Bachelor of Property and Real Estate/Bachelor of Commerce

2014 Deakin University Handbook

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Year	2014 course information
Award granted	Bachelor of Property and Real Estate/ Bachelor of Commerce
Campus	Offered at Burwood (Melbourne)
Cloud Campus	Yes
Duration	4 years full-time or part-time equivalent
CRICOS course code	072834F Burwood (Melbourne)
Deakin course code	D325
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Course sub-headings

Course overview

The Bachelor of Property and Real Estate/Bachelor of Commerce (BPRE/BCom), combines the popular Bachelor of Property and Real Estate and the highly respected Bachelor of Commerce together into a four year program of study. This degree will provide you with the opportunity to undertake complementary major sequences in commerce and property and real estate whilst building on the strong synergy between the two high profile disciplines.

The Bachelor of Commerce has a strong public profile and an established reputation with industry and professional bodies. Property and real estate is an established discipline in Australia and the course is designed to produce highly skilled property professionals who are able to enter the workforce with a qualification fully recognised by employers, government and professional organisations. Graduates from this degree can enter a wide range of local and international employment positions and are keenly sought after in industry and government.

Professional recognition

The Bachelor of Property and Real Estate has professional accreditation by the Australian Property Institute (API) and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Graduates will meet the academic requirement to be eligible for registration as a Certified Practising Valuer (CPV).

The Bachelor of Commerce can lead to accreditation with many professional bodies, such as the Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA) Program of CPA Australia, entry into the CA program of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA), the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA), the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the Australian Computer Society (ACS), the Economics Society of Australia and the Australian Marketing Institute, provided that specific requirements within the course have been met.

Units in addition to the 16 credit points required for completion of the Bachelor of Commerce component of this combined course may be necessary to attain some of these professional accreditations.

Course rules

The combined course will comprise 32 credit points of study. Students will undertake 16 credit points from the Bachelor of Property and Real Estate and 16 credit points from the Bachelor of Commerce. Course requirements for both the Bachelor of Property and Real Estate (M348) and the Bachelor of Commerce (M300) must be satisfied.

The 16 credit points studied within the Bachelor of Commerce must include the 10 Bachelor of Commerce core units.

The 16 credit points studied within the Bachelor of Property and Real Estate will comprise 16 credit points of core units of which four are common with the Bachelor of Commerce core units.

Students must also complete:

A major sequence from the Commerce course
A minimum of six credit points at Level 3, of which four must be course grouped to a Faculty of Business and Law undergraduate degree.

Notes:

Units from major sequences offered in the Bachelor of Property and Real Estate are course grouped to Business and Law.
The Sustainability major sequence is subject to continued offering of units by the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment.