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Courses Handbook 2013

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2013.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2012.

130099 v.3 Bachelor of Commerce

BCom(Curtin)

Course CRICOS Code: 013905G
Registered full-time Duration for International Onshore Students on student visas: 3 Years

Introduction

This course is designed to prepare you for the challenges in the global business environment. You will study foundation areas of accounting, economics, business law, management, marketing and technology. Through specialised study, in your chosen major, you will gain the theory and practical skills needed to be confident and industry-ready. As a graduate, you may pursue an interesting and diverse range of careers depending on your chosen field of study.

Specific Requirements

STAT elements considered are E and either V or Q.

Inter-faculty Major Combinations

In 2013 the following major combinations are available with disciplines in the Humanities: Advertising and Creative Advertising Graphic Design; Advertising and Creative Writing; Business Law and International Relations; Economics and International Relations; Business Information Systems and Internet Communications; Public Relations and Journalism; Economics and Geography;

Duration and Availability

3 years full-time study or the equivalent part-time. Some external units may be available via external study. Advertising, Business Law, Finance, Management and Marketing majors are available fully online.

Course Organisation

The first year of this course provides a foundation consisting of a set of common core units which includes units from a range of disciplines. This provides a basis for more concentrated study in your chosen major. You will have the choice of a combination of two majors, or a single major and an elective stream. This elective stream will provide you with the possibility of taking further study in the same or another discipline.

Professional Recognition

Graduates from this course may be eligible for membership of appropriate professional bodies. See information about the specific majors for details.

Professional Recognition Continued

Public Relations major - Public Relations Institute of Australia. Taxation majors - Taxation Institute of Australia, Association of Taxation and Management Accountants, Tax Agents Board of Western Australia. A combination of the Property and Property Valuations majors is accredited for Certified Practicing Valuer status of Australian Property Institute (API).

Career Opportunities

As a graduate of the Bachelor of Commerce from Curtin University you have a range of career opportunities. Most industries and organisations, whether private or public, local or international, employ commerce graduates.

Additional Course Expenses

Students may be expected to purchase a number of textbooks, readers and other essential study materials.

Further Information

To apply for the Bachelor of Commerce, applicants need only select the course code for the campus of their choice once; majors will be selected upon enrolment. A brochure with detailed information on majors and career options is available from Curtin Business School Student Services on telephone (08) 9266 7713 (Bentley campus).

Special Note

Seven of the eight core units within the bachelor of Commerce are taken in the first year of the course. Wherever possible, the final unit, Business Capstone 301, will be taken in a student's final semester of study. This unit involves small teams of students from each CBS undergraduate School (Accounting, Business Law and Taxation, Economics and Finance, Information Systems, Management and Marketing) combining their knowledge and skills in a multi-disciplinary virtual business project. One aim of the unit is to integrate and synthesise in an applied way all the learning experiences obtained by students in their undergraduate study programs.

Course Structure Disclaimer

Curtin University reserves the right to alter the internal composition of any course to ensure learning outcomes retain maximum relevance. Any changes to the internal composition of a course will protect the right of students to complete the course within the normal timeframe and will not result in additional cost to students through a requirement to undertake additional units.

