Bachelor of Commerce

2025 Deakin University Handbook

Award granted	Bachelor of Commerce
Deakin course code	M300
Course version	1
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Law
Course Information	For students who commenced from 1994 to 2015
Campus	For students who commenced prior to 2016 only
Duration	3 years full-time or part-time equivalent
CRICOS code	001838A
Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition	The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 7
Note: The final intake for this course version was 2015. Students should contact a Student Adviser in Student Central for course, course map and enrolment information. Further course structure information can be found in the handbook archive.

Course sub-headings

Course overview

The Commerce courses at Deakin are some of the most flexible and broadly based business programs on offer at any Australian university.

After a common first year of study in key business disciplines, students can choose from a wide range of specialist major sequences without having to lock themselves into one program from the beginning. Also students can choose from specialised areas offered by other faculties such as journalism, sociology, politics and policy studies, languages, psychology, or many other areas of interest (subject to satisfying entry requirements).

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

Selecting the correct combination of units in one of our professionally accredited courses, provides an opportunity to be eligible to apply for admission to the:
• CA Program of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ)
• Associate membership for the CPA Program, CPA Australia
• IPA Program for the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) and
• Exemptions may apply for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

Students should consult with a Faculty course adviser to identify the units required by each professional
body, and also consult with the professional body. Eligibility may depend on work place experience.

Career opportunities

You make find employment in accounting positions in the business community, industry commerce, the service sector or private practice, or work in management consulting, the financial services sector or with government bodies.

Course learning outcomes

Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes	Course Learning Outcomes
Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities	Apply a broad and coherent theoretical and technical knowledge of commerce and its applications.
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.
Digital literacy	Use technologies to Identify, locate, evaluate, synthesise and disseminate and communicate information in the field of commerce.
Critical thinking	Evaluate and critically analyse academic, professional and business information and values.
Problem solving	Identify solutions to a diverse range of authentic problems in commerce.
Self-management	Take personal responsibility for actions, self- reflect and critique own performance and identify and plan future professional development.
Teamwork	Interact and collaborate with others from a range of disciplines and backgrounds.
Global citizenship	Engage effectively in different environments and contexts reflecting social, sustainable, ethical, economic, and global perspectives in the field of commerce.

Approved by Faculty Board

Course rules

To complete the Bachelor of Commerce students must pass 24 credit points and meet the following course rules to be eligible to graduate:

10 credit points of core units
1 major sequence (6 credit points)
8 credit points of open electives units (which may include another major sequence)
At least 6 credit points must be taken at level 3, of which 4 must be Faculty of Business and Law units
No more than 10 credit points may be taken at level 1.

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

All students in the Bachelor of Commerce are required to complete at least one major sequence chosen from the following:
• Accounting^
• Accounting Information Systems^#
• Business Analytics^#
• Business Information Systems^#
• Business Security Management^#
• Commercial Law^#
• eBusiness^#
• Economics
• Finance
• Financial Planning^
• Health Informatics^#
• Human Resource Management
• Interactive Marketing^#
• International Business^#
• International Management^#
• International Trade and Economic Policy^#
• Management
• Marketing
• Professional Practice^#
• Quantitative Business Analysis^#
• Supply Chain Management^#
• Technology Management^#

^ M300 Bachelor of Commerce is the recommended pathway to qualify for membership of professional organisations.

# Offered to continuing students only

Please discuss units required for each major with a Student Adviser

Course structure

Core units

MAA103

Accounting for Decision Making

MAE101

Economic Principles

MAE203

The Global Economy (replaces MAE102)

MAF101

Fundamentals of Finance

MIS203

Managing Information in the Digital Age (replaces MIS101)

MIS171

Business Analytics

MLC101

Law for Commerce

MMK101

Marketing Fundamentals (replaces MMK277)

MMM132

Management

MWL101

Professional Insight (replaces MMH299)

MAE102 The Global Economy: [No longer available for enrolment, replacement unit MAE203]

MIS101 Business Information Systems [No longer available for enrolment, replacement unit MIS203]

MMK277 Marketing Management [No longer available for enrolment, replacement unit MMK101]

MMH299 Business Communication [No longer available for enrolment, replacement unit MWL101]

Further information

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

Contact Student Central

Fees and charges

Fees and charges vary depending on your course, the type of fee place you hold, your commencement year and your study load. To find out about the fees and charges that apply to you, visit the Current students fees website or our handy Fee estimator to help estimate your tuition fees.