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12. Awards and Degrees of the University

Bachelor Degrees

12.1 These Rules apply to a candidate registered for a Bachelor degree, and is to be read in conjunction with relevant provisions of the General Course Rules.

Bachelor Degree titles and the Abbreviations

1 2.2 The following Rules apply to undergraduate courses, including approved prescribed double degree courses, leading to:

a) Three Year Pass Bachelor Degrees:

Bachelor of Arts	BA
Bachelor of Business Administration	BBA
Bachelor of Commerce	BCom
Bachelor of Communication and Media Studies	BCMS
Bachelor of Computer Science	BCompSc
Bachelor of Creative Arts	BCA
Bachelor of Health Sciences	BHlthSc
Bachelor of Health Science in Indigenous Health Studies	BHlthScInd
Bachelor of Information Systems	BInfoSys
Bachelor of Information Technology	BIT
Bachelor of Internet Science and Technology	BInternetScTech
Bachelor of Marine Science	BMarSc
Bachelor of Mathematics	BMath
Bachelor of Mathematics Advanced	BMathAdv
Bachelor of Medical and Radiation Physics	BMedRadPhys
Bachelor of Medical Science	BMedSc
Bachelor of Nursing	BNurs
Bachelor of Science	BSc

b) Four Year Bachelor Degrees, which may be awarded as Honours or Pass degrees:

Bachelor of Biotechnology	BBiotech
Bachelor of Biotechnology Advanced	BBiotechAdv
Bachelor of Early Childhood Education	BEarlyChildEd
Bachelor of Engineering	BE
Bachelor of Environmental Science	BEnvSc
Bachelor of Environmental Science Advanced	BEnvScAdv
Bachelor of Exercise Science and Rehabilitation#	BExScRehab
Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology	BInfoTech
Bachelor of Journalism	BJ
Bachelor of Laws*	LLB
Bachelor of Marine Science Advanced	BMarScAdv
Bachelor of Mathematics and Economics	BMathEcon
Bachelor of Mathematics and Finance	BMathFin
Bachelor of Mathematics Education	BMathEd
Bachelor of Medical and Radiation Physics Advanced	BMedRadPhysAdv
Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry	BMedChem
Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry Advanced	BMedChemAdv
Bachelor of Nanotechnology	BNanotech
Bachelor of Nanotechnology Advanced	BNanotechAdv
Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics	BNutrDiet
Bachelor of Physical and Health Education	BPhysHlthEd
Bachelor of Primary Education	BPrimEd
Bachelor of Psychology	BPsyc
Bachelor of Science Advanced	BScAdv
Bachelor of Science Education	BScEd
International Bachelor of Communication and Media Studies	IntBCMS
International Bachelor of Science	IntBSc

#Honours not avaialble. Pass degree only
*The degree title when awarded with Honours is Bachelor of Laws (Honours by Research).

c) One Year Honours Bachelor:

Bachelor of Arts	BA(Hons)
Bachelor of Commerce	BCom(Hons)
Bachelor of Communication and Media Studies	BCMS(Hons)
Bachelor of Computer Science	BCompSc(Hons)
Bachelor of Creative Arts	BCA(Hons)
Bachelor of Information Systems	BInfoSys(Hons)
Bachelor of Information Technology	BIT(Hons)
Bachelor of Internet Science and Technology	BInternetScTech(Hons)
Bachelor of Marine Science	BMarSc(Hons)
Bachelor of Mathematics	BMath(Hons)
Bachelor of Mathematics Advanced	BMathAdv(Hons)
Bachelor of Medical Science	BMedSc(Hons)
Bachelor of Nursing	BNurs(Hons)
Bachelor of Science	BSc(Hons)

d) Double Bachelor Degrees

Bachelor of Arts-Bachelor of Commerce	BA-BCom
Bachelor of Arts-Bachelor of Laws	BA-LLB
Bachelor of Commerce-Bachelor of Laws	BCom-LLB
Bachelor of Communication and Media Studies-Bachelor of Arts	BCM-BA
Bachelor of Communication and Media Studies-Bachelor of Commerce	BCM-BCom
Bachelor of Creative Arts-Bachelor of Communication and Media Studies	BCA-BCM
Bachelor of Communication and Media Studies-Bachelor of Laws	BCM-LLB
Bachelor of Communication and Media Studies-Bachelor of Science	BCM-BSc
Bachelor of Computer Science-Bachelor of Science	BCompSc-BSc
Bachelor of Computer Science-Bachelor of Laws	BCompSc-LLB
Bachelor of Creative Arts-Bachelor of Arts	BCA-BA
Bachelor of Creative Arts-Bachelor of Commerce	BCA-BCom
Bachelor of Creative Arts-Bachelor of Computer Science	BCA-BCompSc
Bachelor of Creative Arts-Bachelor of Laws	BCA-LLB
Bachelor of Creative Arts-Bachelor of Science	BCA-BSc
Bachelor of Engineering-Bachelor of Arts	BE-BA
Bachelor of Engineering-Bachelor of Commerce	BE-BCom
Bachelor of Engineering-Bachelor of Computer Science	BE-BCompSc
Bachelor of Engineering-Bachelor of Laws	BE-LLB
Bachelor of Engineering-Bachelor of Mathematics	BE-BMath
Bachelor of Engineering-Bachelor of Science	BE-BSc
Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology-Bachelor of Laws	BInfoTech-LLB
Bachelor of Journalism-Bachelor of Arts	BJour-BA
Bachelor of Journalism-Bachelor of Commerce	BJour-BCom
Bachelor of Journalism-Bachelor of Communication and Media Studies	BJour-BCM
Bachelor of Journalism-Bachelor of Creative Arts	BJour-BCA
Bachelor of Journalism-Bachelor of Engineering	BJour-BE
Bachelor of Journalism-Bachelor of Science	BJour-BSc
Bachelor of Journalism-Bachelor of Laws	BJour-LLB
Bachelor of Mathematics-Bachelor of Computer Science	BMath-BCompSc
Bachelor of Mathematics-Bachelor of Laws	BMath-LLB
Bachelor of Medical Science-Bachelor of Commerce	BMedSc-BCom
Bachelor of Medical Science-Bachelor of Laws	BMedSc-LLB
Bachelor of Psychology-Bachelor of Commerce	BPsyc-BCom
Bachelor of Science-Bachelor of Arts	BSc-BA
Bachelor of Science-Bachelor of Commerce	BSc-BCom
Bachelor of Science-Bachelor of Laws	BSc-LLB
Bachelor of Science-Bachelor of Mathematics	BSc-BMath

e) Graduate Entry Bachelor Degrees:

Bachelor of Laws	LLB
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery	MBBS

Course Requirements for a Bachelor Degree

12.3 To qualify for award of a Bachelor degree, a candidate shall:

for a three year degree, accrue an aggregate of at least 144 credit points by the satisfactory completion of subjects prescribed in the undergraduate handbook
for a four year degree, accrue an aggregate of at least 192 credit points by the satisfactory completion of subjects prescribed in the undergraduate handbook
for a double degree, accrue an aggregate of at least 216 credit points by the satisfactory completion of subjects prescribed in the undergraduate handbook.

Course Requirements for an Honours Bachelor Degree

12.4 To qualify for award of a Bachelor degree with honours, a candidate who completes satisfactorily the subjects prescribed in the relevant course structure in the undergraduate handbook at the standard of achievement prescribed in Rule 8.35 shall receive the corresponding honours degree with the class of honours as specified in those rules.

Last reviewed: 3 January, 2008

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