130099 v.2 Bachelor of Commerce
BCom(Curtin)
Introduction
The Bachelor of Commerce programs are very relevant to the requirements of today's world, with considerable emphasis on decision-making, trends in technology and associated work patterns, and other aspects of management in the highly competitive business arena which now exists. Curtin's undergraduate commerce programs are designed to provide professional expertise in one of 28 single areas of specialisation or one of 71 double discipline areas, and a range of other skills. In recent years graduates with the Curtin commerce degree have had no difficulty in finding employment. Many are already in senior management positions in Western Australia and other parts of Australia as well as in South-East Asia. Besides the theoretical concepts, the programs also emphasise the application of knowledge to commerce and industry. Graduates of the Bachelor of Commerce with suitable work experience may be considered for admission to graduate courses in Curtin Business School.
Course Entry Requirements/Prerequisites
None. TEE Applicable Mathematics or Discrete Mathematics desirable. Applicants without mathematics will be considered, and if admitted may be required to study Business Mathematics 015 in year one of their course.
Specific Requirements
STAT elements considered are E and either V or Q.
Duration and Availability
This course is three years (six semesters) full-time or equivalent part-time study. The courses are available on a full-time, part-time and, to a limited extent, external study basis. For full-time students, most classes are scheduled in the daytime, but evening attendance may be necessary for a few units. Part-time students generally attend evening classes, but are encouraged to attend day classes if convenient.
Professional Recognition
The Curtin Business Schools courses are designed wherever possible to conform with the membership standards of the relevant professional bodies with which students are likely to become associated after graduation. Accounting, accounting and accounting technologies, accounting and marketing, accounting and small business, accounting and business law, accounting and taxation, accounting and finance, accounting and information systems, accounting and banking, accounting and corporate and resources administration and accounting and sports administration graduates are eligible to apply for membership of CPA Australia after a qualifying period, or to enter into the Institute of Chartered Accountants CA Year, subject to that institute's employment conditions. Graduates of Economics single or double majors are eligible for Associate Professional Membership of the Economic Society of Australia (WA Branch).
Professional Recognition Continued
Graduates in financial planning are eligible for associate membership with the Financial Planning Association after relevant work experience requirements are completed. These programs also meet the educational requirements for entry to the Certified Financial Planner program. Graduates in information systems and information technology majors meet the academic requirements for membership of the Australian Computer Society. Membership of the Australian Marketing Institute is open to marketing and public relations graduates. Graduates in the policy sciences major may gain admission to the Royal Australian Institute of Public Administration. Graduates in marketing, human resource management and industrial relations, public sector management, public relations and marketing are eligible to apply for membership to the Australian Institute of Management. Graduates in the property single major are eligible for membership of the Australian Institute of Valuers and Land Economists, the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia.
Additional Course Expenses
Students may be expected to purchase a number of textbooks, readers and other vital study materials. In addition, students may also need to contribute some of the cost of consumables, which varies depending on the area of study.
Further Information
All units in the single majors, double majors and minors may be chosen as electives. Students are encouraged to enrol in electives from outside their main field of specialisation, including units from other Divisions, for example, language or social sciences units. Students who intend to undertake questionnaire surveys on or off-campus are required to discuss their proposed surveys with the Dean of Students, Curtin Business School.
