Associate Degree in Commerce (Applied)

This subject offers students knowledge of the financial value of a business, skills in evaluation of contributing factors, and assisting in management-related decisions, including capital structure decisions. Students develop practical skills to confidently make financial decisions that affect business valuation including: financial management, capital budget and business finance. Students gain skills and knowledge in preparation and evaluation of projected cash flows for a business to assist investment decisions, and in finance sourcing to fund operations.

Contact hours are 1 hour lecture plus 2 hour tutorials for 13 weeks.
Prerequisites: Business Statistics (CHM103)
Assessment: Assessment 1: chapter summaries and participation 05%
Assessment 2: Mid semester test 20%
Assessment 3: Group Assignment 25%
Assessment 4: Final Examination 50%

This subject offers students an introduction to business information and IT systems in an organisational and business enterprise context. Students develop a practical working knowledge of business database systems for the management, storage of, access to and analysis of business data sets. This subject offers students understanding of business information systems abilities and their limitations, information literacy and information management in organisations. Students examine systems that integrate across new and existing business processes, structures and IT architectures within a global context and the relevance for current business information system trends and likely future developments and applications of information systems.

Contact hours are 1 hour lecture plus 2 hour tutorials for 13 weeks.
Prerequisites: Nil
Assessment: Assessment 1: Weekly submission 10%
Assessment 2: Quiz 10%
Assessment 3: Group Presentation and Report 40%
Assessment 4: Examination 40%

In this subject students become familiar with the broad operations of commerce from a micro-economics perspective. This includes the supply and demand of particular goods and the behaviours, conditions and circumstances which influence the market. Students develop knowledge and analytical skills attuned to market mechanisms, the impact of market fluctuation, and the microeconomic impact of government policy interventions in the economy. Students examine potential remedies for market failure and an uncompetitive marketplace, and analyse how consumers and producers interact within markets, through the price mechanism and allocation of scarce resources. Students gain practical skills and knowledge of the economic models of perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly and monopolistic competition, and the virtues and shortcomings of free markets.

Contact hours are 1 hour lecture plus 2 hour tutorials for 13 weeks.
Prerequisites: Nil
Assessment: Assessment 1: Quiz, discussion &d participation 10%
Assessment 2: Individual test/ essay 20%
Assessment 3: Group Report 30%
Assessment 4: Final Examination 40%

This subject offers students knowledge and skills relevant for marketing decisions and enables students to use marketing law issues to inform and improve those decisions. Students become familiar with the impact of the Australian legal environment on business competition and consumer protection as they encounter law that affects market competition, consumer protection, fair dealing, and relevant regulation.

Contact hours are 1 hour lecture plus 2 hour tutorials for 13 weeks.
Prerequisites: Introduction to Business Law (CHM108)
Fundamentals of Marketing (CHM104)
Assessment: Assessment 1: Individual assignment 20%
Assessment 2: Group assignment 40%
Assessment 3: Examination 40%

This subject offers students knowledge and skills of business ethics and the effect of morality on the conduct of business. This subject advances information about ethical framing and conduct of business. Students develop and apply an appropriate ethical decision-making framework to business decisions. They will develop analytical and critical thinking skills to assist in the identification, analysis and resolution of ethical issues.

Contact hours are 1 hour lecture plus 2 hour tutorials for 13 weeks.
Prerequisites: Introduction to Management (CHM106)
Assessment: Assessment 1: Individual report 15%
Assessment 1: Group assignment 20%
Assessment 2: Individual assignment 15%
Assessment 4: Examination 50%

This subject offers students knowledge and skills in accounting relevant for decision-making and reporting to create and enhance value for shareholders. Students explore how management information is prepared and used to assist management decision-making in the exchange of goods and services. Students develop practical skills in the preparation of financial and non-financial management information for planning, control, performance, operations, strategy and pricing, and the use of different costs for different purposes.

Contact hours are 1 hour lecture plus 2 hour tutorials for 13 weeks.
Prerequisites: Accounting for Decision Making (CHM101)
Introduction to Management (CHM106)
Assessment: Assessment 1: In-class discussion and participation 10%
Assessment 2: Individual mid semester test 30%
Assessment 3: Individual assignment 10%
Assessment 4: Examination 50%

This subject offers students knowledge and skills in the ways in which accounting standards are interpreted and applied to transform enterprise financial data into meaningful financial statements. Students develop familiarity with the processes of collection, assemblage and harnessing of accounting data into meaningful financial statements. Students develop skills in the application of appropriate accounting standards in the preparation of financial statements and skills to distinguish the impact of alternative accounting assumptions on reported enterprise performance.

Contact hours are 1 hour lecture plus 2 hour tutorials for 13 weeks.
Prerequisites: Accounting for Decision Making (CHM101)
Assessment: Assessment 1: Chapter summaries and participation 10%
Assessment 2: Individual report and presentation 15%
Assessment 3: Group Report and presentation 25%
Assessment 4: Examination 50%

This subject offers students knowledge and skills in basic accounting and internal control procedures used for assembling and reporting accounting information among entities such as companies, partnerships, and sole traders. Students develop knowledge and practical skills applicable to the framework and issues in financial processes and in the application of the accounting, recording and reporting process as well as in accounting for assets, liabilities, and owner's equity, in businesses, partnerships and companies.

