Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)
Bachelor of Commerce (Finance)

The combined degrees program of Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting), Bachelor of Commerce (Finance)/Bachelor of Government and Public Management requires the completion of a minimum of 144 units of study.

All students enrolling for the first time in either degree will be given the option at enrolment of undertaking the combined degrees program, subject to their meeting the cut-off score and entry requirements for the other degree.

Eligible students who decline the offer to take up the combined degrees program at enrolment and wish in a subsequent year to enrol in the combined degrees program will be required to apply to SATAC for admission to the other degree. In some cases these students may have to undertake more than 144 units to complete the requirements of the combined degrees program and they are encouraged to seek advice from the relevant course coordinator before applying.

Students who commence but subsequently do not wish to complete the combined degrees program may be eligible to transfer to either the Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting), Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) or Bachelor of Government and Public Management program and to receive credit for some or all of the topics already completed.

Program of study [November, 2008]

To qualify for the combined degrees of Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting), Bachelor of Commerce (Finance)/Bachelor of Government and Public Management, a student must complete the following program of study with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic:

• a Commerce component of at least 63 units for the Bachelor of Commerce [see the Bachelor of Commerce course rule for further information];
• a Government and Public Management component of at least 66 units for the Bachelor of Government and Public Management, 6 units of which overlap with topics in the core Commerce component;
• sufficient other units to make at least 144 units in total.

The Commerce component of at least 63 units for the Bachelor of Commerce as follows

• a core Commerce component (total 22.5 units)

Additional topics required for Specialisation

Specialisation: Accounting *

45 units comprising:

BUSN1001	Accounting for Managers	4.5
BUSN1002	Financial Accounting Processes	4.5
BUSN2004	Cost and Management Accounting	6
BUSN2005	Financial Accounting Issues	6
BUSN3002	Company Accounting	6
BUSN3003	Auditing	6
BUSN3019	Perspectives on Accounting	6
BUSN3022	Taxation Law and Practice	6

* Students who wish to become members of the professional accounting bodies must undertake BUSN2018 Corporations Law, and BUSN2007 Financial Management as electives.

Additional topics required for Specialisation

Specialisation: Finance

45 units comprising:

BUSN1007	Introductory Microeconomics	4.5
BUSN1008	Introductory Macroeconomics	4.5
BUSN2007	Financial Management	6
BUSN2008	Financial Markets	6
BUSN2013	Macroeconomics	6
BUSN3004	Corporate Finance	6
BUSN3012	International Finance	6
BUSN3016	Investments	6

Electives

Elective topics may be selected from any offered by the University, provided entry and course requirements are met.

Government and Public Management component

The Government and Public Management component of at least 66 units must include

POLI1003	Australian Politics: A Comparative Study *	4.5
POLI1009	Government, Business and Society *	4.5
BUSN1001	Accounting for Managers	4.5
BUSN1005	Introduction to Management	4.5
POLI2015	Australian Government and Public Policy	6
	Any Second or Third Year Public Policy sequence topic	6
	Any Other Second or Third Year Public Policy sequence topic	6
BUSN2009	Human Resource Management	4.5
BUSN2015	Marketing Management	6
POLI3101	Advanced Pespectives on Public Policy	6
BUSN3013	International Human Resource Management	6

Any one of:

BUSN2014	Managerial Economics	6
BUSN3017	Leadership in Business and Society	6
	An additional approved 6-unit BUSN topic	6

* May also be taken as 6-unit version upon completion of 36 First-Level units where necessary to fit study program.