Why Study/Key Benefits

Lincoln University’s Diploma in Commerce is a one-year full-time undergraduate diploma designed to build a broad understanding of commerce and business while allowing students to select courses from several commerce-related areas. It can be useful for students who want a shorter commerce qualification, want to broaden their career options, or want a foundation for further study.

Key benefits include:

• Study across a broad range of commerce disciplines rather than being restricted to one major.
• Options covering accounting and finance, global business, hotel and tourism management, marketing, supply chain management and Bachelor of Commerce courses.
• Opportunity to choose eight courses totalling 120 credits.
• Courses are available at 100 and 200 level, subject to prerequisites.
• Potential pathway into further Lincoln University study, subject to the university’s credit-transfer rules and the courses completed.
• One-year full-time structure, making it shorter than a conventional three-year bachelor's degree. 

Programme Structure and Subjects/Topics

The Diploma in Commerce requires eight courses totalling 120 credits. Students choose courses at 100 or 200 level from the approved commerce course list, while meeting any applicable prerequisites.

Semester 1 course options

Examples of currently listed 15-credit courses include:

• ACCT 211 – Financial Accounting
• BMGT 116 – Principles of Management
• BMGT 201 – Sustainable Sourcing
• BMGT 216 – Food and Beverage Management
• BMGT 221 – Organisation and Human Resource Management
• COMM 112 – Financial Information for Business
• ECON 113 – Economies and Markets
• ECON 211 – Land Economics
• ECON 216 – Macroeconomic Issues and Policies
• FINC 204 – Financial Management
• MGMT 103 – Primary Industry Systems
• MGMT 106 – Global Food Systems
• MGMT 201 – Principles of Agricultural Systems
• MKTG 202 – Social Marketing and Ethics
• MKTG 210 – Logistics Management
• VAPM 201 – Principles of Urban Property Management
• VAPM 205 – Real Estate Marketing and Management
• VAPM 209 – Principles of Property Valuation.

Semester 2 course options

Current listed options include:

• ACCT 101 – Accounting Fundamentals
• ACCT 202 – Management Accounting
• BMGT 211 – Productivity Management
• COMM 111 – Introductory Statistics
• ECON 212 – International Trade
• ECON 217 – Markets, Firms and Consumers
• FINC 101 – Finance Fundamentals
• FINC 211 – Investments
• LINC 201 – Sustainable Futures
• MGMT 202 – Analysis of Agricultural Systems
• MGMT 203 – Agricultural Systems and Sustainability
• MGMT 216 – Horticultural Management Analysis
• MGMT 222 – The Agribusiness Environment
• MKTG 115 – Principles of Marketing
• MKTG 205 – Consumer Behaviour
• VAPM 101 – Introduction to Property
• VAPM 207 – Applied Urban Valuation
• VAPM 208 – Applied Rural Valuation. 

Disciplines/Specialisations

The Diploma in Commerce does not have fixed majors in the same way as Lincoln's Bachelor of Commerce. Instead, students select eight approved courses.

The programme page specifically identifies opportunities to study in areas such as:

• Accounting and Finance
• Global Business
• Hotel and Tourism Management
• Marketing
• Supply Chain Management
• Bachelor of Commerce-related subjects.

Lincoln's wider business portfolio also includes Bachelor of Commerce majors such as:

• Accounting and Finance
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Food and Resource Economics
• Global Business
• Hotel and Tourism Management
• Marketing
• Supply Chain Management
• Sustainability
• Agriculture-related commerce. 

Programme Highlights

• One-year full-time undergraduate diploma.
• 120 credits.
• Eight courses.
• Courses are available at 100 and 200 level.
• Broad commerce and business coverage.
• Flexible course selection.
• Accounting and finance options.
• Business and management options.
• Economics options.
• Marketing options.
• Logistics and supply chain options.
• Property-related options.
• Agriculture, food and primary-industry business content can also be incorporated through eligible courses.
• Three published intake periods: Semester 1, Semester 2 and Summer School.

Career Outcomes

The Diploma in Commerce is intended to build foundational commerce knowledge that can broaden career opportunities or provide a basis for further study.

Depending on the courses selected, students can develop knowledge relevant to areas such as:

• Accounting
• Finance
• Business management
• Marketing
• Economics
• Human resource management
• Logistics and supply chain
• Tourism and hospitality management
• Property and real estate
• Agricultural and food-related business.

International Student Visa Requirements

International students coming to New Zealand to study the Diploma in Commerce will generally require an appropriate New Zealand student visa unless they already hold a visa that permits the proposed study.

For a Fee Paying Student Visa, Immigration New Zealand requires applicants to meet the relevant requirements, including:

• An offer of place from an approved education provider.
• Evidence of sufficient funds for tuition.
• Evidence of sufficient funds for living expenses.
• Evidence of funds or arrangements for onward travel.
• Meeting applicable health and character requirements.
• Appropriate insurance requirements.
• Genuine intention to study.