BPsychSc/BCom

Credit points

320

Minimum duration

4 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Approved locations

  • Melbourne
  • Strathfield

EFTSL value of units : 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 also comply with 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

English (Standard) (Band 2) or English (Advanced) (Band 2) or EAL (Band 3)

Victoria

Units 3 and 4 - a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or 25 in any other English.

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

Disclaimer: The course entry requirements above are for 2023 Admission. Refer to your relevant Tertiary Admission Centre website for future years' entry requirements.



Completion requirements

To qualify for the degree, a student must complete 320 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

a. 160 cp from Bachelor of Psychological Science Units:

  1. 140 cp from Specified Psychology Units (Part A);
  2. 10 cp from Psychology Elective Units (Part B);
  3. 10 cp from Psychology Community Engagement Unit (Part C).

AND

b. 160 cp from Bachelor of Commerce Units:

  1. 50 cp from Specified Commerce Units (Part D);
  2. 80 cp from Commerce Major Units in Human Resource Management, Management, or Marketing (Part E);
  3. 10 cp from Business Elective Unit (Part F);
  4. 20 cp from Core Curriculum Units (Part G).

Progression requirements

Students are required to follow the pattern of unit enrolment set out in the relevant Course Enrolment Guide, unless otherwise approved by the Course Coordinator. In all aspects of progress through the course, students will be advised by the Course Coordinator.

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Schedule of unit offerings

Complete exactly 140 credit points from the following:

  • PSYC100Foundations of Psychology10 CP
  • PSYC101Applications of Psychology10 CP
  • PSYC104Research Design and Statistics I10 CP
  • PSYC108Psychological Practice: Theory and Techniques10 CP
  • PSYC200Life Span Development10 CP
  • PSYC206Research Design and Statistics II10 CP
  • PSYC212Abnormal Psychology10 CP
  • PSYC213Individual Differences10 CP
  • PSYC214Learning and Behaviour10 CP
  • PSYC307Cognitive Psychology10 CP
  • PSYC311Research Design and Statistics III10 CP
  • PSYC313Social Psychology10 CP
  • PSYC314Psychological Assessment10 CP
  • PSYC315Brain and Behaviour10 CP

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

  • PSYC109Applied Positive Psychology10 CP
  • PSYC207Culture and Psychology10 CP
  • PSYC208Organisational Psychology10 CP
  • PSYC211Small Group Processes10 CP
  • PSYC215Evolutionary Psychology10 CP
  • PSYC216Forensic Psychology10 CP
  • PSYC219Psychology of Religion10 CP
  • PSYC316Health Psychology10 CP
  • PSYC317Introduction to Neuropsychology10 CP
  • PSYC318Psychology of Alcohol and Drugs10 CP
  • PSYC319Psychology of Sexuality and Gender10 CP
  • PSYC320Emotion and Social Cognition10 CP
  • PSYC321Psychology of Eating Behaviour10 CP
  • PSYC322Critical Thinking and Research Skills for Psychology10 CP

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

  • PSYC310Psychological Services Experience10 CP

Complete exactly 50 credit points from the following:

  • BUSN104Money Matters10 CP

    Business Foundation Unit

  • BUSN112Managing Markets10 CP

    Business Foundation Unit

  • BUSN113Managing People and Organisations10 CP

    Business Foundation Unit

  • BIPX301Professional Experience10 CP
  • ITEC100Information Technology in Action10 CP

Complete exactly 1 of the following:

  • HRMGHuman Resource Management80 CP
  • MNGTManagement80 CP

    Students choosing the Management Major will be required to study these units on the ACU campus in North Sydney since they are not offered on the Strathfield campus.

  • MKTGMarketing80 CP


Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

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

Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

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


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Human Resource Management Major - Commencing Semester 1

  • Specified Psychology UnitsPSYC100Foundations of Psychology10 cp
  • Specified Psychology UnitsPSYC108Psychological Practice: Theory and Techniques10 cp
  • Specified Commerce UnitsBUSN104Money Matters

    (Inc: ACCT100, BUSD104)

    10 cp
  • Specified Commerce UnitsBUSN112Managing Markets

    (Inc: MKTG100, BUSD112)

    10 cp
  • Specified Psychology UnitsPSYC101Applications of Psychology10 cp
  • Specified Psychology UnitsPSYC104Research Design and Statistics I10 cp
  • Specified Commerce UnitsBUSN113Managing People and Organisations

    (Inc: MGMT100, BUSD113) 

    10 cp
  • Core Curriculum UnitsCore Curriculum Unit 1See the ACU Core Curriculum page for details 10 cp

All units are delivered in on campus mode unless otherwise indicated in the map.

Prerequisites (Pre:) are other units that you must have passed before enrolling in this unit. 

Incompatibles (Inc:) are units similar to this unit. If you have previously passed an Incompatible unit, you are not able to enrol in this unit.

Management Major - Commencing Semester 1

Students choosing the Management Major will be required to study these units on the ACU campus in North Sydney as they are not offered on the Strathfield campus.

All units are delivered in on campus mode unless otherwise indicated in the map.

Prerequisites (Pre:) are other units that you must have passed before enrolling in this unit. 

Incompatibles (Inc:) are units similar to this unit. If you have previously passed an Incompatible unit, you are not able to enrol in this unit.

Marketing Major - Commencing Semester 1

All units are delivered in on campus mode unless otherwise indicated in the map.

Prerequisites (Pre:) are other units that you must have passed before enrolling in this unit. 

Incompatibles (Inc:) are units similar to this unit. If you have previously passed an Incompatible unit, you are not able to enrol in this unit.

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