BCom/BGlobSt

Credit points

320

Minimum duration

4 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Approved locations

  • Brisbane
  • Melbourne
  • North Sydney

Note:

Students in Sydney are required to complete units at North Sydney and Strathfield campuses. Enrolment is via North Sydney campus. Students will not be required to travel between campuses on the same day.


EFTSL value of units : All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

Admission requirements

An applicant must comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy  that includes meeting a minimum ATAR requirement.

International applicants need to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements as defined in the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy .

To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites at year 12 level, or equivalent:

StatePrerequisites

New South Wales

Assumed Knowledge: 2 units of English (any) (Band 3)

Queensland

Prerequisites: English (Units 3 & 4, C)

Victoria

Prerequisites: Units 3 and 4 – a study score of at least 25 in English (EAL) or 20 in any other English.

Disclaimer: The course entry requirements above are for 2022 Admission. Refer to your relevant Tertiary Admission Centre website for future years' entry requirements.



Completion requirements

To qualify for the degrees, a student must complete 320 cp consisting of:

  1. 180 cp selected in accordance with the requirements for the Bachelor of Commerce, consisting of:
  2. 60 cp from Specified Business Units (Part A);
  3. 80 cp from one Major (Part B);
  4. 40 cp from one Minor (Part C); OR

iv.40 cp Electives from the Schedule of Unit Offerings in School of Business, or units from other disciplines (subject to campus availability, unit limitation and provided that prerequisite requirements are met.) (Part D)

b. 120 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of;

  1. 30 cp of Global Studies Specified Units (Part E)
  2. 10 cp of units from Global Studies List A (Part F);
  3. 10 cp of units from Global Studies List B (Part G);
  4. 10 cp of units from Global Studies List C (Part H);
  5. 40 cp from Global Study Abroad OR Global Studies International Internship OR Rome Semester Program (Part I) ;
  6. 20 cp from Global Studies Electives (Part J);

c. 20 cp from the Core Curriculum Units (Part K).

Progression requirements

Students normally complete 100- level units before undertaking related 200-level units, and 200-level units before undertaking related 300-level units.

Part A : Specified Business Units

Complete exactly 60 credit points from the following:

CodeTitleCredit PointsNotes
BUSN104Money Matters10Business Foundation Unit
BUSN112Managing Markets10Business Foundation Unit
BUSN113Managing People and Organisations10Business Foundation Unit
ITEC100Information Technology in Action10Business Foundation Unit
BIPX202Community Engagement: Building Strengths and Capabilities10
BIPX301Professional Experience10

Part B : Major

Complete exactly 80 credit points from the following:

CodeTitleCredit PointsNotes
ACCTAccounting80Students undertaking an Accounting major must take ECON106 Microeconomics 1 as one of their Global Studies electives. A student undertaking an Accounting major must undertake BAFN200 Principles of Finance instead of ECON200 Business Economics.
HRMGHuman Resource Management80
MKTGMarketing80
FINCFinance80
MNGTManagement80
EVMGEvent Management80

Students undertaking an Accounting major must take ECON106 Microeconomics 1 as one of their Global Studies electives.

Part C : Minor

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

CodeTitleCredit PointsNotes
ACCTAccounting40
DATAData Analytics40
ENTREntrepreneurship40
EVMGEvent Management40
FINCFinance40
HRMGHuman Resource Management40
INDBIndigenous Business Studies40
INFMInformatics40
INBUInternational Business40
MNGTManagement40
MKTGMarketing40
OHSEOccupational Health, Safety and Environment40

Part D : Electives from the Schedule of Unit Offerings in School of Business, or units from other disciplines