Course Structure Hrs/Wk Credit
312436 v.1   Bachelor of Commerce Common Core 200.0
312675 v.1   Accounting and Accounting Technologies Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312676 v.1   Accounting and Banking Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312677 v.1   Accounting and Business Law Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312678 v.1   Accounting and Entrepreneurship Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312665 v.1   Accounting and Finance Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312679 v.1   Accounting and Taxation Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312680 v.1   Accounting Major 400.0
  OR  
312769 v.1   Advertising and Creative Advertising Graphic Design Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312689 v.1   Advertising and Public Relations Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312721 v.1   Advertising Major (Extended) 400.0
  OR  
312683 v.1   Banking and Finance Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312685 v.1   Business Information Systems Major (Extended) 400.0
  OR  
312687 v.1   Business Information Technology and Systems Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312688 v.1   Business Information Technology Major (Extended) 400.0
  OR  
312780 v.1   Business Law and International Relations Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312727 v.1   Business Law Major (Extended) 400.0
  OR  
312691 v.1   Economics and Finance Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312772 v.1   Economics and International Relations Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312692 v.1   Economics and Management Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312693 v.1   Economics and Marketing Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312728 v.1   Economics Major (Extended) 400.0
  OR  
312694 v.1   Entrepreneurship and Marketing Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312729 v.1   Entrepreneurship Major (Extended) 400.0
  OR  
312701 v.1   Finance and Management Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312702 v.1   Finance and Marketing Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312730 v.1   Finance Major (Extended) 400.0
  OR  
312699 v.1   Financial Planning Major 400.0
  OR  
312703 v.1   Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312731 v.1   Human Resource Management Major (Extended) 400.0
  OR  
312667 v.1   International Business Major (Extended) 400.0
  OR  
312704 v.1   Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Marketing Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312732 v.1   Logistics and Supply Chain Management Major (Extended) 400.0
  OR  
312706 v.1   Management and Human Resource Management Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312707 v.1   Management and Marketing Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312733 v.1   Management Major (Extended) 400.0
  OR  
312708 v.1   Marketing and Advertising Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312709 v.1   Marketing and Business Law Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312710 v.1   Marketing and Public Relations Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312734 v.1   Marketing Major (Extended) 400.0
  OR  
312713 v.1   Property and Finance Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312714 v.1   Property and Marketing Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312108 v.2   Property Development and Valuation Major 400.0
  OR  
312753 v.1   Public Relations and Journalism Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312715 v.1   Public Relations and Management Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312736 v.1   Public Relations Major (Extended) 400.0
  OR  
312719 v.3   Tourism and Hospitality and Marketing Double Major 400.0
  OR  
314566 v.1   Tourism and Hospitality Major (Extended) 400.0
  OR  
313049 v.3   Tourism and Hospitality and Public Relations Double Major 400.0
  OR  
313173 v.1   Business Information Systems and Logistics and Supply Chain Management Double Major 400.0
  OR  
313089 v.1   Accounting and Business Information Systems Double Major 400.0
  OR  
314205 v.1   Food Industry Management Major (Extended) 400.0
  OR  
314744 v.1   Event Management Major (Extended) 400.0
  OR  
314574 v.1   Accounting and Chinese Double Major 400.0
  OR  
312666 v.1   Accounting and Financial Planning Double Major 400.0
  OR  
314703 v.1   Event Management and Public Relations Double Major 400.0
  600.0
Optional Units to Select from in Year 1 Semester 2 Hrs/Wk Credit
10852 v.3   Organisational Behaviour 200 3.0 25.0
  OR
11712 v.3   Small Business Planning 200 3.0 25.0
10855 v.8   Public Relations Principles 201 3.0 25.0
10993 v.4   Business Statistics 201 3.0 25.0
11001 v.4   Macroeconomics 200 3.0 25.0
11013 v.4   Management Accounting 201 3.0 25.0
11016 v.5   Integrated Marketing Communications 202 3.0 25.0
11041 v.5   Taxation 231 3.0 25.0
11712 v.3   Small Business Planning 200 3.0 25.0
13474 v.4   Supply Chain Information Management 201 3.0 25.0
13595 v.5   Sustainable Tourism Management 200 3.0 25.0
2806 v.6   Introductory Finance 201 3.0 25.0
304440 v.2   Environmental Issues in Business 201 3.0 25.0
305458 v.2   Business Application Design 201 3.0 25.0
310410 v.2   Systems Analysis and Design 251 3.0 25.0
310606 v.2   Quantitative Techniques for Business 203 3.0 25.0
311816 v.1   Applied Contract Law 200 3.0 25.0
311961 v.1   Property Principles 200 3.0 25.0
314569 v.1   Food Chain Systems 201 25.0
4436 v.5   Human Resource Management Introduction 200 3.0 25.0
9764 v.8   Consumer Behaviour 201 3.0 25.0

Availability

Year Location Period All* Internal Partially Online Internal^ External Fully Online#
2013 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2013 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2013 Sydney Campus Trimester 1A Y        
2013 Sydney Campus Trimester 2A Y        
2013 Sydney Campus Trimester 3A Y        
2013 Charles Telfair Inst Mauritius Semester 1   Y      
2013 Charles Telfair Inst Mauritius Semester 2   Y      
2013 Dongbei Uni Econs Fin China Semester 2A Y        
2013 Miri Sarawak Campus Semester 1 Y        
2013 Miri Sarawak Campus Semester 2 Y        
2013 Singapore Campus Trimester 1A Y        
2013 Singapore Campus Trimester 2A Y        
2013 Singapore Campus Trimester 3A Y        
2013 UHK SPACE Admiralty Ctr Trimester 1A Y        
2013 UHK SPACE Admiralty Ctr Trimester 2A Y        
2013 UHK SPACE Admiralty Ctr Trimester 3A Y        
2013 UHK SPACE CIDP Trimester 1A Y        
2013 UHK SPACE CIDP Trimester 2A Y        
2013 UHK SPACE CIDP Semester 2A Y        
2013 UHK SPACE CIDP Trimester 3A Y        
2013 UHK SPACE Main Campus Trimester 1A Y        
2013 UHK SPACE Main Campus Trimester 2A Y        
2013 UHK SPACE Main Campus Trimester 3A Y        
2013 Uni Bina Nusantara Indonesia Semester 1 Y        

The information displayed above refers to study periods and locations where the course is available for first time entry. Students are normally only offered or admitted to a course once.

* The course itself may not be available either solely internally or externally but individual units may be offered in either or both of those modes. Prospective students should contact the Course Coordinator for further information.

^ Course and associated units are offered in this mode permitting International Onshore student enrolment.

# Course and associated units are offered in this online only mode and DO NOT permit International Onshore student enrolment.



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