Global Sustainab & Social Ent - COMMFS8404
Stream Summary
Faculty: COMM - UNSW Business School
School: Centre for Social Impact
Contact: UNSW Business School Student Centre
Program: 8404 - Commerce
Award(s):
Master of Commerce (Specialisation)
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Stream Outline
In a complex and interconnected global business environment, business professionals are faced with ever-changing challenges and opportunities. Global Sustainability and Social Enterprise provides current and future managers with business knowledge, skills, and frameworks for thinking to make the most of these challenges and opportunities, and enable the generation of sustainable value for business and society at large. Centred on the creation of sustainable value for business and society at large, sustainability has become a key concern of business as organisations work to contribute to social, economic and environmental sustainability through their strategies and practices. Social enterprise captures the new ways in which businesses are working together with governments and civil society to create positive social outcomes through design, organisational structure, and processes of distribution. This specialisation will equip students with the business knowledge and skills for ensuring sustainable success in the 21st century global economy. It offers a genuinely interdisciplinary approach to the crucial issues of sustainability and social purpose, drawing on fast moving and rapidly expanding fields of knowledge and practice.
Stream Structure
Compulsory Core course:
- MGMT5050 Prof Skills & Ethics (6 UOC)
One Data Analysis Core course:
One Compulsory Gateway Course:
Two Elective Gateway courses from the following:
- ACCT5906 Financial Literacy Business (6 UOC)
- ECON5103 Business Economics (6 UOC)
- INFS5885 e-Business (6 UOC)
- MARK5700 Elements of Marketing (6 UOC)
- RISK5001 Fundamentals Risk & Risk Mgmt (6 UOC)
- TABL5511 Legal Foundations of Business (6 UOC)
Three Required Specialisation courses:
Two Elective Specialisation Courses from the following:
- ACCT5925 Integrated Reporting (6 UOC)
- ACCT5961 Reporting for Climate Change (6 UOC)
- BIOS6671 Biodiv. & Cons. of Nat. Res. (6 UOC)
- COMM5204 Investing Local&Global Impact (6 UOC)
- COMM5205 Leading Chnge for Sustainablty (6 UOC)
- ENVP5000 Engagement values environment (6 UOC)
- GEOS9011 Environmental Impact Assess't (6 UOC)
- IEST5002 Tools for Env. Management (6 UOC)
- IEST7100 Environ Management: Economics (6 UOC)
- MARK5813 New Product & Service Dev. (6 UOC)
- MARK5819 Non-Profit & Social Marketing (6 UOC)
- MGMT5800 Techn. Manage. & Innovation (6 UOC)
- SUSD0001 Sustainable Dev & Urban Envir (6 UOC)
One additional Elective Course: (For MCom) Students may choose an additional course from the above list of Elective Specialisation Courses to add depth to their learning or may take another course from the MCom (subject to prerequisite requirements being met).
One Capstone course:
- COMM5030 Social Entre Practicum (6 UOC)
This capstone provides a practicum experience in a work-relevant context for students enrolled in this specialisation
Further Information
Please note that these requirements may be subject to change.
Students are advised to follow requirements according to the year they commenced. Please refer to previous editions of the Online Handbook for your program requirements.
Contact the UNSW Business School Student Centre for advice.
tel: + 61 2 9385 3189
location: Level 1, room 1028, Quadrangle Building
Forms, policies and procedures
Frequently asked questions
Students are advised to follow requirements according to the year they commenced. Please refer to previous editions of the Online Handbook for your program requirements.
Contact the UNSW Business School Student Centre for advice.
tel: + 61 2 9385 3189
location: Level 1, room 1028, Quadrangle Building
Forms, policies and procedures
Frequently asked questions
