Postgraduate Certificate in Business (Professional)–PGCertBus(Prof) 60 points Qualification regulations

1. (a) Before enrolment, a candidate for the PGCertBus(Prof) shall have:

(i) completed a Bachelor’s degree to the equivalent of at least a B average standard;

(ii) had two years of relevant work experience; and

(iii) been accepted by the programme director as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study.

(b) Requirement (a)(i) or (ii) may be waived by the Associate Dean (Students) of the Wellington School of Business and Government for a candidate who has extensive practical, professional, or scholarly experience of an appropriate kind.

2. A candidate who has passed courses worth at least 60 points selected from the Schedule to the MBus(Prof) regulations, or approved 400- or 500-level courses taught at this university, including at least one of BUSI 501–504, may be awarded a PGCertBus(Prof).

3. (a) A candidate in the PGCertBus(Prof) shall normally be enrolled for at least one trimester and shall complete the certificate within two years of first enrolling in the programme.

(b) A candidate who has failed two or more courses, or any course twice, may continue in the programme only with the permission of the associate dean.

4. A candidate who has been awarded a PGCertBus(Prof) must abandon that qualification upon award of the PGDipBus(Prof).Specialisations

5. The PGCertBus(Prof) may be awarded with one specialisation from the list in section 5 of the MBus(Prof) regulations.