Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Arts

2023 Deakin University Handbook

Course sub-headings

• Course overview
• Professional recognition
• Career opportunities
• Participation requirements
• Mandatory student checks
• Alternative exits
• Fees and charges
• Course Learning Outcomes
• Course rules
• Work experience
• Research and research-related study

Course overview

Follow your passion and gain sought-after skills with Deakin's Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Arts. Whether you choose to focus on a commerce profession, such as marketing or human resources, or a broader range of pursuits in arts, such as sociology or criminology, the complementary nature of these two majors ensures you gain a unique qualification built for your personal career goals.

Traditional yet contemporary, the commerce component of this degree is designed to help you find a professional fit. You’ll have opportunities to develop personally, to hone adaptability, curiosity, imagination, innovation, entrepreneurial thinking and professional confidence.

The arts component allows you to focus on your passions through a specialisation. You’ll graduate with transferable skills in communication, research, critical thinking and problem-solving, making you highly employable within a range of industries.

You may choose from these commerce majors:

• accounting
• economics
• finance
• financial planning
• human resources management
• management
• management information systems
• marketing.

At the same time, explore a complementary area of the arts for your interest in people, society, politics, religion, sexuality or philosophy:

• anthropology
• criminology
• gender and sexuality studies
• history
• international relations
• philosophy
• politics and policy studies
• sociology
• religious studies.

You will enjoy a classroom that is innovative, contemporary and provides industry expertise.

Each degree also offers opportunities to get involved in hands-on learning including overseas study tours, international and domestic internships, work placements and exchanges. Graduate with a well-rounded and global perspective employers will love.

Professional recognition

Deakin Business School ranks in the top 1% of business schools globally.^*  The 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.

Students who complete the accounting major can apply for the:

• CA Program of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ)
• Associate membership for the CPA Program
• IPA Program of the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA)
• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

Students who complete the marketing major are eligible for a one-year credit towards their five-year Certified Practicing Marketer certification awarded by the Australian Marketing Institute (AMI).

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

Students who complete the financial planning major satisfy the education standards of the Financial Adviser Standards (FAS). This enables students to provide financial advice in Australia and eligibility to enter certification programs of the professional financial planning associations. These include the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® Certification Program by the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) and the Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioner designation by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA).

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

• Australian HR Institute (AHRI)
• Institute of Managers and Leaders (IML)
• Institute of Public Accountants (IPA).

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

*2022 QS World University Rankings by Subject and 2022 Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject.

Career opportunities

As a Bachelor of Commerce/ Bachelor of Arts graduate, you’ll be ready for a variety of career opportunities including:

• art centre manager
• artist agent
• careers counsellor
• image consultant
• import/export manager
• marketing and communications manager
• media analyst
• NGO advisor
• public relations manager
• public servant
• small business owner
• trade delegate.

For more information go to DeakinTALENT

Participation requirements

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

Any unit which contains work integrated learning, a community placement or interaction with the community may require a police check, Working with Children Check or other check.

Alternative exits

Fees and charges

Fees and charges vary depending on your course, the type of fee place you hold, your commencement year, the units you choose and 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.

Use the Fee estimator to see course and unit fees applicable to your course and type of place. Further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods is available on our Current students fees website.

Course Learning Outcomes

See course entry for Bachelor of Commerce (M300) or Bachelor of Arts (A310)

Course rules

To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Arts, students must complete 32 credit points plus the compulsory 0-credit point module, MAI010 Academic Integrity Module.

Compulsory 0-credit point unit:-

To be completed in the first trimester of study.

• MAI010 Academic Integrity Module

16 credit points of Commerce coded units:-

• 8 credit points of core units (MAA103, MAE101, MAF101, MIS171, MLC101, MMK101, MMM132 and MWL101^*).
• one major sequence of 8 credit points must be included.
• A minimum of 4 credit points at level 3 of Commerce coded units

16 credit points of Arts coded units:-

• 3 credit points from the Global Challenge sequence (AGC109, AGC209, AGC309) or
• 3 credit points from the Employability sequence ((AWL100^* plus 1 credit point from AWL200, AWL201, AWL202, AWL203) (plus 1 credit point from AWL300, AWL301, AWL302)).
• One major sequence (8 credit points) as described under the course A310 Bachelor of Arts.
• The remaining credit points may be used to undertake a Bachelor of Arts minor sequence or additional elective units chosen from A310 Bachelor of Arts.
• A minimum of 4 credit points at level 3 of Arts coded units.

^*Please note: Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Arts course are not required to undertake MWL101 Professional Insight (a core unit in the Bachelor of Commerce) if undertaking AWL100 Your Future Direction (a core unit in the Employability sequence) or vice versa as the units are incompatible with each other.

Course requirements for both the Bachelor of Commerce (M300) and the Bachelor of Arts (A310) must be satisfied.

Work experience

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

Other course information

Course duration - additional information

Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as accessing or completing work placements.

Further information

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

• Contact Student Central

Research and research-related study

Independent research components are embedded across a number of units.