Improve your career prospects with a PGDip in Economics
A postgraduate diploma (PGDipCom/PGDipArts/PGDipSci) extends, and builds on, the knowledge and skills gained in a Bachelor's degree. It offers a programme consisting of coursework and an optional research component. The Postgraduate Diploma can be taken full-time in one academic year, or on a part-time basis over a period of up to three years.
Programme structure – PGDip in Economics
Economics may be taken as a subject of study for a Postgraduate Diploma in Arts, Commerce or Science.
All Postgraduate Diplomas in Economics are made up of 120 points worth of 400-level papers in Economics.
Papers from other disciplines
It can be possible for a 400-level paper in another subject to count towards a Postgraduate Diploma in Economics.
Please contact the Department to find whether a specific paper would be suitable: economics@otago.ac.nz.
Entry requirements
Entry into the Postgraduate Diploma in Economics normally requires:
a. A standard Bachelor's degree in Economics (or related subject)
b. An average grade of at least B for the best four 300-level papers that can count towards the Economics major subject requirement
c. ECON375 and ECON377*
(*Applicants who have passed ECON270 are normally required to have ECON371 and ECON376 in place of ECON377.)
Please email the Department (economics@otago.ac.nz) if you have questions about the Postgraduate Diploma in Economics.
For general information about each of the three types of Postgraduate Diploma, visit:
- Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (PGDipArts)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Commerce (PGDipCom)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Science (PGDipSci)