Bachelor of Commerce

2008 | 2009 | 2010

Division of Business | School of Commerce

Program Code: OBCR

Program Level: Undergraduate

Home Campus: Offshore

Program Length (in EFTSL): 3

Program director/s

Mr Chris Kandunias (OBCR)

Further information about the program is available from Taylors College.

Aim

To provide graduates with the education and skills necessary to be accountants in public practice, commerce and industry, and the public sector. It also provides a sound qualification for careers in business and management.

Entry requirements

Applicants are required to have:

Qualified for the SACE; and
Recorded achievement in five SACE subjects taken at Stage 2 level; and
Included at least four Stage 2 subjects which are approved Higher Education Selection Subjects (HESS);
Obtained a competitive TER.

Alternatively, the minimum educational requirements may be met by those who have:

Completed the equivalent secondary education qualifications as required for university entry under SACE;
Completed or partly completed a recognised higher education program at a recognised higher education institution;
Completed at least four Open Universities courses at the appropriate level;
Completed a recognised diploma or advanced diploma from TAFE;
Completed the International Baccalaureate Diploma;
Qualified for Special Entry.

Minimum English language entry requirements: coursework programs

The minimum English language entry requirements for international students who speak English as a foreign language are detailed below. It should be noted that some programs may specify higher English language entry requirements. These will be indicated in relevant program documentation.

Applicants are required to meet at least one of the English language entry requirements listed. Possession of one or more of these qualifications, in addition to the academic entry requirements does not, in itself, guarantee a place at the University of South Australia. Applications are considered on an individual basis and selection is competitive.

Where previous study/work experience was conducted in English, the application must be accompanied by certified documentation from the educational institution/employer certifying that the language of instruction/employment was English.

Undergraduate

English Language Test (see Note 1)

Score

IELTS (International English Language Testing System)

·Reading and Writing

6.0

·Overall Band Score

6.0

TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)

·TOEFL iBT (Internet-based test)

80 with no band less than 20

·TOEFL PBT (Paper-based test)

550 with TWE (Test of Written English) of 4.5

English Language Programs

Score

Successful completion of the CELUSA Academic English Program

Level 4

Other Qualifications

·Successful completion of a secondary qualification in Australia within the last two years; or

·Successful completion of at least one year of tertiary study in Australia within the last two years; or

·Successful completion of one year of secondary or tertiary study conducted and completed in English within the last two years in a country in which English is commonly used, as determined by the University (see Note 2).

Note 1: Results from IELTS and TOEFL are valid for two years.

Note 2: The University, through UniSA International, maintains a list of countries where English is commonly used and which would satisfy this criteria. This may include particular educational institutions within a given non-English speaking country where English is the language of instruction.

Program requirements

Course name	Area + Cat. No.	Units	EFTSL
FIRST YEAR
First Half (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Accounting, Decisions and Accountability	ACCT 1005	4.5	0.125
Marketing Principles: Trading and Exchange	MARK 1010	4.5	0.125
Introduction to Management New title from 2010: Management Principles	BUSS 1054	4.5	0.125
Managing Communication in Business	COMM 1054	4.5	0.125
Second Half (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Financial Accounting 1	ACCT 1006	4.5	0.125
Quantitative Methods for Business	MATH 1053	4.5	0.125
Business Information Systems	INFS 1011	4.5	0.125
Microeconomics	ECON 1006	4.5	0.125
SECOND YEAR
First Half (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Management Accounting	ACCT 2006	4.5	0.125
Finance and Investment	BANK 2005	4.5	0.125
Financial Accounting 2	ACCT 2005	4.5	0.125
Introduction to Law	LAWS 1002	4.5	0.125
Second Half (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Financial Accounting 3	ACCT 3007	4.5	0.125
Elective (see Note 3 and 4)
Corporations and Partnership Law or Elective (see Notes 3 and 4)	LAWS 2005
Elective (see Notes 3 and 4)		4.5
THIRD YEAR
First Half (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Taxation Law 1 or Elective (see Notes 3 and 4)	ACCT 3002	4.5	0.125
Auditing Theory and Practice or Elective (see Notes 3 and 4)	ACCT 3005	4.5	0.125
Elective (see Notes 3 and 4)		4.5
Elective (see Notes 3 and 4)		4.5
Second Half (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Global Issues for Accounting	BUSS 3017	4.5	0.125
Issues in Accounting Theory	ACCT 3003	4.5	0.125
Elective (see Notes 3 and 4)		4.5
Elective (see Notes 3 and 4)		4.5

Rules

The program comprises:

a Division Core of eight courses;
a major sequence of eight courses specific to the program;
nine elective courses.

Notes

The division core comprises eight courses. After year 1, these courses are offered in both the first and second half of the year and comprise:
ACCT 1005 Accounting, Decisions and Accountability
INFS 1011 Business Information Systems
LAWS 1002 Introduction to Law
COMM 1054 Managing Communication in Business
MATH 1053 Quantitative Methods for Business
MARK 1010 Marketing Principles: Trading and Exchange
ECON 1006 Microeconomics
BUSS 1054 Introduction to Management
The accounting major comprises:
ACCT 1005 Accounting, Decisions and Accountability (also in the division core)
ACCT 1006 Financial Accounting 1
ACCT 2005 Financial Accounting 2
ACCT 3007 Financial Accounting 3
BANK 2005 Finance and Investment
ACCT 2006 Management Accounting
BUSS 3017 Global Issues for Accounting
ACCT 3003 Issues in Accounting Theory
Students who wish to satisfy the educational requirements for admission to the professional programs of CPA Australia (to qualify as a CPA) or the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (to qualify as a chartered accountant) must take the professional accounting minor which comprises:
LAWS 2005 Corporations and Partnership Law (taken in the second half of second year)
ACCT 3005 Auditing Theory and Practice (taken in the first half of third year)
ACCT 3002 Taxation Law 1 (taken in the first half of third year).
Elective courses are to be chosen from either the Bachelor of Management (Marketing) or Bachelor of Applied Finance programs. Students may also select a minor from Communication courses offered by the UniSA School of Comunication at Taylor's College. These courses are:
COMM 1055 Public Relations 1 CMM
COMM 2037 Public Relations 2
COMM 1043 Document Design and Publication
COMM 3006 Advertising: Images, Industry and Audience.

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