Bachelor of Property and Real Estate/Bachelor of Commerce

2025 Deakin University Handbook

Year	2025 course information
Award granted	Bachelor of Property and Real Estate/ Bachelor of Commerce
Deakin course code	D325
Course version	2
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Law
Course Information	For students who commenced from 2023 onwards
Campus	Offered at Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Duration	4 years full-time or part-time equivalent
Course Map - enrolment planning tool	This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 1 2025. This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 2 2025. Course maps for commencement in previous years are available on the Course Maps webpage or please contact a Student Adviser in Student Central.
CRICOS code	072834F Burwood (Melbourne)
Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition	The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 7
This course structure applies to students who commenced in 2023. Students who commenced prior to 2023 should refer to the Handbook Archive for their course structure and consult with their enrolment officer.

Course sub-headings

Course overview

Study the Bachelor of Property and Real Estate/Bachelor of Commerce and become an in-demand professional. In just four years you will graduate with professionally recognised qualifications in both real estate and commerce, a combination sought after by employers.

Gain industry experience through practical learning opportunities where you will be exposed to professional practice. Build relationships with industry partners, take on coveted internships and learn from global leaders through overseas study experiences.

The commerce component of this combined course is designed to help you find a professional fit and passion for a commerce discipline. The property and real estate degree offers the most current approaches, ideas and research so you graduate ready to capitalise on Australia’s largest industry.

Want to be a property expert with world-class business skills?

This combined course is one of the industry’s most highly regarded programs, putting graduates a step ahead when starting careers in property, real estate and commerce.

The property and real estate component of the course covers:

property economics
property investment
property law and practice
sustainable construction
statutory valuation.

Your property and real estate studies can be complemented by commerce studies in:

accounting
economics
finance
financial planning
human resource management
management
management information systems
marketing.

Your studies will have a practical focus to ensure that you are work-ready upon graduation. Your lecturers and professors are active in the industry and bring extensive professional networks into the classroom.

Indicative student workload

You can expect to participate in a range of teaching activities each week. This could include lectures, seminars, online interactions, or professional experiences for Work Integrated Learning (WIL) units. You can refer to the individual unit details in the course structure for more information. You will also need to study and complete assessment tasks in your own time.

Professional recognition

Deakin Business School holds the prestigious and globally recognised AACSB and EQUIS accreditations, which attest to quality, academic and professional excellence, ongoing improvement, innovation and graduate employability.

The Bachelor of Property and Real Estate has received professional accreditation by the Australian Property Institute (API) and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Graduates will meet the academic requirement to be eligible for registration as a Certified Practising Valuer (CPV).

Deakin’s accounting major enables students to apply for the:

The marketing major provides a one-year credit towards the Australian Marketing Institute (AMI) five-year Certified Practicing Marketer and Chartered Marketer certification.

The financial planning major satisfies the Financial Adviser Standards (FAS) education standards, meaning students can provide financial advice in Australia and are eligible for financial planning certification programs including:

the Financial Adviser Association of Australia (FAAA) CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®.

Depending on your units of study, commerce graduates are also eligible to apply for membership to the:

-Australian HR Institute (AHRI)

-Institute of Public Accountants (IPA).

Students should consult the professional body or a course adviser to identify additional requirements for membership.

Career opportunities

This combined course prepares you for a career in the business world and in the global property and real estate industries. Career opportunities include:

accountant
asset manager
business analyst
economist
facilities manager
financial planner
human resource manager
international trade officer
marketing manager
owners' corporation manager
property valuer
property developer
portfolio manager
property advisor
social and economic policy developer.

Participation requirements

Units in this course may have participation requirements that include compulsory placements, work-based training, community-based learning or collaborative research training arrangements.

Placement can occur at any time, including during standard holiday breaks. Learn about key dates at Deakin.

Reasonable adjustments to participation and other course requirements will be made for students with a disability. More information available at Disability support services.

Mandatory student checks

Units which contain work integrated learning, a community placement or interaction with the community may require a police check, working with children check or other check. These requirements will be detailed in unit guides upon enrolment.

