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These are the Personal Programmes
of Study Regulations 2006. |
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Date of effect
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These regulations are effective from
1 January 2007. |
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Delegation
of powers
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The powers and authority of the
Academic Board referred to in these regulations have been delegated
in certain matters under the Delegation of Powers Statute 2006. |
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Definitions
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In these regulations |
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paper means a segment
of work in a particular subject and is identified by means of a
unique code number. Papers are delivered through lectures, tutorials, practicals
and such other coursework as may be required by the department concerned. |
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programme of study means
the selection of papers taken by a candidate in any one academic
year for a particular qualification. |
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equivalent papers are
in effect the same papers, one of which was taught in the past with
a different paper code. |
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restricted papers share
a significant amount of common content. Candidates may therefore
receive credit for only one of the papers listed. Restricted papers may
not necessarily be used to satisfy prerequisite or corequisite requirements. |
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a prerequisite must
be passed before a candidate may enrol in the paper for which the
prerequisite is specified. (A paper for which a Restricted Pass
(RP) has been awarded will not be accepted as meeting the prerequisite
requirements for any other paper unless the Dean of the Faculty
or School of Studies in which the other paper is offered approves
otherwise.) |
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corequisites are pairs
or groups of papers which must be taken together. |
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internal assessment means
all or some of the following: essays, assignments and reports of
various kinds, practical work, work in tutorials and/or seminars and
tests. |
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a field means a general area of academic study that
includes a number of related subjects. |
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a subject is a grouping
of papers with a common academic theme, defined in terms of the
listings under individual subject headings in the University of Waikato
Calendar. A department may offer more than one subject. |
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a major means a principal
area of study a candidate has chosen for a bachelors degree and
is selected from those listed in the relevant degree regulations.
A candidate is required to take a defined and substantial number
of papers in the major at a range of levels up to and including
300 or 400 level. |
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a supporting subject means
an additional subject to the major and is a requirement of some
bachelors degrees. |
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a specialisation means a recognised pathway within a
qualification or major which provides an area of focus within the
qualification or major. |
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points is the term used to express the student workload of
a paper or programme. A normal full-time academic year comprises
120 points or 1.0 EFTS (Equivalent Full-time Student). |
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Application
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These regulations apply to undergraduate certificates,
undergraduate diplomas, bachelors degrees, bachelors with honours
degrees, graduate certificates, graduate diplomas, postgraduate
certificates, postgraduate diplomas, masters degrees and individual
paper credits. |
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Admission and re-entry
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In order to be eligible to be enrolled at the University
of Waikato, candidates must meet the requirements of Section 224
of the Education Amendment Act 1990. |
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The criteria for admission to the University of Waikato
in a given year are determined by the Council and are set out in
the Admission Statute. |
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The criteria for admission to a particular qualification
in a given year are determined by the Academic Board and are set
out in the Criteria for Admission to Particular Qualifications and
the qualification regulations. |
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To ensure that a candidate is adequately prepared for
a graduate qualification, the Academic Board will require relevant
papers in the relevant subject or subjects of the qualifying bachelors
degree to have been passed at grades which it deems appropriate. |
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Candidates are usually required to have majored in their
bachelors degree in the main subject to be presented for a graduate
degree. This requirement may be waived in cases where no more than
one or two papers in a given subject are proposed to be incorporated
into the candidate’s graduate degree. |
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In exceptional circumstances, based on academic merit,
candidates who have no more than 30 points left to complete the
requirements of a qualifying degree may be permitted to enrol in
a graduate degree, provided that they have completed all of the
requirements of the major or main subject of the qualifying degree.
