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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:
- 240 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
- 110 cp from Core Units;
- 80 cp from one of the Majors2;
- the balance of the credit points from other units listed in the Schedule of Unit Offerings;
- 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.