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Admission and Unit Information – Bachelor of Science / Bachelor of Business and Commerce

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Accreditation

Accreditation is held with the Australian Human Resource Institute (AHRI) for students completing the Bachelor of Business and Commerce (Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations) major only.

Admission

Eligibility for admission to the Bachelor Science/Bachelor of Business and Commerce is based on the following requirements:

The following sets of Assumed Knowledge and Recommended Studies apply:

Bachelor of Science

Assumed knowledge: At least two of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics (excluding General Mathematics), Physics at HSC level.

Bachelor of Business and Commerce

Assumed knowledge: HSC Mathematics and any two units of HSC English.

Applications from Australian and New Zealand citizens and holders of permanent resident visas must be made via the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC).

Applicants who have undertaken studies overseas may have to provide proof of proficiency in English. Local and International applicants who are applying through the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) will find details of minimum English proficiency requirements and acceptable proof on the UAC website. Local applicants applying directly to UWS should also use the information provided on the UAC website.

http://www.uac.edu.au/

International applicants must apply directly to the University of Western Sydney via UWS International.

International students applying to UWS through UWS International can find details of minimum English proficiency requirements and acceptable proof on the UWS International website.

http://pubsites.uws.edu.au/international/

Overseas qualifications must be deemed by the Australian Education International - National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (AEI-NOOSR) to be equivalent to Australian qualifications in order to be considered by UAC and UWS.

Course Structure

Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 320 credit points as prescribed in the structure below.

Note: At least 60 credit points must be at Level 3 or above.

Students who complete this award will graduate with a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Business and Commerce.

Students who wish to exit this double degree after their third year and graduate with a Bachelor of Science must have completed 240 credit points and competed the units as listed below in Years 1, 2 and 3.

Students completing the Bachelor of Science portion of this double degree must complete one of the Science majors, in the first three years of study. Students must study 16 Science units of which a minimum of 8 units must be from one of the Science majors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chemistry, General Biology, or Mathematics.

Consult the handbook entry for the Bachelor of Science degree courses for further details about the science majors.

The conceptual design of this Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Business and Commerce double degree is as follows

1) Years 1 to 3 - Students will complete 160 credit points of Bachelor of Science units as listed in the course structure below.

2) also, in Years 1 to 3 they complete the Bachelor of Business and Commerce seven common core units and also one Bachelor of Business and Commerce Major unit. In Year 4 they complete eight Bachelor of Business and Commerce Major units.

3) students within this course will only be permitted to undertake the following majors within 2753 Bachelor Business and Commerce.

Applied Finance

Hospitality Management

Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations

International Business

Management

Marketing

Sport Management