Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)/(Business Economics)/(Finance), Bachelor of Public Administration

The combined degrees program of Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting), Bachelor of Commerce (Business Economics) or Bachelor of Commerce (Finance), Bachelor of Public Administration requires the completion of a minimum of 144 units of study. 

Students who commence but subsequently do not wish to complete the combined degrees program may be eligible to transfer to the Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting), Bachelor of Commerce (Business Economics), Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) or Bachelor of Public Administration program and to receive credit for some or all of the topics already completed.

Program of study

To qualify for the combined degrees of Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting), Bachelor of Commerce (Business Economics) or Bachelor of Commerce (Finance), Bachelor of Public Administration degree, a student must complete the following program of study with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic:

• a Commerce component of 72 units for the Bachelor of Commerce as detailed below 
• a Public Administration component of 72 units for the Bachelor of Public Administration as detailed below
• 144 units in total are to be completed.

Not all topics necessarily are available in a given year.

Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting), Bachelor of Commerce (Business Economics) or Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) component

To qualify for the Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting), Bachelor of Commerce (Business Economics) or Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) a student must complete 72 units with a grade of P or better or NGP in each topic. This must include:

For Accounting:

• 31.5 units of core topics; and
• 40.5 units specialisation.

For Business Economics or Finance:

• 36 units of core topics; and
• 36 units specialisation.

Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)

Core - Year 1, 2 & 3 topics

31.5 units comprising:

BUSN1001 Accounting Principles (4.5 units)
BUSN1009 Quantitative Methods (4.5 units)
BUSN1012 Management, People and Organisations (4.5 units)
BUSN1013 Economics for Business (4.5 units)
BUSN1015  Foundations of Finance (4.5 units)
BUSN1019 Law for Business (4.5 units)
BUSN3064  Financial Statement Analysis  (4.5 units)

Specialisation - Accounting - Year 1, 2 & 3 topics

40.5 units comprising:

BUSN1002 Financial Accounting Processes (4.5 units)
BUSN2029 Financial Reporting (4.5 units)
BUSN2035 Cost and Management Accounting (4.5 units)
BUSN2036 Financial Accounting Issues (4.5 units)
BUSN2037 Financial Management (4.5 units)
BUSN2042 Corporations Law (4.5 units)
BUSN3047 Company Accounting (4.5 units)
BUSN3048 Auditing (4.5 units)
BUSN3054 Taxation Law and Practice (4.5 units)

Bachelor of Commerce (Business Economics)

Core - Year 1, 2 & 3 topics

36 units comprising:

BUSN1001  Accounting Principles (4.5 units)
BUSN1009  Quantitative Methods  (4.5 units)
BUSN1012  Management, People and Organisations  (4.5 units) 
BUSN1013  Economics for Business  (4.5 units)
BUSN1015  Foundations of Finance (4.5 units
BUSN1019  Law for Business  (4.5 units)
BUSN2034  Interpersonal Skills for Professionals (4.5 units)
BUSN3043  Governance, Sustainability and Ethics (4.5 units)

Specialisation - Business Economics - Year 1, 2 & 3 topics

36 units comprising:

  BUSN1008  Introductory Macroeconomics  (4.5 units)
  BUSN2031  Business Forecasting  (4.5 units)
  BUSN2040  Macroeconomics  (4.5 units)
  BUSN2043  Managerial Economics  (4.5 units)
  BUSN3056  International Trade  (4.5 units)

Including 13.5 units selected from the following:

 BUSN2019 International Business Context (4.5 units)
 BUSN2022  The Australian Economy  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2024  Sustainable Resource Management  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3037  Import-Export Theory and Practice  (4.5 units)

Bachelor of Commerce (Finance)

Core - Year 1, 2 & 3 topics

36 units comprising:

 BUSN1001  Accounting Principles  (4.5 units)
 BUSN1009  Quantitative Methods  (4.5 units)
 BUSN1012  Management, People and Organisations  (4.5 units)
 BUSN1013  Economics for Business  (4.5 units)
 BUSN1015  Foundations of Finance (4.5 units)
 BUSN1019  Law for Business  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2034  Interpersonal Skills for Professionals (4.5 units)
 BUSN3043  Governance, Sustainability and Ethics  (4.5 units)

Specialisation - Finance - Year 1, 2 & 3 topics

36 units comprising:

 BUSN1008  Introductory Macroeconomics  (4.5 units)
 BUSN1014  Financial Markets  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2021  Management of Financial Institutions  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2027  International Finance  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2037  Financial Management  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3029  Investments and Portfolio Management  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3049  Corporate Finance  (4.5 units)

 Including 4.5 units from:

 BUSN2040  Macroeconomics  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3028  Personal Financial Planning  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3031  Derivatives and Risk Management  (4.5 units)

Other topics may be substituted with approval.

