2010 International Undergraduate Prospectus nts. u.au

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Depth
Developing a specialisation
The flexible structure of the Bachelor of
Commerce exposes you to a wide variety of
business disciplines before you are required
to choose a major. In most cases, you can
wait to choose your major until the beginning
of your second year W, or start focusing on
a particular discipline at the beginning of
your degree. Depending on subject choices,
students can major in two disciplines.
Majors in the Bachelor of Commerce include:
>>accounting
>>actuarial studies
>>business
>>economics
>>finance
>>management
>>marketing.
W Students pursuing actuarial studies or accounting are
required to choose specific subjects from the first year.
Importantly, the structure of the Bachelor
of Commerce allows you to meet the
accreditation requirements specified by
accounting and actuarial professional
bodies.
Breadth
Developing knowledge across
disciplines
At least one quarter, and up to a third
(six to eight subjects) of the Bachelor of
Commerce degree must be taken from
a diverse range of breadth disciplines.
Students can choose breadth subjects from
education, music, psychology, engineering
and many other disciplines. There are
specific breadth requirements for students
pursuing professional accreditation in
accounting and actuarial studies.
Students can choose subjects from a wide
variety of disciplines including speciallydeveloped
University Breadth Subjects
that provide a multidisciplinary approach
to teaching and learning from across the
humanities, social sciences and sciences.
There are also specific breadth sequences
that lead to graduate study, such as
engineering and psychology.
Engineering breadth sequences
Bachelor of Commerce students may
choose one of the approved Engineering
sequences, and study a minimum of
eight Engineering subjects in the breadth
component. These sequences are the
approved pathway to the provisionally
professionally accredited, two-year Master
of Engineering.
Please note: Commerce students pursuing
professional accreditation in accounting
or actuarial studies cannot complete an
approved Engineering sequence owing to
the subject requirements of their chosen
discipline. There is a three-year provisionally
professionally accredited Master of
Engineering available to students who have
completed a specified level of mathematics
in their undergraduate degree.
For details on these Engineering
specialisations and graduate pathways,
please see www.eng.unimelb.edu.au
Psychology breadth sequence
Commerce students can study a 125-point
sequence (equivalent to 10 subjects) in
psychology, accredited by the Australian
Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC).
See www.psych.unimelb.edu.au.
Find out more about breadth subjects for
Bachelor of Commerce students at
http://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/breadth/
info/ and www.bcom.unimelb.edu.au/
bachelor/breadth.html.
Knowledge transfer
Connecting with other students,
industry and the community
Throughout your studies, you may be
exposed to different knowledge transfer
opportunities in the classroom. Many of our
lecturers bring a practical industry-based
project into the classroom, such as:
Consumer Behaviour and Proctor & Gamble
Lecturer Dr Elison Lim challenged students
to arrive at a solution that addressed
specific existing concerns facing the Hair
Care Marketing Team at Proctor & Gamble,
Australia. The project counted for 30% of
the overall subject assessment, and the
top three student teams presented their
research findings and recommendations
to a panel of judges comprising
academic staff and key Proctor & Gamble
representatives.
“This is what knowledge transfer is all about.
A dialogue between our students and one
of the world’s largest companies, Proctor &
Gamble, with our students drawing on their
knowledge and what they have learnt in the
subject to provide some direct assistance
towards P&G. At the University of Melbourne
we want to see ourselves as an institution
that can help change the real world and I
think that is what we’re doing today”.
Professor Greg Whitwell,
Associate Dean for Academic Programs
Managing in Contemporary Organisations
and Sony Ericsson
As part of the assessment for this subject,
students formed small teams to submit a
case study analysis on different business
elements of Sony Ericsson. At the end
of semester, the three top teams were
invited to present their final case with
an appropriate solution that addressed
one of the limitations of Sony Ericsson’s
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