Programme Requirements: This Bachelor of Commerce programme consists of 24 course units amounting to 360 credit points. Students must complete all compulsory courses and elective courses as stated below:
Admission Requirements
Persons shall be eligible to be admitted to study for a Bachelor of Commerce in Economics if they have:
1. Passed the University Foundation Programme; or
2. Passed Fiji Year 13 Examination with an aggregate of at least 200 marks in 4 subjects with a minimum of 50% in English; or
3. Passed any examination deemed by the University to be equivalent to the University Foundation Education certificate.
Year 1 Semester 1 |
Credits |
ECO102 Microeconomics I | 15 |
LLC 101 English for Academic Purposes | 15 |
*MTH101 Mathematics for Commerce | 15 |
1 x 100 level course from Minor | 15 |
Year 2 Semester 1 |
Credits |
ECO202 Microeconomics II | 15 |
ITK111 Spoken iTaukei Language for Beginners/
HIC111 Spoken Hindi for Beginners |
15 |
2 x 200 level course from Minor | 30 |
Year 3 Semester 1 |
Credits |
* *ECO301 Monetary Economics /ECO306 International | 15 |
Economics/ ECO303 Applied Econometrics | 15 |
UUU300 Governance and Ethics | 15 |
1 x 300 level course from Minor | 15 |
Year 1 Semester 2 |
Credits |
ECO101 Macroeconomics I | 15 |
UUU 100 Social Research Methods | 15 |
ITC 100 Information Technology for the Workplace/ACC110 Introduction to Accounting Packages | 15 |
1 x 100 level course from Minor
*ECO103 Economic Statistics |
15
15 |
Year 2 Semester 2 |
Credits |
ECO201 Macroeconomics II | 15 |
ECO203 Basic Econometrics | 15 |
UUU200 Contemporary Fiji | 15 |
1 x 200 level course from Minor | 15 |
Year 3 Semester 2 |
Credits |
** ECO302 Public Finance/ ECO305 Agricultural Economics/
ECO304 Economic Growth and Development |
15 |
1 x 300 level course from Minor | 15 |
*Students are required to do either MTH101 or ECO103.
** Choose any 5 courses from the options given in academic terms 1 and 2 (ECO 301, ECO 302, ECO 303, ECO 304, ECO 305, ECO 306, ECO307 and ECO308).