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Overview

The Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Aviation (Management) are complementary programs, with Aviation providing a specific industry context in which to position broader skills developed within the Commerce degree. Graduates of the dual degree will be ideal candidates for the highly competitive graduate intake programs of Qantas and Virgin … For more content click the Read More button below.

Stand Alone Programs

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Double Degree Structure
192 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 192 UOC.

Bachelor of Aviation (Management) (96 UOC)
1. Compulsory core courses in Aviation (Management) (78 UOC)
2. Aviation (Management) electives (18 UOC)

Bachelor of Commerce (96 UOC)
1. Compulsory core courses (24 UOC)
2. Flexible core courses (24 UOC)
3. Major requirements (48 UOC)

  • 3835 - Commerce / Aviation (Management)
  • 3502 - Commerce
  • 3981 - Aviation (Management)

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.

Level 1 Core Courses
3981 - Aviation (Management)

Students must take 36 UOC of the following courses.

Please Note: Students enrolled in the dual award 3835 Commerce/Aviation (Management) are not required to take MATH1041 Statistics or Life and Social Sciences (6 UOC) as the BCom core ECON1203 Business and Economic Statistics (6 UOC) will be counted towards this requirement.

Level 2 Core Courses
3981 - Aviation (Management)

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 Requirements
3981 - Aviation (Management)

Students must have completed 48 UOC before taking any of the following courses.

Level 3 Maturity Requirements
3981 - Aviation (Management)

Students must have completed 96 UOC before taking any of the following courses.

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.

Maximum Level 1 UOC
3981 - Aviation (Management)

Students may only undertake a maximum of 60 UOC of the following courses.

Course Substitution

Students in this program should not take MATH1041. Students must take ECON1203 for their Commerce program to be counted towards satisfying the requirements to take MATH1041 in the Aviation program; If MATH1031 or equivalent is completed under Aviation (Management) and the Commerce major requires ECON1202, then count MATH1031 under Aviation … For more content click the Read More button below.

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.

Additional Information

Please Note: Where the requirements for the two programs are completed in less than 192 units of credit due to overlapping courses, students may satisfy the remaining units of credit from those offered by the Business School or the courses listed as electives for the Bachelor of Aviation (Management).

Program Fees

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