通常来说，一个澳洲大学的专业包含三个层次：
1. 专业名称
2. 细分方向
3. 具体课程 （这才是最基础的要学习的课程）
尤其在以COMMERCE，BUSINESS，MANAGEMENT，BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, ARTS, ENGLINEERING, SCIENCE, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, TEACHING命名的专业最为典型。
以悉尼大学的MASTER OF COMMERCE为例，
http://www.17liuxue.com/course/859.html
1. 专业名称就是 COMMERCE
2. 细分方向有18个
Accounting
Aviation and Maritime Management and Logistics
Banking
Business Analytics
Business Information Systems
Business Law
Business Sustainability
Econometrics
Economics
Finance
Infrastructure and Transport Management
International Business
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Marketing
People, Management and Organisations
Project Management
Quantitative Finance
Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
3. 每个方向下面有具体开设的课程，如Accounting 方向下：
ACCT5001 Accounting Principles
ACCT5002 Managerial Accounting and Decision Making
ACCT6001 Intermediate Financial Reporting
ACCT6002 International Accounting
ACCT6003 Financial Statement Analysis
ACCT6006 Advanced Managerial Accounting
ACCT6007 Contemporary Issues in Auditing
ACCT6010 Advanced Financial Reporting
ACCT6014 Designing Accounting Systems
ACCT6015 Extended Performance Reporting.
