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Bachelor of Commerce (Pass and Honours)

BCom

240 cp (Pass)

Minimum duration: 3 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

80 cp (Honours)

Minimum duration: 1 year full-time or equivalent part-time.

Course available at:
Brisbane, Queensland
Melbourne, Victoria
Sydney (North Sydney), NSW
Hong Kong in cooperation with Caritas Francis Hsu College, Centre for Advanced and Professional Studies [Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)]

EFTSL value of units: All 10cp 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 level, or equivalent:

New South Wales
Prerequisites: English.

Queensland
Prerequisites: English (4, SA).

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

2. Definitions

“Major”: 80 cp from prescribed units.

3. Requirements for Completion of the Pass Degree

To qualify for the Pass degree, a student must complete:

  1. 240 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
    1. 110 cp from Core Units;
    2. 80 cp from one of the Majors2;
    3. the balance of the credit points from other units listed in the Schedule of Unit Offerings;
  2. BIPX100 Professional Experience A

4. Admission Requirements – Honours Degree1

To be eligible to apply for admission to the honours degree course, a student must have completed the Bachelor of Commerce pass degree or equivalent, normally within the last five years, attaining at least a credit average including at least 4 of the units in the major sequence of the discipline of the honours course.

5. Requirements for Completion of the Honours Degree

To qualify for the Honours degree a student must, in addition to satisfying the requirements of the Pass degree, complete 80 cp from the Schedule of Honours Units.

6. Progression within the Course

In all aspects of progress through the course, students will be advised by the Course Coordinator and bound by decisions of the School Committee.

Schedule of Unit Offerings

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Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite(Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.

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
ISYS110 10 Applied Business IS
LEGL101 10 Introduction to Law
MGMT304 10 Strategic Management (Pre: 150 cp including HRMG100 Management and People)
MKTG100 10 Principles of Marketing
STAT102 10 Business Data Analysis

Professional Experience

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
BIPX100 0 Professional Experience A

Majors

Accounting

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
ACCT204 10 Managerial Accounting A (Pre: ACCT100 Principles of Accounting)
ACCT207 10 Financial Accounting A (Pre: ACCT100 Principles of Accounting)
ACCT209 10 Financial Accounting B (Pre: ACCT207 Financial Accounting A)
ACCT300 10 Auditing and Assurance Services (Pre: ACCT100 Principles of Accounting)
ACCT303 10 Managerial Accounting B (Pre: ACCT204 Managerial Accounting A)
ACCT304 10 Accounting Theory (Pre: ACCT209 Financial Accounting B)
LEGL201 10 Company Law (Pre: LEGL101 Introduction to Law)
LEGL300 10 Taxation Law (Pre: LEGL101 Introduction to Law)
In addition students taking the Accounting major must also take:
BAFN200 10 Principles of Finance (Pre: ACCT100 Principles of Accounting and STAT102 Business Data Analysis)

Financial Services

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
BAFN200 10 Principles of Finance (Pre: ACCT100 Principles of Accounting and STAT102 Business Data Analysis)
BAFN203 10 Financial Planning (Pre: BAFN200 Principles of Finance)
BAFN204 10 Portfolio Management (Pre: BAFN200 Principles of Finance)
BAFN205 10 Financial Instruments and Institutions (Pre: ACCT100 Principles of Accounting and STAT102 Business Data Analysis)
BAFN303 10 Derivatives (Pre: BAFN204 Portfolio Management)
BAFN304 10 Superannuation and Retirement Planning (Pre: BAFN203 Financial Planning)
BAFN305 10 Risk Management and Insurance (Pre: BAFN203 Financial Planning)
LEGL300 10 Taxation Law (Pre: LEGL101 Introduction to Law)

Hospitality Management

Successful completion of the Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management3.

