Undergraduate: Course rule and topic information
Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)
Bachelor of Commerce (Finance)
(BCom)
Program of study
Honours degree
Combined degrees programs
INTRODUCTION
The Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) or Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) requires three years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time) and the honours program an additional year (or the equivalent part-time).
The course is offered by the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Enrolment in the honours program may be offered to a student who meets certain academic criteria and subject to the school/department being able to provide appropriate resources and staff to supervise the program of study.
The Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) or Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) may also be studied in a combined degrees program with a:
COURSE AIMS
The course provides a broad-based and highly flexible educational preparation for a wide choice of professional, business-related careers in private and public enterprise. Its aims are:
- to provide students with the appropriate knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes for successful careers in business-related fields;
- to provide students with the opportunity to possess professional as well as academic credentials;
- beyond the foundation topics specified for first year, to provide students with the choice of two specialisations (Accounting or Finance) with wide choices for other sequences and individual topics to be included in their degree;
- to provide considerable scope for studies beyond those which are specifically business oriented, and to encourage students to avail themselves of the widening educational experience thus afforded;
- to ensure that students are given access to, and become proficient in using advanced technologies relevant to business-related careers.
COURSE RULE
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements.
PROGRAM OF STUDY
[November, 2007]
A student's program of study must be approved by the Program Approver.
To qualify for the Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) or Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) a student must complete 108 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic. This must include:
- 22.5 units of core topics; and
- a 45-unit specialisation in either accounting or finance (which may contain First Year core topics)
To complete the 108 units, topics may be selected from any offered by the University provided course and topic prerequisites requirements are met. No more than 45 units of First Year topics may be included.
FIRST YEAR CORE TOPICS
22.5 units comprising:
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BUSN1001 |
Accounting for Managers |
4.5 |
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BUSN1007 |
Introductory Microeconomics |
4.5 |
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BUSN1009 |
Quantitative Methods |
4.5 |
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BUSN1010 |
Introduction to Business Law |
4.5 |
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COMP1101 |
Information Communication Technology 1A |
4.5 |
plus 13.5 units of elective topics [see below]
SPECIALISATIONS
Accounting #
45 units comprising:
# Students will be required to take BUSN2018 Corporations Law and BUSN2007 Financial Management as electives if they require professional body accreditation.
Finance
45 units comprising:
Electives
Elective topics may be selected from any offered by the University, provided course and topic prerequisites requirements are met.
Restrictions / Conditions
Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.
Except with permission of the Faculty Board the course must be completed within 10 consecutive years or, where credit has been granted for previous work, a period determined by the Board.
The award of a grade of Fail (F) in the same topic on more than one occasion may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University's policy on Student Progress.
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