Course Structure |
Hrs/Wk |
Credit |
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Year 1 Semester 1 |
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| 10830 | v.4 | Information Systems 100 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 10987 | v.4 | Accounting 100 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 11011 | v.3 | Legal Framework 100 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 1234 | v.4 | Economics 100 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 100.0 | |||||
Year 1 Semester 2 |
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| 10848 | v.2 | Management 100 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 10850 | v.4 | Marketing 100 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 50.0 | |||||
Majors, Streams or Other Core Components |
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| 301598 | v.2 | Bachelor of Commerce Pre-Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 301176 | v.3 | Accounting and Accounting Technologies Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234911 | v.3 | Accounting and Banking Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 235001 | v.2 | Accounting and Business Law Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234914 | v.3 | Accounting and Corporate and Resources Administration Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234906 | v.5 | Accounting and Finance Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 305274 | v.1 | Accounting and Financial Planning Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234901 | v.4 | Accounting and Information Systems Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234912 | v.3 | Accounting and Marketing Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 303029 | v.2 | Accounting and Small Business Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234926 | v.2 | Accounting and Sports Administration Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 235002 | v.2 | Accounting and Taxation Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 230001 | v.3 | Accounting Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 304413 | v.2 | Administrative Management Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 307021 | v.1 | Applied Accounting Technology Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 235004 | v.3 | Applied Finance and Commercial Law Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 235005 | v.3 | Banking and Commercial Law Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 235006 | v.3 | Banking and Economics Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234804 | v.3 | Banking and Electronic Commerce Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 235007 | v.3 | Banking and Finance Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234922 | v.4 | Banking and Information Systems Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234802 | v.2 | Banking and Management Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 235022 | v.2 | Banking and Marketing Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 230002 | v.3 | Banking Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 235008 | v.3 | Corporate and Resources Administration and Management Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 230005 | v.3 | Corporate and Resources Administration Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 235009 | v.4 | Economics and Commercial Law Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 235010 | v.3 | Economics and Finance Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 235011 | v.3 | Economics and Financial Modelling Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234807 | v.4 | Economics and Financial Planning Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234805 | v.3 | Economics and Management Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 300168 | v.3 | Economics and Marketing Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 230007 | v.3 | Economics Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 304784 | v.1 | Electronic Commerce and Internet Law Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 230205 | v.4 | Electronic Commerce Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234921 | v.3 | Entrepreneurship and Marketing Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 230202 | v.3 | Entrepreneurship Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 304799 | v.1 | Environmental Business Management Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234811 | v.4 | Finance and Electronic Commerce Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234924 | v.4 | Finance and Information Systems Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234806 | v.2 | Finance and Management Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 235020 | v.4 | Finance and Marketing Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 305315 | v.1 | Finance and Strategic Economic Analysis Double Major | 450.0 | ||
| OR | |||||
| 230008 | v.3 | Finance Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 230206 | v.2 | Financial Institutions Law Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 300959 | v.2 | Financial Planning Major | 450.0 | ||
| OR | |||||
