What will my study involve?

Entry requirements

Admission to UC with University Entrance (or equivalent) is required to enrol.

If English is your additional language, you are also required to meet UC's English language requirements.

See Admission and enrolment for all information on enrolling at UC.

Anyone with entry to the University can study a BCom from 100-level without previous study in the area. However, it is useful to have studied accounting, economics, business studies, and mathematics (especially statistics) at secondary school.

If you have achieved top results in accounting and/or economics at secondary school you may be eligible for direct entry to some 200-level courses.

A good standard of spoken and written English is important.

Subjects and courses

The Bachelor of Commerce is a highly flexible degree that allows a wide range of choices from major and minor subjects, as well as courses from other degrees.

You will complete at least one major subject, and can also choose to specialise in a minor subject.

The BCom includes five 100-level compulsory courses in the first year:

• ACCT102 Accounting and Financial Information
• ECON104 Introduction to Microeconomics
• INFO123 Business Information Systems and Technology
• MGMT100 Fundamentals of Management
• STAT101 Statistics 1

These courses provide a good general business background and are required for entry to some 200 and 300-level courses. However, you can complete some of these courses in your second and third years depending on the requirements of your major.

You will also take compulsory courses beyond your first year, which will develop knowledge in the business cultural environment and give formal recognition of work experiences through UC study:

• BSNS201 Business and Culture
• BSNS299 UC Employability Portfolio

As a Bachelor of Commerce student, you may have the chance to integrate work and international experiences into your study through:

• industry internships
• international exchanges
• overseas study tours

Places on these programmes are limited and may depend on your academic performance. Talk to a Student Advisor to know more.

Further study

UC has a wide range of options for graduate and postgraduate Commerce study.

• Graduate Diploma in Commerce
• Bachelor of Commerce with Honours
• Postgraduate Certificate in Business
• Postgraduate Certificate in Digital Marketing
• Postgraduate Certificate in Information Systems and Technology
• Postgraduate Certificate in Product Innovation
• Postgraduate Certificate in Strategic Leadership
• Postgraduate Diploma in Business
• Postgraduate Diploma in Business Information Systems
• Postgraduate Diploma in Information Systems and Technology
• Master of Applied Finance and Economics
• Master of Business
• Master of Business Administration
• Master of Business Information Systems
• Master of Commerce
• Master of Marketing
• Master of Product Innovation
• Master of Professional Accounting
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Career ready

Find out more about what can you do with a degree from UC.