Bachelor of Commerce in Economics (Single Major)

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).