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

CodeTitleCredit PointsNotes
ACCT210Accounting Foundations10
BUSN104Money Matters10
BUSN112Managing Markets10
BUSN113Managing People and Organisations10
LEGL101Introduction to Business Law: Legal Frameworks for Businesses10
LAWS104Foundations of Law and Legal Research10
LAWS105Contract Law10
LAWS106Criminal Law and Procedure10
LAWS107Introduction to Australian Public Law10
LCRM101Introduction to Criminology10
LCRM102Violence through History10
LCRM104Juvenile Justice10
ITEC100Information Technology in Action10
ITEC102Python Fundamentals For Data Science10
ACCT207Financial Accounting10
ACCT209Corporate Accounting10
BAFN200Principles of Finance10
BAFN203Financial Planning10
BAFN204Portfolio Management: Investing Wisely10
BAFN205Financial Instruments and Institutions10
BAFN206New Venture Finance10
BAFN207Financial Institutions Risk Management10
BIPX202Community Engagement: Building Strengths and Capabilities10
BUSN201International Business10
ECON200Economics: Policy Frameworks and Markets10
EMGT201Event Management: Planning a Successful Event10
EMGT202Event Management: Design and Sustainability10
ENTR201Entrepreneurial Mindset10
ENTR202Social Entrepreneurship10
HRMG200Applied Human Resource Management10
HRMG201Strategic Human Resource Development10
HRMG204Organisational Behaviour10
HRMG207Introduction to Human Resource Management10
HRMG208Performance Planning and Development10
HRMG213Sustainable Staffing and Remuneration10
HRMG214Recruitment, Selection and Remuneration10
ITEC200Data and Information Management10
ITEC201Fundamentals of Information Technology10
ITEC202Data Management and Visualisation10
ITEC203Introduction to Data Science and Machine Learning10
ITEC204Introduction to Cyber Security10
ITEC206Business Requirement Analysis10
ITEC217Programming Concepts10
ITEC225Systems Analysis and Design10
ITEC228Fundamentals of Business Information Systems10
LAWS200Business Organisations10
LEGL201Company Law: Directors and Corporate Regulation10
MGMT205Evidence-Based Decision Making10
MGMT212Global Comparative Management10
MGMT213Organisational Analysis10
MGMT214Leadership and Organisational Sustainability10
MKTG200Marketing Research10
MKTG201Buyer Behaviour10
MKTG202Marketing Communications: Engaging Stakeholders10
MKTG207Marketing Toolkit10
MKTG208Services Marketing10
MKTG209Digital Marketing: The Connected Space10
STAT207Business Data Analysis10
ACCT300Auditing10
ACCT303Strategic Management Accounting10
ACCT305Accounting Information Systems10
BAFN310Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Finance10
BAFN311Emerging Technologies in Finance10
BIPX301Professional Experience10
BUSN302International Trade10
BUSN304Working with Diversity and Conflict10
EMGT301Event Management: Economic Social and Environmental Impacts10
ENTR301Managing Entrepreneurship and Innovation10
ENTR302Product Creation in Start Ups10
ENTR303Strategic New Venture Planning10
HRMG302Employment Relations and Legal Frameworks10
HRMG308Strategic HRM: Metrics and Analytics10
HRMG310Global Human Resource Management and Sustainability10
HRMG311Sustainable Human Resource Management and Global Stakeholders10
ITEC301AI-Powered Augmented Analytics10
ITEC302Big Data Analytics10
ITEC303Managing Data Analytics Projects10
ITEC304Mining Web and Social Media Data10
ITEC311Network Security and Applications10
ITEC312Information Technology Project Part A (Project Management)10
ITEC313Advanced Programming Concepts10
ITEC316Business Process Modelling10
ITEC320Work Integrated Learning10
ITEC321Information Systems Strategy and Management10
ITEC322Information Technology Project Part B (Software Engineering)10
ITEC323Web and Mobile Application Development10
ITEC325Applied Data Mining10
ITEC326Information Systems Security10
ITEC327Essentials of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning10
ITEC330Information Technology Capstone Project20
LEGL300Taxation Law10
LEGL309Australian Financial Markets and Services Law10
MGMT304Strategic Management10
MGMT305Management and Leadership10
MGMT308Project Management10
MGMT309Governance, Risk and Operations Management10
MGMT310Organisational Change for Sustainability10
MKTG301International Marketing: The Borderless World10
MKTG313Strategic Marketing and Planning10
MKTG314Managing Products and Brands in the Competitive Marketplace10
MKTG318Social Impact of Marketing10
MKTG319Marketing Analytics10
OHSE312Worker Health and Wellbeing10
OHSE313Hazard and Incident Management10
OHSE321Physical Hazards in the Occupational Environment10
OHSE331Introduction to Occupational Health Safety and Environmental Law10
OHSE341Occupational Health Safety and Environment Performance Measurement10

