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Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Business Information Systems


BCom/BBIS

320 cp

Minimum duration: 4 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Course available at:
Brisbane, Queensland* (*not offered in 2010)
Melbourne, Victoria* (*not offered in 2010)
Sydney (North Sydney), NSW

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.

1. Admission Requirements1

To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites at year 12, or equivalent:

New South Wales
Assumed knowledge: Mathematics (any).
Prerequisites: Mathematics (Performance Bands 3-6) for Accounting and Financial Service majors.

Queensland
Prerequisites: English (4, SA); Mathematics A, B or C (4, SA) – any combination.

Victoria
Prerequisites: Units 3 and 4 – a study score of at least 30 in English (ESL) or 25 in any other English, and a study score of at least 25 in Mathematics (any).

2. Definitions

“Bachelor of Commerce Major”: 80 cp as prescribed for the relevant Major in the course rules for the Bachelor of Commerce.

“Bachelor of Business Information Systems Major”: 80 cp as prescribed for the relevant Major in the course rules for the Bachelor of Business Information Systems.

3. Requirements for Completion of the Pass Degrees

To qualify for the pass degrees, a student must complete:

  1. 320 cp consisting of:
    1. 140 cp from Core Units in the Schedule of Unit Offerings;
    2. 80 cp from any Bachelor of Commerce Major;
    3. 80 cp from any Bachelor of Business Information Systems Major;

      20 cp from other units listed in the Schedules for the respective degrees or from any other discipline (subject to campus availability and unit limitations), and provided that prerequisite and co-requisite requirements are met. A student taking an Accounting major must complete BAFN200 Principles of Finance;

  2. BIPX100 Professional Experience A.

4. Admission Requirements – Honours Degree1

To be eligible to apply for admission to the honours degree a student must satisfy the admission requirements set out in the rules for honours in the relevant single degree.

5. Requirements for Completion of the Honours Degree

To qualify for the honours degree a student must satisfy the Honours requirements set out in the rules for honours in the relevant single degree.

Schedule of Unit Offerings

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Core units

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
ACCT100 10 Principles of Accounting
BUSN100 10 Reasoning and Communication
BUSN202 10 Professional Ethics
ECON104 10 Business Economics
HRMG100 10 Management and People
ISYS101 10 Fundamentals of Business IS
ISYS203 10 Application Development 1 (Pre: ISYS101 Fundamentals of Business IS)
ISYS300 10 Application Development 2 (Pre: ISYS203 Application Development 1)
LEGL101 10 Introduction to Law
MGMT304 10 Strategic Management
MGMT308 10 Project Management (Pre: 80 cp)
MKTG100 10 Principles of Marketing
STAT102 10 Business Data Analysis

and
Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
ISYS305 10 Information Systems Project (Pre: 120 cp, including MGMT308 Project Management)

or
Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
BIPX301 10 Professional Experience B (Pre: 120 cp)

1A student must also comply with the Admission Rules.