Postgraduate Diploma in Commerce–PGDipCom 120 points Qualification regulations

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

(i) completed a BCom degree, or at the discretion of the Associate Dean (Students) of the Wellington School of Business and Government, another degree; and

(ii) satisfied the prerequisites listed in section 2 of the BCom(Hons) regulations for the subject to be presented, or been granted exemption from those prerequisites by the associate dean; and

(iii) been accepted by the relevant head of school or programme director as capable of completing the proposed course of study.

(b) Requirement (a)(i) may be waived by the associate dean for a candidate who has had extensive practical, professional, or scholarly experience of an appropriate kind.

2. The course of study for the PGDipCom shall consist of courses worth 120 points from the BCom(Hons) Schedule.

3. (a) A candidate for the PGDipCom shall normally be enrolled for at least two trimesters and shall complete the diploma within four years of first enrolling in the PGCertCom, PGDipCom, BCom(Hons), or MCom. The associate dean may extend the maximum period in special cases.

(b) A candidate who has been awarded a PGCertCom with a particular specialisation is required to abandon that qualification upon being awarded a PGDipCom with the same specialisation.

4. (a) The diploma will be awarded with a specialisation in Accounting, Economics, Finance, Human Resource Management and Employment Relations, Information Systems, International Business, Management, Marketing, or Public Policy, if the programme consists entirely of courses selected from the requirements for that subject as listed in section 5 of the BCom(Hons) regulations. Postgraduate courses worth up to 30 points for the diploma, may be substituted subject to the approval of the associate dean.

(b) The diploma may be awarded without a specialisation, subject to approval of the course of study by the associate dean.