UNSW Handbook Program - Commerce

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Commerce - 8404

Area(s) of Specialisation

Program Summary


	Faculty: Australian School of Business
	Contact: Australian School of Business Student Centre
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Postgraduate
	Typical Duration: 1.5 Years
	Typical UOC Per Semester: 24
	Min UOC Per Semester: 6
	Max UOC Per Semester: 24
	Min UOC For Award: 72
	Award(s):
	Master of Commerce (Specialisation)

Program Description

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The Master of Commerce program has a long and distinguished history in providing high quality, relevant business education to graduates who wish to broaden their undergraduate business degree and those from non-business backgrounds wishing to develop their skills and knowledge in business. The Master of Commerce program is taught on-campus. The typical program duration is 1.5 years full-time, or 3 years part-time.

Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the MCom, students will have the ability to:

understand and apply relevant theories and models to interpret business problems appropriate to their chosen discipline
apply critical thinking and problem solving skills to business problems or issues
present ideas, solutions and information logically and concisely in written and oral formats
demonstrate an understanding of the principles of collaborative teamwork
demonstrate an understanding of social, ethical and environmental issues as they apply in business domains
apply disciplinary knowledge and solutions to global business issues

Program Structure

The Master of Commerce consists of 12 courses (4 core courses, 6 disciplinary courses and 2 elective courses).

Core courses

COMM5001 Bus Comm, Ethics & Practice (6 UOC)
COMM5002 Managing for Value Creation 1 (6 UOC)
COMM5003 Managing for Value Creation 2 (6 UOC)

and

COMM5004 Business Capstone Project (6 UOC)

COMM5005 Quant Methods for Business (6 UOC)

Note: Depending on the specialisation chosen students undertake COMM5004 or COMM5005.

Disciplinary courses

The disciplinary courses selected will depend on the chosen specialisation. Fifteen specialisations are available within the MCom program.
Each specialisation includes 2 disciplinary core courses. The remaining 4 disciplinary courses may be prescribed or selected from a list.

Area(s) of Specialisation

Accounting · Accounting · Strategic Value Management	Business Law · Business Law	Commerce · Business Strategy · Financial Econometrics
Finance · Finance · Banking · Funds Management · International Finance	Human Resource Management · Organisation and Management Studies · Human Resource Management	Information Systems and Information Technology · Information Systems · Supply Chain and Logistics
International Business · International Business	Marketing · Marketing	Tourism and Hospitality Management · Tourism Marketing

Elective courses

Elective courses may be taken within the same disciplinary stream as the specialisation, or from any disciplinary stream available in the MCom program.

Academic Rules

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

Fees

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

Entry Requirements

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

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 Australian School of Business Student Centre for advice.
tel: + 61 2 9385 3189
location: Ground Floor, West Wing, Australian School of Business Building
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