Bachelor of Public Administration component

To qualify for the Bachelor of Public Administration, a student must complete 72 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic. This must include:

• a full 36-unit sequence in Public Policy (as stated in the course rules of the Bachelor of Arts), including five mandatory core topics - POLI1003 An Introduction to Democracy and Government, POLI1012 Introduction to Political Ideas and Public Policy, POLI2002Government Business and Society POLI 2011 Australian Public Policy: Applications, Issues and Dilemmas, and POLI3010 Advanced Perspectives on Public Policy, and
• a full 36-unit sequence in Management, including three mandatory core topics - BUSN2038 Human Resource Management, BUSN2022 The Australian Economy, and BUSN3043 Governance, Sustainability and Ethics.

Electives may be selected from any offered by the University provided entry and course requirements are met. 

First Level

18 units comprising:

POLI1003 An Introduction to Democracy and Government (4.5 units)
POLI1012 Introduction to Political Ideas and Public Policy (4.5 units)

plus 9 units of electives.

Second Level

27 units comprising:

POLI2002 Government Business and Society (4.5 units)
POLI2011 Australian Public Policy: Applications Issues and Dilemma (4.5 units)
BUSN2038 Human Resource Management (4.5 units)
BUSN2022 The Australian Economy (4.5 units)

plus one topic chosen from the following: 

BUSN2019 International Business Context (4.5 units)
BUSN2024 Sustainable Resource Management (4.5 units)

plus 4.5 units of other Second or Third Year Public Policy sequence topics (see below for a list of options)

Third Level

27 units comprising:

POLI3010 Advanced Perspectives on Public Policy (4.5 units)
BUSN3043 Governance, Sustainability and Ethics (4.5 units)

plus two topics chosen from the following:

BUSN2019 International Business Context (4.5 units)
BUSN2024 Sustainable Resource Management (4.5 units)
BUSN3052 Leadership in Business and Society (4.5 units)

plus 9 units of other Second or Third Year Public Policy sequence topic (see below for a list of options)

Second and third level topics from Public Policy major (available to students undertaking the Combined BPA Bachelor of Commerce Degree to make up the full 36-unit sequence in Public Policy).

AMST2002  American Politics  (4.5 units)
AMST3013  The Alliance and the Rise of China  (4.5 units)
DVST2701  Sustainable Development  (4.5 units)
GEOG3702  Cities, Geography and Policy  (4.5 units)
INTR2003  Political Economy of the Asia-Pacific Region  (4.5 units)
INTR3001  Australian Foreign Policy  (4.5 units)
PHIL2601  Ethics for Professionals   (4.5 units)
POLI2005  Politics of the European Union  (4.5 units)
POLI2010  Contemporary Political Ideas  (4.5 units)
POLI2012  Environmental Politics  (4.5 units)
POLI2019  Parties, Voting Behaviour and Elections  (4.5 units)
POLI2020  Australian Indigenous Politics  (4.5 units)
POLI2025  The Politics of the Australian Welfare State  (4.5 units)
POLI2026  Research Methods in Political Science  (4.5 units)
POLI3007  South Australian Parliamentary Internship  (9 units)
POLI3011  People and Politics: Australia Canada and the United States  (4.5 units)
POLI3067  Access and Equity: Social Issues in Public Policy  (4.5 units) 
POLI3103  Politics and the Internet (4.5 units)
SCME2100  Media Policy  (4.5 units)
SOAD3006  Practice Research  (4.5 units)
WMST2012  Sex, Gender and Identities in Australia  (4.5 units)
WORK3200  Social & Policy Studies Workplace Research Project  (4.5 units)