School of Government

Graduate Certificate/Diploma in Commerce

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Overview

The Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma in Commerce are flexible qualifications designed for Commerce graduates who want to move into a new area of specialisation, and for graduates in other areas, such as art and science, who want to gain a commerce qualification.

Your course of study can follow a specialisation within a commerce subject area, or you may choose your own combination of courses as long as it is approved by the Associate Dean (Students) as a coherent programme of study. If you are putting together your own programme, contact Dr Colin Jeffcoat, the Associate Dean (Students), for more information before you enrol.

These programmes are open to graduates, although students near the end of their degree may take some courses for the Certificate or Diploma providing they complete their degree before the Certificate or Diploma is awarded.

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Graduate Certificate in Commerce

The Graduate Certificate in Commerce (GCertCom) is equivalent to one trimester of full-time study. The courses selected for the Certificate must total at least 60 points at 200-level or above, including at least 30 points at 300-level or above.

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Graduate Diploma in Commerce

The Graduate Diploma in Commerce (GDipCom) is equivalent to two trimesters of full-time study, although it may take longer depending on the specialisation or sequencing of the courses chosen. Graduates are sometimes allowed to enrol in a course without the stated prerequisites--talk to the Course Coordinator about this possibility.

The courses selected for the Diploma must total at least 120 points from courses at 200-level or above, including at least 75 points at 300-level or above.

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Specialisations

From 2010, the specialisations will consist of the following:

Public Management

  • PUBL202 and PUBL302
  • At least 80 further points, of which at least 60 are at 300-level, from PUBL 205, 206, 300-399, MGMT 200-399, ACCY307 or approved alternatives

Public Policy

  • PUBL201 and two further courses from PUBL200-299
  • PUBL306 and two further courses from PUBL300-399
  • one approved 300-level elective

If you have already passed one or more of the courses required for a specialisation, you may substitute an approved course of equal value if necessary to meet the total points requirements. For approval, contact the Undergraduate Coordinator.

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For more information

See the BCA Prospectus, Guide to Enrolment or Online Course Catalogue for details of course offerings and prerequisite requirements.

For further information, contact the Faculty of Commerce and Administration.

For information on your programme of study in the specialisations of Public Management and Public Policy, contact:

Associate Professor Graham Hassall
Undergraduate Coordinator
Phone: (04) 463 5047
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