The emphasis is on providing students with a well-rounded, globally focused educational experience. The School of Commerce at the University of Adelaide aims to provide students with more than a vocational degree and technical business skills. The Bachelor of Commerce is designed to develop analytical and decision-making skills, which prepare students for future leadership roles. The degree seeks to offer flexibility by providing opportunities for students to specialise in the specific career areas of accounting, corporate finance, management and marketing. The first year of the degree provides the foundation necessary for a career in business and includes core subjects in accounting, economics and business statistics.
Students complete the first year of the degree before choosing to specialise.
Critical thinking and communication skills are developed to enable graduates to deal effectively with a continually changing business environment. Subjects in second and third year offer opportunities for students to be involved with real business situations. Students may undertake major group projects requiring fieldwork investigations in business, government and non-profit organisations. There are also opportunities to choose elective subjects from other discipline areas. These pathways may be supplemented by studies in commercial law and information systems.