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Overview

The Faculty of Science and the UNSW Business School offer a dual degree program which qualifies students for two degrees after five and a half years of successful study: Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Materials Science and Engineering and Bachelor of Commerce. The program is intended for potential engineers in … For more content click the Read More button below. A full range of commerce and engineering careers is still open to those who qualify with both components of the dual degree. Most engineers progress to technical management roles, and these programs strengthen the commerce background in addition to providing the engineering skills. Increasingly, engineers also find employment in the commercial sector, and the dual programs provide a good background for those entering banking, consultancy, etc. Students wishing to enter the purely commercial sector will benefit from technical and numerate strengths obtained as part of the Engineering program.

Stand Alone Programs

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Double Degree Structure
264 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 264 UOC.

1. Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Materials Science and Engineering - 168 UOC
2. Bachelor of Commerce - 96 UOC

  • 3134 - Materials Science and Engineering (Honours) / Commerce
  • 3131 - Materials Science and Engineering (Honours)
  • 3502 - Commerce

Business Majors
3502 - Commerce

Major Requirements: 48 UOC in an approved disciplinary stream containing at least 18 UOC at level 3. (Note that the 48 UOC includes the first disciplinary course(s) in the Core (Compulsory or Flexible). This means that, for the majority of majors, students will complete 42 UOC in specified disciplinary courses outside the core, (except for the Real Estate Studies major.)

Please Note:
-The Business Law major (TABLA1) is not available to students enrolled in 4733 Commerce/Law.
- Commerce/Education (secondary) 3462 students can only choose one major from:
(a) Business Economics
(b) Financial Economics
(c) Business Strategy and Economic Management

Business Core Courses
3502 - Commerce

Students must take 24 UOC of the following courses.

Please Note:
- Students in program Engineering, Advanced Mathematics, Science, Advanced Science and Computer Science combined with Commerce are not required to take ECON1203, as the requirements are being fulfilled by MATH courses within the non-commerce side of these programs. Hence students must complete another 6 UOC of UNSW Business School electives to fulfil the requirement for 96 UOC of UNSW Business School courses within this double degree.
- Students should select the MATH or PSYC course required for their Science major. If a Science major does not require a MATH or PSYC course (for example the Pathology and Vision Science majors) or if the Science major does not require one of the statistics courses listed above, students should complete ECON1203. MATH and PSYC count towards Science and ECON1203 count towards Commerce. If you have completed a Science course that excludes ECON1203, then you will need to study another 6UOC of UNSW Business School elective in order to meet the 96UOC from the Business School requirement.

Level 1 Electives
3131 - Materials Science and Engineering (Honours)

Students must take at least 6 UOC of the following courses.

Flexible Core Courses
3502 - Commerce

Student must take at least 24 UOC of the following courses.

Please note:
- Commerce/Law 4733 student are not permitted to take TABL1710. Please choose another flexible core.
- Commerce/Media (PR and Advertising) 3559, MARK1012 is a shared course between B com and B media, by default, MARK1012 will always count towards the Commerce component and students will need to complete another Media elective to make up the required UOC for the Media component study.

Business Free Electives
3502 - Commerce

Student must complete 6 - 18UOC Business free electives dependant on their major to meet minimum 96 UOC Commerce program requirement.

Level 2 Maturity Requirement
3131 - Materials Science and Engineering (Honours)

Students must have completed 36 UOC before taking any of the following courses.

Level 3 Maturity Requirement
3131 - Materials Science and Engineering (Honours)

Students must have completed all Introductory core courses before taking any Level 3 course.

Level 4 Maturity Requirement
3131 - Materials Science and Engineering (Honours)

Students must have completed 102 UOC before taking any of the following courses.

Maximum Level 1 UOC
3131 - Materials Science and Engineering (Honours)

Students may only undertake a maximum of 60 UOC of the following courses, in the 168 units of credit required for the Engineering (Honours) component.

Maximum Level 1 UOC
3502 - Commerce

Students may complete up to a maximum of 60 UOC of level 1 courses for the Commerce component of the double degree.

Minimum Faculty UOC
3502 - Commerce

Students must complete a minimum of 96 UOC of the following courses.

Subsitution and Economics Course Requirements

1. Students enrolled in the dual BE (Hons)/BCom program are not required to undertake either Quantitative Analysis for Business and Economics (ECON1202) or Business and Economic Statistics (ECON1203) as part of their Commerce component. Completion of the maths courses in the Engineering component of the dual degree are equivalent to … For more content click the Read More button below.

General Education Rule
3131 - Materials Science and Engineering (Honours)

Students enrolled in programs 3132 Materials Science and Engineering (Honours)/Engineering Science and 3133 Materials Science and Engineering (Honours) / Biomedical Engineering, are required to complete 6 UOC of General Education courses. General Education courses cannot have a course code of COMP, FOOD, GENE, GENS or SOMS nor can they be … For more content click the Read More button below.

Recommended Level 1 Electives
3131 - Materials Science and Engineering (Honours)

The following courses are recommended:
- CVEN1300 or MINE1300 or MMAN1300 (6 UOC)

LEVEL 2 AND 3 MATURITY REQUIREMENTS
3502 - Commerce

Student must have completed 24 UOC before taking any level 2 courses.
Student must have completed 48 UOC before taking any level 3 courses.

Program Fees

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