Diploma in Commerce - 8 months

The UWA Diploma in Commerce is designed to meet the needs of overseas students whose first language may not be English, who may fall short of direct entry requirements and/or whose availability for first year study is out of phase with the University's normal entry date. The aims of the Diploma in Commerce are:To equip international students with the English language competence they need to study in the second year of a Bachelor of Commerce degree at UWA;To provide students with study skills and the intellectual development they need to be academically capable of studying business related subjects in the second year at UWA;To provide students with appropriate subject specific knowledge to prepare them for the second year of study at UWA;To enable students to develop confidence in communicating complex matters with native speakers;To increase familiarity with Australian academic practices including the practical experience of university teaching methods.Students who pass the program will be awarded the Diploma in Commerce with 48 transferable credits guaranteeing a place into the second year of an appropriate undergraduate program for units studied. Choice of majors include Accounting, Business Law, Economics, Finance, Human Resource Management, Marketing and Management. The program offers a range of compulsory and elective units designed to ensure breadth of study and to provide pathways to the full range of BCom majors run at the Business School. Students will build on existing language, academic and numerical skills with a range of compulsory and optional units that provide a broad overview of the business world whilst also ensuring that students are able to specialise in their future major. Units are modelled on existing UWA level 1 units.[107429D]