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Commerce (Co-op) - 3554

Program Summary

Faculty: UNSW Business School

Contact: UNSW Business School Student Centre

Campus: Sydney

Career: Undergraduate

Typical Duration: 4 Years

Typical UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC Per Semester: 6

Max UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC For Award: 192

UAC Code: 424600

Domestic Entry Requirements: See Domestic Entry Requirements

International Entry Requirements: See International Entry Requirements

Award(s):

Bachelor of Commerce (Co-op)

Bachelor of Commerce (Co-op) (Major)

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Program Description

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Students should always follow the program requirements according to the year they started their degree. For more information please visit Previous UNSW Online Handbooks.

Please note: Entry into this program is open to domestic students only.
The Bachelor of Commerce (Co-op) (BCom(Co-op)) is a highly valued and unique business qualification. It provides high-achieving students with a strong, 4-year academic program, integrated with fully assessable industry placement experiences that enable students to work with some of Australia's leading employers. The degree is also flexible enough to allow students to design a program which aligns their interests and career ambitions in accounting, finance, actuarial studies, marketing or information systems with other areas of business, or to complete an Honours year within the 4 years.

The BCom (Co-op) combines the requirements of the degree with 18 months of coordinated industrial experience at three different sponsoring organisations. Industrial training extends outside university semesters.

A scholarship is payable from funds donated by the sponsoring organisations, and entry to the program is limited to students awarded a scholarship through the BCom(Co-op) selection procedures administered by the Co-op Program Office. For baseline requirements to the UNSW Co-op program visit the future students page.

Program benefits:

Highly regarded by industry
Provides students with the fundamentals of business and the option to explore their interests
Prepares students academically, technically and professionally
Equips students with the skills and knowledge to pursue a variety of career options
Allows students to qualify for professional accreditation in a range of areas

Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes

On successful completion of the BCom(Co-op), students will have the ability to:

demonstrate business knowledge and apply that knowledge in business problems
demonstrate critical thinking and problem solving skills
present complex issues in coherent written statements and oral presentations
demonstrate understanding of disciplinary issues in a local or global context
demonstrate understanding of the principles of working collaboratively in teams demonstrate understanding of the social and ethical dimensions in their chosen disciplinary areas
demonstrate appropriate skills for the workplace gained through internships and work-based learning.

Program Structure

Studies leading to the award of the BCom(Co-op) normally consist of 192 UOC (or 32 courses) to be completed over 4 academic years.

Two streams of study will be possible within the BCom(Co-op*):

(*Both streams may not be available in all Co-op areas. Please contact the relevant Co-op Coordinator for details.)

1. Stream A - General stream:

UOC in this stream will consist of:

Compulsory core course
Flexible core courses
Major requirements (2 majors possible, with 1 being in the Co-op area)
UNSW Business School elective
Free electives
General Education courses
Industrial Training courses (36 UOC)

2. Stream B - Honours stream

UOC in this stream will consist of:

Compulsory core courses
Flexible core courses
Major requirement (1 major in the Co-op area)
Free electives
General Education courses
Industrial Training courses (36 UOC)
Honours courses and thesis (48 UOC)

Compulsory core courses account for 24 UOC (4 courses)

ACCT1501 Accounting & Financial Mgt 1A (6 UOC)
ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 (6 UOC)
ECON1203 Business & Economic Statistics (6 UOC)
MGMT1001 Managing Organisations&People (6 UOC)

Flexible core courses account for 24 UOC (4 courses). Students should choose four courses from the following list:

ACCT1511 Accounting & Financial Mgt 1B (6 UOC)
COMM1000 Creating Social Change (6 UOC)
ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 (6 UOC)
FINS1613 Business Finance (6 UOC)
INFS1602 Info Systems in Business (6 UOC)
MARK1012 Marketing Fundamentals (6 UOC)
MGMT1101 Global Business Environment (6 UOC)
TABL1710 Business and the Law (6 UOC)

Major requirement: Students complete a major (48UOC) in the disciplinary area of their Co-op scholarship. The major must contain at least 18 UOC at level 3. (Note that the 48UOC includes the first disciplinary course(s) in the Core (Compulsory or Flexible). This means that, for the majority of majors, students will complete 42UOC in specified disciplinary courses outside the core.)