Contact hours are 1 hour lecture plus 2 hour tutorials for 13 weeks.
Prerequisites: Accounting for Decision Making (CHM101)
Assessment: Assessment 1: Weekly activities 15%
Assessment 2: Manual accounting 20%
Assessment 3: MYOB Lab Test 15%
Assessment 4: Examination 50%

This subject offers students knowledge of the financial value of a business, skills in evaluation of contributing factors, and assisting in management-related decisions, including capital structure decisions. Students develop practical skills to confidently make financial decisions that affect business valuation including: financial management, capital budget and business finance. Students gain skills and knowledge in preparation and evaluation of projected cash flows for a business to assist investment decisions, and in finance sourcing to fund operations.

Contact hours are 1 hour lecture plus 2 hour tutorials for 13 weeks.
Prerequisites: Business Statistics (CHM103)
Assessment: Assessment 1: chapter summaries and participation 05%
Assessment 2: Mid semester test 20%
Assessment 3: Group Assignment 25%
Assessment 4: Final Examination 50%

This subject offers students an introduction to business information and IT systems in an organisational and business enterprise context. Students develop a practical working knowledge of business database systems for the management, storage of, access to and analysis of business data sets. This subject offers students understanding of business information systems abilities and their limitations, information literacy and information management in organisations. Students examine systems that integrate across new and existing business processes, structures and IT architectures within a global context and the relevance for current business information system trends and likely future developments and applications of information systems.

Contact hours are 1 hour lecture plus 2 hour tutorials for 13 weeks.
Prerequisites: Nil
Assessment: Assessment 1: Weekly submission 10%
Assessment 2: Quiz 10%
Assessment 3: Group Presentation and Report 40%
Assessment 4: Examination 40%

In this subject students become familiar with the broad operations of commerce from a micro-economics perspective. This includes the supply and demand of particular goods and the behaviours, conditions and circumstances which influence the market. Students develop knowledge and analytical skills attuned to market mechanisms, the impact of market fluctuation, and the microeconomic impact of government policy interventions in the economy. Students examine potential remedies for market failure and an uncompetitive marketplace, and analyse how consumers and producers interact within markets, through the price mechanism and allocation of scarce resources. Students gain practical skills and knowledge of the economic models of perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly and monopolistic competition, and the virtues and shortcomings of free markets.

Contact hours are 1 hour lecture plus 2 hour tutorials for 13 weeks.
Prerequisites: Nil
Assessment: Assessment 1: Quiz, discussion &d participation 10%
Assessment 2: Individual test/ essay 20%
Assessment 3: Group Report 30%
Assessment 4: Final Examination 40%

This subject offers students knowledge and skills relevant for marketing decisions and enables students to use marketing law issues to inform and improve those decisions. Students become familiar with the impact of the Australian legal environment on business competition and consumer protection as they encounter law that affects market competition, consumer protection, fair dealing, and relevant regulation.

Contact hours are 1 hour lecture plus 2 hour tutorials for 13 weeks.
Prerequisites: Introduction to Business Law (CHM108)
Fundamentals of Marketing (CHM104)
Assessment: Assessment 1: Individual assignment 20%
Assessment 2: Group assignment 40%
Assessment 3: Examination 40%

This subject offers students knowledge and skills of business ethics and the effect of morality on the conduct of business. This subject advances information about ethical framing and conduct of business. Students develop and apply an appropriate ethical decision-making framework to business decisions. They will develop analytical and critical thinking skills to assist in the identification, analysis and resolution of ethical issues.

Contact hours are 1 hour lecture plus 2 hour tutorials for 13 weeks.
Prerequisites: Introduction to Management (CHM106)
Assessment: Assessment 1: Individual report 15%
Assessment 1: Group assignment 20%
Assessment 2: Individual assignment 15%
Assessment 4: Examination 50%

This subject offers students knowledge and skills in accounting relevant for decision-making and reporting to create and enhance value for shareholders. Students explore how management information is prepared and used to assist management decision-making in the exchange of goods and services. Students develop practical skills in the preparation of financial and non-financial management information for planning, control, performance, operations, strategy and pricing, and the use of different costs for different purposes.

Contact hours are 1 hour lecture plus 2 hour tutorials for 13 weeks.
Prerequisites: Accounting for Decision Making (CHM101)
Introduction to Management (CHM106)
Assessment: Assessment 1: In-class discussion and participation 10%
Assessment 2: Individual mid semester test 30%
Assessment 3: Individual assignment 10%
Assessment 4: Examination 50%

This subject offers students knowledge and skills in the ways in which accounting standards are interpreted and applied to transform enterprise financial data into meaningful financial statements. Students develop familiarity with the processes of collection, assemblage and harnessing of accounting data into meaningful financial statements. Students develop skills in the application of appropriate accounting standards in the preparation of financial statements and skills to distinguish the impact of alternative accounting assumptions on reported enterprise performance.

