Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Economics

Course code: 1319 + Course abbreviation: BCom/BEc + The following describes the course structure introduced in 2000 + For details of the old structure, refer to the 2000 university handbook

The following should be read in conjunction with the statements on the Bachelor of Commerce and the Bachelor of Economics.

The double-degree course of Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Economics requires a minimum of four years full-time study, or five years for a degree with honours, or the equivalent in part-time study. With the exception of up to 48 points which may be taken from disciplines outside the faculty or from an approved list of faculty units offered on campuses other than Clayton, all units are limited to those taught by these departments of the faculty on the Clayton campus (ie the third character of the unit code is C).
Students are required to complete the following compulsory units:

• AFC1021/AFC1022 (Accounting)
• AFC1100/AFC2100 (Finance)
• BTC1110/BTC2110 (Business law)
• ECC1000 and ECC1100/ECC2100 (Economics)
• ECC2000 Intermediate microeconomics and ECC2010 Intermediate macroeconomics
• ETC1000 and ETC1010/ETC2010 (Econometrics and business statistics)
• MGC1010 and MGC1020/MGC2020 (Management)
• MKC1200/MKC2200 (Marketing)

Students wishing to take first-year units other than those on the above list are able to undertake the second-year versions of the appropriate number of compulsory units. This allows students to complete substantial work in related fields.

Students must complete a major sequence of 48 points with at least 12 points at each of second and third-year level in either economics or econometrics and business statistics and a second major sequence of 48 points with at least 12 points at each of second and third-year level in the other field of study, or in another discipline or field of study.
The following are also requirements of the course:

• satisfactory completion of 32 units, or units to the value of a total of 192 points (while each unit offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics has a points value of six, the points value of units taken from other faculties may vary, and where this occurs, students must complete the minimum number of points rather than the number of units recommended), over four full-time years or a maximum of 10 years of study
• a maximum of 13 first-year-level units (78 points)
• a minimum of eight third-year-level units (48 points) of which at least five must be from those offered in the faculty by the campus delivering this program
• an option to include units to a maximum value of 48 points from disciplines outside the faculty or from an approved list of faculty units offered on campuses other than Clayton
• at least two non-compulsory units (12 points) must be taken outside the main fields of study.

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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