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Marketing - MARKAS8417

Plan Summary

 
Faculty: COMM - Australian School of Business
 
  
   
 
Program: 8417 - Commerce (Extension)
 
 
Award(s):
 
 
Master of Commerce (Extension) (Specialisation)
 
  

Plan Outline

Master of Commerce (MCom) students must complete:
• 4 core courses
• 6 specialisation courses (made up of 2 specialist core courses and 4 specialisation elective courses)
• 2 elective courses - students can choose electives to deepen their specialisations or can choose any other Master of Commerce course where prerequisites are met.

Master of Commerce (Extension) (MCom(Ext)) students with only one specialisation must complete:
• 4 core courses
• 6 specialisation courses (made up of 2 specialist core courses and 4 specialisation elective courses)
• 6 elective courses - students can choose electives to deepen their specialisations or can choose any other Master of Commerce course where prerequisites are met.

Master of Commerce (Extension) (MCom(Ext)) students with two specialisations must complete:
• 4 core courses
• 6 specialisation courses from the first specialisation
• 6 specialisation courses from the second specialisation
• No electives

Plan Structure

In order to qualify for the Marketing specialisation, students must complete:

4 core courses:
2 disciplinary core courses:
and 4 disciplinary courses selected from the following list:
and 2 elective courses selected from MCom offerings.

For those students who wish to extend their MCom (Marketing) specialisation, it is recommended that the electives be taken from the following:
Note: COMM5001, COMM5002 and COMM5003 must be taken at the beginning of studies, and COMM5004 must be taken at the end of the program.

Professional Accreditation

Australian Market and Social Research Society (AMSRS)

Postgraduate MCom in Marketing students at UNSW are able to obtain the AMSRS Certificate in Market Research if they have successfully completed a number of approved courses. The AMSRS Certificate in Market Research is widely recognised by government and industry as a measure of competence in market research.

Students who have successfully completed the required courses at UNSW must complete the application form which is available from the AMSRS website:
www.mrsa.com.au

Further Information

Please note that these requirements may be subject to change.

Students are advised to follow requirements according to the year they commenced. Current students are to refer to previous editions of the Online Handbook for program requirements.

Please contact the Business Student Centre for advice.

Business Student Centre
e-mail: pgbusiness@unsw.edu.au
tel: + 61 2 9385 3189
location: Ground Floor, West Wing, Australian School of Business Building

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