Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce (BABC) - BA BCom

CRICOS code (International applicants): 030291B

This program is offered only to continuing students. No new admissions will be accepted. Students who are interested in this study area should contact us.

Contact us

Current students

Telephone 1800 007 252 (within Australia freecall), +61 7 4631 2285 (from outside Australia), email usq.support@usq.edu.au or submit a question via Ask USQ.

Program focus

This program requires four years of full-time study or up to nine years of part-time or distance education study. Students will complete one major from the Bachelor of Arts, the relevant requirements of the Bachelor of Commerce, one minor from the Faculty of Arts and three electives.

Career opportunities

This combined degree broadens the range of students’ knowledge and skills and therefore enhances their appeal to prospective employers in the public and private sectors. Financial reporter, international trade, international banking & finance, secondary school teacher (with further study).

Program aims

The program aims to produce graduates who meet the aims and objectives of both the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Commerce degree programs.

Admission requirements

Applicants for admission to the program must satisfy the requirements for admission to the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Commerce.

Program fees

Commonwealth supported place

A Commonwealth supported place is where the Australian Government makes a contribution towards the cost of your higher education and you as a student pay a student contribution amount, which varies depending on the courses undertaken. You are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the Course Fee Finder.
Commonwealth Supported students may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called HECS-HELP.

Domestic full fee paying place

Domestic full fee paying places are funded entirely through the full fees paid by the student. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken. You are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the Course Fee Finder.
Permanent Humanitarian Visa holders, Permanent Resident visa holders and New Zealand citizens who reside outside Australia pay full tuition fees.
Domestic full fee paying students may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called FEE-HELP.

International full fee paying place

International students pay full fees. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken and whether they are studied on-campus, via distance education/online. You are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the Course Fee Finder.

Program structure

The program comprises 32 units as follows:

This structure is set out in the following table:

Note: Entry into the Visual Arts Practice major is subject to an interview and submission of an acceptable folio during Orientation week.

Required time limits

Students have a maximum of 9 years to complete this program.

Core courses

The core is made up as follows:

Major studies

Arts studies

The Arts component shall comprise:

• at least one seven course discipline based major from the majors available under the Bachelor of Arts with at least two units at third year level

• a four course /minor study chosen from the majors and minors available in the Faculty of Arts

• three courses of electives from the Faculty of Arts, preferably selected from the major or minor study.

Commerce studies

The commerce component will comprise eight units from the Accounting, Business Law, Economics, Finance or General Commerce majors.

• Student enrolment patterns will vary according to choice of Commerce major but all students should enrol in ACC1101 Accounting for Decision-Makingin Semester 1, CIS1000 Information Systems Concepts and CMS1000 Communication and Scholarship in Semester 2.

• The Arts major is usually started in Semester 1 of first year and continued in Semester 2 of first year while the Arts minor study is usually started in Semester 1 of second year.

• The first course of the selected Commerce major is usually taken in Semester 2 of first year.

• Students will usually also take at least one and preferably two of the Commerce core courses in Semester 1 of first year e.g. ACC1101 Accounting for Decision-Makingand MGT1000 Organisational Behaviour.

Note for continuing students

The program structure has been modified from 33 courses to 32 courses with a reduced weighting on the Commerce major and an increased weighting on the Arts component. Students may elect to follow either pattern subject to approval of the Program Head, Faculty of Arts.