At-a-glance

Name: Graduate Certificate in Commerce

Abbreviation: GCertCom

Duration: 1 trimesters

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

Schedule: Daytime lectures

Intensity: Full time or part time

Type: Coursework

Study at: On-campus (Pipitea, Wellington)

Complete: 60 points (3-4 courses)

Entry: Bachelor's degree

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 of Commerce degree or an approved alternative

To be accepted by the head of school or the associate dean (students) of the Faculty of Commerce as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study

Programme requirements

Complete 60 points from courses at 200 level or above, of which:

• At least 40 points are from 300-level courses

Important information

• The academic [Calendar] is the authoritative source of information on programme details and requirements.
• If you have any questions talk to a [liaison officer]. If you’re already a student here contact a [student adviser.]

Subject requirements

If you want to specialise in one of the following subjects you'll need to:

Accounting

Get comfortable with numbers and learn to analyse figures so you can guide and support business decision-making. Gain the skills to clearly communicate your professional advice. Explore accounting issues like obtaining financing, listing on the share market and preparing profit reports. 

If you do all your courses in this subject, you will receive a subject specialisation on your Certificate.

Commercial Law

Discover the ways the law impacts on all business activity—from dealing with customers, suppliers or employees, to protecting physical and intellectual assets. Gain the skills and knowledge in commercial law essential to strong and efficient businesses. Find out how the laws relating to business work so you can help make business decisions or provide advice to others.

If you do all your courses in this subject, you will receive a subject specialisation on your Certificate.

Economics

Learn about how decisions are made to produce and distribute goods and services. Use models to simplify, explain and make predictions about the real world, and discover tools that people use to make and judge economic decisions. Gain powerful and flexible ways of thinking that you can apply to a whole range of problems.

If you do all your courses in this subject, you will receive a subject specialisation on your Certificate.

Finance

Study how people and companies spend money and manage risk, and find out how markets work and behave. Learn how to apply your knowledge whether trading in shares, currencies, bonds, electricity or commodities. You'll focus on the four main areas of Finance—financial securities, financial institutions, financial decision-making by firms and investment portfolio choices.

If you do all your courses in this subject, you will receive a subject specialisation on your Certificate.

Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations

Gain an overview of basic business functions and learn about the environments in which businesses operate—both in New Zealand and around the world. Discover the differences between HR and IR and look at contemporary issues like the living wage, pay equity, and why and how people strike. 

If you do all your courses in this subject, you will receive a subject specialisation on your Certificate.

Information Systems

Get a practical introduction to the different types of IT available, and how and why they are used in business. Through the Business Analysis specialisation you'll learn how to find the right solution for a business problem. When specialising in Infotech Solutions you'll find out how to deliver a technology solution to a business.

If you do all your courses in this subject, you will receive a subject specialisation on your Certificate.

International Business

Study trade policy, importing and exporting, and foreign investment. Gain an understanding of the strategies of multinational corporations and international operations management. Learn how to negotiate and problem solve. Grow your business knowledge while learning how to be an effective member of a multicultural team.

If you do all your courses in this subject, you will receive a subject specialisation on your Certificate.

Management

Develop your decision-making and analytical skills. Become an effective leader through the study of human behaviour and how people think. You'll look at subjects like social psychology and sociology and learn to use conceptual models to make decisions in complex or uncertain situations. Find out about strategic thinking in business and gain the skills to analyse situations and make strategic decisions.

If you do all your courses in this subject, you will receive a subject specialisation on your Certificate.

Marketing

Get the skills to tell stories that connect and engage people. Gain a solid grounding in all areas of business and learn about marketing and its role in the commercial, public and not-for-profit sectors. Study consumer behaviour and gain an understanding of how people make decisions about what they will or won't buy. Become an expert in marketing plans and learn to think strategically.

If you do all your courses in this subject, you will receive a subject specialisation on your Certificate.

Public Management

Learn about governance and public sector reform. Find out how to develop strategy and achieve results, including planning, service delivery and monitoring and evaluation.

If you do all your courses in this subject, you will receive a subject specialisation on your Certificate.

Public Policy

Examine the methods used to make fair and good policy decisions and how they are put in place. Look at the role of government and how they can be made more effective. Learn how governments make policy, how the public sector is run and the political dimensions of public sector decision-making.

If you do all your courses in this subject, you will receive a subject specialisation on your Certificate.

Taxation

Get a thorough grounding in the New Zealand tax system and international tax law. Explore GST regimes, double tax treaties, tax policy development and tax administration practices. Broaden your understanding of local and international taxation with real-world up-to-date information.

If you do all your courses in this subject, you will receive a subject specialisation on your Certificate.

Tourism Management

Study how the tourism industry works and the way it's developing. Learn about the way people travel while considering the impact tourism has on economies, the environment and the locals.

If you do all your courses in this subject, you will receive a subject specialisation on your Certificate.