The graduate degree will not be deemed to have been completed until
the qualifying degree has also been completed. |
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The Academic Board may approve limitations on enrolment
for programmes or papers due to insufficiency of staffing or resources. Limitations
and the criteria for selection are published in the Limitations Statute
in the University of Waikato Calendar. |
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A candidate who has been awarded a particular qualification
in one major or subject may only be re-admitted to the same qualification
in another major or subject. |
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The criteria for re-entry for returning students are
determined by the Academic Board and are set out in Part 3 of the Criteria
for Admission to Particular Qualifications. |
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In addition, the Academic Board may decline to re-enrol
a candidate whose progress during the preceding year or years has
not been to the satisfaction of the Academic Board. |
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Enrolment in a programme of study
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The Academic Board may prescribe qualifying or additional
papers which must be passed by a candidate either prior to, or concurrently
with, the minimum requirements for a qualification. Qualifying or
additional papers may be required if the candidate is considered
by the Academic Board to be inadequately prepared in a core subject
area. |
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Enrolment in a programme of study or paper is subject
to the approval of the Academic Board. Such approval will be determined
on the basis of the candidate’s academic background as well as staffing
and resources. |
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The personal programme of study of every candidate is
subject to the approval of the Academic Board. |
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The papers for qualifications and their prescriptions
are defined in the University of Waikato Calendar. Before enrolling
for a paper, candidates must meet any requirements specified in
the relevant prescription unless approved otherwise by the Academic
Board. |
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Particular regulations governing qualifications may
be varied or waived by approval of the Academic Board. |
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Maximum student workload
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The normal maximum full-time student workload for an
academic year (excluding Summer School) is 120 points. |
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For the purposes of calculating
workload, a full-year paper has a workload equivalent to half of
its points value during each of the two semesters in which it is
taught. |
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The normal maximum full-time student workload for a
Summer School semester is 40 points. |
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Approval of the Academic Board is required for a candidate
to enrol in a programme of study which has a workload equivalent
to more than the normal maximum full-time workload. |
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Completion of a qualification
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The minimum requirements for
the completion of a qualification are defined in the relevant regulations. |
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With the approval of the Academic
Board, a candidate may be permitted to complete the requirements
of a qualification in less than the minimum period of enrolment
prescribed in the relevant regulations. Approval will depend on
the candidate’s academic record and on the availability of suitable
teaching and supervision arrangements. |
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Eligibility for honours or distinction
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In order to qualify for honours
or distinction in a particular qualification, a candidate may be
required to complete the requirements within a prescribed time period
of first enrolling for the qualification. |
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Dissertations and theses
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The Dissertations and Theses Regulations 2006 governing
the presentation of dissertations and theses apply in these regulations
and any dissertation or thesis required for a graduate qualification
must be presented in accordance with these regulations. |
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Enrolment in a dissertation or thesis, or a qualification
which requires the completion of a dissertation or thesis, is subject
to the availability of a suitable supervisor for the dissertation
or thesis. |
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For dissertations and theses, one or more supervisors
will be appointed by the Academic Board. If the chief supervisor
is also an examiner of the dissertation or thesis, at least one
other examiner (who is not also a supervisor) will be appointed. |
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A dissertation or thesis must embody the results obtained
by the candidate in an investigation relating to some branch of
the subject or subjects being presented, or, with the approval of
the Academic Board, shall take some other form proposed by the candidate’s
supervisors and approved by the Dean(s) and chairperson(s) of department(s)
concerned. The chief supervisor or sole supervisor will be required
to certify that the dissertation or thesis embodies the candidate’s
own work carried out under the supervisor’s direct supervision. |
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Dissertations and theses are assessed in terms of the
points value they represent. |
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Date for submission of dissertations, theses and research
reports
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The deadline for the submission of any dissertation,
thesis or research report will be 4.00pm on the last working day
of the paper occurrence which completes the candidate’s enrolment
in the total points required for the dissertation, thesis or research
report.1 |
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Candidates who expect that they will not submit their
dissertation, thesis or research report by the due date may apply
to the Dean or the appropriate staff member(s) with delegated responsibility
