Combined with Bachelor of Arts

The Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts is administered by the University of Sydney Business School for the duration of the combined degree.

Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts

Overview of the degree

The combined Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts program provides the opportunity for students to combine professional commerce-related studies with studies in the humanities. Both degrees are studied concurrently and will be awarded after five years of full-time study.

Credit points required for completion and duration

Degree structure and progression

Degree requirements

To be awarded the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts, students must successfully complete units of study with a total value of 240 credit points (with no more than 96 credit points in junior units of study), comprising:

For the Bachelor of Commerce component:

• six commerce core units of study (36 credit points)
• a major selected from the 'Bachelor of Commerce subject areas for majors and electives'
• a minimum of 96 credit points in units of study from the University of Sydney Business School and the School of Economics (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences) (with a minimum of 48 credit points in senior units).

For the Bachelor of Arts component:

• a major selected from the options listed under the 'Bachelor of Arts subject areas' (where a major is available)
• a minimum of 72 credit points in senior units of study from selected from the options listed under the 'Bachelor of Arts subject areas'.

Note. Economics units of study can only be counted towards either the Commerce or Arts component of this combined degree, not both.

Requirements for the degrees with honours

Both the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts can be awarded with honours. Joint honours degrees are also available.

For the award of the Bachelor of Commerce with Honours, meritorious students complete the Bachelor of Commerce and an additional honours year of study in their major area of study. For details of the requirements for entry into and for the completion of the Honours Year in this program in the Business School, please refer to the faculty website: http://sydney.edu.au/business/honours.

For the award of the Bachelor of Arts with Honours, meritorious students must complete successfully the Bachelor of Arts with an additional honours year of study in their major area of study (where honours study is available). For further details of requirements for honours in the Faculty of Arts, students should refer to the Faculty of Arts handbook (sydney.edu.au/handbooks/).

Commerce core units of study

Junior units of study (30 credit points):

• ECOF1003 Business Contexts A
• ECOF1004 Business Contexts B
• ACCT1005 Accounting, Business and Society
• ECMT1010 Business and Economic Statistics A
• ECON1001 Introductory Microeconomics

Senior capstone unit of study (six credit points):

• ECOF3010 Integrated Business Applications.

Majors and electives

Commerce majors and electives

In the Bachelor of Commerce component, students select at least one major from the 'Bachelor of Commerce subject areas for majors and electives' to fulfil the requirements of their degree. A major consists of a minimum of 36 credit points in senior units of study (usually six units) in a single subject area. Senior units of study may only be counted towards one major. Elective units can also be selected from these areas. The Commerce subject areas are as follows:

• Accounting
• Business Information Systems
• Commercial Law
• Econometrics
• Economics
• Finance
• Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management
• International Business
• Management
• Marketing
• Operations Management and Decision Sciences.

For full details of the requirements for these majors, please refer to €˜Bachelor of Commerce subject areas for majors and electives€™ section under the Undergraduate degrees: Bachelor of Commerce entry in this handbook.

Arts majors and electives

For the Bachelor of Arts degree component, students select at least one major from the Arts subject areas (€˜Table A€™ subject areas in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Handbook). In the Faculty of Arts, a major usually consists of a minimum of 36 credit points in senior units of study (six units). Students are normally required to complete at least 12 credit points in junior units of study (two units) as prerequisites in order to progress to senior units of study (in some majors specific junior units). Senior units may only be counted towards one major. Students cannot complete a major in all the Arts subject areas.

students are required to complete at least 72 credit points in senior Arts units of study comprising the units for their selected major and additional senior units (either a second major and/or as electives). The available Arts subject areas, including those areas in which majors cannot be completed (or those that may not be available in the future), are as follows:

• American Studies
• Ancient History
• Anthropology
• Arab and Islamic Studies
• Archaeology
• Art History
• Asian Studies
• Australian Literature
• Australian Studies
• Biblical Studies
• Celtic Studies
• Chinese Studies
• Cultural Studies
• Digital Cultures
• English
• European Studies
• Film Studies
• French Studies
• Gender Studies
• Germanic Studies
• Government and International Relations
• Greek (Ancient)
• Hebrew (Classical)
• Hebrew (Modern)
• Heritage Studies
• History
• Indigenous Australian Studies
• Indonesian Studies
• International and Comparative Literary Studies
• Italian Studies
• Japanese Studies
• Jewish Civilisation, Thought and Culture
• Korean Studies
• Latin
• Linguistics
• Medieval Studies
• Modern Greek
• Music
• Pali (no major is available)
• Peace and Conflict Studies (no major is available)
• Performance Studies
• Philosophy
• Political Economy
• Sanskrit
• Social Policy
• Sociology
• Spanish and Latin American Studies
• Studies in Religion
• Yiddish (no guarantee of continuing availability).

Note. Economics cannot be counted towards both the Commerce and Arts components of this degree as a major.

For details of the structural requirements and availability of the particular Bachelor of Arts majors, students should refer to the to the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences handbook (sydney.edu.au/handbooks/).

Electives and additional majors

Students may choose an additional major and/or electives from any subject area offered by the University of Sydney Business School or the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Alternatively, subject to degree requirements, students may select electives from any other faculty of the University of Sydney (subject to approval of the faculty offering the unit and degree requirements). Other faculty majors may differ in size, however in most cases; a minimum of 36 credit points in senior (or intermediate and senior) units of study must be completed in that subject area. Students should refer to the other faculty€™s handbook or website for further information regarding their major requirements. Students can only complete a maximum of 60 credit points in units of study from outside of the Business School or the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

For details of majors and electives from other faculties, students should consult the handbook for the relevant faculty (sydney.edu.au/handbooks).

Professional accreditation requirements

Within the Bachelor of Commerce component of the combined degree, students may choose to pursue a program of study that would allow them to seek accreditation with particular professional bodies.

See the Undergraduate degrees: Bachelor of Commerce entry of this handbook for details of available professional accreditation requirements.

Degree progression

The following table illustrates a degree progression example for a student enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts on a full-time basis undertaking units of study with a total value of 24 credit points per semester and completing two majors ('A' and 'B'). Students can, depending on the major selected, complete a maximum four majors.

Note: In this example, core units of study for the Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) are in 'bold italic' type, the compulsory Commerce components of the program are in 'italic' and the required Bachelor of Arts (BA) units are in 'bold'. 'Sem' is an abbreviation for 'Semester'.

The €˜BCom junior (core)€™ units, ACCT1005, ECMT1010 and ECON1001, can be completed in either semester in a student's first year of study.

Please Note: The information listed in this example is based on the unit of study offerings for 2011 and is intended as a guide only. Students are usually able to complete the units of study for their course in different sequences to that which are listed (including enrolling in units in Summer or Winter School sessions when available). Students are advised to plan their course based upon their individual needs and to contact the faculty€™s Student Information Office if they need any assistance in planning their progression in their degree.

The Business School website illustrates units of study progression sequences for specific majors in this combined degree. This information can be accessed at sydney.edu.au/business/course/FH033/.

Units of study for the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts

For information on units of study that are available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts in 2011, please refer to the Tables of undergraduate units of study, for details of the unit prerequisites, corequisites and other requirements. For descriptions of the University of Sydney Business School and School of Economics units, refer to Undergraduate units of study descriptions. For all other Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences unit descriptions, please refer to the Faculty of Arts handbook (http://sydney.edu.au/handbooks/) or the Online unit of study handbook (https://ssa.usyd.edu.au/ssa/handbook/uossearch.jsp).

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