Available Diplomas
Fast Track Program (two terms)
- UAC Code
- 729501 (Nirimba)
- UWS Course Code
- 7008
Standard Program (three terms)
- UAC Code
- 729500 (Nirimba)
- UAC Code
- 729505 (Westmead)
- UWS Course Code
- 7007
Note: Not all options are available for all intakes and the application process may vary. For further information, visit the Academic Intake Dates and How to Apply sections of the website.
About
The UWSCollege Diploma in Business and Commerce aims to produce students who are fully prepared for study in the UWS Bachelor of Business and Commerce with a sample of business units that allows for a well-informed choice of your professional focus at university.
The Diploma in Business and Commerce provides you with a broad range of business knowledge and skills that prepare you for second year of your degree at the University of Western Sydney (UWS).
You will study the following units in your Fast Track diploma:
- Tertiary Study Skills*
- Accounting Information for Managers
- Business Academic Skills
- Introduction to Business Law
- Management Dynamics
- Marketing Principles
- Principles of Economics
- Statistics for Business,
and either
- Information Systems in Context**,
or one of the following
- Consumer Behaviours
- Financial Accounting Applications
- Introduction to International Business
- Managing People at Work
- Organisational Behaviour.
*No advanced standing at university will be granted for this unit.
**If approved by both UWSCollege and UWS, students enrolled in the two term diploma may replace the Information Systems in Context unit with one of the five UWS units listed immediately below it.
For more information regarding unit and course descriptions, refer to the UWS Handbook.
- Accounting Fundamentals*
- Statistics For Academic Purposes*
- Tertiary Study Skills*
- Accounting Information for Managers
- Business Academic Skills
- Information Systems in Context
- Introduction to Business Law
- Management Dynamics
- Marketing Principles
- Principles of Economics
- Statistics for Business.
*No advanced standing at university will be granted for these units.
For more information regarding unit and course descriptions, refer to the UWS Handbook.
Minimum entry requirements are successful* completion of Australian Year 12 or equivalent or UWSCollege University Foundation Studies or equivalent.
Students are also assumed to have completed study in Mathematics at senior high school level.
For students who have completed their HSC, ATAR entry requirements for this course are:
- Standard (three terms) — ATAR > 50 (indicative)
- Fast Track (two terms) — ATAR > 55 (indicative).
- Standard (three terms) — a Grade Point Average of 5.5 or higher
- Fast Track (two terms) — a Grade Point Average of 6.0 or higher and a "C" in University Foundation Studies Commercial Mathematics or Mathematics B.
- a "C" grade in University Foundation Studies English.
Note: Entry scores are indicative only. Other factors may be taken into consideration.
* Successful completion means gaining a 50% pass in all required units.
Successful completion of the Diploma in Business and Commerce provides advanced standing of 80 credit points (equivalent to a year of study) in the Bachelor of Business and Commerce at UWS.
To successfully complete your diploma, you will need at least a 50% pass in all required units.
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