Bachelor of Commerce (BCom)

The Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) degree program enables each student to develop his or her own interests in business and related subjects. Students are able to create individualized courses using a range of papers offered across teaching departments in the School of Business and University as a whole. Students have the flexibility within the BCom degree to combine two specializations and graduate with a double major.

The minimum requirements for admission in Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) at University of Otago for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by University of Otago.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by University of Otago as pre-requiste for admission in Bachelor of Commerce (BCom).

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Every degree program

1. shall consist of papers worth not less than 360 points,
2. shall include at least 180 points for papers above 100-level of which at least 72 points shall be for papers above 200-level,
3. shall satisfy the requirements for at least one of the major subjects listed above. No paper above 200-level may count for more than one Major Subject Requirement,
4. shall include the following Required Papers*: BSNS 111, BSNS 112, BSNS 113, BSNS 114, BSNS 115
5. may include one or more optional minor subjects which satisfy the Minor Subject Requirements listed in Commerce Schedule A, or Arts and Music Schedule A, or Science Schedule A, or Applied Science Schedule A, or BHealSc Schedule Part 2. No paper may count for both a Major and a Minor Subject Requirement or for more than one Minor Subject Requirement unless that paper is at 100- or 200-level and is specified as compulsory for both Requirements,
6. may include papers that are not listed in Commerce Schedule C
   1. up to 90 points; or
   2. as specified in the Commerce Major Subject Requirements and/or the Commerce subjects in the Minor Subject Requirements; or
   3. as specified in the Minor Subject Requirements.

You can join one of the following careers:

• Finance Manager
• Financial Consultant
• Banker
• Insurance Officer
• Accountant