| 305339 | v.1 | Global Economics and Finance Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 305321 | v.1 | Global Economics Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 235017 | v.2 | Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234809 | v.4 | Information Systems and Electronic Commerce Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 230010 | v.5 | Information Systems Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234810 | v.4 | Information Technology and Electronic Commerce Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234923 | v.4 | Information Technology and Systems Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 230011 | v.6 | Information Technology Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234814 | v.3 | International Business and Electronic Commerce Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234910 | v.4 | International Business and Information Systems Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 230012 | v.2 | International Business Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 230023 | v.2 | Legal Studies Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 300966 | v.2 | Management and Human Resource Management Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234905 | v.4 | Management and Information Systems Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 235016 | v.2 | Management and Marketing Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 305303 | v.1 | Management and Strategic Economic Analysis Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234925 | v.3 | Marketing and Advertising Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 235018 | v.4 | Marketing and Commercial Law Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234818 | v.3 | Marketing and Electronic Commerce Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234907 | v.5 | Marketing and Information Systems Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 235023 | v.4 | Marketing and Public Relations Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 300115 | v.2 | Marketing Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234918 | v.3 | Property and Accounting Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 303559 | v.2 | Property and Commercial Law Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234920 | v.3 | Property and Finance Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 300852 | v.4 | Property and Information Systems Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234916 | v.3 | Property and Marketing Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 230014 | v.4 | Property Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234816 | v.2 | Public Relations and Management Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 230020 | v.4 | Public Relations Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234917 | v.4 | Sales and Information Systems Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234919 | v.2 | Sales and Marketing Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 235021 | v.2 | Sales and Public Relations Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 230219 | v.2 | Sales Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 301156 | v.2 | Sports Administration and Commercial Law Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 301154 | v.3 | Sports Administration and Corporate and Resources Administration Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 301155 | v.2 | Sports Administration and Marketing Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 230201 | v.2 | Sports Administration Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 305996 | v.1 | Strategic Economic Analysis and Economics Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 307310 | v.1 | Strategic Economic Analysis and Electronic Commerce Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 304789 | v.1 | Strategic Economic Analysis Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 300522 | v.2 | Strategic Procurement Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 235019 | v.2 | Taxation and Commercial Law Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234820 | v.4 | Tourism Management and Entrepreneurship Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 307322 | v.1 | Tourism Management and Marketing Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 234813 | v.3 | Tourism Management and Public Relations Double Major | 450.0 | ||
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| 230019 | v.3 | Tourism Management Major | 450.0 | ||
| 450.0 | |||||
| * | Some majors (listed or unlisted) are only available at offshore locations. Check with Curtin Business School. | ||||
Availability
| Year | Location | All* | Internal | External | |
| 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | ||
| 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | ||
| 2004 | Esperance Community College | Semester 1 | Y | ||
| 2004 | Esperance Community College | Semester 2 | Y | ||
| 2004 | Joondalup Campus | Semester 1 | Y | ||
| 2004 | Joondalup Campus | Semester 2 | Y | ||
| 2004 | Kalgoorlie Campus | Semester 1 | Y | ||
| 2004 | Kalgoorlie Campus | Semester 2 | Y | ||
| 2004 | Dongbei Uni Econs Fin China | Semester 2A | Y | ||
| 2004 | HK Mgmt Assoc | Trimester 1A | Y | ||
| 2004 | HK Mgmt Assoc | Trimester 2A | Y | ||
| 2004 | HK Mgmt Assoc | Trimester 3A | Y | ||
| 2004 | Infrmtcs BH Islamabad | Trimester 1 | Y | ||
| 2004 | Infrmtcs CS S'pore | Trimester 2 | Y | ||
| 2004 | Infrmtcs CS S'pore | Trimester 3 | Y | ||
| 2004 | Infrmtcs Inst Malaysia | Trimester 1 | Y | ||
| 2004 | Infrmtcs Inst Malaysia | Trimester 2 | Y | ||
| 2004 | Infrmtcs Inst Malaysia | Trimester 3 | Y | ||
| 2004 | Metro College Malaysia | Semester 1 | Y | ||
| 2004 | Metro College Malaysia | Semester 2 | Y | ||
| 2004 | Metro College Malaysia | Summer Period | Y | ||
| 2004 | Miri Sarawak Campus | Semester 1 | Y | ||
| 2004 | Miri Sarawak Campus | Semester 2 | Y | ||
| 2004 | Mktg Inst of S'pore | Trimester 1A | Y | ||
| 2004 | Mktg Inst of S'pore | Trimester 2A | Y | ||
| 2004 | Mktg Inst of S'pore | Trimester 3A | Y | ||
| 2004 | S'pore HR Institute | Trimester 1A | Y | ||
| 2004 | S'pore HR Institute | Trimester 2A | Y | ||
| 2004 | S'pore HR Institute | Trimester 3A | Y | ||
| 2004 | S'pore Inst Mtls Mgt | Trimester 1A | Y | ||
| 2004 | S'pore Inst Mtls Mgt | Trimester 2A | Y | ||
| 2004 | S'pore Inst Mtls Mgt | Trimester 3A | Y | ||
| 2004 | UHK SPACE Admiralty Ctr | Trimester 1A | Y | ||
| 2004 | UHK SPACE Admiralty Ctr | Trimester 2A | Y | ||
| 2004 | UHK SPACE CIDP | Semester 1A | Y | ||
| 2004 | UHK SPACE Main Campus | Trimester 1A | Y | ||
| 2004 | UHK SPACE Main Campus | Trimester 2A | Y | ||
| 2004 | UHK SPACE Main Campus | Trimester 3A | Y | ||
| 2004 | Uni Bina Nusantara Indonesia | Trimester 2A | 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.
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