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Programme Director: Dr Adrian Slack

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Senior Administrator: Debbie Turner

Versions

  • v2.3: Updated "At-a-glance"
  • v2.4: 2017 style

Qualifications covered

  • Master of Professional Economics
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Economics
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Economics

Relationship between qualifications

  • Enrolments are accepted in to any of the three qualification.
  • Staircasing allows movement in both directions.

Master of Professional Economics (MPE)


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glance 

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Name: Master of Professional Economics 

Abbreviation: MPE

Duration: 3 trimesters

Duration details: 3-4 trimesters of full-time study or normally 6 if studied part-time

Can be studied part-time

Starting trimesters: 1, 2 or 3

Applications due: Standard dates for Trimesters 1 and 2

Composition: Coursework

Research component: None

Required contact: Evenings and block-format

Schedule: Daytime lectures and block-format

Intensity: Full time or part time

Type: Coursework

Study at: On-campus (Pipitea, Wellington) 

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Complete: 180 points

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Tool tip

Block-format: Contact hours condensed in to a few multi-day sessions per course)

 

Entry requirements

To be accepted into this programme you'll need:

(9 courses)

Entry: Appropriate Bachelor's degree with a B- average 

Start: Trimester 1,2 or 3

Apply by: Standard trimester dates

Costs: From database for international only at this stage

Impact of previous university study in same subject: Not suitable


Entry requirements

An appropriate Bachelor's degree with an average grade of B- or above

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To be accepted by the

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programme director as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study

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Important information

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  • If you want to enrol

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  • in this programme but don't meet some of the entry requirements, you should contact the

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  • programme director or

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  • administrator to discuss

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  • your options.

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  • The academic Calendar is the authoritative source of programme and course information.

Programme requirements

Complete

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180 points

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Include three core courses:

  • MMPE 501
  • MMPE 502
  • MMPE 503

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Include five

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further coursesfrom MMPE 500-599

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Complete one course from:

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Include one course from:

  • MMAF 502
  • MMAF 510
  • Another approved course from MMAF 500-599

Questions

  1. Not sure that my course range for the last programme requirement will give the same result as the schedule?

  2. What does approved mean? What is the process? For so few courses to select from is another approval actually required?

Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Economics (PGDipPE)

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Important information

  • Some advanced elective and special topic courses are not offered every year, so you will need to plan your study carefully.

At-a-glance 

Name: Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Economics

Abbreviation: PGDipPE

Duration: 2 trimesters

Duration details: 2 trimesters of full-time study or normally 4 if studied part-time

Can be studied part-time

Starting trimesters: 1, 2 or 3

Applications due: Standard dates for Trimesters 1, 2 and 3

Composition: Coursework

Research component: None

Required contact: Evenings and block-format

Schedule: Daytime lectures and block-format

Intensity: Full time or part time

Type: Coursework

Study at: On-campus (Pipitea, Wellington) 

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Complete: 120 points

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Entry requirements

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(6 courses)

Entry: Appropriate Bachelor's degree with a B- average

Start: Trimester 1,2 or 3

Apply by: Standard trimester dates

Costs: From database for international only at this stage

Impact of previous university study in same subject: Not suitable

Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree with an average grade of B- or above, or demonstrated satisfactory progress in a postgraduate economics

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qualification

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To be accepted by the

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programme director as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study

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Important information

  • If you want to enrol in this programme but don't meet some of the entry requirements, you should contact the programme director or administrator to discuss your options.
  • Satisfactory progress in postgraduate economics means comparable to the PGCertPE, as judged by the

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  • associate dean (

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  • students) of the Victoria Business School.
  • The academic Calendar is the authoritative source of programme and course information.

Programme requirements

Complete

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120 points

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Include three core courses:

  • MMPE 501
  • MMPE 502
  • MMPE 503

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Include three further courses from MMPE 500-599

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Questions

  1. Does the Associate Dean (Students) 'delegate' this decision to the PD? If so, one less role/person/point of contact for the student.

Important information

  • Some advanced elective and special topic courses are not offered every year, so you will need to plan your study carefully.

At-a-glance

Name: Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Economics (PGCertPE)

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Abbreviation: PGCertPE

Duration: 1 trimester

Duration details: 1 trimester of full-time study or normally 2 if studied part-time

Can be studied part-time

Starting trimesters: 1, 2 or 3

Applications due: Standard dates for Trimesters 1 and 2

Composition: Coursework

Research component: None

Required contact: Evenings and block-format

Schedule: Daytime lectures and block-format

Intensity: Full time or part time

Type: Coursework

Study at: On-campus (Pipitea, Wellington) 

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Complete: 60 points

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Entry requirements

To be accepted into this programme you'll need:

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(3 courses)

Entry: Appropriate Bachelor's degree with a B- average

Start: Trimester 1,2 or 3

Apply by: Standard trimester dates

Costs: From database for international only at this stage

Impact of previous university study in same subject: Not suitable

Entry requirements

An appropriate Bachelor's degree with an average grade of B- or above

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To be accepted by the

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programme director as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study

Important information

  • If you want to enrol in this programme but don't meet some of the entry requirements, you should contact the programme director or administrator to discuss your options.
  • The academic Calendar is the authoritative source of programme and course information.

Programme requirements

Complete

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60 points

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Include three approved

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courses from MMPE 500-599

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Questions

  1. What does approved mean or how is it obtained?

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Important information

  • Some advanced elective and special topic courses are not offered every year, so you will need to plan your study carefully.

Important information

  • If you want to enrol in this programme but don't meet some of the entry requirements, you should contact the

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  • programme director or

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  • administrator to discuss your options.
  • The academic Calendar is the authoritative source of programme and course information.