Undergraduate Study: Required Papers
BCom Core (Required Papers)
From 2010 onwards, BCom students will be required to complete the set of seven 'core' required papers listed below, BSNS102 - BSNS108. Some of the core papers also contribute to your 100-level major subject requirements.
- BSNS 102 Quantitative Analysis for Business
- BSNS 103 Marketing and Consumption
- BSNS 104 Principles of Economics 1
- BSNS 105 Management and Organisations
- BSNS 106 Information and Communication in Organisations
- BSNS 107 Understanding Accounting
- BSNS 108 Business Finance
It is important to note that you are not required to complete all of the core papers in your first year. On the contrary, it is strongly advised that students keep their options open by taking a range of core papers as well as the 100-level requirements for at least one (preferably two) major(s). This ensures you keep your options open and are well prepared to progress into 200-level study.
If one of the BSNS papers is a prerequisite for a 200-level paper required for your major, you must complete and pass the paper before advancing.
Began your BCom or BTour before 2010?
The regulations are different if you begun studying towards your BCom or a BTour at Otago before 2010. Click on the links below for further information about your situation:
- Began your BCom 2007, 2008 or 2009?
- Began your BCom at Otago prior to 2007?
- Currently studying a BTour at Otago?
If you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to contact either a course advisor in your major department or the School of Business Student and Course Administrator in the Office of the Dean (3rd floor, Commerce Building).
Flexible Study
The required papers were introduced in 2007, but rest-assured, a BCom at Otago remains a very flexible degree.
As a business student you not only gain a broad perspective of the business world, but most students are also able to select additional elective, or 'interest' papers relevant to their own interests.
Students can also continue to study toward a double-degree (two degrees simultaneously), a double-major (two majors simultaneously) or an endorsed minor without the required papers adding significantly to your overall workload.