Bachelor of Commerce / Bachelor of Arts

School of Business, Fremantle Campus

This double degree, designed to be completed in four years, combines a wide range of business knowledge and skills in the Bachelor of Commerce with the in-depth knowledge of your chosen humanities subject and the flexible, highly sort after skills of the Bachelor of Arts.

Whether you're considering a career in business, accounting, banking, information systems, or management, a Bachelor of Commerce will put you ahead of the pack.

You will have the opportunity to major in a variety of fields such as Accounting, Economics, Finance, Management, Human Resource Management, Marketing, Public Relations and Sport and Recreation Management. Because of this wide choice of topics you will be able to customise your degree to suit your particular interests and academic strengths.

In the Bachelor of Arts component of this double degree you will study a Major in an area such as Archaeology, English Literature, Social Justice, Politics and International Relations, History or Theatre Studies which will give you in-depth, specialist knowledge and skills that will allow you to contribute effectively to the cultural and intellectual life of society.

The Arts component will also develop your ability to analyse, interpret, deliberate, draw conclusions, communicate, work as a team member and problem-solve. You will be able to consider multiple perspectives and handle ambiguity and uncertainty. These are the skills needed in the creative industries of the 21st century workplace.

The following careers are open to graduates of this program:

• International business consultant
• Accountant
• Management consultant
• International banker
• Financial counsellor
• Arts entrepreneur
• Business manager/owner in a variety of fields e.g. publishing, heritage, film making, photography, entertainment, disability and aged care.

Courses Units of Credit Core Curriculum courses 75 Business Foundation courses 200 Business Major courses 200** Business Internship course 25 Arts Major courses 200 Arts elective courses 100 Total units of credit in the double degree 800**

**This is the minimum Units of Credit required and will vary depending in the chosen Major.

Business Majors

• Accounting
• Economics
• Finance
• Human Resource Management
• Management
• Marketing
• Public Relations
• Sport and Recreation Management

Double Business Majors are possible too:

• Accounting / Economics
• Accounting / Finance
• Accounting / Human Resource Management
• Accounting / Management
• Accounting / Marketing
• Economics / Finance
• Economics / Human Resource Management
• Economics / Management
• Economics / Marketing
• Finance / Human Resource Management
• Finance / Management
• Finance / Marketing
• Human Resource Management / Marketing
• Management / Marketing
• Marketing / Public Relations

See the Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Arts Program Regulations for details.

See the Bachelor of Art Program Regulations for details of Arts Majors and courses.

Information about individual courses can be found at the School of Business and the School of Arts and Sciences course description pages.