New Curriculum 2010 FAQs

From 2010, Macquarie University will be offering a range of new and revised degrees. These have been designed to offer greater flexibility and appeal to employers. 

The nine specialist degrees offered by Faculty of Business and Economics will be reduced to five.

The named degrees that will no longer be offered are:

• Bachelor of Business Administration – International Studies
• Bachelor of Commerce – Marketing
• Bachelor of Human Resource Management
• Bachelor of International Business

The Bachelor of Commerce – Accounting will be replaced by the Bachelor of Commerce – Professional Accounting and the Bachelor of Commerce – Actuarial Studies will be replaced by Bachelor of Actuarial Studies. The new degrees will have different requirements to the degrees they are replacing. 

The Bachelor of Applied Finance, the Bachelor of Business Administration and the Bachelor of Economics will continue with revised requirements. The general degree, the Bachelor of Commerce will continue with revised requirements including the introduction of Majors and Minors to replace study patterns/coherent studies.

Two, one for each part of the double degree.

Each discipline has, or is in the process of seeking, accreditation for the new degrees which replace degrees that are currently accredited.

The degree name will appear if you are doing a "named degree" such as Bachelor of Applied Finance, Bachelor of Actuarial Studies, Bachelor of Economics, Bachelor of Professional Accounting, Bachelor of Business Administration.  These degrees do not have majors.

For the Bachelor of Commerce which has a choice of 10 majors, the name of the major will appear on the testamur e.g. Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing) will mean you have a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Marketing.

Yes, you can transfer to the 2010 degrees and programs before the end of 2012, if you decide it is in your best interests to do so. However, you must seek academic advice before transferring.

Generally speaking, you will be able to transfer to a directly equivalent degree automatically on application.

All units of study have been reviewed for 2010 offerings. Some have changed and most undergraduate units now have a value of 3 credit points. From 2011, all undergraduate units at Macquarie will be worth 3 credit points. See the summary of the changes to Faculty of Business and Economics units. Contact your department to confirm how these changes affect pre 2010 degrees and majors.

Not necessarily, you need to check the requirements of the new degree and to what extent the units you have so far can be used to meet these requirements.

The Honours programs are currently under review. However, for the moment, the existing rules continue for Honours.

Your visa will be only affected if you transfer to new program.

Since exemptions and credit for previous study apply at a unit level, your existing exemptions and credit can be used to meet requirements of the new degree where they are the same as your old degree.

DFEE students cannot change to new curriculum automatically.  

If you are currently a DFEE student and you want to transfer to the new degrees, you will need to reapply through UAC for a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) for the new degree offered. If your application is successful, you can apply for credit for prior studies for units you have completed which are the same as the new curriculum.

If you are concerned about what to do, please seek academic advice as soon as possible.