Academics
UNSW Courses
Students have the option to take courses from a variety of departments. To search by term, click on "Advanced Search" under the search box at the top. Click on the "Course" tab, and then select the correct year, and choose the correct term under the offering period (see details below). You can also filter by subject area. Note that the Winter Term courses are not available in the UNSW Handbook, but can be viewed online here.
Cornell Spring Semester = Summer Term (January) + Term 1 at UNSW
Cornell Fall Semester = Winter Term (August) + Term 3 at UNSW
Academic Policies
- Students must enroll in one of UNSW's Tailored Terms.
- Students must enroll in a full course load while abroad (equivalent to 15 credit hours). At UNSW, ILR students must enroll in four full-time courses (one 4-week, intensive course and three regular-term courses) during their semester abroad.
- Students can earn up to 15 ILR elective credits.
- Courses have to be approved for ILR elective credit.
- Students will receive credit for academic coursework completed abroad that is equivalent to a Cornell grade of "C."
- Students cannot take courses as Pass/Fail.
- All courses and grades will appear on the Cornell transcript in the same format as they are recorded on the original transcript generated by the host institution.
- Grades are not calculated in the overall GPA.
UNSW Courses Taken in Previous Semesters
These are some of the courses that ILR students have taken in previous semesters. Some courses are only offered in the fall and others only in the spring. Check the course offerings using the link above to see which courses are offered during the semester you are applying to study at UNSW. Not all courses on this list are approved for ILR elective credit.
Course Number | Course Name |
ARTS 1240 | Environment and Society |
ARTS 1750 | Introduction to Global Development |
ARTS 1811 | Contemporary Issues in Government and Global Politics |
ARTS 2877 | Technologies Culture Society |
ARTS 3814 | Australian Foreign Policy |
ATSI 1011 | Indigenous Australia |
COMM 1000 | Creating Social Change: From Innovation to Impact |
COMM 1120 | Collaboration and Innovation in Business |
ECON 1202 | Quantitative Analysis for Business and Economics |
ECON 1401 | Economic Perspectives |
ECON 2209 | Business Forecasting |
ECON 3110 | Development Economics |
ECON 3121 | Industrial Organisation |
ECON 3123 | Organizational Economics |
ECON 3125 | Economics of Health and Human Capital |
ECON 3127 | Environmental Economics |
FINS 1613 | Business Finance |
FINS 2615 | Intermediate Business Finance |
FINS 2618 | Capital Markets and Institutions |
GENC 3004 | Personal Finance |
GENL 0252 | International Relations and Sport |
INFS 1602 | Digital Transformation in Business |
MGMT 2010 | Innovation & Entrepreneurship-Principles and Practices |
MGMT 2101 | International Business & Multinational Operations |
MGMT 2102 | Managing Across Cultures |
MGMT 2106 | Comparative Management Systems |
MGMT 2725 | Career Management |
MGMT 3001 | Business and Corporate Strategy |
MGMT 3721 | Negotiation Skills |
MGMT 3729 | Managing Training and Development |
TABL 2712 | Business Ethics and the Law |
TABL 2731 | Marketing and Distribution Law |