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Undergraduate course information

Additional rules of importance to undergraduate coursework students
Majors
Extended majors
Sub-majors

UTS: Business offers a wide range of courses spanning the traditional disciplines of accounting, economics, finance, management and marketing.

Additional rules of importance to undergraduate coursework students

Credit recognition (exemptions)
Internal course transfer
Academic progression
Majors and sub-majors
Policy on subject substitution
Electives
Students from other faculties applying to undertake business electives
Semester load
Attendance
Subject attendance requirements
Forms

Credit recognition (exemptions)

Students who are enrolled in UTS: Business courses and who have previously studied at another university or other recognised tertiary educational institution may be eligible for credit recognition in the form of subject exemptions, if the subjects previously studied are deemed by UTS: Business to be equivalent to those specified for their course.

Requests for exemptions for more than one-third and up to two-thirds of the degree may be considered by the Business School Board. Students are required to apply for exemptions at enrolment in their first semester of study. If a student wishes to request exemptions after their first semester of study they are advised to make an appointment with a student adviser in the student centre either at Haymarket or Kuring-gai.

Students should note that exemptions given in one course at UTS will not necessarily be transferred to another course at UTS after a successful internal course transfer has occurred.

Further information on credit recognition for undergraduate students in UTS: Business is available at:

www.business.uts.edu.au/student/admin/rpl/

Further details can also be obtained from the Student Centres at Haymarket and Kuring-gai.

Credit recognition forms are available at:

www.sau.uts.edu.au/forms

Internal course transfer

While students may gain entry to a particular course, they may choose to apply for entry to a different course within the field of business. Where a student articulates from one level of study to another, only one testamur is issued. Further information is available from the Student Centre, Haymarket.

Students from combined degrees: Students in combined degrees should normally graduate from their combined degree at one ceremony, though receiving two testamurs.

If a student wishes to graduate with the Bachelor of Business only, the student should meet one of the following criteria:

  • a UAI/ATAR score equivalent or higher to the entry level for the year they began their studies, OR
  • the standard internal course transfer criteria, that includes an overall credit average and a minimum of 48 credit points of completed study.

If a student is successful in transferring to the single Bachelor of Business degree, the student must satisfy the academic and credit point requirements of the Bachelor of Business, which are:

  • 48 credit points comprising business core subjects
  • 48 credit points comprising a first business major subject
  • 48 credit points comprising either a second business major; or two sub-majors; or one sub-major and four electives.

Internal course transfer information and forms are available at:

www.sau.uts.edu.au/enrolment/course/transfer

Academic progression

All students are expected to meet minimum academic requirements. Students must pass 50 per cent of the credit points in which they are enrolled each half year. If this requirement is not met, students are placed on academic caution. During a period of academic caution, usually one half year, a student must consult with the designated academic course advisers from the relevant faculty for advice on their study plan; attend a study skills workshop program organised by the Student Services Unit; and enrol in no more than 24 credit points for the semester to which the period of academic caution applies.

Further information about academic caution is available at:

www.sau.uts.edu.au/academic/caution.html

Majors and sub-majors

To have a major or sub-major noted on a final transcript, students must complete at least 75 per cent of the subjects in that major or sub-major at UTS; the other 25 per cent of the subjects may be given as credit recognition from previous studies at another university (subject to approval), under any approved undergraduate course.

Policy on subject substitution

Where there is an overlap of a subject between majors and sub-majors, students must substitute an undergraduate subject chosen from within the particular discipline (subject to approval). The subject chosen should enable students to meet the objectives of the relevant major(s) or sub-major(s) and make up the required number of credit points. Students are still required to meet normal prerequisite conditions in choosing a substitute subject. As some majors have specific substitution rules, students should refer to the information on specific majors.

Students must apply for subject substitution before undertaking the subject. Subject substitution forms are available from the Student Centre, Haymarket and must be submitted back at the Student Centre, Haymarket at least four weeks before the start of the semester of intended study.

Electives

When choosing electives, students should be aware that all prerequisites must be met and that no elective may be materially similar to other subjects taken as part of the student's undergraduate degree. Students who wish to undertake cross-faculty electives within UTS, or do concurrent study with other universities, should seek approval from UTS: Business. UTS: Business reserves the right to approve a student's choice of electives. Students are accommodated in subjects depending on the availability of class places.

Students from other faculties applying to undertake business electives

Students from other faculties may undertake subjects offered by UTS: Business as an elective if they have met all the prerequisites. Students are accommodated in subjects depending on the availability of class places. It is the responsibility of students to ensure that their own faculty approves their choice of business elective(s) according to the requirements of the program in which they are enrolled.

Semester load

Full-time study is usually undertaken at the normal load of 24 credit points a semester. Students who wish to undertake more than the normal full-time load in one semester must have their study plan endorsed by a student adviser from the Student Centre, Haymarket. Part-time study is usually undertaken at the normal rate of 12 credit points a semester. Note that there are set criteria before approval can be granted to exceed the normal full-time load.

Attendance

Most courses are offered part time (one or two subjects a semester) or full time (three or four subjects a semester). Up to an extra two subjects (if offered) may be taken in Summer session to fast-track study. Local students may attend part time or full time. International students must enrol in a minimum of four subjects a semester to meet Department of Immigration and Citizenship requirements, and a maximum of four subjects a semester.

Subject attendance requirements

Students are required to be punctual and regular in attendance for all classes in the subjects in which they are enrolled.

It is the student's responsibility to study all material provided, or required to be accessed, to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the subject and to be informed of subject-related activities and administration.

International students in Australia are advised to attend all classes. Failure to attend may infringe conditions of the student visa.

Information on the campus, day and time that individual subjects are offered is available from the UTS timetable at:

http://timetable.uts.edu.au

Forms

All undergraduate forms are available at:

www.sau.uts.edu.au/forms

Majors

A major consists of 48 credit points of study (eight 6-credit-point subjects) in a related area.

Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Business (C10065); Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Business Diploma in Engineering Practice (C10068); Bachelor of Business Bachelor of Laws (C10125); Bachelor of Biotechnology Bachelor of Business (C10169); Bachelor of Medical Science Bachelor of Business (C10163); Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Business (C10162); Bachelor of Business Bachelor of Computing (C10219); or any other combined degree, are ineligible to undertake the Information Technology major in the Bachelor of Business component of the combined degree. Students enrolled in these courses are required to complete a business major offered by a school or schools within UTS: Business. Majors are listed below.

Note: Details of the subjects within each major are provided in the study package directory.

Second major only:

Extended majors

An extended major consists of 72 credit points of study (12 6-credit-point subjects). An extended major in the Bachelor of Business allows students the option of pursuing a highly specialised study in one discipline area while still undertaking a cross-disciplinary year of study. Extended majors are listed below.

Note: Details of the subjects within each extended major are provided in the study package directory.

Sub-majors

Faculty-wide: international exchange
Sub-majors offered by other faculties

A sub-major consists of 24 credit points of study in a related area. Sub-majors are available to all students except where specified.

It should be noted that not all subjects are offered in every semester and that not all sub-majors are available at both campuses. Sub-majors are listed below.

Note: Details of the subjects within each sub-major are provided in the study package directory.

Faculty-wide: international exchange

  • International Business Studies (SMJ08139)

Sub-majors offered by other faculties

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology

Faculty of Law

Faculty of Science