Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of International Business

This program is offered full-time and part-time on the Nathan and Gold Coast campuses. You may choose to study courses at other campuses where the program structure allows.

As a full-time student, you will generally attend 12-16 hours of scheduled classes per week throughout the trimester. As a part-time student, you will generally attend 6-8 hours of scheduled classes per week.

Classes may be scheduled during the day and evening throughout the week.

Student Income Support

To be classed as a full-time student, you are required to enrol in a minimum number of credit points each standard study period. The minimum credit points for full-time enrolment in this program is 30 credit points.

Trimester 1 and Trimester 2 are deemed standard study periods. As Trimester 3 is a non-standard study period, continuing students moving from one year to the next will not be required to study during this trimester to be eligible for student income support.

Domestic students who commence in Trimester 3 may be eligible for student income support from the onset of study provided they are enrolled full-time in this study period.

Please refer to the Australian Government website for more details.

Graduates are prepared with the knowledge and analytical skills to comprehend Australia's business, economic and political relations with the rest of the world.

The Bachelor of Commerce will equip you with the required technical and generic skills leading to a range of career options within both the private and public sectors including:

• Accounting: You will be equipped for a career in a range of private or public sector organisations where you could work in areas such as accounting, administration, auditing, business management, commercial and taxation law, managerial accounting, and taxation. Opportunities exist for exciting and challenging careers locally, nationally and internationally.
• Behavioural Science: You will find career opportunities in government, private enterprise and not-for-profit organisations across various disciplines including marking and advertising, human services, healthcare, economics, policy development, research and evaluation of programs and services.
• Economics: You will be prepared for work in the banking and finance industry as an analyst or advisor, in property development or real estate, in government policy in fields such as the environment, health, education and transport, or in large mining companies analysing markets and investment opportunities. You may also find career opportunities in major international organisations such as the World Bank, the United Nations, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Asian Development Bank.
• Finance: You will be prepared for work in retail and merchant banks, insurance, treasury operations, taxation, risk management, stockbroking, financial consultancy firms, regulatory authorities, corporate finance, international trade, securities and investment firms.
• Financial Planning: You will be equipped for a career as a financial planner, financial advisor or controller. You will also find opportunities inbrokerage firms, trust companies, insurance firms, commercial banks and investment banks.

Bachelor of International Business: You will be prepared for work with internationally oriented trade and investment organisations, or in the public and private sectors in management, strategic planning, research, corporate-government relations, global operations and public relations.

Depending on the courses you complete you can graduate with a degree accredited by:

• Accounting: Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) and CPA Australia.
• Financial Planning: Financial Adviser Standards (FAS).

Professional recognition will vary depending upon your choice of major or minor.

• Accounting major: Completion of the Bachelor of Commerce provides exemptions from the ACCA Foundation Level Exams F1-F9.
• Financial Planning major: Graduates will be eligible for admission to the Financial Planning Association (FPA) of Australia's CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® Certification Program.
• Finance major: The Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) has been accepted into the CFA Institute University Recognition Program. This status is granted to institutions whose degree program incorporates at least 70% of the CFA Program Candidate Body of Knowledge (CBOK), which provide students with a solid grounding in the CBOK and positions them well to site for the CFA exams.