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Note: Students undertaking a major in Accounting must complete the following units:

(1) Three prerequisite junior unit of study (6 credit points): ACCT1006, BUSS1020 and BUSS1030. BUSS1030 is a Commerce core unit and will have been completed by all Commerce students. Engineering/Commerce students are exempted from BUSS1020 once they have completed Engineering core unit MATH1005 and one other MATH unit.

(2) Two compulsory senior units of study (12 credit points): ACCT2011 and ACCT2012.

(3) At least four (six credit point) units of study or equivalent (24 credit points) selected from the senior elective units list.

Note: Students undertaking a major in Business Information Systems must complete the following.

(1) One prerequisite junior unit of study (6 credit points): INFS1000.

(2) Two compulsory senior units of study (12 credit points): INFS2001 and INFS2020.

(3) At least four elective units of study (24 credit points) selected from the senior elective units list, noting that the units listed above are those units which are being offered for the current year only.

Note: Students undertaking a major in Commercial law must complete the following.

(1) One prerequisite junior unit of study (6 credit points): CLAW1000.

(3) At least six elective units of study (36 credit points) selected from the senior elective units list.

Note: Students majoring in Econometrics must complete:

(1) Two prerequisite junior units of study (6 credit points): BUSS1020 (or pre-2012 unit ECMT1010) plus and ECMT1020. Engineering/Commerce students are exempted from BUSS1020 once they have completed Engineering core unit MATH1005 and one other MATH unit.

(2) Two compulsory senior units of study (12 credit points): ECMT2150, ECMT2160.

(3) Four units (24 credit points) chosen from the Senior Commerce Electives.

Students considering Economics or Econometrics units as part of their combined engineering/commerce degree should observe the directions of the Business School handbook regarding the availability of these units for commerce combined students. Units and majors from the School of Economics (in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences) may be taken as part of the commerce combined degree, as well as units from the Business School, according to latest advice in Business School handbook at: http://sydney.edu.au/handbooks/business_school/subject_areas/subject_areas.shtml

Note: Students majoring in Economics must complete:

(1) Four prerequisite junior unit of study (18 credit points): BUSS1020, ECMT1020, ECON1001 and ECON1002. Engineering/Commerce students are exempted from BUSS1020 once they have completed Engineering core unit MATH1005 and one other MATH unit.

(2) Two compulsory senior units of study (12 credit points): ECOS2001, ECOS2002.

(3) At least four elective units of study (24 credit points) selected from the ECOS senior elective units listed, with at least three at 3000-level (18 credit points).

Students considering Economics or Econometrics units as part of their combined engineering/commerce degree are advised to observe the directions of the Business School handbook regarding the availability of these units for commerce combined students. Units and majors from the School of Economics (in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences) may be taken as part of the commerce combined degree, as well as units from the Business School, according to latest advice in Business School handbook at: http://sydney.edu.au/handbooks/business_school/subject_areas/subject_areas.shtml

Note: Students undertaking a major in Finance must complete the following.

(1) One junior prerequisite unit of study, BUSS1020 (6 credit points). Engineering/Commerce students are exempted from BUSS1020 once they have completed Engineering core unit MATH1005 and one other MATH unit.

(2) Three compulsory senior units of study (18 credit points): FINC2011, FINC2012, FINC3017.

(3) At least 18 credit points selected from the FINC senior electives list.

Commerce core unit BUSS1040 is assumed knowledge for the Finance major. It is strongly recommended that students complete BUSS1040 (or equivalent units) first in preparing for this major.

Note: Students undertaking a major in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management must complete the following.

(1) One junior prerequisite unit of study: WORK1003 (6 credit points).

(2) Two compulsory senior units of study (12 credit points): WORK2203, WORK2205.

(3) At least four elective units of study (24 credit points) selected from the WORK Senior Commerce Electives list.

Note: For a major in International Business, students must complete a minimum 36 credit points in senior units of study comprising:

(1) Four compulsory senior units of study (24 credit points): IBUS2101, IBUS2102, IBUS3101, IBUS3102.

(2) At least two elective units of study (12 credit points) selected from the senior elective units list. Note that many senior elective units of study require the completion of additional prerequisites outside of those units listed for this major. Click on the individual unit for information about these. Students undertaking combined degrees will need to carefully consider prerequisite implications before selecting any of these units to ensure that they do not exceed the credit point limit for the BCom component.

Note: For a major in Management, Engineering/Commerce combined degree students must complete the following.

(1) Three compulsory senior units of study (18 credit points): WORK2201, WORK2210, WORK2218.

(2) At least three units of study (18 credit points) selected from the senior elective units list.

Students taking this major must first have completed at least one of the core junior Bachelor of Commerce units as a prerequisite.

Note: Students intending to complete a major in Marketing must complete the following.

(1) One prerequisite junior unit of study (12 credit points): MKTG1001.

(2) Three compulsory senior units of study (12 credit points): MKTG2112, MKTG2113, MKTG3118.

(3) At least three units of study (18 credit points) selected from the MKTG Senior Commerce Electives list.

Note: Students intending to complete a major in Quantitative Business Analysis require the following units.

(1) One prerequisite junior unit of study (6 credit points): BUSS1020. Engineering/Commerce students are exempted from BUSS1020 once they have completed Engineering core unit MATH1005 and one other MATH unit.

(2) Two compulsory senior units of study (12 credit points): QBUS2310,QBUS2810.

(3) A minimum of 24 credit points from the senior elective units list (minimum of four units), with at least 12 credit points (two units) at 3000-level.

Note that a number of the QBUS units are replacements for previous ECMT units. See Business School website for equivalences between new QBUS units and previous ECMT units at http://sydney.edu.au/business/currentstudents/undergraduate/curriculum_information/undergraduate_courses/changes_to_undergraduate_programs

Note: Students with ISWAM of 65% or greater are eligible for Honours pathway and can replace 4th Year Engineering Project units AMME4121 and AMME4122 with Honours Thesis Units AMME4111 and AMME4112.