Faculty of Economics and Commerce : Guide to courses

11. Combined and double degrees

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 11. Combined and double degrees

A minimum of 500 points is required for the award of two degrees. The normal requirements for the BCom pass degree apply, except that combined course students will be required to complete a minimum of 200 points drawn from subjects taught by departments in the Faculty of Economics and Commerce and Business Law subjects taught by the Faculty of Law.

At present there are approved courses that combine the Bachelor of Commerce with the Bachelor of Laws, the Bachelor of Arts, the Bachelor of Science, the Bachelor of Engineering, the Bachelor of Agricultural Science, the Bachelor of Forest Science or the Bachelor of Information Systems. Other double degree combinations are also possible.

 11.1. Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Commerce

For the combined BA/BCom degree students must complete a minimum (and maximum) of 500 points. Within the 500 points, students must satisfy the minimum requirements stated below for the BCom and the BA components.

Commerce component

A minimum of 200 Commerce points are required which must include:

• between 50 and 125 level-1 Commerce points;

• at least 50 level-3 Commerce points;

• compulsory subjects: 316-101 Introductory Macroeconomics, 316-102 Introductory Microeconomics, and either 316-130 Quantitative Methods 1 and 316-206 Quantitative Methods 2 or 316-129 Business Statistics and 316-205 Introductory Econometrics (i.e. a total of two statistical method subjects).

Arts component

A minimum of 225 points of study from approved Arts departments is required, see Combined Arts degrees.

• 4 subjects at level-1 by 12.5 points = 50 points

• 6 subjects at level-2 by 12.5 points = 75 points

• 8 subjects at level-3 by 12.5 points = 100 points

Students wishing to choose subjects from outside those offered by the Faculties of Arts or Economics and Commerce should discuss their options with a course advisor in either faculty.

 11.2. Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Science

For further information, please see Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Science.

 11.3. Bachelor of Agricultural Science/Bachelor of Commerce

For further information, please see Bachelor of Agricultural Science/Bachelor of Commerce.

 11.4. Bachelor of Forest Science/Bachelor of Commerce

For further information, please see Bachelor of Forest Science/Bachelor of Commerce.

 11.5. Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Commerce

For further information, please see Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Commerce (BE/BCom).

 11.6. Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Information Systems

For further information, please see Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Information Systems.

 11.7. Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Commerce

For further information please see Combined Law/Commerce degree.

 11.8. Other double degrees

Students may also wish to take a double degree (the BCom with another pass degree) which is not an approved combined degree course in the University. This requires passes or credits for at least 300 points approved by the Faculty of Economics and Commerce. At least 200 of these points must be from economics and commerce subjects, including all the compulsory subjects and a total of four level-3 subjects (50 points).

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