The Master of Commerce (Extension) is designed for graduate students who wish to transition from a non-commerce degree into a commerce/business discipline or who wish to transition from one discipline in a commerce degree to another.

The MCom (Ext) lengthens the MCom and allows the students to enhance their MCom study by adding the equivalent of 4 additional courses (24 UOC) to the MCom. The Extension can be used to complete a second specialisation, to extend the existing specialisation or to broaden the degree.

Students must complete 16 courses (96 UOC) in total. These 16 courses (96 UOC) consist of the requirements of the Master of Commerce (12 courses or 72 UOC) and a 24 UOC extension.

1. First the requirements of the MCom program must be completed. This means students complete twelve (12 courses or 72 UOC) as follows:

Four (4) of the courses shall be the MCom core courses:

and

or

1. The first of these courses must be taken at the commencement of MCom study

2. Depending on the specialisation chosen students undertake either COMM5004 or COMM5005. If undertaking COMM5004 the course is to be done in the final session of study

3. Having completed the MCom requirements, students complete an additional four (4) courses (or 24 UOC equivalent) as an extension to the MCom degree. These 24 UOC can be made up in one of the following ways:

- Six (6) of the courses shall be taken from an integrated sequence of courses in a specialisation.

- Two (2) courses may be taken as elective studies from postgraduate courses offered or approved by the Faculty. Elective studies may be used to extend a specialisation.

- Four (4) courses to complete a second specialisation;

- Four (4) courses to extend the MCom specialisation or to broaden the MCom.

Please refer to the Program Structure for the academic requirements relating to this program.

Students may receive advanced standing on the basis of prior studies, from the four MCom core courses and two specialisation core courses, up to a maximum of four courses in total (24 UOC).

For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following website:  https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/fees/FeesMainPage.html

Please refer to the Australian School of Business website for further details.

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