Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Business Analytics

2025 Deakin University Handbook

Year	2025 course information
Award granted	Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Business Analytics
Deakin course code	D366
Course version	2
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Law
Course Information	For students who commenced from 2019 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	098471C 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 2019. Students who commenced prior to 2019 should refer to the Handbook Archive for their course structure and consult with their enrolment officer.

Course sub-headings

Course overview

Data is the future of business. Deakin's Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Business Analytics helps you build a foundation of commerce and business analytics knowledge that is invaluable to employers worldwide. Develop critical analysis skills to turn data into strategies that drive business success. Learn how to interpret data and information and combine it with a strong foundation across all areas of business.

The commerce component of this combined course is designed to help you find and enter a discipline that fits your professional aspirations. Led by teachers who are active in their fields, the business analytics component is informed by IT professionals from leading technology companies, business and the government sector. With such strong connections to industry, you will become well versed in the latest strategies and trends.

Want to analyse complex data systems through in-demand business skills?

Your degree's commerce component allows you to explore all areas of commerce and, depending on your major, gives you the opportunity to specialise with a choice of majors including:

Accounting
Economics
Finance
Financial planning
Human resource management
Management
Marketing.

In the business analytics component of the degree, you will develop critical thinking and analysis skills through topics like:

artificial intelligence
business intelligence and data warehousing
data analysis
information architecture
information security and governance
planning commercial systems
processes and workflows
professional and business ethics
project management.

You will also have the opportunity to get hands-on experience with a work-integrated learning unit.

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

Completion of the Bachelor of Business Analytics and associated double degree courses grants eligibility for entry as a professional member of the Australian Computer Society (ACS).

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.

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.

Students who complete the finance major are recognised through the CFA Institute University Affiliation Program.

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®.

The human resource management major enables students to apply for the Australian HR Institute (AHRI) membership.

Career opportunities

With a Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Business Analytics, you will be well-prepared for career opportunities including:

accountant
artificial intelligence specialist
business analyst
business development manager
business intelligence analyst
client services manager
data architect
data engineer
economist
network analyst
operations manager
risk assessor
systems administrator.

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.

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 Business Analytics (M340)
Bachelor of Commerce (M300)
Diploma of Business Studies (M201)

Course learning outcomes

Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes	Course Learning Outcomes Bachelor of Commerce	Course Learning Outcomes Bachelor of Business Analytics
Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities	Apply a broad and coherent theoretical and technical knowledge of commerce and its applications.	Develop and apply broad and coherent knowledge of the foundation theories, concepts and practice of business analytics within an organisation or social settings.
Communication	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.	Communicate ideas and concepts, with consideration to impacts and outcomes, to specialist and non-specialist audiences (using appropriate tools, technologies and techniques).
Digital literacy	Use technologies to identify, locate, evaluate, synthesise and disseminate and communicate information in the field of commerce.	Use appropriate business analytics technologies to source, evaluate and analyse information relevant to organisational or social settings.
Critical thinking	Evaluate and critically analyse academic, professional and business information and values.	Apply critical and creative thinking skills in a variety of business analytics settings.
Problem solving	Identify solutions to a diverse range of authentic problems in commerce.	Identify and model problems and articulate broad business analytics solutions related to authentic situations in organisational or social settings.
Self-management	Take personal responsibility for actions, self-reflect and critique own performance and identify and plan future professional development.	Demonstrate intellectual independence and reflect on self-performance to identify and plan future professional development.
Teamwork	Interact and collaborate with others from a range of disciplines and backgrounds.	Work collaboratively in diverse teams to produce and share business analytics solutions to problems in organisational or social settings.
Global citizenship	Engage effectively in different environments and contexts reflecting social, sustainable, ethical, economic, and global perspectives in the field of commerce.	Apply ethical frameworks and principles in the development and deployment of business analytics solutions to meet stakeholder needs.

Course rules

To complete the Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Business Analytics 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 Commerce
- 8 credit points of core units
- 1 major (8 credit points)
- a minimum of 4 credit points of Faculty of Business and Law units at level 3
16 credit points from the Bachelor of Business Analytics
- - 14 credit points of core units (excluding MIS171)
  - 1 credit point of Work Integrated Learning (WIL) unit or an approved international learning experience
  - 1 credit point of open elective units

course requirements for both the Bachelor of Commerce (M300) and Bachelor of Business Analytics (M340) 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.

Course structure

Compulsory 0-credit point module and unit

To be completed in the first trimester of study:-

DAI001

Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin

Units

The 16 credit points from the Bachelor of Commerce (M300) include:-

-8 credit points of core units (MAA103, MAE101, MAF101, MIS171, MLC101, MMK101, MMM132 and MWL101)

-an 8 credit point major sequence (excluding Management Information Systems)

-Level 3 - at least 4 credit points (which must be course grouped to a Faculty of Business and Law undergraduate degree)

The 16 credit points from the Bachelor of Business Analytics (M340) include:-

-15 credit points of core units (excluding MIS171) including one work integrated learning unit (WIL) OR an approved international learning experience, and

-a 1 credit point open elective unit

Work experience

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

Details of major sequences

Students must complete 1 Bachelor of Commerce major sequence (excluding Management Information Systems) chosen from the below list. Refer to the details of each major sequence for availability:

^ These majors are the recommended pathway to qualify for membership of professional organisations.
* Offered to continuing students only

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.

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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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