Students may complete another major within an approved area of study within the UNSW Business School or other Faculty (Refer to Table A) if studying under Stream A.

UNSW Business School Elective: 0-12UOC in UNSW Business School courses to ensure a student completes a minimum of 132UOC of Business courses within the BCom(Co-op). The exact number of courses to complete will depend on the Co-op major chosen.

Free Electives account for 48 UOC for Stream A and up to 12UOC for Stream B. Students are free to use these UOC to complete courses from any Faculty however they need to be mindful of the program limit on Level 1 courses (60 UOC) when making their selection.

Ways to use these Free Electives for Stream A include:

Completing a selection of courses from one or multiple Faculties.
Completing a second major from within the UNSW Business School;
Combining these with part of the Gen Ed requirement to complete a major of 54 UOC in a modern language offered by the Faculty of Arts and Social Science. See requirements for language major.
Completing a minor from within the UNSW Business School (30 UOC), with the remaining UOC to be taken from any Faculty.
Completing a minor in a modern language (36 UOC) offered by the Faculty of Arts and Social Science, with the remaining UOC to be taken from any Faculty.

Table A

Approved Majors within the UNSW Business School:

Accounting
Business Economics
Business Strategy and Economic Management
Business Law
Finance
Financial Economics
Human Resource Management
Information Systems
International Business
Management
Marketing
Real Estate Studies
Taxation

Approved Majors from other Faculties:

Chinese Studies*
French Studies*
German Studies*
Spanish and Latin American Studies*
Japanese Studies*
Korean Studies*

Language Studies for Commencing Mid-Year Students

If your language skills are assessed as Level A in Introductory, Intermediate, Advanced or Professional you cannot commence study until Semester 1.

* Please note these majors are 54 UOC.

Industrial Training Experience courses account for 36 UOC. Students complete 3 industrial training experience courses within the area of their co-op scholarship, with each course worth 12 UOC. The first of these courses in each Co-op area is:

ACCT2101 Industry Placement 1 (12 UOC)
FINS2101 IT Experience 1 (Co-op) (12 UOC)
INFS2101 ITE 1 (Co-op) (12 UOC)
MARK2101 Ind. Training Exp. 1 (Co-op) (12 UOC)

Sample Program

Requirements 32 courses (192 UOC)
Stream A - General Stream		Stream B - Honours Stream
Compulsory and flexible Core courses (48 UOC)		Compulsory and flexible Core courses (48 UOC)
*8 courses for major 1 (48 UOC)**	*8 courses for major 2 (48UOC)**	*8 courses for major 1 (48 UOC)**	Honours courses and thesis (48 UOC)
3 courses of Industry placement (36 UOC)		3 courses of Industry placement (36 UOC)
Up to 2 free electives (12 UOC)		Up to 2 free electives (12 UOC)
General Education requirements (12 UOC)		General Education requirements (12 UOC)

* Includes disciplinary course(s) in the Core

General Education Requirements

General Education requirements account for 12 UOC (2 courses) and are to be taken outside the UNSW Business School. These courses allow you to select either courses that were developed especially for the General Education Program (beginning with GEN) or to choose 'mainstream' courses that are offered in the degree programs of other faculties. For further information about General Education Requirements please refer to the UNSW Online Handbook.

Please note that students enrolled in programs within the UNSW Business School cannot take General Education courses offered by the Business School (i.e. courses with a GENC code). These restrictions also apply to the following courses:

GENL2015 The World of Work
GENL2021 An Introduction to the Australian Legal System
GENL2032 Cyberspace Law 2.0
GENL5021 Business Law Basics

If students are unsure of their General Education requirements they should contact the UNSW Business School Student Centre (Level 1, room 1028, Quadrangle Building).

Honours

High achieving students may undertake honours in the area of their business major by enrolling in 4501 BCom(Hons) program.

Academic Rules

Please refer to the Program Structure for the academic requirements relating to this program.
Rules relating to the award of the degree of BCom shall apply wherever relevant. Students are advised to consult the Academic Rules for further information.

Fees

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

Professional Recognition

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

Further Information

Please note that these requirements may be subject to change. Students should always follow the program requirements according to the year they started their degree. For more information please visit Previous UNSW Online Handbooks

Contact the UNSW Business School Student Centre for advice.
tel: + 61 2 9385 3189
location: Level 1, room 1028, Quadrangle Building
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