Course code: 0542 + Course abbreviation: BA/BCom + The following
describes the course structure introduced in 2001 + For details of the old
structure, refer to the 2000 university handbook
The following should be read in conjunction with the degree regulations of the
Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Commerce. The double degree course of
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Commerce requires the equivalent of four and a
quarter years of full-time study, but can be completed in four years by
accelerating with an overload of 12 points. An additional year is required to
complete the degree with honours, or the equivalent in part-time study.
Students must complete units to the value of a minimum of 204 credit points
unit to the following conditions.
(a) 108 points (18 units) must be chosen from units offered by the Faculty of
Business and Economics (Clayton) and must include:
(i) Completion of the following compulsory units:
(ii) Completion of a major in a
discipline or field of study of the faculty. This requires students to complete
48 points of study in a single discipline or field of study with at least 12
points at each of second and third-year level. Disciplines are defined by
department prefixes and fields of study are those sets of related units that
may be defined in the catalogue of courses and units.
(iii) A maximum of eight first-year-level units (48 credit points). In order to
meet this requirement, students are able to undertake the second-year versions
of the appropriate number of compulsory units.
(b) 96 points (16 units) must be chosen from the Faculty of Arts, of which at
least 24 points must be at third-year level, and which must include one major
sequence (48 points), one minor sequence (24 points) and a third first-year
sequence from units offered in the Bachelor of Arts degree.
(c) Overall, a maximum of 84 points (14 units) of first-year-level units.
Students must have their program of study approved by the course coordinator or
the course coordinator's nominee prior to commencement of the relevant year.
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