Bachelor of Commerce (B-COM) // Attributes, outcomes and skills

Intended learning outcomes

On successful completion of the degree, students will have achieved the following learning outcomes:

• Integrate and apply foundational ideas, frameworks, principles and modes of analysis in the core disciplines of the BCom to analyse, interpret and understand complex economic, social and environmental challenges faced by business, governments and society
• Adopt a critical approach to evaluate the access, analysis and use of evidence from diverse sources to enable robust evidence-based decision-making
• Effectively communicate an understanding of disciplinary knowledge, concepts, theoretical models and frameworks, and modes of analysis in the major(s) to diverse groups, using a range of approaches, media and information modes
• Critically evaluate competing analytical perspectives on key concepts, theoretical models and frameworks, and modes of analysis in the major(s)
• Develop new ideas, insights and solutions through creative applications of disciplinary knowledge that address complex business and economic problems
• Contribute to debate about important domestic and global societal issues facing business, government and society using the knowledge and modes of analysis acquired through the core of the BCom and the major(s)
• Analyse business and economic issues in different international cultural, societal and institutional settings
• Integrate consideration of ethics, sustainability and social responsibility perspectives in the application of disciplinary knowledge, concepts, theoretical models and frameworks, and modes of analysis in solving business, economic and societal problems and decision-making
• Effectively collaborate and communicate with others from diverse disciplinary, cultural and perspectives, including the capacity to engage in respective and constructive debate around contentious ideas and societal challenges in ways that contribute to building broader perspectives and respect for different ways of thinking and understanding
• Integrate and combine diverse and sometimes competing approaches to framing, analysing and solving problems, drawing on core disciplinary abilities as well as being open to interdisciplinary perspectives and other ways of knowing

Generic skills

Graduates of the degree will have the capacity to:

• Engage confidently in self-directed study and research
• Work collaboratively and productively in groups with others from diverse backgrounds and perspectives, and demonstrate an understanding of and respect for cultural and interpersonal differences
• Use basic mathematical and statistical tools of analysis applied to organisational, economic and societal questions
• Be proficient in the application of computing and programming knowledge to analyse and address complex business and economics problems
• Understand and solve business problems using both creative insights and analytical approaches
• Develop an understanding of business and economics disciplines as part of a wider community of scholarship and knowledge capable of integrating different perspectives and ways of knowing
• Apply critical and analytical skills and methods to rigorously identify, evaluate and resolve complex problems faced by society and business
• Communicate ideas effectively and professionally using a diverse range of alternative formats, information, and media
• Operate effectively in multicultural and diverse environments
• Effectively use information from diverse sources
• Be proficient in the use of appropriate information technologies
• Critically evaluate new ideas, research findings, methodologies and theoretical frameworks in a specialised field of study
• Recognise and understand the ethical responsibilities of individuals and organisations in society.

Graduate attributes

Bachelor of Commerce graduates will have the following attributes and skills: