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Degree structures

Requirements

1. Bachelor of Commerce

To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Commerce, a candidate must complete 144 credit points, comprising:

  • 24 credit points of degree core units of study;
  • a major (48 credit points) or program selected from the Table A subject areas;
  • a minor (36 credit points) or second major (48 credit points) selected from Table A or Table S;
  • 12 credit points of units of study in the Open Learning Environment selected from Table O; and
  • any additional elective units of study from Table A or Table S required to make up the 144 credit point total.

2. Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Advanced Studies

To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Advanced Studies, a candidate must complete 192 credit points, comprising:

  • 24 credit points of degree core units of study;
  • a major (48 credit points) or program selected from the Table A subject areas;
  • a second major (48 credit points) selected from Table A or Table S;
  • 12 credit points of units of study in the Open Learning Environment selected from Table O; and
  • a minimum of 24 credit points at 4000-level from Table A or Table S, including a research, community, industry or entrepreneurship project (12 to 36 credit points); and
  • any additional elective units of study from Table A or Table S required to make up the 192 credit point total.


For the units of study that are available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce or the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Advanced Studies refer to the Subject areas section in this handbook.

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Requirements for the Bachelor of Commerce/ Bachelor of Advanced Studies with honours

To be awarded Honours, meritorious students complete 48 credit points of honours study in their fourth year of the Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Advanced Studies.

Students will need to have completed any requirements of their degree not satisfied with the completion of honours (including both majors, all core units, all Open Learning Environment units, and any elective units as necessary to ensure they meet degree requirements) by the end of their third year of study to proceed to honours in their fourth year of study. Honours study is offered in most of the subject areas available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Advanced Studies.

For details of the specific requirements for entry into and for the completion of honours in this program, students should refer to the Commerce Honours page.

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Dalyell stream

The Dalyell stream is a targeted stream for high achievers. Students who participate in the Dalyell stream are known as the ‘Dalyell Scholars’. The Dalyell stream is named after a distinguished alumna of the University, Elsie Jean Dalyell (pronounced "Dee-el"). Elsie Jean Dalyell (1881-1948) was a distinguished medical graduate from the University of Sydney and she was also the first full-time female academic in our Faculty of Medicine. She was a pioneer resident medical officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, and following this she travelled to London on a scholarship where she served in the First World War, working as a senior clinician in a Vienna-based research team studying deficiency diseases in children. She was a leader in her field and it is in this spirit that the Dalyell Program has been developed.

Dalyell Scholars is an elite program which offers outstanding students the opportunity to engage in experiences that challenge them through a broader and deeper learning experience. The Dalyell stream will offer broad choice for talented students seeking to develop expertise beyond their discipline-specific skills with a focus on self-awareness, community contribution, leadership, innovation and creative solutions skills. The program will develop vision, adaptability, breadth of perspective, and a high level of capability in and across disciplinary and cultural boundaries.

As a Dalyell Scholar students will have access to curricular and extra-curricular activities. These include, a three-stage mentoring program; a global mobility scholarship to assist with your global mobility experience; professional development in the form of master classes; insights from distinguished speakers; leadership development activities; and two exclusive Dalyell units (6 credit points each). In addition to these curricular and extra-curricular activities, with the permission of the Dalyell Program Director, students will have access to enrichment and accelerated units of study.

For further details regarding the Dalyell stream, please refer to the Interdisciplinary Studies Handbook.

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Open Learning Environment (OLE) units of study

Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce, and the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Advanced Studies are required to complete at least 12 credit points in units of study from the Open Learning Environment (OLE) to meet the requirements for their degree/s.

Details of available OLE units can be found in Table O in the Interdisciplinary Studies Handbook.

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Majors, minors, and programs

A major consists of 48 credit points in 1000, 2000 and 3000-level units of study in a single subject area. A minor consists of 36 credit points in 1000, 2000 and 3000 level units of study in a single subject area. A program consists of 72 credit points in 1000, 2000 and 3000-level units of study in a single subject area. In some cases, 1000 and 2000-level units may be cross-credited across programs, majors or minors.

In the Bachelor of Commerce, and the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Advanced Studies students must select one major or program from the Table A subject areas offered by the Business School to fulfil the requirements of their degree.

Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce must also complete a minor or major from Table A or Table S (Interdisciplinary Studies) to meet degree requirements. Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Advanced Studies must complete a second major from Table A or Table S.

1. Table A - Business School

(i) Programs

(ii) Majors

(iii) Minors

Note. Students cannot complete a major and a minor in the same subject area. Students who wish to complete the Professional Accounting program cannot complete a second major or minor in Accounting.

2. Table S - Interdisciplinary Studies (Shared pool)

Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce and the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Advanced Studies can complete a second major or minor in a wide range of subject areas offered by the University of Sydney through the shared pool of majors and minors. The following areas offer majors and minors in this shared pool: Architecture and Interaction Design; Arts and Social Sciences; Education and Social Work; Engineering and Information Technologies; Health, Medicine and Dentistry; Music; and Science, Agriculture, Environment and Veterinary Science.

The available subject areas for majors and minors and their requirements can be found in the Interdisciplinary Studies Handbook.

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Electives

Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce, and the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Advanced Studies can complete elective units of study from the subject areas listed in Table A (Business School) and Table S (shared pool). The available units of study are listed in Table A of this handbook and Table S in the Interdisciplinary Studies handbook.

Students enrolled in these degrees also have the opportunity to complete a variety of standalone degree (Table A) elective units (those not counting towards majors etc.) working with industry and other community projects, study tours or exchange study at an overseas university. For details refer to the Commerce degree electives section of this handbook.