Commerce / Fine Arts - 3567
Program Summary
Faculty: Australian School of Business
Contact: Australian School of Business Student Centre
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Typical Duration: 4 Years
Typical UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC Per Semester: 6
Max UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC For Award: 192
UAC Code: 424100
International Entry Requirements: See International Entry Requirements
Award(s):
Bachelor of Commerce (Major)
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Major)
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Program Description
The Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Fine Arts (B Com BFA) is a 4 year dual award program which combines is a highly valued business qualification with a qualification designed for those who may wish to involve themselves as practitioners in the visual arts or related fields.
The B Com component provides students with the fundamentals of business and the opportunity to explore their interests in one of a range of business disciplines. The BFA component offers students strong fundamentals combined with flexibility to explore various media through practice and experimentation.
Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes
- demonstrate business knowledge and apply that knowledge in business problems
- demonstrate critical thinking and problem solving skills
- present complex issues in coherent written statements and oral presentations
- demonstrate understanding of disciplinary issues in a local or global context
- demonstrate understanding of the principles of working collaboratively in teams
- understand the social and ethical dimensions in their chosen disciplinary areas
1. Provide an opportunity for students to undertake rigorous and demanding studies at tertiary level from a wide range of approaches and disciplines within the visual arts.
2. Provide the opportunity for students to explore the visual arts through a critical examination of the possibilities they offer and by use of available technological resources.
3. Encourage students to develop increased self-motivation as developing independent and professional practitioners.
4. Provide students with:
• an understanding of concepts relevant to aesthetics and the visual arts;
• an understanding of various media through practice and experimentation with such media;
• an understanding of research practice in fine arts, and a capacity to engage with research;
• a confidence and competence in decision making, together with an appreciative and informed awareness of viewpoints in the visual arts other than their own; and
• an understanding of the historical and theoretical underpinning of contemporary fine art practice.
5. Encourage students to realise their own intellectual and creative potential.
6. Increase students' awareness of, and sensitivity to, their environment.
Program Structure
B Com component
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96 UOC
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BFA
component
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96 UOC
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- ACCT1501 Accounting & Financial Mgt 1A (6 UOC)
- ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 (6 UOC)
- FINS1613 Business Finance (6 UOC)
- INFS1602 Info Systems in Business (6 UOC)
- MARK1012 Marketing Fundamentals (6 UOC)
- TABL1710 Business and the Law (6 UOC)
Please note: One or more additional courses (i.e. in addition to the core and major requirements) must be taken from within the Australian School of Business to ensure you complete 96UOC of Business courses within the B Com component of this program.
Table A
Approved Majors from within the ASB:
- Accounting
- Business Economics
- Business Strategy and Economic Management
- Business Law
- Finance
- Financial Economics
- Human Resource Management
- Information Systems
- International Business
- Management
- Marketing
- Real Estate Studies
- Taxation
Level 1:
- COFA1001 COFA Gateway 1 (6 UOC)
- COFA1002 COFA Gateway 2 (6 UOC)
- SAHT1101 Narratives of Modernity (6 UOC)
- SAHT1102 Beyond Modernities (6 UOC)
- SART1101 Fine Arts Gateway 1 (6UOC)
- SART1102 Fine Arts Gateway 2 (6UOC)
• 2 courses approved as BFA Contextual Studies (12UOC)
Fine Arts Streams (48 UOC)
Students must complete:
• 24 UOC from approved Fine Arts streams
• 24 UOC from approved Fine Arts, Design or Media Arts streams.
Fine Arts Streams 24 UOC:
Cross-Media Arts
Drawing
Painting
Photography
Printmaking
Sculpture (SPI)
Textiles
Extension 48 UOC:
Cross-Media Arts Extension
Painting Extension
Photography Extension
Printmaking Extension
Sculpture (SPI) Extension
Textiles- Extension
Media Arts Streams:
Animation and Visual Effects
Video Sound Image
Design Streams:
Ceramics
Graphics Media
Jewellery
Object Design
Spatial Design
Honours
High achieving students may undertake honours in the area of their business major by enrolling in 4501 BCom(Hons) program.
Honours in BFA Component
Students undertaking the BFA in Dual Award mode may apply for the Fine Arts Honours Program 4814. For more details about Honours please see Program 4814.
Academic Rules
Please refer to the Program Structure for the academic requirements relating to this program. Rules relating to the award of the degree of B Com shall apply wherever relevant. Students are advised to consult the Academic Rules for further information.
Academic Rules relating to the BFA
Important Information
The Academic Rules for the BFA and the online enrolment facility provide students with a wide range of course choices. The online enrolment facility checks that students meet the enrolment requirements for individual courses but not that a course complies with Program Rules. Students are responsible for ensuring they are enrolling in accordance with the Academic Rules outlined above. Students should not assume that because they have enrolled in a course online that the course is automatically credited to their degree program.
Fees
Professional Recognition
Further Information
Contact the Australian School of Business Student Centre for advice.
tel: + 61 2 9385 3189
location: Level 1, room 1028, Quadrangle Building
Forms, policies and procedures
Frequently asked questions
College of Fine Arts (COFA) for advice on the BFA component
tel: + 61 2 9385 0684
location: Ground Floor, D Block, Paddington Campus
Related Program(s)
3462 Commerce/Education (Secondary)
3502 Commerce
3521 Commerce/Economics
3522 Commerce/Arts
3523 Commerce/Science(AdvMath)
3529 Commerce/Science
3554 Commerce (Co-op)
3558 Commerce (International)
3559 Commerce/Media (PR & Advert)
3584 Commerce / Information Systems
Area(s) of Specialisation