Bachelor of Applied Management

Programme Overview

The Bachelor of Applied Management is designed for students with a drive to succeed in business. It has a practical focus and a flexible structure, and students choose from a range of majors and elective modules to build broad business skills as well as specialist skills in their chosen major.

Majors available are Strategic Management, Human Resource Management and Supply Chain Logistics. Students can specialise in up to two areas and still finish in three years of full-time study.

The degree is Level 7 (360 credits) and runs for three years, full-time or part-time, at the Hamilton City Campus. Full-time students should expect up to five days a week on campus, with a maximum of 16 hours in class each week plus self-directed study.

What You'll Study

• Year 1: eight compulsory Level 5 modules (15 credits each): Introduction to Accounting; Commercial Law; Introduction to Marketing; Business Environments; Business Functions; Economics; Organisations in an Aotearoa New Zealand Context; Change and Innovation.
• Year 2: three modules for your major, three more that can count towards a second major or be electives, and two core Level 6 modules, Applied Management and Research Methods.
• Year 3: two more modules for your major, two modules towards a second major or electives, and the Level 7 modules Applied Practice (30 credits) and Applied Research (30 credits). In the final year, all students complete Applied Work Integrated Learning (AWIL), applying their knowledge in a real work environment and completing an agreed piece of research.

Major modules

• Human Resource Management: Organisational Behaviour; Human Resources; Industrial Relations; Advanced Human Resource Management; Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management
• Strategic Management: Services Marketing Management; Principles of Leadership; Strategic Planning for Small Business; Strategic Management; Business and Society
• Supply Chain Logistics: Operations Management; Project Management; E-Commerce; Resource Integration Management; Contemporary Issues in Supply Chain Management

Electives can come from any major or from a shared list that includes Data Analytics, Law of Business Entities, International Trade and Finance, Applied Accounting and Skills for Academic Study. Module availability can change, so check Wintec's programme page for the latest list.

Why Choose This Programme?

• Flexible majors: specialise in one or two areas of business and still graduate in three years of full-time study.
• Practical focus: collaborative real-world projects with students from other disciplines and with industry professionals.
• Small classes: small class sizes help build one-on-one learning relationships with tutors.
• Study full-time or part-time: options to fit around family, life and work commitments.
• Applied final year: Applied Work Integrated Learning lets students apply their knowledge in a real work environment.
• Two intakes a year: February and July.

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Entry Requirements

• Academic: NCEA Level 3 or equivalent, with literacy and numeracy; or 72 credits at NCEA Level 2 across four subjects with University Entrance literacy and numeracy; or the criteria for entrance to a New Zealand university, or an equivalent qualification approved by the Programme Committee; or an appropriate overseas school qualification; or a year of overseas secondary study equivalent to 60 credits at NCEA Level 2 across four subjects.
• English: IELTS 6.0 with no band below 5.5; or PTE Academic 50 with no band below 42; or NZCEL Level 4 (Academic).
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