The University offers a four year program leading to the award of the degree of Bachelor of Commerce (International). This degree program is designed for Australian or New Zealand citizens or permanent residents wishing to obtain a strong, broad and highly regarded business course which includes specific emphasis on cross-cultural business skills, knowledge and understanding in areas of international studies and relations, and incorporates study in these areas in a major university overseas. There is broad choice available to students in each of the components of the program, providing graduates of the program a wide range of careers in business organisations, government and non-government agencies at the national and international levels.

Students will complete a single or double major in the selected areas of Commerce and Economics and may complete a major in an area of international studies or relations. With approval, students with an appropriate academic record may enrol in an additional Honours year to undertake an approved Honours degree program offered by the Australian School of Business.

International students are not eligible to apply for this program.

The objectives of the program are to develop:

The program normally consists of 192 units of credit (UOC) in approved courses to be completed over a period of four academic years. The program includes core courses in commerce and economics, approved courses in an international study area and the completion of the Commerce Overseas Program (COP) at an overseas institution for two semesters (48 UOC), normally undertaken during the third and fourth years of study. To proceed on the Commerce Overseas Program students must have achieved satisfactory academic progress in their first and second years of study and must fulfil the requirements of the University's Exchange Program.

For the Honours degree a student must complete a further 48 UOC.

A student must enrol in a minimum of 6 units of credit per session and will not be permitted to enrol in more than 24 units of credit per semester.

Note: Actuarial Studies students should refer to the relevant plan page for core course requirements.

A single major option consisting of 12 courses (72 UOC) with 8 courses in an approved area of study and a minor of 4 courses in an approved area of study, of which no more than 12 UOC may be Level 1 courses.

A double major option consisting of 14 courses (84 UOC) with 7 courses in an approved area of study and 7 courses in another approved area of study.

2 courses (12 UOC) approved as “Studies of the Region” in the Commerce Overseas Program (COP) (while on overseas placement for two semesters). Approved courses must contain content on the country or region of COP placement. Regions are Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Middle East and Oceania.

A minimum of 4 courses (24 UOC) with a maximum of 7 courses (42 UOC) in the International Study Requirement - Areas of Study.

*In order to obtain a third major, students must undertake all 7 courses (42 UOC) of the International Study Requirement in one area of approved study as well as taking an approved course (6 UOC) in their "Studies of the Region" component that could count towards their International Study Requirement.

2 courses (12 UOC) in Professional and Contextual Skills from the list below:

1 course (6 UOC) in intercultural and cross-cultural study

*Number of free options may vary depending on major combination undertaken. Please contact the Business Student Centre for further information.

Honours level study is available. Students interested in studying at Honours Level should refer to the relevant Honours plan record for entry requirements.

Rules relating to the award of the degree of Bachelor of Commerce shall apply wherever relevant to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce (International).

Please refer to the Program Structure for the academic requirements relating to this program. Students are advised to consult the Academic Rules relating to the Bachelor of Commerce program (3502) for further information.

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

For further information, refer to the Professional Recognition of Programs in the Online Handbook.

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 the relevant edition of the Online Handbook for program requirements.

Please contact the Business Student Centre for advice.

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