Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) - Course List

Information valid for students commencing 2010

Group 1

Compulsory

Course Code Units Course Title
ACCT1101 2 Accounting for Decision Making
ACCT2101 2 Financial Reporting
ACCT2102 2 Fundamentals of Cost Accounting
ECON1010 2 Introductory Microeconomics
ECON1020 2 Introductory Macroeconomics
ECON1310 2 Quantitative Economic & Business Analysis A [1]
ECON1320 2 Quantitative Economic & Business Analysis B
FINM2401 2 Financial Management
LAWS1100 2 Business Law
MGTS1201 2 Computer-based Information Systems [2]
MGTS1301 2 Introduction to Management
MKTG1501 2 Foundations of Marketing

Group 2

Where definite instructions are given, students must follow those instructions when planning their major.

Accounting

Students must complete at least six courses from the following (of which three courses must be at level 3):

Course Code Units Course Title
ACCT3101 2 Auditing & Public Practice
ACCT3102 2 External Reporting Issues
ACCT3103 2 Accounting for Corporate Structures
ACCT3104 2 Managerial Costing and Control
ACCT3105 2 Advanced Management Accounting
LAWS3100 2 Corporations Law
LAWS3101 2 Income Tax Law

Business Information Systems

Students must complete all six courses from the following (of which three courses must be at level 3):

Course Code Units Course Title
ACCT3201 2 Business Information Systems
INFS3222 2 Systems Analysis & Design
MGTS2202 2 Data and Information Management
MGTS3203 2 Database Management in Business
MGTS3207 2 Managing the Virtual Organisation
MGTS3208 2 Managing Information Systems & Services

Finance

Students must complete at least six courses from the following (of which three courses must be at level 3):

Course Code Units Course Title
ECON2200 2 Management of Financial Institutions
ECON2300 2 Introductory Econometrics
FINM3401 2 Corporate Finance
FINM3402 2 Investments & Portfolio Management
FINM3403 2 International Financial Management
FINM3404 2 Banking & Lending Decisions
FINM3405 2 Derivatives and Risk Management

Group 3

Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
ACCT3101 2 Auditing & Public Practice
ACCT3102 2 External Reporting Issues
ACCT3103 2 Accounting for Corporate Structures
ACCT3104 2 Managerial Costing and Control
ACCT3105 2 Advanced Management Accounting
ACCT3201 2 Business Information Systems
ECON2200 2 Management of Financial Institutions
ECON2300 2 Introductory Econometrics
ECON3350 2 Applied Econometrics for Macroeconomics and Finance
ECON3360 2 Applied Econometrics for Microeconomics
ECON3420 2 Economics of Information and Communication Technology
FINM3401 2 Corporate Finance
FINM3402 2 Investments & Portfolio Management
FINM3403 2 International Financial Management
FINM3404 2 Banking & Lending Decisions
FINM3405 2 Derivatives and Risk Management
INFS2233 2 Foundations of Electronic Commerce
INFS2244 2 Electronic Commerce Systems Development
INFS3222 2 Systems Analysis & Design
LAWS3100 2 Corporations Law
LAWS3101 2 Income Tax Law
LAWS3102 2 Business and Taxation
LAWS5151 2 Law and Technology
MGTS2202 2 Data and Information Management
MGTS3203 2 Database Management in Business
MGTS3204 2 Electronic Commerce Infrastructure Management
MGTS3205 2 Securing the Commercial Internet
MGTS3207 2 Managing the Virtual Organisation
MGTS3208 2 Managing Information Systems & Services

Part H

Honours

A student is required to obtain #16 comprising -
#10 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
RBUS6991 6 Honours Thesis

one of the following -

Course Code Units Course Title
RBUS6921 4 Scientific Method in Commerce
RBUS6922 4 Scientific Method in Commerce

and #6 from -

Course Code Units Course Title
ACCT6101 2 Financial Accounting Honours
ACCT6102 2 Accounting Honours - Special Topic
FINM6401 2 Corporate Finance Honours
FINM6402 2 Empirical Finance Honours
FINM6403 2 Asset Pricing Honours
INFS6211 2 Information Systems Honours
INFS6222 2 Research in Electronic Commerce
LAWS6100 2 Corporations, Law and Governance
RBUS6911 2 Commerce Honours Seminar
RBUS6913 2 Commerce Contemporary Research Issues

up to #2 of another course at level 6 from within the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law approved by the Head of School.

End notes

  • [1] BE/BBusMan, BE/BCom and BE/BEcon students required to complete STAT2201 towards the engineering major must not enrol in ,and cannot gain credit for, ECON1310. A student undertaking STAT2201 is exempted from ECON1310 and must complete #2 for an ECON course approved by the BEL Executive Dean.
  • [2] BE/BBusMan and BE/BCom students required to complete INFS1200 for the engineering program must not enrol in, and cannot gain credit for, MGTS1201. A student undertaking INFS1200 is exempted from MGTS1201 and must complete #2 from courses approved by the BEL Executive Dean.