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Students must complete a minimum of 5½ liberal, 10 accounting and 9½ business papers (see Department of Accounting web page) and must meet the following requirements specified by the Institute.
Students completing the BMS (Hons) do not need to complete the liberal papers but must complete the ICANZ requirements for compulsory and advanced topics coverage. Honours students must complete four(4) Level 5 Accounting papers.
All accounting majors may replace HRMG241 Introduction to Organisational Behaviour with ACCT231 Management Accounting: Accounting for Organisational Control. If you have space in your degree it is recommended that you also take HRMG241.
| Compulsory Topics | Papers within the Institute-recognised programme at the University of Waikato |
Classification | |
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| Financial Accounting | Satisfied by pre-requisites to advanced papers, e.g. ACCT202 | A | |
| Management Accounting | ACCT231 | Management Accounting: Accounting for Organisational Control |
A |
| Auditing | ACCT341 | (also qualifies as an advanced elective) | A |
| Taxation | ACCT351 | (also qualifies as an advanced elective) | A |
| Economics | ECON100 | Business Economics and the New Zealand Economy | B |
| Organisational Management | STMG191 | Introduction to Management | B |
| Business Finance/Treasury | FINA201 | Introduction to Finance | B |
| Quantitative Methods/Statistics | STAT160 | Management Statistics | B |
| Information Technology | MSYS111 or MSYS212 or ACCT313 |
Information Management & Decision Making IT in Organisations Accounting Information Technology & Systems (also qualifies as an advanced elective in A.I.S.) |
B B A |
| Commercial Law | [MNGT221 and [ACCT321 and [ACCT322 |
Business Law, Ethics and the Treaty of Waitangi or LAWS204 Contracts] Commercial Law or LAWS426 Commercial Transactions] Law of Business Enterprises or LAWS305 Corporate Entities] |
½B / ½L B B |
In addition, students must cover four from the six topics specified below at the advanced level, including two from the first three topics specified:
| Advanced Elective Topics | Papers within the Institute-recognised programme at the University of Waikato |
Classification | ||
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| 1 Financial Accounting | ACCT301 and ACCT302 |
Accounting Theory Financial Accounting |
A A | |
| 2 Management Accounting | ACCT411 or ACCT511 or ACCT331 |
Management Accounting Advanced Management Accounting Management Accounting (from 2004 corresponds to ACCT411) |
A A A | |
| 3 Auditing | ACCT341 | Auditing | A | |
| 4 Taxation | ACCT351 | Taxation | A | |
| 5 Business Finance/Treasury | FINA311 and [FINA313 FINA511 |
Corporate Finance Capital Markets or Advanced Corporate Finance] |
A/B A/B | |
| 6 Accounting Information Systems | ACCT313 | Accounting Information Technology and Systems | A | |