Contact hours are 1 hour lecture plus 2 hour tutorials for 13 weeks.
Prerequisites: Accounting for Decision Making (CHM101)
Assessment: Assessment 1: Chapter summaries and participation 10%
Assessment 2: Individual report and presentation 15%
Assessment 3: Group Report and presentation 25%
Assessment 4: Examination 50%

This subject offers students knowledge and skills in basic accounting and internal control procedures used for assembling and reporting accounting information among entities such as companies, partnerships, and sole traders. Students develop knowledge and practical skills applicable to the framework and issues in financial processes and in the application of the accounting, recording and reporting process as well as in accounting for assets, liabilities, and owner's equity, in businesses, partnerships and companies.

Contact hours are 1 hour lecture plus 2 hour tutorials for 13 weeks.
Prerequisites: Accounting for Decision Making (CHM101)
Assessment: Assessment 1: Weekly activities 15%
Assessment 2: Manual accounting 20%
Assessment 3: MYOB Lab Test 15%
Assessment 4: Examination 50%

This unit aims to introduce students to the fundamental principles and practices of digital marketing and to assist students to develop an understanding of the application of digital marketing processes and techniques. As marketing evolves with the application of digital platforms, so do the skill and knowledge requirements of marketing graduates. Students will be exposed to a variety of digital marketing theories and practical applications whilst undertaking this unit.

Contact hours are 1 hour lecture plus 2 hour tutorials for 13 weeks.
Prerequisites: Fundamentals of Marketing
Assessment: Assessment 1:Individual Assignment 30%
Assessment 2:Online quizzes 20%
Assessment 3:Group project 30%
Assessment 4:Individual Assignment 20%

Building on the subject The Fundamentals of Marketing, Supply chain for digital commerce is an exploration of the supply chain concepts and issues centered around getting a product to market, focusing mainly on the elements of the supply chain from the point at which a purchasing decision has been made. It includes examination of the purchaser type (business verses individual consumer), the nature of different supply chains and the considerations that should be made about the supply chain design with regard to the good or service, business model and business capability.

Contact hours are 1 hour lecture plus 2 hour tutorials for 13 weeks.
Assessment: Assessment 1:Individual Assignment 20%
Assessment 2:Group Assessment 40%
Assessment 3:Exam 40%

This subject offers students knowledge and skills in the exchange of goods and services in international business in the Asia-Pacific region. Students develop appreciation for managing cultural diversity and its implications for business and develop insights into cross-cultural business practices in the Asia-Pacific region, in particular Asia and China.

Students are given case studies, problems and assessments from the hospitality sector to explore, critique, resolve and apply commerce concepts, principles and techniques, particularly in tutorials.

Contact hours are 1 hour lecture plus 2 hour tutorials for 13 weeks.

Prerequisites: Nil
Assessment: Assessment 1: Individual Assignment 20%
Assessment 2: Group assignment 40%
Assessment 3: Case study 20%
Assessment 4: Case study 20%

This unit aims to introduce students to the fundamental principles and practices of digital marketing and to assist students to develop an understanding of the application of digital marketing processes and techniques. As marketing evolves with the application of digital platforms, so do the skill and knowledge requirements of marketing graduates. Students will be exposed to a variety of digital marketing theories and practical applications whilst undertaking this unit.

Contact hours are 1 hour lecture plus 2 hour tutorials for 13 weeks.
Prerequisites: Fundamentals of Marketing
Assessment: Assessment 1:Individual Assignment 30%
Assessment 2:Online quizzes 20%
Assessment 3:Group project 30%
Assessment 4:Individual Assignment 20%

Building on the subject The Fundamentals of Marketing, Supply chain for digital commerce is an exploration of the supply chain concepts and issues centered around getting a product to market, focusing mainly on the elements of the supply chain from the point at which a purchasing decision has been made. It includes examination of the purchaser type (business verses individual consumer), the nature of different supply chains and the considerations that should be made about the supply chain design with regard to the good or service, business model and business capability.

Contact hours are 1 hour lecture plus 2 hour tutorials for 13 weeks.
Assessment: Assessment 1:Individual Assignment 20%
Assessment 2:Group Assessment 40%
Assessment 3:Exam 40%

This unit aims to introduce students to the fundamental principles and practices of digital marketing and to assist students to develop an understanding of the application of digital marketing processes and techniques. As marketing evolves with the application of digital platforms, so do the skill and knowledge requirements of marketing graduates. Students will be exposed to a variety of digital marketing theories and practical applications whilst undertaking this unit.

Contact hours are 1 hour lecture plus 2 hour tutorials for 13 weeks.
Prerequisites: Fundamentals of Marketing
Assessment: Assessment 1:Individual Assignment 30%
Assessment 2:Online quizzes 20%
Assessment 3:Group project 30%
Assessment 4:Individual Assignment 20%