Bachelor of Commerce (B-COM)

The Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) at Melbourne equips graduates with the knowledge and technical skills necessary to understand and participate in the modern business world. The course also prepares students for subsequent graduate studies and allows them to achieve the highest level of success in their professional careers.

The Bachelor of Commerce provides a solid foundation across each of the majors within the degree, including accounting, actuarial studies, business analytics, economics, finance, management, and marketing. The structure of the course requires students to study a number of required foundational subjects, the opportunity to explore the different majors offered within the degree through selection from a pool of introductory subjects (the foundation pool), and then the ability to select a sequence of core and elective subjects that determine a student's major field(s) of study.  There is an opportunity to complete a double major, as well as an opportunity to include additional discipline subjects that are recognised as a specialisation within a major. With careful planning a student taking a double major can choose to complete both a double major and a specialisation.

A feature of the Melbourne undergraduate curriculum is the compulsory breadth component. Students choose between 4 and 5 subjects (50 to 62.5 credit points) from disciplines outside of commerce, exposing them to multi-disciplinary knowledge and skills. Students are encouraged to consider clusters of subjects in other disciplines that combine with commerce majors in complementary ways to prepare for professional careers in business and economics.

The course allows students to meet accreditation requirements specified by Accounting and Actuarial professional bodies. Graduate options upon completion of the degree include: proceeding directly to employment; an Honours year; or graduate studies designed to accelerate progress in business and economics related professions, or to pursue graduate research-related studies.