(subject to campus availability, unit limitation and provided that prerequisite requirements are met.)

Part E : Global Studies Specified Units

Complete exactly 30 credit points from the following:

CodeTitleCredit PointsNotes
HIST115Global History: Six Degrees of Separation10
POLS104Introduction to International Relations10
GLST305Global Studies Research Project10

Part F : Global Studies List A

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

CodeTitleCredit PointsNotes
DVST200Refugees and Forced Migration10
GEOG216Climate Change: Past, Present and Future10
GEOG218Natural Disasters: Risk, Response and Resilience10
HIST251Human Rights in History10
PHIL202Justice, Authority and Human Rights10
POLS213Security, Terrorism and Human Rights10
SOCS201Social Justice and the New Economy10
SOCS209Race and Ethnicity: Australian and Global Perspectives10

Part G : Global Studies List B

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

CodeTitleCredit PointsNotes
ECON222Economics of the Developing World10
ECON223The Global Economy10
GEOG214Sustainability: The Global Challenge10
GEOG217Political Geography: Borders, Migration and Conflict10
HIST267Diasporas and Journeys: Migration in World History10
POLS219Post-Colonial and Non-Western Politics10
SOCS243Global Health10

Part H : Global Studies List C

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

CodeTitleCredit PointsNotes
DVST303Development Advocacy10
GEOG310Sustainable Cities and Communities10
GEOG313Environmental and Heritage Management10
POLS309World Politics and Justice10
SOCS301Social Justice and Economy10

Part I : Global Study Abroad or Global Studies International Internship or Rome Semester Program

Part I.1 OR Part I.2 OR Part I.3

Part I.1 : Global Study International Internship

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

CodeTitleCredit PointsNotes
GLST300Global Study International Internship40

*At the discretion of the Dean of the National School of Arts and Humanities, a student who can demonstrate exceptional and ongoing personal circumstances beyond their control (eg. chronic illness) that prevent them from travelling overseas may be allowed to substitute study abroad or the international internship with GLST306 Global Studies Special Project. Where an ongoing risk applies to more than one student, eg (travel advisory bans; health pandemic etc) GLST306 may also be offered at the discretion of the Dean of the National School of Arts and Humanities).

Part I.2 : Global Study Abroad

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

CodeTitleCredit PointsNotes
GLST301Global Study Abroad A10
GLST302Global Study Abroad B10
GLST303Global Study Abroad C10
GLST304Global Study Abroad D10