Alternative exits

Bachelor of Commerce (M300)
Bachelor of Property and Real Estate (M348)

Course learning outcomes

Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes	Course Learning Outcomes Bachelor of Property and Real Estate (M348)	Course Learning Outcomes Bachelor of Commerce (M300)
Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities	Employ broad and coherent theoretical and technical property and real estate knowledge and apply legal and ethical standards in the fields relating to property development, investment, valuation and property management in private and commercial real estate markets, both nationally and internationally.	Apply a broad and coherent theoretical and technical knowledge of commerce and its applications.
Communication	Prepare and present a selection of reports on property concepts and information for a range of stakeholders including investors, developers, regulators and clients	Communicate commerce concepts and information effectively including in oral, written and visual forms in a cohesive and understandable manner to academic audiences, business professionals and laypersons.
Digital literacy	Identify, locate, evaluate and synthesise information about market and submarket trends and forecasts, economic influences, statutory requirements and industry practices. Communicate information and solutions to stakeholders utilising a range of diagnostic, analytical and reporting technologies	Use technologies to identify, locate, evaluate, synthesise and disseminate and communicate information in the field of commerce.
Critical thinking	Evaluate and analyse property related issues and data on property markets and indicators to make recommendations for maximising property outcomes	Evaluate and critically analyse academic, professional and business information and values.
Problem solving	Apply legal property evaluation and property appraisal methodologies to identify solutions and sustainability strategies for a diverse range of authentic problems in property	Identify solutions to a diverse range of authentic problems in commerce.
Self-management	Apply skills and knowledge to independently undertake educational activities that require considerable planning	Take personal responsibility for actions, self-reflect and critique own performance and identify and plan future professional development.
Teamwork	Collaborate with others to examine contemporary issues in property	Interact and collaborate with others from a range of disciplines and backgrounds.
Global citizenship	Apply the interconnected principles of property planning, design, construction, management, maintenance and transference to a range of different environments and contexts reflecting social, sustainable, ethical, economic and global perspectives	Engage effectively in different environments and contexts reflecting social, sustainable, ethical, economic, and global perspectives in the field of commerce.

Course rules

To complete the Bachelor of Property and Real Estate/Bachelor of Commerce students must pass 32 credit points and meet the following course rules to be eligible to graduate:

DAI001 Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0-credit-point compulsory unit) in their first study period
16 credit points from the Bachelor of Property and Real Estate
- 11 credit points of core units
- 1 credit point of Work Integrated Learning (WIL) course elective units
- 4 credit points of open elective units which may comprise of:
  - 4 credit points of open elective units
  - 1 minor (4 credit points) from the Bachelor of Property and Real Estate
16 credit points from the Bachelor of Commerce
- 8 credit points of core units
- 1 major (8 credit points)
a minimum of 6 credit points at level 3 (of which 4 credit points must be from the Faculty of Business and Law)
course requirements for both the Bachelor of Property and Real Estate (M348) and Bachelor of Commerce (M300) must be satisfied

Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements. See the enrolment codes and terminology to help make sense of the University’s vocabulary.

Majors

Refer to the details of each major sequence for availability.

All students must complete one major sequence from the Bachelor of Commerce.

Bachelor of Commerce Majors:

^ These majors are the recommended pathway to qualify for membership of professional organisations.

*Offered to continuing students only

Course structure

Compulsory 0-credit point module

To be completed in the first trimester of study:-

DAI001

Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin

Core units

Students must complete 11 credit points of core units from the Bachelor of Property and Real Estate

MMP111

Introduction to Property

MMP122

Introduction to Property Development

MMP219

Sustainable Property Construction

Statutory Valuation

Property Investment

Property Economics

Property Management

Property Law and Practice ⁺

MMP321

Advanced Property Analysis

MMP322

Advanced Property Development ^~

MMP311

Advanced Property Valuation ^(Capstone)

⁺This unit was previously coded MMP121

^~This unit was previously coded MMP222

Students must complete 8 credits points of core units from the Bachelor of Commerce

MAA103

Accounting for Decision Making

MAE101

Economic Principles

MAF101

Fundamentals of Finance

MIS171

Business Analytics

MLC101

Law for Commerce

MMK101

Marketing Fundamentals

MMM132

Management

MWL101

Professional Insight

Open elective units

Students must complete 4 credit points of either open elective units or 1 minor from the list below.

Refer to the details of each minor sequence for availability

WIL|Practical course elective units

Students must complete one of the below WIL course elective units

MWL316

Consultancy Experience

MWL318

Internship

MWL319

International Consultancy Experience

Note: Students WIL experience should relate to their field of study and career aspirations in property and real estate.

Students must complete one of the following experiential/practice units as one of their Law Elective units:

MLL338

Legal Professional Practice

MLL351

Community Legal Internship

MLL420

Deakin Law Clinic

MLL460

Mooting and Advocacy

Further details can be found at WIL opportunities for law students

Work experience

This course provides students the opportunity to complete one or more elective work integrated learning units.
More Information: WIL Programs

Course duration

You may be able to study available units in the optional third trimester to fast-track your degree, however your course duration may be extended if there are delays in meeting course requirements, such as completing a placement.

Further information

Student Central can help you with course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements.

Contact Student Central

Other learning experiences

This course includes the option of other learning experiences (ie an approved international learning experience)

Fees and charges

Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study, and their study discipline or your study load.

Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.

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