新西兰西方理工学院

If you are wanting to study business and gain a degree this is the right course for you. This degree offers papers in a variety of areas allowing you to experience all aspects of the business world.

75 elective credits of this programme are a principal feature of its design. They allow students to complement the core papers specific to the degree, and compulsory papers in a major, with papers of their choice thus allowing them to further enhance their future career or personal goals. Elective papers may be chosen from any papers at levels 5, 6 or 7 and relevant pre-requisite papers must be completed prior.

Students may choose to complete either a single or double major from the areas of:

• Accounting
• Human Resources
• Project Management
• Operations and Production Management
• Business Information Systems

You will learn how to:

• Have a sound understanding of the dynamic and changing environment in which managers operate in New Zealand and internationally. This knowledge and expertise will be underpinned by a breadth of business expertise which includes an historical perspective of business development within New Zealand and an understanding of multicultural influences on business operation.
• Understand and have the skills to implement sustainable focused business practices.
• Integrate into the workplace environment quickly, having already spent time through the course of study in a work context applying the knowledge and skills of the curriculum.

Career Options

On completion of this programme, graduates will have a sound understanding of the dynamic and changing environment in which management takes place; enabling them to apply that knowledge at both operational and strategic levels in a range of industries.

Career options include: Accountancy, Finance, Operations and Production Management, Project Management, Human Resource Management, Marketing/ Sales Management, Advertising/ Business Development, General Management.

Further Study Options

The Bachelor in Applied Management provides a pathway for those students wishing to pursue study in accounting, accredited by the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) and Certified Professional Accountant (CPA) professional bodies.