • HRMGHuman Resource Management80 CP
  • MKTGMarketing80 CP
  • MNGTManagement80 CP

Students undertaking an Accounting major must take ECON106 Microeconomics 1: Theory and Applications as one of their Global Studies electives.

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

  • ACCTAccounting40 CP
  • DATAData Analytics40 CP
  • ENTREntrepreneurship40 CP
  • EVMGEvent Management40 CP
  • FINCFinance40 CP
  • HRMGHuman Resource Management40 CP
  • INDBIndigenous Business Studies40 CP
  • INFMInformatics40 CP
  • INBUInternational Business40 CP
  • MNGTManagement40 CP
  • MKTGMarketing40 CP

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

  • ACCT210Accounting Foundations10 CP
  • BUSN104Money Matters10 CP
  • BUSN112Managing Markets10 CP
  • BUSN113Managing People and Organisations10 CP
  • LEGL101Introduction to Business Law: Legal Frameworks for Businesses10 CP
  • LAWS104Foundations of Law and Legal Research10 CP
  • LAWS105Contract Law10 CP
  • LAWS106Criminal Law and Procedure10 CP
  • LAWS107Introduction to Australian Public Law10 CP
  • LCRM101Introduction to Criminology10 CP
  • LCRM102Violence through History10 CP
  • LCRM104Juvenile Justice10 CP
  • ITEC100Information Technology in Action10 CP
  • ITEC102Python Fundamentals For Data Science10 CP
  • ACCT207Financial Accounting10 CP
  • ACCT209Corporate Accounting10 CP
  • BAFN200Principles of Finance10 CP
  • BAFN203Financial Planning10 CP
  • BAFN204Portfolio Management: Investing Wisely10 CP
  • BAFN205Financial Instruments and Institutions10 CP
  • BAFN206New Venture Finance10 CP
  • BAFN207Financial Institutions Risk Management10 CP
  • BIPX202Community Engagement: Building Strengths and Capabilities10 CP
  • BUSN201International Business10 CP
  • ECON200Economics: Policy Frameworks and Markets10 CP
  • EMGT201Event Management: Planning a Successful Event10 CP
  • EMGT202Event Management: Design and Sustainability10 CP
  • ENTR201Entrepreneurial Mindset10 CP
  • ENTR202Social Entrepreneurship10 CP
  • HRMG200Applied Human Resource Management10 CP
  • HRMG201Strategic Human Resource Development10 CP
  • HRMG204Organisational Behaviour10 CP
  • HRMG207Introduction to Human Resource Management10 CP
  • HRMG208Performance Planning and Development10 CP
  • HRMG213Sustainable Staffing and Remuneration10 CP
  • HRMG214Recruitment, Selection and Remuneration10 CP
  • ITEC200Data and Information Management10 CP
  • ITEC201Fundamentals of Information Technology10 CP
  • ITEC202Data Management and Visualisation10 CP
  • ITEC203Introduction to Data Science and Machine Learning10 CP
  • ITEC204Introduction to Cyber Security10 CP
  • ITEC206Business Requirement Analysis10 CP
  • ITEC217Programming Concepts10 CP
  • ITEC225Systems Analysis and Design10 CP
  • ITEC228Fundamentals of Business Information Systems10 CP
  • LAWS200Business Organisations10 CP
  • LEGL201Company Law: Directors and Corporate Regulation10 CP
  • MGMT205Evidence-Based Decision Making10 CP
  • MGMT212Global Comparative Management10 CP
