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ECU’s Bachelor of Commerce equips you with business knowledge, skills and personal development, setting you up for career success.
You will be supported to develop your career throughout the course starting from day one. Learn and apply practical knowledge from academics with industry experience, advance your networking skills by participating in industry-ready activities, and gain practical experience in real-world settings through a range of Work Integrated Learning opportunities, including a mandatory 80-hour professional practice experience.
Prepare yourself to make an impact in future employment by building your teamwork, critical-thinking, communication, sustainability, ethics, problem-solving, and innovative-thinking skills.
Tailor your course with choices across a wide range of business and professionally accredited majors. Choose a major and complement your study with a second major, minors, and electives. Various delivery modes on-campus, online, and on-the-job activities offer flexible learning environments. You can broaden your learning journey with opportunities to participate in extra-curricular activities and study tours.
Enhance your learning experience by accessing state-of-the-art learning facilities, industry programs, software, databases, and tools during your studies, making you work-ready and industry-ready.
This course information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester. In particular please check the course requirements and the unit and unit set offerings, as these differ according to course delivery location.
All students undertaking the Bachelor of Commerce will complete a work-based learning experience where they engage with industry and/or community partner(s) to practically apply their discipline learning. They will also have the option of extending this experience to participate in an Internship Minor or the Major in Professional Practice (both by application only). The work-integrated learning opportunities enable students to gain relevant work experience, allowing them to build professional networks, develop skills and capabilities required to succeed in their chosen profession, and advance their understanding of work and professional conduct in their chosen industry.
Students must complete the relevant risk management documentation prescribed by the work-integrated learning team, in accordance with ECU policy and procedures. Students should be aware of any work-related restrictions in their visa conditions, if applicable. They must provide any documentation required by their industry or community partner, including police clearances and immunisations. Required documentation is likely to vary across host organisations.
Students are required to attend host organisations to complete their learning in a work setting. Hours will be organised on an individual basis and host organisations may require students to attend after hours and on the weekends. In addition to their time in the work setting, students may be required to attend virtual and/or face-to-face sessions as instructed by the Unit Coordinator.
Enrolments into internship units are by application only. Interested students should contact the work-integrated learning team at least one semester prior to when they wish to commence their internship. Eligible students will be required to participate in a recruitment process which could involve submitting recruitment documents and attending an interview (virtual or face-to-face) with the work-integrated learning team and prospective industry partners. Students should be aware that enrolment into the course does not guarantee entry into internship units. Further, enrolment in and completion of FBL3400 Business Internship 1 does not guarantee enrolment into FBL3500 Business Internship 2.
Students are manually enrolled via the SBL WIL team.
Students are expected to behave in a professional manner in their industry or community partner’s setting and adhere to the partner organisation and/or industry's Code of Conduct. They are also required to meet the requirements outlined in the SBL WIL Guidelines for Students’. Host organisations are expected to meet the requirements outlined in the SBL WIL Guidelines for Collaborators.
Internship units can only be attempted once.
All students undertaking the Bachelor of Commerce will complete 80 hours of professional practice where they engage with industry and/or community partner(s) to practically apply their discipline learning. Examples of professional practice could be an internship, client-based project, consultancy, service learning, simulated practice, competition, or combination of. Students are responsible for sourcing their own professional practice opportunity, with the support of the work-integrated learning team. All opportunities are vetted to ensure they can provide a meaningful learning experience. Recognition of Prior Learning will not be considered for this unit.
Students must complete the relevant risk management documentation prescribed by the work-integrated learning team, in accordance with ECU policy and procedures. Students should be aware of any work-related restrictions in their visa conditions, if applicable. They must provide any documentation required by their industry or community partner, including police clearances and immunisations. Required documentation is likely to vary across host organisations.
Students are required to attend host organisations to complete their learning in a work setting. Hours will be organised on an individual basis and host organisations may require students to attend after hours and on the weekends. In addition to their time in the work setting, students may be required to attend virtual and/or face-to-face sessions as instructed by the Unit Coordinator.
Students self-enrol into SBL3800 Professional Practice via SIMO.
Students are expected to behave in a professional manner in their industry or community partner’s setting and adhere to the partner organisation and/or industry's Code of Conduct. They are also required to meet the requirements outlined in the SBL WIL Guidelines for Students’. Host organisations are expected to meet the requirements outlined in the SBL WIL Guidelines for Collaborators.
SBL3800 Professional Practice can only be attempted once.
One or more of the majors in this course is externally recognised when studied within this course. Refer to the major for more information.
All applicants must meet the academic admission requirements for this course. The indicative or guaranteed ATAR is as published (where applicable) or academic admission requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:
English competency requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:
This course has been accredited by ECU as an AQF Level 7 Bachelor Degree Award.
Commerce students at ECU South West will be offered the opportunity to complete some common core units and electives on campus. In order to complete the Bachelor of Commerce, however, students should be prepared to complete the remaining units online or at ECU's Joondalup campus.
Students are required to complete: 8 Core Commerce units, and at least one 8-unit Commerce Major or a 12-unit Accounting Major^, and either another 8-unit Major, Minor(s), or Elective units to complete 360 credit points in total. Note: Students wishing to complete the Professional Practice Major will complete six Core Commerce units, the 8-unit Professional Practice Major and another 8-unit Commerce Major, plus two elective units to complete 360 credit points in total. They will not be able to choose the Accounting Major or the Accounting and Finance Double-Major. ^Note: Students wishing to undertake the 12-unit Accounting Major will not be able to select a second Major other than the Accounting and Finance Double-major. They will instead have to select either a 4-unit minor, or elective units to complete 360 credit points in total.
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| SBL1100 | Foundations of Business | 15 |
| SBL1200 | Accounting and Finance Essentials | 15 |
| SBL1300 | Business Environments & Markets | 15 |
| SBL1800 | Work and Career | 15 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| SBL1400 | Introduction to Business Analytics | 15 |
| SBL1500 | Ethics and Responsibility in Business | 15 |
| Unit from Major | 15 | |
| Unit from Major/Minor/Elective | 15 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| SBL2800 | Professional Engagement and Planning | 15 |
| Unit from Major | 15 | |
| Unit from Major | 15 | |
| Unit from Major/Minor/Elective | 15 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| Unit from Major | 15 | |
| Unit from Major | 15 | |
| Unit from Major/Minor/Elective | 15 | |
| Unit from Major/Minor/Elective | 15 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| SBL3800 # | Professional Practice | 15 |
| Unit from Major | 15 | |
| Unit from Major | 15 | |
| Unit from Major/Minor/Elective | 15 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| Unit from Major | 15 | |
| Unit from Major/Minor/Elective | 15 | |
| Unit from Major/Minor/Elective | 15 | |
| Unit from Major/Minor/Elective | 15 |
# Designated Unit - a Unit or Unit of Competency which a School has designated as a fundamental course requirement and may only be attempted once unless otherwise determined by the School Progression Panel.
One or more of the majors in this course is externally recognised when studied within this course. Refer to the major for more information.
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
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