Part I.3 : Rome Semester Program

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

Part J : Global Studies Electives

Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

CodeTitleCredit PointsNotes
BIOL129Foundations of Ecology10
COMM222Communication in a Global Society10
DVST100Introduction to International Development Studies10
DVST101Humanitarian Work and Aid10
DVST200Refugees and Forced Migration10Global Migration Units
DVST203Qualitative Research Methodologies for Development Projects10
DVST204Project Management for Development10
DVST301Development Alternatives: Fair Trade10Global Economics Units
DVST303Development Advocacy10Race, Rights and Ethics Units
ECON222Economics of the Developing World10Global Economics Units
ECON223The Global Economy10Global Economics Units
ENGL111Literature Across Time and Space10
ENGL204American Writing10International Units - The Americas
ENGL232Irish Literature10International Units - Europe and Britain
ENGL333Global Literary Cultures10
ENVR102Earth Science10
GEOG110Exploring Natural Environments10
GEOG111Exploring Human Environments10Global Economics Units
GEOG214Sustainability: The Global Challenge10
GEOG216Climate Change: Past, Present and Future10
GEOG217Political Geography: Borders, Migration and Conflict10International Units - Asia
GEOG218Natural Disasters: Risk, Response and Resilience10
GEOG310Sustainable Cities and Communities10Global Economics Units
GEOG313Environmental and Heritage Management10
HIST208Fascism10International Units - Europe and Britain
HIST209Revolutionary Europe 1789-191710International Units - Europe and Britain
HIST214Immigrants and Refugees in Australian History10Global Migration Units
HIST215Europe Divided and United 1945-Present10International Units - Europe and Britain
HIST225Us Foreign Policy Since 194510International Units - The Americas
HIST229Rebels and Revolutions in Latin America10International Units - The Americas
HIST251Human Rights in History10Race, Rights and Ethics Units
HIST256War and Peace10War, Peace and Security Units
HIST260Keep Calm and Carry on British History Since 190110International Units - Europe and Britain
HIST261The Rise of Asia in the Modern World10International Units - Asia
HIST262Money and Power in the Western World10
HIST263The Making of Modern America, 1865 to 194510International Units - The Americas
HIST267Diasporas and Journeys: Migration in World History10Global Migration Units
HIST327Settler Colonies in Indigenous Lands10Race, Rights and Ethics Units
HIST342A History of the Present10
HUMA319Rome Field School: Landscapes Past and Present10
HUMA252Art, Politics and Society in Renaissance and Baroque Rome10
ITAN101Introductory Italian10
MUSC280Music, Culture and Diversity10
PHIL107Philosophy of World Religions10
PHIL202Justice, Authority and Human Rights10Race, Rights and Ethics Units
POLS105Introduction to Human Rights10
POLS201Middle Eastern Politics10International Units - Middle East
POLS203American Politics and Culture10International Units - The Americas
POLS211The Dragon Awakens: China and the New World10International Units - Asia
POLS213Security, Terrorism and Human Rights10War, Peace and Security Units
POLS214The Nature of Democracy10Race, Rights and Ethics Units
POLS216Populism in the 21st Century: From Brexit to Trump and Beyond10Race, Rights and Ethics Units
POLS217Religion and World Politics10
POLS218Authoritarianism in the 21st Century10
SOCS201Social Justice and the New Economy10
SOCS202Culture: Rights, Representation, Resistance10
SOCS206Globalisation, Religion and Modernity10
SOCS207Meaning of Life: Researching Qualitatively10
SOCS208The Power of Social Connection: Social Capital Revealed10
SOCS209Race and Ethnicity: Australian and Global Perspectives10Race, Rights and Ethics Units
SOCS226Global Youth Cultures10
SOCS243Global Health10
SOCS302People Count: Researching Globally with Quantitative Methods10
SPAN101Introductory Spanish10
THSR200Introducing Asian Religions10International Units - Asia
THSR205Introducing Judaism and Islam10

A unit cannot be double counted or fulfil two different roles within the Arts-Global Studies double degree. For example, a Global Studies elective unit cannot also be counted towards a student’s Arts Major or Minor.


A student undertaking an Accounting major must undertake BAFN200 Principles of Finance instead of ECON200 Business Economics.


Students may also choose electives from the following units (subject to availability and prerequisites):

Part K : Core Curriculum Units

Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

CodeTitleCredit PointsNotes
UNCC100Self and Community: Exploring the Anatomy of Modern Society10
OR
PHCC102Being Human10
OR
PHCC104Ethics and the Good Life10
CodeTitleCredit PointsNotes
UNCC300Justice and Change in a Global World10
OR
PHCC320The Just Society10


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