A student who has completed all the requirements of the Bachelor of Commerce, or another qualification which the Faculty Board agrees is equivalent, may be accepted as a candidate for the honours degree providing a sufficiently high standard has been achieved in fulfilling the requirements for the bachelors degree.
Program of study
In order to qualify for the award of BCom (Honours) all requirements of the Bachelor of Commerce (or other qualification deemed equivalent) must be met and the BCom (Hons) program must have been satisfactorily completed.
The Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) program consists of 36 units of study as follows:
Core - Year 1 topics
22.5 units comprising:
BUSN7020 Business Research Methods (4.5 units)
BUSN7200 Honours Thesis (18 units) OR
BUSN7200A Honours Thesis (4.5/18 units) AND
BUSN7200B Honours Thesis (4.5/18 units) AND
BUSN7200C Honours Thesis (4.5/18 units) AND
BUSN7200D Honours Thesis (4.5/18 units)
Elective - Year 1 topics
Select 13.5 units of elective topics with at least one topic from:
BUSN7016 Special Honours Topic A (4.5 units)
BUSN7017 Special Honours Topic B (4.5 units)
and at least one topic from:
BUSN7018 Business Research: Theoretical Foundations (4.5 units)*
BUSN7019 Critical Readings in Business (4.5 units)**
or other relevant Honours topics offered by the University and approved by the Flinders Business School Honours Coordinator
* Readings topic where the student works independently with a supervisor. The topic will be designed to give students an in-depth knowledge/analysis of a series of business theories, with a major project on a theory to be used in their thesis.
**Readings topic where the student works independently with a supervisor. The topic will be designed to give students an in-depth knowledge/analysis of a series of business issues, with a major project on an issue related to their thesis.