Bachelor of Commerce

Overview

The Bachelor of Commerce program from Curtin University starts with our business core experience that helps you build skills, knowledge and goals to help you progress into your major. While studying your major, you can explore specialisations or compatible units that give you an edge, to complete your degree structure.

Analytics for Decision Making: You’ll learn basic data analysis to derive essential information from numerical, textual and visual datasets. As well as understanding the legal and ethical issues related to the collection and use of data, you’ll examine case study data sets from a range of business disciplines, communicate your findings to an audience and make recommendations.

Communication, Culture and Indigenous Perspectives in Business: You’ll develop  awareness of responsible business practices and cultural, academic and professional integrity in business. These perspectives will help you in business communications and in making business decisions.

Financial Decision Making: You’ll develop the skills and knowledge needed to make informed and responsible decisions using accounting and financial information. You’ll learn basic accounting and financial terminologies, how to interpret financial statements and make investment decisions.

Markets and Legal Frameworks: You’ll explore how key business disciplines are connected and understand the relationship between a business enterprise and stakeholders including government, customers and the broader community. You’ll also identify the laws and regulations applied to businesses, and learn how business and marketing strategies can impact society and the environment.

Strategic Career Design: You’ll explore the impact of changes in the global labour market and social trends and how technological innovation will affect career opportunities and the future of work. These changes have implications for individual and organisational career management strategies, and personal and professional branding in a digitised global economy.

How this course will make you industry ready

We seek input from business leaders to ensure your course stays at the forefront of industry trends.

Through your course, you will develop key professional, practical skills that you can apply to your first job.

Our teaching staff are experts in their fields, many with extensive industry experience. Classes often include guest speakers.

You may gain work experience through work placements, vacation placements and internships. Many units include interaction with local businesses and real-world assessments.