Enrolling in the Bachelor of Commerce

We know that enrolling in your Bachelor of Commerce can be confusing.

Please see the sample course planning charts.

It is important to know that enrolling is different depending on if you’re enrolling for the Bachelor of Commerce as a single or conjoint degree.

There is a section for both on this page.

When enrolling, we recommend that you:

• Enrol in your courses for both Semester One and Two. This is to avoid missing out on a place in your courses.
• Enrol in Semester One first, then enrol into Semester Two.
• Enrol as soon as you accept your offer of place. This is to avoid missing out choosing a course time that best works for you.

Please note, you must prioritise completing the Stage I Business Core courses before progressing further in your majors.

You can use this information if you’re enrolling into a Bachelor of Commerce as a single degree. This means that you’re only studying a Bachelor of Commerce.

If you’re enrolling into your Bachelor of Commerce for the first time, you will enrol into your courses using Timetable Planner.

Enrolling for your first semester:

For your first semester of study, you choose to (1) enrol into individual courses or (2) enrol into a cohort of the programme.

1. Enrol into individual courses

We know a student has a very busy life, so you can choose to enrol into your courses individually to work out clash-free timetables for your required courses by yourself. This offers you the flexibility to find classes individually that suits your availability, so you can study while have other commitments.

Step-by-step enrolment steps

1. Sign into Student Services Online
2. Click the 'Enrol' icon, and go to 'Add classes with’
3. Choose 'Timetable Planner' and select the semester you want before clicking the green 'Timetable Planner' button
4. Click the 'Add Course' button
• Select 'Search By Subject' tab
• Select 'Subject' and 'Course'
• Click 'Add Course'

2. Enrolling into a cohort

This means that your courses are pre-selected as a package by your faculty to make sure you have a clash-free timetable. When enrolling into a cohort, you will see the same group of students in your lectures, team-based learnings and tutorials for all of your courses. This encourages you to make connections with the same group of students throughout your first year of study and this process saves time and simplifies your enrolment process. All you need to do is choose a cohort option that best works for you and let the system work out the clash-free timetables for your required courses.

Please note, enrolling in a cohort is only available in Semester One for the course we have pre-selected for you.

If the cohort option is full, you can choose the other option.

Cohort Group A

• WTRBUS 100: Waipapa Taumata Rau – 15pts
• BUSINESS 111: Understanding Business – 15pts
• BUSINESS 114: Accounting for Decision Making – 15pts
• INFOSYS 110: Digital Systems – 15pts

Cohort Group B

• WTRBUS 100: Waipapa Taumata Rau – 15pts
• BUSINESS 111: Understanding Business – 15pts
• BUSINESS 115: Economics, Markets and Law – 15pts
• INFOSYS 110: Digital Systems – 15pts

Step-by-step enrolment steps

1. Sign into Student Services Online
2. Click the 'Enrol' icon, and go to 'Add classes with’
3. Choose 'Timetable Planner' and select the semester you want before clicking the green 'Timetable Planner' button
4. Click the 'Add Course' button and select the 'Search by Cohort' tab

• Under 'Programme', choose your programme 'Bachelor of Commerce'
• Under 'Cohort' choose a Cohort option. Look for 'BCom Year 1 Group X Option XX'. You will be able to preview the timetable for your chosen cohort option.
• You can view other timetable combinations by choosing different cohort options

5. Once you’re happy, click 'Add'

Enrolling for your second semester:

There is no Cohort enrolment options for your second semester of study because students are no longer able to all take the exact same set of FOUR courses. Instead, all students will need to enrol into your second semester by choosing your individual courses.

Enrolling

Step-by-step enrolment steps

5. Click the ‘Change’ button and select ‘2025 Semester Two’.
6. Click the 'Add Course' button

• Select 'Search By Subject' tab
• Select 'Subject' and 'Course'
• Click 'Add Course'
  

7. Click 'Done' to return to the main page for Timetable Planner
8. Click 'Generate Timetables' to see a detailed view of the timetable and click 'View/Submit'
9. Click 'Send to Enrolment Cart'
10. Accept the Terms and Conditions and Click on 'Confirm Enrolment'

Please note:

• If you’re transferring from another university and have been approved for a credit transfer of your previously courses, you will need to enrol in your courses individually using the ‘By subject’ tab
• If you’re enrolling in your Commerce courses through ‘By subject,’ please make sure you select the Commerce-specific streams. A stream means that the classes have been specifically set aside for students studying a Bachelor of Commerce. For more information, please see How to enrol in a course

You can use this information if you’re enrolling into the Bachelor of Commerce as a conjoint degree.

A conjoint degree is when you are completing both a Bachelor of Commerce and another undergraduate programme.

There are 11 conjoint degrees available where you can study a Bachelor of Commerce:

• Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Design
• Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
• Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Global Studies
• Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Health Sciences
• Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Laws
• Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
• Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Music
• Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Property
• Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Science
• Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Sport, Health and Physical Education

Learn more about conjoints

If you are a Conjoint student you will need to enroll into your individual courses. (A cohort-enrolment option in a student’s first semester is not available for conjoint students who are enrolling into a two degree programmes.)

Conjoint students are encouraged to start both degrees in their first semester. It is normal to take a balance of courses from both degrees in both semesters of your first year. You can seek planning advice from Student Hubs.

For the BCom component degree:

Semester One

Prioritise including these TWO courses in your first semester:

Choose BOTH of

• BUSINESS 111: Understanding Business – 15pts
• Waipapa Taumata Rau (Note that Conjoint students can also choose from the WTR courses offered by other faculties, and so while this choice might be WTRBUS 100 it could also be another option)

Semester Two

Prioritise including this ONE course in your second semester:

• BUSINESS 112: Sustainable Growth – 15pts

In selecting your other courses consider the advice above for single-degree BCom students. You can seek planning advice from Student Hubs.

Please note, you must prioritise completing the Stage I Business Core courses before progressing further in your BCom major(s). In selecting your other courses, consider the advice above for single-degree BCom students. You can seek planning advice from Student Hubs.

Webinar date: TBA.

School-leavers

If you’re a school-leaver, you can watch our webinar on enrolling into Bachelor of Commerce conjoint degrees. You will find out information to discuss your degree and advice about enrolling in your Commerce courses.

A school-leaver means you have completed your last year at a New Zealand high school (or international equivalent) and are entering University for the first time in 2025.

Non-school-leavers

If you were accepted into a Bachelor of Commerce conjoint degree through the alternative pathway, you may have discussed your enrolments during your interview.

You can use the webinar to know about which Commerce courses you need to enrol into.

You will need to enrol into your courses using Student Services Online.

For all official programme information, including regulations about entry, enrolment, fees, examinations, and requirements for degrees, diplomas and certificates, see the University Calendar.

Please note that the University may not be able to accommodate your personal commitments in the available cohort options. This is because we work to ensure that you have access to clash-free timetables.
If you do not enrol through the correct process, you may be unenrolled from your courses.

You can change your course enrolments in Bachelor of Commerce on Student Services Online. For more information, please see Changing your enrolment.

However if you are enrolled in a Cohort in Semester One, you can ask to have your cohort enrolments changed or withdrawn, you will need to contact us to change your enrolments. Please submit a Changes to Your Cohort Enrolment Form to request to change or withdraw from your cohort enrolment.

If you need help, we recommend that you visit your nearest Student Hub.

Student Hubs can help with:

• Enrolling in your courses
• Course advice
• Questions about being a student at the University