  • MGMT213Organisational Analysis10 CP
  • MGMT214Leadership and Organisational Sustainability10 CP
  • MKTG200Marketing Research10 CP
  • MKTG201Buyer Behaviour10 CP
  • MKTG202Marketing Communications: Engaging Stakeholders10 CP
  • MKTG207Marketing Toolkit10 CP
  • MKTG208Services Marketing10 CP
  • MKTG209Digital Marketing: The Connected Space10 CP
  • STAT207Business Data Analysis10 CP
  • ACCT300Auditing10 CP
  • ACCT303Strategic Management Accounting10 CP
  • ACCT305Accounting Information Systems10 CP
  • BAFN310Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Finance10 CP
  • BAFN311Emerging Technologies in Finance10 CP
  • BIPX301Professional Experience10 CP
  • BUSN302International Trade10 CP
  • BUSN304Working with Diversity and Conflict10 CP
  • EMGT301Event Management: Economic Social and Environmental Impacts10 CP
  • ENTR301Managing Entrepreneurship and Innovation10 CP
  • ENTR302Product Creation in Start Ups10 CP
  • ENTR303Strategic New Venture Planning10 CP
  • HRMG302Employment Relations and Legal Frameworks10 CP
  • HRMG308Strategic HRM: Metrics and Analytics10 CP
  • HRMG310Global Human Resource Management and Sustainability10 CP
  • HRMG311Sustainable Human Resource Management and Global Stakeholders10 CP
  • ITEC301AI-Powered Augmented Analytics10 CP
  • ITEC302Big Data Analytics10 CP
  • ITEC303Managing Data Analytics Projects10 CP
  • ITEC304Mining Web and Social Media Data10 CP
  • ITEC311Network Security and Applications10 CP
  • ITEC312Information Technology Project Part A (Project Management)10 CP
  • ITEC313Advanced Programming Concepts10 CP
  • ITEC316Business Process Modelling10 CP
  • ITEC320Work Integrated Learning10 CP
  • ITEC321Information Systems Strategy and Management10 CP
  • ITEC322Information Technology Project Part B (Software Engineering)10 CP
  • ITEC323Web and Mobile Application Development10 CP
  • ITEC325Applied Data Mining10 CP
  • ITEC326Information Systems Security10 CP
  • ITEC327Essentials of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning10 CP
  • ITEC330Information Technology Capstone Project20 CP
  • LEGL300Taxation Law10 CP
  • LEGL309Australian Financial Markets and Services Law10 CP
  • MGMT304Strategic Management10 CP
  • MGMT305Management and Leadership10 CP
  • MGMT308Project Management10 CP
  • MGMT309Governance, Risk and Operations Management10 CP
  • MGMT310Organisational Change for Sustainability10 CP
  • MKTG301International Marketing: The Borderless World10 CP
  • MKTG313Strategic Marketing and Planning10 CP
  • MKTG314Managing Products and Brands in the Competitive Marketplace10 CP
  • MKTG318Social Impact of Marketing10 CP
  • MKTG319Marketing Analytics10 CP
  • OHSE312Worker Health and Wellbeing10 CP
  • OHSE313Hazard and Incident Management10 CP
  • OHSE321Physical Hazards in the Occupational Environment10 CP
  • OHSE331Introduction to Occupational Health Safety and Environmental Law10 CP
  • OHSE341Occupational Health Safety and Environment Performance Measurement10 CP

