• Length 3 years full-time
  • Minimum 144 Units
Admission requirements
  • Mode of delivery
    • Internal

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The Bachelor of Commerce offers you significant flexibility and diversity. The degree is comprised of core courses including business reporting, financial and management accounting, commercial law, economics, finance, business information systems, and quantitative methods and techniques. You must choose one or more majors from the areas of accounting, business information systems, corporate sustainability, finance, international business, management or marketing.

Single degree

  • This degree requires 24 courses (144 units)
  • A maximum of 10 courses (60 units) of 1000 level courses
  • 13 compulsory courses
  • 11 electives (of which 3 must be CBE  List 1 electives)
Commencing Semester 1:

Semester 1 

  • BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis - 6 units
  • ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 - 6 units
  • STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods - 6 units
  • Major Course

Semester 2 

  • ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1- 6 units
  • MGMT2100 Communication for Business - 6 units
  • Major Course or elective
  • Major Course


Commencing Semester 2:
Semester 2 

  • BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis - 6 units
  • ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 - 6 units
  • STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods - 6 units
  • Major Course

Double degree

  • This degree requires 16 courses (96 units) of CBE courses
  • A maximum of 8 courses (48 units) of 1000 level CBE courses
  • 13 compulsory courses
  • 3 CBE List 1 elective courses
Commencing Semester 1:

Semester 1 

  • BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis - 6 units
  • ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 - 6 units

Semester 2 

  • STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods - 6 units
  • ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1- 6 units


Commencing Semester 2:
Semester 2 

  • BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis - 6 units
  • ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 - 6 units

About this degree

Single degree
In a Bachelor of Commerce single degree program you will study a total of 144 units.  Typically you will take 4 courses per semester (total of 24 units) as a full time student giving you a total of 24 courses across your whole degree. You will need to complete a minimum of 16 CBE courses (96 units) but will also get to choose 8 courses (48 units) from other ANU Colleges.  You can try a range of courses or take a major or minor in a non-CBE subject, the choice is yours.

Double degree
In a Bachelor of Commerce double degree program you will study a total of 96 units.  Typically you will take 4 courses per semester (total of 24 units) as a full time student giving you a total of 16 courses across your whole degree.  However, for each semester you are likely to take 2 courses from your Commerce degree and then 2 courses from the other half of you degree - still a total of 4 courses a semester.


Enrolment Status

It is possible to enrol in fewer courses per semester but it will take you longer to finish your program and get your degree. If you are an international student you must always be enrolled full-time in 24 units each semester.

Important things to keep in mind when choosing your 1000-level courses

When you enrol for the first time you will study ‘1000-level’ courses. These courses have ‘1’ as the first number in their course code, such as BUSN1001.

Please also note that:

  • You need to enrol in courses for both First Semester and Second Semester.
  • You cannot study more than four courses (24 units) per semester, eight for the year.
  • You may take 1000-level courses later in your program.   But remember you can’t count more than ten 1000-level courses (60 units) in total towards your single degree.
  • You can change your enrolment via ISIS in courses up until the Monday of Week 2 (27 February).  

Majors and Minors

See available majors and minors for this program

You must choose one or more majors from the areas of accounting, Economic Studies, business information systems, corporate sustainability, finance, international business, management or marketing.

Electives

You can use your electives to enrol in any courses that you like, provided you meet prerequisite requirements.

Remember that you can choose up to 8 courses from another ANU College if you are undertaking the single Bachelor of Commerce degree.
If you are in a double degree, your electives must be CBE courses.

Don't forget the maximum number of 1000 level courses is 10 in single degree.

Study Options

Bachelor of Commerce (Business Information Systems major)

This is a typical study plan for the first year of a student undertaking a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a major in Business Information Systems

Study Options

Year 1 48 units BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis 6 units ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 6 units COMP1100 Programming as Problem Solving 6 units INFS1001 Business Information Systems 6 units
ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 6 units STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods 6 units COMP2400 Relational Databases 6 units MGMT2100 Communication for Business 6 units

Bachelor of Commerce (Corporate Sustainability major)

This is a typical study plan for the first year of a student undertaking a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a major in corporate sustainability

Study Options

Year 1 48 units BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis 6 units ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 6 units STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods 6 units MGMT2100 Communication for Business 6 units
ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 6 units CBE List 1 elective 6 units CBE List 1 elective 6 units Elective course 6 units

Bachelor of Commerce (Finance major)

This is a typical study plan for the first year of a student undertaking a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a major in finance

Study Options

Year 1 48 units BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis 6 units ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 6 units STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods 6 units FINM1001 Foundations of Finance 6 units
ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 6 units FINM2001 Corporate Finance 6 units Finance major core course (EMET1001, MKTG2003 or STAT2032 MGMT2100 Communication for Business 6 units

Bachelor of Commerce (International Business major)

This is a typical study plan for the first year of a student undertaking a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a major in international business

Study Options

Year 1 48 units BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis 6 units ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 6 units STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods 6 units MGMT2100 Communication for Business 6 units
ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 6 units BUSI2025 International Business 6 units CBE List 1 elective 6 units Elective course 6 units

Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing major)

This is a typical study plan for the first year of a student undertaking a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a major in marketing

Study Options

Year 1 48 units BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis 6 units ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 6 units STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods 6 units MGMT2100 Communication for Business 6 units
ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 6 units MKTG2004 Marketing 6 units CBE List 1 elective 6 units Elective course

Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting major)

This is a typical study plan for the first year of a student undertaking a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a major in accounting and meeting professional accounting requirements

Study Options

Year 1 48 units BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis 6 units ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 6 units STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods 6 units FINM1001 Foundations of Finance 6 units
BUSN1002 Accounting Processes and Systems 6 units ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 6 units BUSN1101 Introduction to Commercial Law 6 units Elective course

Single Degree Bachelor of Commerce (Economic Studies major)

This is a typical study plan for the first year of a student undertaking a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a major in economic studies

Study Options

Year 1 48 units BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis 6 units ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 6 units STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods 6 units Elective Course
ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 6 units MGMT2100 Communication for Business 6 units List 1 Elective Elective Course

Bachelor of Commerce (Management major)

This is a typical study plan for the first year of a student undertaking a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a major in management

Study Options

Year 1 48 units BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis 6 units ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 6 units STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods 6 units MGMT1003 Management, People and Organisations 6 units
ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 6 units MGMT2007 Organisational Behaviour 6 units MGMT2100 Communication for Business 6 units Elective courses 6 units

Bachelor of Commerce - Double degree

This is a typical study plan for the first year of a student undertaking a Bachelor of Commerce degree with another degree, such as the Bachelor of Arts (degree B).

Study Options

Year 1 48 units BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis 6 units STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods 6 units Degree B course 6 units Degree B course 6 units
CBE List 1 elective 6 units Commerce major course Degree B course 6 units Degree B course 6 units

Disciplines

For further information on specific discipline you can:

Academic Advice

If after reading through these guidelines you are unsure about your which courses to enrol in, you can email info.cbe@anu.edu.au

If you are seeking status (credit) from previous study at another university you will need to submit a copy of your official transcript, detailed course outlines and a completed credit application form to info.cbe@anu.edu.au

Please refer to the CBE Fast Track page:
https://www.cbe.anu.edu.au/fasttrack 

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