Commerce (Co-op) - 3554
Program Summary
Faculty: UNSW Business School
Contact: UNSW Business School Student Centre
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
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
The BCom (Co-op) combines the requirements of the degree with 18 months of coordinated industry placement at three different sponsoring organisations. Industry placement 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.
- 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
- Select and apply disciplinary knowledge to business situations in a local and global environment.
- Identify and research issues in business situations, analyse the issues, and propose appropriate and well-justified solutions.
- Prepare written documents that are clear and concise, using appropriate style and presentation for the intended audience, purpose and context.
- Prepare and deliver oral presentations that are clear, focused, well-structured, and delivered in a professional manner.
- Participate collaboratively and responsibly in teams, and to reflect on their own teamwork, and on the team’s processes and ability to achieve outcomes.
- Identify and assess ethical, environmental and/or sustainability considerations in business decision-making and practice.
- Identify social and cultural implications of business situations.
- Conduct themselves in a professional manner in the work environment, communicate effectively in diverse workplace situations and be able to apply discipline knowledge and understanding to real business problems with initiative and self-direction.
Program Structure
UOC in this program will consist of:
- Compulsory core course
- Flexible core courses
- Major requirements (2 majors possible, with 1 being in the Co-op area)
- Industry Training courses (36 UOC)
- UNSW Business School elective
- Free electives
- General Education courses
- 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)
Industry Training Experience courses account for 36 UOC. Students complete 3 industry placement courses within the area of their co-op scholarship, with each course worth 12 UOC.
The first industry placement course in each area is:
- ACCT2101 Industry Placement 1 (12 UOC)
- FINS2101 Industry Placement 1 (12 UOC)
- INFS2101 Industry Placement 1 (12 UOC)
- MARK2101 Industry Placement 1 (12 UOC)
Free Electives account for 48 UOC. 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 (72 UOC) when making their selection. GEN coded courses cannot be counted as Free Electives
Ways to use these Free Electives include:
- Completing a selection of courses from one or multiple Faculties.
- Completing a second major from within the UNSW Business School (Refer Table A)
- Combining these with part of the Gen Ed requirement to complete a major of 60 UOC in a modern language offered by the UNSW Arts & Social Sciences. 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 (24 UOC) offered by the UNSW Arts & Social Sciences, with the remaining UOC to be taken from any Faculty.
Approved Majors within the 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
- Chinese Studies*
- French Studies*
- German Studies*
- Hispanic Studies*
- Japanese Studies*
- Korean Studies*
Sample Program
REQUIREMENTS:
32 courses (192 UOC)
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Compulsory and flexible Core courses (48 UOC)
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8 courses*
for major 1
(48 UOC)
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8 courses*
for major 2
(48 UOC)
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3 courses of Industry placement (36 UOC)
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Up to 2 free electives (12 UOC)
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General Education requirements (12 UOC)
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General Education Requirements
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
Honours
In addition, any co-op scholar may complete Honours by undertaking 4501 B Commerce (Honours), a separate one-year honours program, after satisfying the requirements of the 3554 pass degree. Co-op scholars completing Honours under this path will not receive the Co-op scholarship for this 5th (honours) year. Students interested in studying Honours through this path should refer to the relevant Honours stream record within program 4501 for entry requirements and contact the Honours Co-ordinator in the relevant School.
Academic Rules
To be awarded the 3554 BCom (Co-op)) degree, a student must have completed:
2. A minimum of 132 UOC of courses offered by the UNSW Business School.
3. 48 UOC of Level 1 Core courses.
4. A minimum of one Major from within the UNSW Business School. (Refer to Table A)
5. 12 UOC of courses from outside the UNSW Business School to fulfil the University’s General Education requirement.
6. Maximum of 72 UOC of Level 1 courses, excluding Level 1 courses completed as part of the General Education requirement.
7. 36 UOC of Industry Placement courses.
Majors and Minors
8. A Major is normally a sequence of 48 UOC courses in a single discipline or area of study.
9. 18 UOC of a Major must be at Level 3.
10. If a student chooses to complete a second major, and the Majors have courses in common, a student may be permitted to have up to 6 UOC counted towards each Major stream.
11. If a student chooses to complete a Business minor, it will consist of 30 UOC with a minimum of 18 UOC at Level 2 or Level 3.
Progression rules
12. A minimum of 24 UOC of courses must be completed before enrolling in Level 2 courses.
13. A minimum of 72 UOC of courses must be completed before enrolling in Level 3 courses.
14. Students must declare their major before commencing Year 2.
Fees
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Further Information
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
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3559 Commerce/Media (PR & Advert)
3565 Commerce (Co-op) (Hons)
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Area(s) of Specialisation
- Accounting
- Business Economics
- Business Law
- Business Strategy and Economic Management
- Chinese Studies
- Finance
- Financial Economics
- French Studies
- German Studies
- Human Resource Management
- Information Systems and Information Technology
- International Business
- Japanese Studies
- Korean Studies
- Management
- Marketing
- Real Estate Studies
- Spanish and Latin American Studies
- Taxation