(subject to campus availability, unit limitation and provided that prerequisite requirements are met.)

Complete exactly 30 credit points from the following:

  • HIST115Global History: Six Degrees of Separation10 CP
  • POLS104Introduction to International Relations10 CP
  • GLST305Global Studies Research Project10 CP

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

  • DVST200Refugees and Forced Migration10 CP
  • GEOG216Climate Change: Past, Present and Future10 CP
  • GEOG218Natural Disasters: Risk, Response and Resilience10 CP
  • HIST251Human Rights in History10 CP
  • PHIL202Justice, Authority and Human Rights10 CP
  • POLS213Security, Terrorism and Human Rights10 CP
  • SOCS201Social Justice and the New Economy10 CP
  • SOCS209Race and Ethnicity: Australian and Global Perspectives10 CP

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

  • ECON222Economics of the Developing World10 CP
  • ECON223The Global Economy10 CP
  • GEOG214Sustainability: The Global Challenge10 CP
  • GEOG217Political Geography: Borders, Migration and Conflict10 CP
  • HIST267Diasporas and Journeys: Migration in World History10 CP
  • POLS219Post-Colonial and Non-Western Politics10 CP
  • SOCS243Global Health10 CP

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

  • DVST303Development Advocacy10 CP
  • GEOG310Sustainable Cities and Communities10 CP
  • GEOG313Environmental and Heritage Management10 CP
  • POLS309World Politics and Justice10 CP
  • SOCS301Social Justice and Economy10 CP

Part I.1 OR Part I.2 OR Part I.3

    Part I.1 : Global Study Abroad

    Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

  • GLST301Global Study Abroad A10 CP
  • GLST302Global Study Abroad B10 CP
  • GLST303Global Study Abroad C10 CP
  • GLST304Global Study Abroad D10 CP

    • Part I.2 : Global Study International Internship

    Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

  • GLST300Global Study International Internship40 CP

    • *At the discretion of the Dean of the National School of Arts and Humanities, a student who can demonstrate exceptional and ongoing personal circumstances beyond their control (eg. chronic illness) that prevent them from travelling overseas may be allowed to substitute study abroad or the international internship with GLST306 Global Studies Special Project. Where an ongoing risk applies to more than one student, eg (travel advisory bans; health pandemic etc) GLST306 may also be offered at the discretion of the Dean of the National School of Arts and Humanities.)

    Part I.3 : Rome Semester Program

    40 credit points from units offered as the Rome Semester Program, selected in consultation with the Course Coordinator.

Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

  • BIOL129Foundations of Ecology10 CP

  • COMM222Communication in a Global Society10 CP

  • DVST100Introduction to International Development Studies10 CP

  • DVST101Humanitarian Work and Aid10 CP

  • DVST200Refugees and Forced Migration10 CP

    Global Migration Units

  • DVST203Qualitative Research Methodologies for Development Projects10 CP

  • DVST204Project Management for Development10 CP

  • DVST303Development Advocacy10 CP

    Race, Rights and Ethics Units

  • ECON222Economics of the Developing World10 CP

    Global Economics Units

  • ECON223The Global Economy10 CP

    Global Economics Units

  • ENGL111Literature Across Time and Space10 CP

  • ENGL204American Writing10 CP

    International Units - The Americas

  • ENGL232Irish Literature10 CP

    International Units - Europe and Britain

  • ENGL333Global Literary Cultures10 CP

  • ENVR102Earth Science10 CP

  • GEOG110Exploring Natural Environments10 CP
  • GEOG111Exploring Human Environments10 CP

    Global Economics Units

  • GEOG214Sustainability: The Global Challenge10 CP
  • GEOG216Climate Change: Past, Present and Future10 CP
  • GEOG217Political Geography: Borders, Migration and Conflict10 CP

    International Units - Asia

  • GEOG218Natural Disasters: Risk, Response and Resilience10 CP
  • GEOG310Sustainable Cities and Communities10 CP

    Global Economics Units

  • GEOG313Environmental and Heritage Management10 CP
  • HIST208Fascism10 CP

    International Units - Europe and Britain

  • HIST209Revolutionary Europe 1789-191710 CP

    International Units - Europe and Britain

  • HIST214Immigrants and Refugees in Australian History10 CP

    Global Migration Units

  • HIST215Europe Divided and United 1945-Present10 CP

    International Units - Europe and Britain

  • HIST225Us Foreign Policy Since 194510 CP

    International Units - The Americas

  • HIST229Rebels and Revolutions in Latin America10 CP

    International Units - The Americas

  • HIST251Human Rights in History10 CP

    Race, Rights and Ethics Units

  • HIST256War and Peace10 CP

    War, Peace and Security Units

  • HIST260Keep Calm and Carry on British History Since 190110 CP

    International Units - Europe and Britain

  • HIST261The Rise of Asia in the Modern World10 CP

    International Units - Asia

  • HIST262Money and Power in the Western World10 CP

  • HIST263The Making of Modern America, 1865 to 194510 CP

    International Units - The Americas

  • HIST267Diasporas and Journeys: Migration in World History10 CP

    Global Migration Units

  • HIST327Settler Colonies in Indigenous Lands10 CP

    Race, Rights and Ethics Units

  • HIST342A History of the Present10 CP

  • HUMA252Art, Politics and Society in Renaissance and Baroque Rome10 CP

  • HUMA319Rome Field School: Landscapes Past and Present10 CP
  • ITAN101Introductory Italian10 CP

