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BH-COMM

Commerce

Bachelor honours degree

Advance your business knowledge and undertake high-quality research in your field.

Course outline
  • Qualification
    Bachelor of Commerce (Honours)
  • Duration

    Duration

    1 year full-time
  • Credit

    Credit

    200
  • CRICOS

    CRICOS

    078136F
  • Location

    Location

    Curtin Perth
Course outline

Select your preferred campus:

2024

Semester 1

On campus

2025

Semester 1

On campus

2026

Semester 1

On campus

Course outline

Overview

Overview

Studying honours helps you gain research and critical thinking skills that are in high demand in business and industry, and build on your professional knowledge. 

You’ll learn from researchers and professionals with many years of specialised industry experience, and undertake research under the guidance of a supervisor. You’ll study a topic that interests you in-depth, and will present your findings in a dissertation.

This course prepares you for stepping straight into professional roles in commerce, providing excellent project management skills and the ability to solve real industry problems. 

Studying honours can also be a pathway to further learning in a master degree or doctoral degree.

Please refer to the handbook for additional course overview information.

Learn alongside the next generation of business leaders and researchers with the Bachelor of Advanced Commerce (Honours). This course is available to a selected cohort of elite students and combines the three-year Bachelor of Commerce with the one-year Honours program.

How this course will make you industry ready

This course prepares students for industry by enhancing their analytical, research and critical thinking skills. Students are able to undertake high quality research in an area of interest that can be aligned with real business problems within industry.

What jobs can the Commerce course lead to?

On completion of the course, students will have further developed their analytical, critical thinking and research skills in preparation for the workplace. This course also enables students to align their career interests through investigation of a specific problem facing decision makers in their chosen industries.

What you'll learn

  • apply knowledge, theories, frameworks and techniques to solve complex business problems
  • analyse relevant information from a range of sources to develop sound practical business solutions that consider the ethical perspectives in a global business environment
  • communicate professionally, in ways that are responsible and appropriate for international business contexts and in formats relevant to the audience
  • demonstrate digital and cultural competency expected in business and academic contexts
  • critique and use ethical practices and demonstrate professional and academic integrity

Admission criteria

What you need in order to get into this course. There are different pathway options depending on your level of work and education experience.

Select an option that best suits you:

You’re considered someone with work and life experience if:

You have left secondary education more than two years ago (i.e. who are not classified as recent secondary education applicants) and have not undertaken vocational education training (VET) or higher education study since then.

How we define ‘experience’

‘Experience’ includes a combination of factors sufficient to demonstrate readiness for higher education such as mature-age entry, professional experience whether completion of the Skills for Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT) is required or not, community involvement or work experience. Applicants may have undertaken non-formal programs that have helped prepare them for tertiary education or are relevant to the proposed higher education field of study.

Pathways

  • STAT entry

    Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT)

    STAT is not accepted as an entry pathway.

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You’re considered someone who studied at TAFE or have done an apprenticeship if:

Applicants with vocational education and training (VET) study are those whose highest level of study since leaving secondary education is a VET course. This includes study at a public TAFE or other VET provider, whether a qualification was completed or not. Applicants with VET study may have other qualifications such as a Year 10 or Year 12 secondary school certificate.

Pathways

  • TAFE entry

    Not accepted. VET studies cannot meet the equivalent ATAR requirement.

  • STAT entry

    Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT)

    STAT is not accepted as an entry pathway.

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Think you don’t have the marks or qualifications to study at Curtin? We have several pathways to help you meet admission. Use our pathway finder to find your best way to studying with us.

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You’re considered someone who has recently left university if:

Applicants with higher education are those whose highest level of study since leaving secondary education is a higher education course, such as a university degree. This may include applicants who are currently studying a higher education course at another education provider and want to transfer to Curtin University, or applicants who are currently studying at Curtin but want to switch to a different course. It may also include applicants who have completed past study with university and non-university higher education providers.

Curtin course switcher criteria

To switch into this course, you need to have:  

  1. Completed Bachelor of Commerce that is relevant to the selected stream
  2. A CWA of 70% or above

Additionally, if you are applying for the Economics and Finance stream, you need to have an average of 75% in your respective Economics or Finance major.

Higher education course switcher criteria

Applicants with completed higher education qualifications need to have:

  1. Completed an Australian Bachelor Degree or equivalent that is relevant to the selected stream
  2. A CWA of 70% or above

Additionally, if you are applying for the Economics and Finance stream, you need to have an average of 75% in your respective Economics or Finance major.

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Credit for recognised learning (CRL)

Use your experience to get credit towards your degree

Finish your course sooner with credit for your previous study or work experience.

Fees and scholarships

Australian and New Zealand student indicative fees

2024 Fee year:

$16,300*

Commonwealth supported

Commonwealth supported

2025 Fee year:

$17,000*

Commonwealth supported

Commonwealth supported

Fees are indicative first year only and are subject to passage of legislation.

*The indicative first-year fee is calculated on 200 credit points, which is the typical full-time study load per year, however some courses require additional study to be completed, in which case the fee will be higher than that shown.

This fee is a guide only. It may vary depending on the units you choose and does not include incidental fees (such as lab coats or art supplies) or the cost of your textbooks – visit other fees and charges for more information. For more information on fees and to determine your eligibility for HECS-HELP or FEE-HELP, please visit fee basics or the Study Assist website

To be eligible for the Commonwealth supported fee:

  • Australian citizens must complete some of their course of study while residing in Australia.
  • Australian permanent residents or New Zealand citizens must be residing in Australia for the entire course.

For further information on eligibility please refer to the Australian Government Study Assist website.

If you’re not an Australian citizen, permanent resident or New Zealand citizen, please see information for international students.

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Location

For start dates, please view the academic calendar.

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2024

Semester 1
  • On campus

2025

Semester 1
  • On campus

2026

Semester 1
  • On campus

All endeavours are made to ensure location information for courses is up to date but please note they are subject to change.

The University reserves the right to withdraw any unit of study or program which it offers, to impose limitations on enrolment in any unit or program, and/or to vary arrangements for any program.

How to apply

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Please note that each campus has different application deadlines. View our application deadlines page for further information.

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  • Curtin course code: BH-COMM
  • CRICOS code: 078136F
  • Last updated on: 23 December 2024

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