Course details

Summary

Programme highlights

Produce real productivity gains through efficient processes, logistics and project implementation, plus get hands-on experience with an operations and production management project for a real business.

Combine core business skills and practices with specific operations and production management skills in production and project management, resource allocation, and specialist electives from human resources to management accounting. Plus each student is matched to a company to complete a real-world operations and production management project. Further apply your skills with managing supply chains, feasibility studies and resource sustainability programmes.

Career opportunities

New Zealand's industrial sector is a huge part of the economy, both domestically and through exporting to the world. These businesses always need consultants, supervisors and managers who understand the ways that people and processes work together to produce real results. From human resources to management accounting, your elective course will help shape the kind of career you wish to pursue.

Programme structure

When planning your degree, remember that not all courses are available each quarter. You must check the programme structure below, the pre-requisites, electives and availability of your chosen courses in advance.

COMPULSORY COURSES

Level 5

311.537 Introduction to Accounting

181.519 Professional Communication

341.571 Business Heritage, Culture and Sustainability

323.510 Commercial Law

371.514 Economics

351.515 Introduction to Marketing

341.576 Management

341.582 Managing Operations

COMPULSORY COURSES

Level 6

CORE COURSES

341.628 Applied Management

341.629 Research Methodology

COURSES IN THIS MAJOR:

343.607 Project Management

343.611 Operations Management

and one specialised elective from:

311.647 Intermediate Management Accounting

311.650 Introduction to Finance

342.619 Industrial Relations

342.620 Human Resources

COMPULSORY COURSES

Level 7

341.736 Co-operative Education Project (equivalent to four courses)

343.705 Resource Integration Management

341.738 Product Development

ELECTIVE COURSES

In addition, for each major you must select five other elective courses from the list. If you are doing a double major you will not be able to take elective courses, you will need to take five courses from your other major.

Entry criteria

Applicants must meet the following entry requirements:

• Successfully completed at least 42 NCEA credits (or equivalent) at Level 3 or higher, made up of 14 credits in one approved subject, 14 credits in another approved subject, 14 credits from one or two additional domains or approved subjects; and
• 8 credits in NCEA English Level 2 (four in reading and four in writing from the NZQA Literacy Requirements for University Entrance list) (or equivalent); and
• 14 credits in NCEA mathematics (or pangarau) Level 1 (or equivalent) or
• Have successfully completed a minimum of 72 credits at NCEA (or equivalent) Level 2 including a minimum of 14 credits in each of four subjects and a minimum of 30 credits at Merit or Excellence. Applicants will need to have achieved degree entry standards for numeracy and literacy or
• provide evidence of equivalence through practical, professional or educational experience e.g., three to five years' full-time work experience (relevant to business). Evidence of literacy and numeracy will be required. MIT literacy assessments are available
• 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 of 5 TWE)
• TOEFL Internet-based test (iBT) - Score of 60 (with a writing score of 18)
• Cambridge English Examinations – FCE, or FCE for schools, or CAE, or CPE with a score of 169. No less than 162 in each skill OET at Grade C in all sub-tests
• NZCEL a) Expiring b) Current - a) Level 4 (Academic) b) Level 4
• (Academic)Pearson Test of English (Academic) - PToE (Academic) score of 50
• City & Guilds IESOL - B2 Communicator with a score of 66