Human Resource Management

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
HRMG201 10 Human Resource Development (Pre: HRMG100 Management and People)
HRMG202 10 Performance Management (Pre: HRMG100 Management and People)
HRMG204 10 Organisational Behaviour (Pre: HRMG100 Management and People)
HRMG302 10 Employment Relations (Pre: HRMG100 Management and People. Co: LEGL101 Introduction to Law)
HRMG303 10 Organisational Change (Pre: 120 cp including HRMG100 Management and People)
HRMG305 10 Contemporary Issues in HRM (Pre: 120 cp including 40 cp from the major in Human Resource Management)
HRMG310 10 International HRM (Pre: HRMG100 Management and People)
LEGL304 10 Employment Law (Pre: HRMG302 Employment Relations)

Information Systems4

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
ISYS201 10 IT Infrastructure
ISYS202 10 Business Analysis 1 (Pre: ISYS101 Fundamentals of Business IS)
ISYS203 10 Application Development 1
ISYS209 10 Business Analysis 2 (Pre: ISYS202 Business Analysis 1)
ISYS300 10 Application Development 2 (Pre: ISYS203 Application Development 1)
MGMT308 10 Project Management (Pre: 80 cp)
and
ISYS305 10 IS Project(Pre: 120 cp including MGMT308 Project Management)
or
BIPX301 10 Professional Experience B (Pre: 120 cp)
Any other ISYS unit from the Bachelor of Business Information Systems

Marketing

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
MKTG200 10 Marketing Research (Pre: MKTG100 Principles of Marketing and STAT102 Business Data Analysis)
MKTG201 10 Consumer Behaviour (Pre: MKTG100 Principles of Marketing)
MKTG202 10 Marketing Communication (Pre: MKTG100 Principles of Marketing)
MKTG301 10 International Marketing (Pre: MKTG100 Principles of Marketing)
MKTG302 10 Retail Marketing (Pre: MKTG100 Principles of Marketing)
MKTG305 10 Services Marketing (Pre: MKTG100 Principles of Marketing)
MKTG311 10 E-Marketing (Pre: MKTG100 Principles of Marketing)
MKTG313 10 Strategic Marketing (Pre: MKTG200 Marketing Research and MKTG201 Consumer Behaviour)

Tourism Management

Successful completion of the Advanced Diploma in Tourism Management or equivalent5.

Elective Units

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
BIPX301 10 Professional Experience B (Pre: 120cp)
BIPX302 10 Professional Experience C (Co: BIPX301 Professional Experience B)
BUSN201 10 International Business
BUSN302 10 International Business Finance
BUSN306 10 International Field Experience (Pre: 80 cp)
MGMT308 10 Project Management (Pre: 80 cp)

Other units listed in this Schedule of Unit Offerings or units from other disciplines (subject to campus availability, unit limitations and provided that prerequisite and co-requisite requirements are met).

Schedule of Honours Units

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
BUSN401 10 Research Methods
BUSN402 10 Advanced Business Coursework 1
BUSN405 10 Honours Proposal
BUSN411 10 Advanced Business Coursework 2
and (a)
BUSN406 40 Honours Thesis (Full-Time) (Pre: BUSN405 Honours Proposal)
or (b)
BUSN408 10 Honours Thesis A (Part-time) (Pre: BUSN405 Honours Proposal)
BUSN409 10 Honours Thesis B (Part-time) (Pre: BUSN408 Honours Thesis A (Part-Time)
BUSN410 20 Honours Thesis C (Part-time) (Pre: BUSN409 Honours Thesis B (Part-Time)


1A student must also comply with the Admission Rules.
2A student undertaking a major in Accounting must complete 80 cp from the major plus 10 cp from BAFN200 Principles of Finance.
380 cp granted for successful completion of the National Training Information Service (NTIS) Hospitality Training Package THH60202 from an accredited RTO orequivalent as formally recognised through an articulation agreement with Australian Catholic University.
4The Information Systems Major is not offered at the Brisbane and Melbourne Campuses in 2010.
580 cp granted for successful completion of the National Training Information Service (NTIS) Tourism Training Package THT60102 from an accredited RTO or equivalent as formally recognised through an articulation agreement with Australian Catholic University.