Version and resources

• v2.1: Refined wording, exemptions, etc.
• v2: Updated with all UG insights and a rereading of the Calendar.
• v1: Initial draft
• http://www.victoria.ac.nz/sef/study/postgraduate/professional-economics

• Programme Director: Dr Adrian Slack

• Senior Administrator: Debbie Turner

• Calendar pages: 195-197

Qualifications covered

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

Enrolments are accepted in to any of the three qualification.

Staircasing allows movement in both directions.

Master of Professional Economics (MPE)

At-a-glance

Length of study: 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

Location: On-campus (Pipitea)

Size: 180 points

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:

• An appropriate Bachelor's degree with an average grade of B- or above and
• Acceptance by the Programme Director as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study.

Important information

• Students who wish to enrol for this programme but don't meet some the entry requirements should contact the Programme Director or Administrator to discuss their options.
• "Appropriate degrees' are usually those in Commerce or Business. The essence is that students will require university-level micro- and macro-economics, statistics and mathematics, to at least 100 level.

Programme requirements

Complete at least 180 points.

Complete three core courses:

• MMPE 501
• MMPE 502
• MMPE 503

Complete five further courses from MMPE 500-599.

Complete one course from:

• MMAF 501
• 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)

At-a-glance

Length of study: 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

Location: On-campus (Pipitea)

Size: 120 points

Entry requirements

To be accepted into this programme you'll need:

• A Bachelor's degree with an average grade of B- or above, or demonstrated satisfactory progress in a postgraduate economics qualification and
• Acceptance by the Programme Director as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study.

Important information

• Satisfactory progress in postgraduate economics means comparable to the PGCertPE, as judged by the Associate Dean (Students) of the Victoria Business School.

Programme requirements

Complete at least 120 points.

Complete three core courses:

• MMPE 501
• MMPE 502
• MMPE 503

Complete three further courses from MMPE 500-599.