Bachelor of Commerce

at Southern Institute of Technology

Year 1                
                           

Compulsory Papers*         
             

• ACC502 Introduction to Accounting
• COM540 Professional Communication
• ECN520 Economics
• LAW510 Commercial Law
• MAN530 Principles of Management
   

Additional year one compulsory papers dependent on major (Can be used as elective papers for other majors)
 

• ACC503 Accounting Practices
• MAN535 Principles of HRM
• MKT571 Principles of Marketing
• QNT565 Quantitative Analysis
   

Elective papers*               
                                        

• ACC504 Introduction to Budgeting and Taxation
• ACC505 Analysis of Financial Information
• HTM501 Introduction to Tourism
• HTM505 Food and Beverage Management
• HTM507 Hotel Operations
• HTM509 Hospitality Service Delivery Systems
• MAN536 Introduction to Health and Safety
• MAN537 Workplace Relations
• MAN538 Change and HR Strategies
• MKT573 Digital Marketing
• MKT574 Effective Sales Techniques
• MKT575 Marketing Issues and Relationship Management
   

Year 2       
             

• ACC601 Financial Accounting
• ACC602 Management Accounting
• ACC603 Business Finance
• ACC604 Accounting Information Systems
• ACC606 Taxation
• HTM601 Contemporary Tourism
• HTM606 Financial Management for Business
• HTM608 Entrepreneurship
• HTM610 Facilities Management in Hospitality
• LAW610 Company Law
• MAN615 Organisational Behaviour
• MAN631 Change Management
• MAN632 Operations Management
• MAN633 Human Resource Development
• MAN635 Employment Relations
• MKT671 Consumer Behaviour
• MKT673 Integrated Marketing Communication
• MKT675 Marketing Management
• MKT676 Services Management and Marketing
• RES680 Research Methods
   

Year 3        
                                

• ACC701 Advanced Financial Reporting
• ACC702 Advanced Management Accounting
• ACC703 Financial Management
• ACC704 Applied Research Project - Accounting
• ACC705 Auditing
• CON759 Contemporary Issues
• ETH760 Business Ethics
• HTM706 Sustainability in Tourism
• IBS790 International Business
• ICE760 Industry Consultation
• MAN734 Strategic Management
• MAN735 Advanced HRM
• MAN736 Applied Research Project - Management
• MKT772 Strategic Marketing Management
• MKT774 Applied Research Project - Marketing
• MKT776 Event Management
• WPE700 Workplace Experience

University Entrance - NCEA Level 3 
 

NCEA level 3 awarded, including three subjects at Level 3, made up of:

• 14 credits each, in three NZQA University Entrance approved subjects, and
• Literacy – 10 credits at Level 2 or above, made up of five credits in reading and five credits in writing, and
• Numeracy - 10 credits at Level 1 or above, made up of specified achievement standards through a range of subjects, or a package of three numeracy unit standards (26623, 26626, 26627 – all three required)
   

Entry may also be granted to mature applicants who are at least 20 years of age when the programme begins and can provide evidence of aptitude or appropriate work or other experience, or completion of an external or overseas qualification which is considered to be the equivalent of any of the above qualifications as approved by the Programme Leader.
 

Special Admission

A student who has successfully completed a minimum of four papers in the New Zealand Diploma in Business may transfer their enrolment and be admitted onto the Bachelor of Commerce programme.  The Programme Leader will advise according to the current cross credit schedules.
 

English Language Requirements
 

Applicants, whose first language is not English, or who come from a country where the language of instruction in schools is not English, are required to provide evidence of having achieved one of the following
 

• NCEA Level 3 with University Entrance, or
• an International Baccalaureate Diploma or Cambridge A- level qualification for which the teaching and assessment was conducted in English; or
• Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA),or Trinity College London Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CertTESOL);or
• Successful completion of all primary education (being the equivalent of New Zealand primary school years 1 to 8) and at least three years of secondary education (being the equivalent of three years from New Zealand secondary school years 9 to 13) at schools in either New Zealand,,Australia,Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States one of the countries listed in Rule 18.5 where the student was taught using English as the language of instruction; or
• Successful completion of at least five years of secondary education (being the equivalent of New Zealand secondary school years 9 to 13) at schools in either New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States where the student was taught using English as the language of instruction; or
• Successful completion of a Bachelor's Degree, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Bachelor Honours degree, Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Masters' Degree or Doctoral Degree, the language of instruction of which must be in English and which must be from a tertiary education provider from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom or the United States or
• Successful completion of one of the following internationally recognised proficiency tests listed below to the level required of the programme of study and with all scores achieved in a single test during the two years preceding the proposed date of enrolment
   

• IELTS test - Academic score of 6 with no band score lower than 5.5
• TOEFL Paper based test (pBT) - Score of 550 (with an essay score 5 TWE)
• TOEFL Internet based test (iBT) - Score of 60 (with a writing score of 18)
• Cambridge English Examination - B2 First or B2 First for schools or C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency with a score of 169. No less than 162 in each skill.
• OET - Minimum of Grade C or 200 in all sub-tests
• NZCEL - a) Expiring Level b) Current: a) Level 4 (Academic) b) Level 4 (Academic)
• Pearson Test of English (Academic) - PTE (Academic) score of 50 with no band score lower than 42
• Language Cert - C1 Expert International ESOL Written (LRW) PASS with no less than 25/50 in each skill and Spoken (S) PASS
• Trinity ISE - ISE II with no less than distinction in any band

Bachelor Degrees    NZ$19,600    Per academic year

Graduates will have a sound understanding and awareness of the New Zealand business environment alongside practical skills that will add value to a business, either as an employer, employee or business owner.  Possible careers include:
 

• Accounting majors can find careers in financial accounting, financial management, corporate accounting, taxation, auditing and business consulting. Students can apply to become members of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ)
• Management majors can find careers in production management, supply chain or logistics management, human resources management, project management or general management (after obtaining relevant experience in the business environment)
• Marketing majors can find careers in marketing and sales management, product management, merchandising, services marketing, market research, brand management, customer services management, key account management or general management (after obtaining relevant experience within a sales and marketing environment)