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Undergraduate handbook 2004
Information Technology

Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Business Systems

Course code: 1320 + Clayton + Course abbreviation: BCom/BBusSys + Course adviser, IT units: Dr John Betts + The following describes the course structure introduced in 2004; for details of the old structure, refer to the earlier university handbooks

The following information should be read in conjunction with the degree regulations of the Bachelor of Commerce and the Bachelor of Business Systems. Specialisations from commerce are available in accounting, business law and taxation, econometrics and business statistics, economics, finance, management, and marketing. The double-degree of Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Business Systems requires a minimum of four years of full-time study, or five years for a degree with honours, or the equivalent in part-time study. Students must complete units to the value of a minimum of 192 credit points (32 units) subject to the following conditions:

1. 102 points (17 units) must be chosen from units offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics (Clayton) and must include the following:

   1. Completion of the following compulsory units:

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

   2. 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.

   3. 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.

   4. A minimum of four third-year-level units (24 points).

2. 84 points (14 units) must be chosen from the School of Business Systems, Faculty of Information Technology, and must include the following:

   1. Completion of the following compulsory units: BUS1010, BUS1021, BUS1042, BUS1060, BUS1110, BUS2011, BUS2120, BUS2021, BUS2176, BUS3112, BUS3150, BUS3600.

   2. Completion of at least one electronic commerce unit and at least one business analysis unit from the School of Business Systems.

3. Completion of one six-point elective from business systems or commerce.

4. The following units are excluded from the double degree: AFC2160, BUS1100, BUS3522. The following combinations of units are excluded from the double degree: AFC2140 or AFC3140 and BUS3030.

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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