Diploma in Economics

Programme Requirements: The Diploma in Economics programme consists of 16 course units amounting to 240 credit points. Students must complete all compulsory courses and five elective courses that carry a total of 75 credit points.

Admission Requirements
Persons shall be eligible to be admitted to study for a Diploma in Economics if they have:
1. Obtained the appropriate University Foundation Certificate; or
2. Passed Fiji Year 13 Examination with an aggregate of at least 200 marks in 4 subjects with a minimum of 50% in English; or
3. Passed any examination deemed by the University to be equivalent to the University Foundation Education certificate.

Year 1 Semester 1

Credits

ECO102 Microeconomics I 15
LLC101 English for Academic Purposes 15
*MTH101 Mathematics for Commerce 15
1 x 100 level ACC/MGT/ITC course other than ITC100 15

Year 2 Semester 1

Credits

ECO202 Microeconomics II 15
2 x 200 level ACC/MGT/ITC course 30
ITK111 Spoken iTaukei Language for Beginners/HIC111 Spoken Hindi for Beginners 15

Year 1 Semester 2

Credits

ECO101 Macroeconomics I 15
UUU100 Social Research Methods 15
ITC100 Information Technology for the Workplace/
ACC110 Introduction to Accounting Packages
15
1 x 100 level ACC/MGT/ITC course 15

Year 2 Semester 2

Credits

ECO201 Macroeconomics II 15
ECO203 Basic Econometrics 15
UUU200 Contemporary Fiji 15
1 x 200 level ACC/MGT/ITC course 15

*Students are required to do either ECO 103 or MTH 101