B2001 Bachelor of Commerce

This is a comprehensive course, structured in four parts:

Part A. Core studies

These studies will provide you with a broad foundation for your study of commerce and expose you to several commerce disciplines. This will contribute breadth to your knowledge of commerce and address the graduate course outcomes. It will also give you the opportunity to learn more about each discipline before finalising your choice of major.

Part B. Major studies

Your major studies will provide you with a focused program of study that will develop your expertise in one discipline area. You will develop, apply and communicate an advanced level of understanding of the concepts and theoretical frameworks that constitute the knowledge base of your major area of study.

Part C. Capstone studies

This is designed to consolidate the knowledge and skills acquired throughout the study of your course.

Part D. Elective studies

This will enable you to further develop your knowledge of your chosen major, or commerce more broadly, through a second major or a minor. Alternatively, you can select units from across the University in which you are eligible to enrol.

Masters Accelerated Pathway

The Bachelor of Commerce offers an Accelerated Pathway option into the Master of Business, Master of Global Business, Master of Management, Master of Applied Marketing and Master of Regulation and Compliance. This Accelerated Pathway allows you to complete a master’s degree with one additional year of full-time study.

If you have completed at least 96 credit points and have achieved a high credit (65%) average, you can apply to the Course Director for the master’s accelerated pathway. If admitted to the accelerated pathway, you will use four units (24 credit points) of your Elective studies (Part D) to complete master-level units from one of the destination courses.

Note: You still need to meet the entry requirement of having an overall 65% weighted average mark at the end of your degree to enter the master’s program.

Course progression map

The course progression map provides guidance on unit enrolment for each semester of study.

You must complete units as specified in Parts A, B, C and D (144 credit points): including 96 credit points of study in Parts A, B and C, and 48 points of electives in Part D.

In choosing your units, you must ensure that you complete no more than 10 units (60 credit points) at level 1 and at least six units (36 credit points) at level 3, including four units (24 credit points) at level 3 offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics.

Units are 6 credit points unless otherwise specified.

Part A. Core studies (42 credit points)

You must complete the following 6 units (36 credit points):

• ACC1100 Introduction to financial accounting* or ACC1001 Accounting fundamentals
• BTC1110 Commercial law**
• ECC1000 Principles of microeconomics
• ETC1000 Business and economic statistics
• MGC1010 Introduction to management
• MKC1200 Principles of marketing

* You must complete ACC1100 if you intend to complete a major in Accounting or Actuarial Studies.

**If you are undertaking the Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Commerce course (L3005), BTC1110 in Part A must be replaced with a Commerce elective.

Specified commerce elective (6 credit points)

You must complete one commerce elective unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics.

You can enrich your degree to hone your academic and professional skills with a range of Flagship Rich Educational Experiences (FREE), including the Research, Experimentation and Discovery, Monash Innovation Guarantee,  Global Immersion Guarantee and Volunteering. These flagship rich educational experience units may be credited in place of your specified commerce elective if approved by the faculty, or alternatively utilising your elective studies. There are both 6 and 12 credit point unit options available.

Part B. Major studies (48 credit points)

You must complete at least one major from the list below. A major requires eight units with no more than two units (12 credit points) at level 1 and at least three units (18 credit points) at level 3.

• Accounting
• Actuarial studies
• Behavioural commerce
• Business analytics
• Econometrics
• Economics
• Finance
• Management studies
• Marketing science
• Mathematical foundations of econometrics
• Sustainability and responsible management

Depending on the chosen major, you may have already studied one of the units as part of your core studies. If so, you must complete an additional commerce unit to bring the combined commerce study to at least 96 credit points from the Faculty of Business and Economics.

If you are intending to undertake an honours year, you should ensure you complete the specific units required for honours in your chosen major area of study.

No more than 12 credit points can be credited towards two majors, or a major and a minor, within a course. The same credit points cannot be credited towards more than one minor.

Part C. Capstone studies (6 credit points)

You must complete one unit (6 credit points) from the Faculty’s capstone portfolio of units which includes capstone units, consulting projects, international experiences and internships (industry placements).

*If you are completing a major in Accounting and seeking professional accounting accreditation you need to complete ACX3900. You can undertake more than one unit from the following lists, which will count towards your electives.

If you choose a 12 or 24 credit point unit it will reduce the amount of points available for electives in Part D which may impact on your ability to complete a major using electives.

Capstone units

• BEX3120 Entrepreneurial capital raising and the start-up ecosystem
• BEX3150 Sustainability practice and organisations
• BEX3311 Entrepreneurship mindsets and capabilities
• BEX3320 Business analytics for global impact
• BEX3411 Building start-ups with impact
• BEX3414 Company entrepreneurship and innovation
• BEX3415 Start-up fastrack 1
• BEX3416 Start-up fastrack 2
• BEX3500 Professional development for commerce
• ACX3900 Global issues in accounting*

Consulting projects

• BEX3350 Consulting project
• BEX3351 Consulting project
• BEX3450 Consulting project (12 credit points)

International experiences

• ACX3500 Accounting study tour
• BEX3412 Innovation and entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley
• BEX3622 Issues in global business
• BEX3722 Engaging with international business
• BEX3723 Engaging with international business 
• BEX3724 Engaging with international business 
• BEX3725 Engaging with international business
• BEX3726 Engaging with international business
• BEX3727 Engaging with international business
• BFX3871 International study program in banking and finance
• ECX3750 European economy and global business
• MGX3831 European business and society
• MKX3521 Global study programs in marketing
• MKX3522 Global study programs in marketing (12 credit points)

Internships

• BEX3006/BEX3106 Industry placement
• BEX3012/BEX3112 Industry placement (12 credit points)
• BEX3024 Industry placement (24 credit points)
• BEX3115 Tax clinic
• MKX3631 Marketing internship

Part D. Elective studies (48 credit points)

Electives may be selected from within the Bachelor of Commerce. These may also be used to complete a second major (as listed above) or one or more minors (as listed below). 

• Accounting
• Actuarial studies
• Behavioural commerce
• Business analytics
• Business law
• Econometrics
• Economics
• Finance
• Management studies
• Marketing science
• Supply chain management
• Sustainability and responsible management

Enrolment in Faculty of Business and Economics units at campuses other than the campus of enrolment is subject to there being capacity after students from that campus have enrolled.

Elective units can also be chosen from across the University, including to complete a major or minor from another course, as long as you have the prerequisites and there are no restrictions on enrolling in the units. You should also be aware of travel and timetabling limitations.

If you are in a double degree course, some units required for the other degree are credited as electives towards this Commerce degree.