BUSINESS - PAKIHI

Business Department includes Accounting, Business Studies, Commerce, and Economics. Under the NCEA curriculum refresh Commerce is a merge of the three subjects at Level 1 before they branch out into separate subjects for Level 2 and 3.

Business subjects give you real-life insight into the business world, not only in NZ, but internationally as well. 

Comments from students: 

"Accounting is quite numeracy based and consists of preparing financial statements using Excel. It is a very enjoyable subject, and you learn a lot which will have an impact on your life in the future such as budgets, mortgages, GST etc."

"In Business it was fun to work as a group to make something, instead of just doing posters and stuff we made actual products and got to be like little entrepreneurs." 

"I really like the independence we had and how we were left to figure it out and manage ourselves for the market day business, but I also like the digital work we did because I learnt quick ways to sum up numbers on Excel." 

"Commerce was really fun. In Term 1 we pretended to buy a $5000 car and investigated all the costs involved in running a vehicle. Term 2 was preparing a product for market day." 

"It was fun learning about money and marketing because it might be useful in the future."

"Economics is about how we can make the biggest benefit on society. What we learn is extremely relevant to the wider world, making it an interesting subject to study: especially if you are passionate about the government, society, and law." 

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Courses in this Learning Area

Accountant, Accounts Officer, Auditor, Debt Collector, Finance Manager, Financial Adviser, Financial Dealer, Payroll Officer, Mortgage Broker, Actuary, Energy Auditor, Real Estate Agent, Business Analyst, Computer Support Technician, Database/Systems Administrator, Game Developer, Information and Communication Technology Manager, Network Engineer, Programmer, Software Architect, Test Analyst, Web Designer, Web Developer, Website Administrator, Telecommunications Engineer, Administration Officer, Contact Centre Worker, Customs/Freight Broker, Data Entry Operator/Transcriptionist, Office Manager, Personal Assistant, Receptionist, Records Adviser, Secretary,