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Entry requirements

Version and resources

• v2: Updated and refined as of early June
• v1: Initial draft
• http://www.victoria.ac.nz/vbs/study-careers/postgraduatestudy/honours#about

• Associate Dean: John Randal

• Faculty Manager: Adrienne McGovern-Wilson

• Calendar pages: 179-185

Entry requirements

To be accepted into this programme you'll need:

• A Bachelor of Commerce
• To have met the prerequisites (listed in the subject requirements section below) for the subject to be presented ; andand
• been accepted by the appropriate Acceptance by the relevant Programme Director or Head of School or the Programme Director as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study.

Important information

• Students who wish to enrol for the BCom(Hons) this programme but don't have a BCom or haven't satisfied all the prerequisites should contact the Victoria Business School to discuss their suitability for a possible exemptionmeet some the entry requirements should contact the Programme Director.
• While entry to the BCom(Hons) normally requires a BCom (or equivalent), selection is determined by academic merit and by interview. Students with consistent undergraduate grades of B or better in core 300-level courses are well placed for consideration. However, entry decisions are made on a case-by-case basis, and the most important criteria for entry are an enthusiasm for the programme, a demonstrable ability to think critically, a confidence with written and oral communication, and a curiosity and an eagerness to question ideas and practices.

Programme requirements

Complete at least 120 points

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Supplementary information

• Standard ones on Requirements of PG programmes

Tool tips

Questions

1. Is there anything else to say about the structure that applies to all subjects?
2. Subject requirements: Is there a standard definition/tool tip for 'approved'?
3. Should we make a 'Complete one elective course' requirement to prompt students to plan properly?

Subject requirements

Accounting

Have previously completed three courses from ACCY 300-399

Complete

Complete seven courses:

• ACCY 401
• ACCY 421
• ACCY 430
• Four courses from:
  • ACCY 402-413
  • ACCY 403
  • ACCY 404
  • ACCY 405
  • ACCY 406
  • ACCY 407
  • ACCY 408
  • ACCY 409
  • ACCY 410
  • ACCY 411
  • ACCY 412
  • ACCY 413
  • ACCY 423
  • ACCY 425
  • COML 401-401
  • COML 402
  • COML 403
  • COML 404
  • COML 405
  • COML 421
  • COML 425
  • FINA 401
  • FINA 402.

Economics

Have previously completed three courses from ECON 300-399

or PUBL 303, further:

• Macroeconomics students will have previously completed ECON 305, QUAN 201 and QUAN 203 and
• Microeconomics students will have previously completed ECON 314 and QUAN 203

Complete seven courses:

• ECON 430
Either ECON 402 and ECON 403 or:
• Or ECON 404 and 404 and ECON 405
• ECON 430
• Two further courses from ECON 401-489
• Two further courses from:
  
  • ECON 401-489
  • FINA 401-489.

Thoughts and questions

• Is the
  • 401-489
  range necessary or can it be written as 400-499 like for all other degrees (and most subjects in this degree)? Ditto for Finance below.

Finance

Have previously completed three courses from FINA or MOFI 300-399

Complete seven courses:

• FINA 401
• FINA 402
• FINA 430
• Two further courses from FINA 401-489
• Two further courses from:
  
  • FINA 401-489
  • ECON 401-489.

Questions

1. Do we need MOFI? I can't see any courses under this code

1. , so maybe it is an old code and we can drop it from the web.

Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations

Have previously completed HRIR 320 and either:

• Two further courses from HRIR 300-399 or
• Or one One further course from HRIR 300-399 and one course from MGMT 300-399

Complete seven courses:

• HRIR 401
• HRIR 402
• MGMT 404
• MGMT 405
• MGMT 411
• MGMT 430
• One further courses from: 
  • HRIR 411
  • HRIR 412
  • MGMT 401-418
.

Information Systems

Have previously completed three courses from ELCM or INFO 300-399.

Complete seven courses:

• INFO 401
• INFO 402
• INFO 403
• INFO 430
• One course from:
  • INFO 404-
  • INFO 405
  • INFO 406
  • INFO 407
  • INFO 409
  • INFO 410
• Two further courses from INFO 400-499 or other approved courses.

Tool tips

• Approved courses: ???

Thoughts and questions

• What does approved mean? 
• Can we standardise 'approved' wording with other BCom(Hons) subjects with similar wording (see below)

International Business

• Prerequisites: IBUS 305 and IBUS 312.
• Complete seven courses:
  • IBUS 401
  • IBUS 405
  • INFO 430
  • Two further IBUS 402-408
  • Two further courses from IBUS 401-489 or other approved Honours courses.

Tool tips

• Approved Honours courses: ???

Thoughts and questions

• What does approved mean?

Management

Have previously completed MGMT 320 and two further courses from MGMT 300-399

Complete seven courses:

• MGMT 404
• MGMT 430
• Three courses from:
  • MGMT 401
  • MGMT 403
  • MGMT 405-418
• Two further courses from:
  • MGMT 401-489
  • HRIR 401-419
  • MMMS 502
-
• • MMMS 503
  • MMMM 504
  • MMMS 506
  • MMMS 521
  • MMMS 522
  • Other approved Honours courses.

Tool tips

• Approved Honours courses: ???

Thoughts and questions

Questions

1. What does MMMS mean? Do we need it on the web?
2. What does approved mean? 

Marketing

• Prerequisites: Three courses from MARK 300-399.
• Complete seven courses:
  • MARK 401
  • MARK 405
  • MARK 430
  • Two courses from:
    • MARK 402-404
    • MARK 406
    • MARK 410
  • Two further courses from:
    • MARK 401-489
    • MMCA 401
    • IBUS 401-489
    • INFO 401-404
    • MGMT 401
    • COML 401-403
    • Other approved Honours courses.

Tool tips

• Approved
  • • Honours courses
  : ???

Thoughts and questions

• What does approved mean?

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