  • MUSC280Music, Culture and Diversity10 CP

  • PHIL107Philosophy of World Religions10 CP

  • PHIL202Justice, Authority and Human Rights10 CP

    Race, Rights and Ethics Units

  • POLS105Introduction to Human Rights10 CP
  • POLS201Middle Eastern Politics10 CP

    International Units - Middle East

  • POLS203American Politics and Culture10 CP

    International Units - The Americas

  • POLS211The Dragon Awakens: China and the New World10 CP

    International Units - Asia

  • POLS213Security, Terrorism and Human Rights10 CP

    War, Peace and Security Units

  • POLS214The Nature of Democracy10 CP

    Race, Rights and Ethics Units

  • POLS216Populism in the 21st Century: From Brexit to Trump and Beyond10 CP

    Race, Rights and Ethics Units

  • POLS217Religion and World Politics10 CP

  • POLS218Authoritarianism in the 21st Century10 CP

  • SOCS201Social Justice and the New Economy10 CP

  • SOCS202Culture: Rights, Representation, Resistance10 CP

  • SOCS206Globalisation, Religion and Modernity10 CP

  • SOCS207Meaning of Life: Researching Qualitatively10 CP

  • SOCS208The Power of Social Connection: Social Capital Revealed10 CP

  • SOCS209Race and Ethnicity: Australian and Global Perspectives10 CP

    Race, Rights and Ethics Units

  • SOCS210The Social and Cultural Life of Fijian Young People10 CP
  • SOCS226Global Youth Cultures10 CP

  • SOCS243Global Health10 CP
  • SOCS302People Count: Researching Globally with Quantitative Methods10 CP
  • SPAN101Introductory Spanish10 CP
  • THSR200Introducing Asian Religions10 CP

    International Units - Asia

  • THSR205Introducing Judaism and Islam10 CP

A unit cannot be double counted or fulfil two different roles within the Arts-Global Studies double degree. For example, a Global Studies elective unit cannot also be counted towards a student’s Arts Major or Minor.


A student undertaking an Accounting major must undertake BAFN200 Principles of Finance instead of ECON200 Business Economics.


Students may also choose electives from the following units (subject to availability and prerequisites):

Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

  • UNCC100Self and Community: Exploring the Anatomy of Modern Society10 CP
  • PHCC102Being Human10 CP
  • PHCC104Ethics and the Good Life10 CP
  • UNCC300Justice and Change in a Global World10 CP
  • PHCC320The Just Society10 CP


Course map

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Course maps are subject to change. Always check your Course Enrolment Guide before you finalise your enrolment.

Data Analytics Major - Commencing Semester 1

  • Specified Business Units ITEC100 Information Technology in Action 10 cp
  • Specified Business UnitsBUSN112Managing Markets10 cp
  • Specified Business UnitsBUSN113Managing People and Organisations10 cp
  • Global Studies Specified UnitsHIST115Global History: Six Degrees of Separation10 cp
  • Specified Business UnitsBUSN104Money Matters10 cp
  • Major - DATA - Data Analytics - Data Analytics Specified UnitsITEC102Python Fundamentals For Data Science10 cp
  • Global Studies Specified UnitsPOLS104Introduction to International Relations10 cp
  • Core Curriculum Units Core Curriculum Unit 1See the ACU Core Curriculum page for details10 cp

Management Major - Commencing Semester 1

Marketing Major - Commencing Semester 1

Accounting Major (CPA Accredited) - Commencing Semester 1

For professional accreditation in Accounting, students must complete both the major and minor in Accounting.

Accounting Major (Non-Accredited) -

Human Resource Major - Commencing Semester 1

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