Handbook

Completion of a specialisation is optional. Students may choose a maximum of one specialisations below.

A Major in at UNSW Business School is a sequence of at least 48 UOC courses in a single discipline or area of study.

Please note: completion of an additional major within combined Actuarial Studies degree may result in more UOC required for degree completion.

Students must complete at least one Science major selected from the list below. Students should declare their major prior to commencing Stage 2 courses.

Notes:
1. Students in 4076 Science/Education can only choose from the following majors: Biology, Chemistry, Ecology, Geography, Mathematics for Education, Pathology, Physics, Physiology. All other majors in 3970 are not permitted.
2.Students are not permitted to take the Bioinformatics major BINFB1 when taking the degree in dual award mode with the Bachelor of Engineering (Bioinformatics) program.

Students may choose to complete an optional minor in one of the following areas, using their Science and/or free electives. Please note that students in 4076 Science Education are NOT permitted to declare a minor.

Students must take 54 UOC of the following courses.

Please note: For students completing Actuarial Studies/Science or Actuarial Studies/Advanced Maths (Hons).
MATH1151 & MATH1251 are compulsory core courses that count towards the other degree component. Therefore, students must complete another 12 UOC of UNSW Business School electives to satisfy the 96 UOC depth component.

Students must take 18 UOC of the following courses.

Students may replace ACTL2131 with the two courses MATH2901 Higher Theory of Statistics and MATH2931 Higher Linear Models. If students make this replacement, MATH2901 will count towards ACTL2131, and MATH2931 will be counted towards a major where this course is required or as a Business elective.

Please note: If you are studying Actuarial Studies/Science or Actuarial Studies/Advanced Maths (Hons), and wish to count MATH2901 and MATH2931 toward Science or Advance Maths (Hons) degree, you must complete more Business elective courses to achieve meet the minimum Business School Course requirement.

Students must complete 18 UOC of the following courses.

Students must complete additional Business School electives to meet the 96 UOC of Business courses required for the Actuarial Studies component of the degree.

Please note: For students in Actuarial Studies/Law only 6 UOC of Business School electives are required. For students in Actuarial Studies/Science or Actuarial Studies/Adv Math (Hons), 18 UOC of Business School electives will need to be completed.

Students must have completed 30 UOC before taking any of the following courses.

Students must have completed 72 UOC before taking any of the following courses.

Students must complete a minimum of 96 UOC of UNSW Business School courses.

No more than 60 UOC of Level 1 Business courses will be counted towards the degree.

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

Students must complete a minimum of 24 UOC of the following courses.

A maximum of 72 UOC of Level 1 courses can be taken, including any General Education or mainstream Level 1 course taken to fulfil either the General Education or the Free Elective requirement.