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Unit codes - Faculty of Business and Economics

Units are listed in alphabetical and then numerical order. The first two alphabetical characters of the unit code indicate the departmental ownership of the unit:

  • AF - Accounting and Finance
  • BE - faculty-owned units (business and commerce honours units, study abroad units, cross institutional units, exchange units)
  • BT - Business Law and Taxation
  • ET - Econometrics and Business Statistics
  • EC - Economics
  • MG - Management
  • MK - Marketing

The third alphabetical character indicates degree family:

  • C - Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Economics, Bachelor of Accounting degrees at Clayton
  • F - Bachelor of Business programs at Caulfield
  • W - Units offered within the Bachelor of Business and Commerce programs at Berwick, Gippsland, Peninsula, South Africa and Sunway
  • X - Multi-campus or multi-family

The first digit indicates the year level at which the unit is available and the remaining digits the unit number:

  • 1xxx - First-year undergraduate-level units
  • 2xxx - Second-year undergraduate-level units that normally assume prior knowledge of the discipline or areas of study at the preceding level
  • 3xxx - Third-year undergraduate-level units that normally assume prior knowledge of the discipline or areas of study at the preceding levels
  • 4xxx - Fourth-year-level units offered in honours and postgraduate degrees that assume prior knowledge of the discipline at the preceding levels and that build on knowledge gained in an undergraduate degree in a related discipline and relevant employment experience.