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Overview

The Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Design (B Com BDes) is a 4.5 year dual award program which combines is a highly valued business qualification with a qualification designed for those who may wish to work as designers across a wide range of fields, or who wish to understand the … For more content click the Read More button below. The B Com component provides students with the fundamentals of business and the opportunity to explore their interests in one of a range of business disciplines. The BDes component offers students strong fundamentals in design combined with flexibility to explore a wide variety of design disciplines.

Stand Alone Programs

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Double Degree Structure
216 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 216 UOC.

  • 3575 - Commerce / Design
  • 3502 - Commerce
  • 4822 - Design

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
(d) Accounting (students who wish to meet CPA/CAANZ professional recognition requirements in this major will need to complete an additional Upper Level Economics elective above what is required within the commerce component)

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.

Professional Practice Courses
4822 - Design

Students must take 12 UOC of the following courses.


ADAD3000 Professional Experience Project (subject to approval) - 6 UOC

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.

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.

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.

Design Disciplinary Studios
4822 - Design

Students must complete two studio sequences of Introductory, Intermediate and Advanced level courses (18 UOC each) in two of the following 6 studio areas for a total of 36 UOC: Object, Experience, Graphics, Interaction, Textiles and 3D Visualisation.

Program Fees

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