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Australian Catholic University (ACU)

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Bachelor of Commerce

  • Bachelor

Our Bachelor of Commerce offers tailored specialisations in accounting, marketing, management, and human resource management, with practical experience through community engagement and professional placements. The program includes Microsoft certifications and focuses on building employability skills, cultural awareness, and professional readiness.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor
Duration
3 years full-time
Intake Months
Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct
Domestic Fees
$15,072 per year

About this course

Overview

Our Bachelor of Commerce has your career goals in mind. You can tailor your degree to your interests and enhance your career opportunities with specialisations in areas such as accounting, marketing, management and human resource management.

Upon graduating you'll be ready to launch straight into your career thanks to our Future Ready employability program, designed to systematically build each of the elements of your personal brand: your professional identity; experience; job-ready skills; and networks.

When you begin, our unique business foundation program, co-created with industry and integrated across all our business courses, assists your transition to university study and provides a solid foundation of business skills. Plus, it helps you gain an understanding of different areas of business, so you can identify your personal interests before choosing your specialisation.

As part of your online study you'll gain valuable practical experience through your community engagement and professional experience units. In the community engagement unit you'll work with a not-for-profit organisation over 35 hours and in professional experience you'll work in the industry for 105 hours. Both can be done wherever you live. You can even utilise your workplace if appropriate. These units set you apart from the pack and will look great on your resume.

Microsoft Excel Associate and Expert certifications are wired into your studies - so you can tick Microsoft certification off your to-do list and get an edge in the job market.

In today's world, you need professional, technical, and cross-cultural skills. All our units are embedded with the United Nations sustainable goals and you'll have the opportunity to take part in a virtual intercultural classroom where you will share a project with students from a partner university overseas - all designed to build cultural awareness and communication skills which are vital in the global workplace.

  • 95% graduates employed
  • Top 10 Catholic universities globally
  • Top 40 young universities worldwide

Entry requirements

An applicant must also comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.

To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed English at the year 12 level, or equivalent.

StatePrerequisites
New South WalesAssumed knowledge: English (Advanced or Standard) (Band 2) or English (EAL) (Band 3).
QueenslandAssumed knowledge: English (3 & 4, C).
VictoriaPrerequisites Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English as an Additional Language (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL

Disclaimer: The course entry requirements above are for 2025 Admission.

An overall academic IELTS score of 6.0 (with minimum scores of 6.0 in speaking and writing, and 5.5 in listening and reading).

What you will learn

Overview

Our Bachelor of Commerce has your career goals in mind. You can tailor your degree to your interests and enhance your career opportunities with specialisations in areas such as accounting, marketing, management and human resource management.

Upon graduating you'll be ready to launch straight into your career thanks to our Future Ready employability program, designed to systematically build each of the elements of your personal brand: your professional identity; experience; job-ready skills; and networks.

When you begin, our unique business foundation program, co-created with industry and integrated across all our business courses, assists your transition to university study and provides a solid foundation of business skills. Plus, it helps you gain an understanding of different areas of business, so you can identify your personal interests before choosing your specialisation.

As part of your online study you'll gain valuable practical experience through your community engagement and professional experience units. In the community engagement unit you'll work with a not-for-profit organisation over 35 hours and in professional experience you'll work in the industry for 105 hours. Both can be done wherever you live. You can even utilise your workplace if appropriate. These units set you apart from the pack and will look great on your resume.

Microsoft Excel Associate and Expert certifications are wired into your studies - so you can tick Microsoft certification off your to-do list and get an edge in the job market.

In today's world, you need professional, technical, and cross-cultural skills. All our units are embedded with the United Nations sustainable goals and you'll have the opportunity to take part in a virtual intercultural classroom where you will share a project with students from a partner university overseas - all designed to build cultural awareness and communication skills which are vital in the global workplace.

Career pathways

Our graduates can pursue careers as:
  • chartered accountants
  • human resource managers
  • marketing managers
  • advertising executives
  • auditors
  • recruitment consultants
  • personnel managers
  • market analysts
  • general managers
  • corporate training officers
  • brand managers

Course structure

Course details

To complete the Bachelor of Commerce, a student must complete 240 credit points (cp).

Available Major(s)
  • Accounting

    Accounting is the method of evaluating and reporting the financial health of businesses and individuals. In studying the accounting major sequence, you'll learn to analyse, research and make informed recommendations about a broad range of accounting problems and issues. You'll also become proficient in internationally-recognised accounting principles, practices and techniques and apply them to a variety of situations. You'll prepare for a rewarding career as a professional accountant, tax professional, business advisor or manager.

  • Human Resource Management

    A business is only as good as its employees - and employees only thrive when there's a good human resources team behind them. Human resource management (HRM) plays a critical role in every organisation. As an HRM professional, you'll work to get the best from your people for the entire employment cycle. It's a broad field, touching all parts of an organisation. It's also a rapidly growing profession, with both jobs and income levels forecast to increase in the future. So why not get in on the ground floor with this human resource management major sequence?

  • Marketing

    Be the go-between in the business world, connecting brands, products and services to new markets and customers. As a graduate of the marketing major sequence, you'll use your creativity and insight to understand consumer behaviour, communicate brand and product value, monitor dynamically changing trends, find new markets for products and services, develop business strategies and work with a range of cutting-edge digital technologies.

Credit for prior study or work

If your prior study or relevant work experience has provided you with knowledge, skills or experience aligned with the learning outcomes of units in your new course, you may be eligible to gain credit for study or have your prior learning recognised. This means you may be able to complete your ACU course in a shorter timeframe.

How to apply

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Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Business & Management courses at Australian Catholic University (ACU).
72%
Overall satisfaction
76.5%
Skill scale
60.9%
Teaching scale
69.7%
Employed full-time
$55k
Average salary