Course code: 1469 + Course abbreviation: BCom/BSc + The following
describes the course structure to be introduced in 2002 + For details of the
old structure, refer to the 2000 and 2001 university handbook
The following should be read in conjunction with the degree regulations of the
Bachelor of Commerce and the Bachelor of Science. The double-degree course of
Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Science requires four-and-a-half years of
full-time study, but can be completed in four years by accelerating with an
overload of six points in each year. 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 216 credit points subject to the
following conditions.
(a) 108 points must be chosen from units offered by the Faculty of Business and
Economics (Clayton) and must include the following.
(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 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 must be chosen from the Faculty of Science, and must include:
(i) Completion of the core units, either SCI1020 or MTH1030 and SCI2010
(ii) Completion of a major sequence in a science discipline or area of study. A
science major is defined as a three-year sequence constituting at least 48
credit points following one of the two patterns:
(iii) Completion of at least one minor sequence in a different
science area of study, consisting of 12 points at level 1 and at least 12
points at levels 2/ 3.
(iv) Completion of additional elective science units to ensure that at least 96
points of science units are taken overall.
(c) After 108 points from units offered by the Faculty of Business and
Economics (Clayton) and 96 points from the Faculty of Science, the remaining 12
points making up the 216 points required for the double degree may be taken
from further science studies, or units offered by the Faculty of Business and
Economics, or units offered by another faculty.
The following unit is excluded from the double degree: STA1010 Statistical
methods for science.
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.
COURSE STRUCTURE IS SUBJECT TO FINAL UNIVERSITY APPROVAL.
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