for Graduate Studies of the Faculty or School of Studies in which
they are enrolled for an extension of time without the requirement
for re-enrolment, provided that the application for an extension
is lodged prior to the deadline for submission. |
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Extensions will not normally be awarded for periods
of more than 21 days beyond the relevant due date. |
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Candidates who do not submit their dissertation, thesis
or research report by the due date, and who have not applied for
and been awarded an extension, will be required to re-enrol for
a minimum period to be determined by the Dean or the appropriate
staff member(s) with delegated responsibility for Graduate Studies
of the Faculty or School of Studies in which they are enrolled and
will be liable for a further payment of tuition and any other fees
and charges for the period of re-enrolment. |
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Resubmission of dissertations
and theses
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A dissertation or thesis for a graduate qualification
that receives a narrow fail may be returned to the candidate with
the offer of an opportunity to revise and re-submit. The decision
to offer such an opportunity is at the discretion of the Dean of
the Faculty or School of Studies that offers the degree, and is
based on a number of factors, including the likelihood that the
revision will be successful, and the availability of suitable supervisors and
examiners. |
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An offer by a Dean under subsection 13(1) of these regulations
will be in writing, and any conditions attached to the offer will
be explicit. The period allowed for the revision will be no more
than the equivalent of one semester and the deadline for submission
will be prescribed. If the offer to revise and submit is accepted,
the candidate will be eligible to receive a maximum grade of C and,
in the case of a masters degree, will not be eligible for the award
of honours. |
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A candidate’s acceptance of an offer to revise and re-submit
and associated conditions must be in writing. The candidate must
then re-enrol for the equivalent of one semester and pay fees accordingly.
For administrative and fees purposes, the candidate will enrol for
the particular enrolment period in which the deadline for re-submission
falls. |
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A ‘provisional fail’ is recorded against the first dissertation
or thesis enrolment for the period of revision. The ‘provisional
fail’ grade is replaced by a final grade (either a fail grade or
a C grade, depending on the outcome), after the revision and re-examination
processes are concluded. |
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The opportunity to revise and re-submit a particular
dissertation or thesis may be offered to a candidate only once. |
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Credit - transfer credit and cross
credit
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Transfer credit means
credit towards a University of Waikato qualification for papers
passed at another tertiary institution. |
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Cross credit means
credit towards a University of Waikato qualification for papers
passed towards another University of Waikato qualification. |
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A candidate who has passed papers at an appropriate
level at the University of Waikato or another tertiary institution
may apply for credit in respect of those papers towards a University
of Waikato qualification. |
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Applications for credit must be submitted on the prescribed
form, together with the prescribed fee, to the Director of Student
and Academic Services Division. |
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Applications for credit from another institution must
be accompanied by a verified copy of an academic record. If the
original document is not in English, the academic record must be
accompanied by an official English translation of the record. The
University reserves the right to request an original copy of an
academic record. |
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The policy on the level and amount of credit which may
be awarded from a completed qualification is determined by the Academic
Board and is set out below: |
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Credit from a completed qualification
is normally only available towards a bachelors degree. |
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(b) |
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Credit is not normally awarded from a completed graduate
or postgraduate qualification. |
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Credit from a completed qualification will normally
be limited to no more than one third of the completed qualification. |
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Credit towards a University of Waikato bachelors degree
from a completed qualification will normally be limited to no more
than one third of the University of Waikato degree. For the purposes
of this regulation, one third of a bachelors degree is considered
to be 120 points at 100 and 200 levels, including a maximum of 60 points
at 200 level. Where appropriate, the Dean may, at his or her discretion,
permit 20 further points at 100 or 200 level to be credited towards
a four-year bachelors degree where the Dean deems a paper to be
relevant to the candidate’s programme of study. |
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No paper may count towards more than two qualifications. |
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The decision to award credit in individual cases will
be made by the Dean of the Faculty or School of Studies concerned. |
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In making decisions on credit, the Dean will consider
the relevance and level of the papers completed, the regulations
of the University of Waikato qualification concerned, and the credit
guidelines maintained by the Student and Academic Services Division. |
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Regardless of the total number of papers which an applicant
has passed at other institutions, the total credit awarded will
not be more than half of the total requirement of the University
of Waikato qualification concerned. |
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Applicants wishing to appeal a Dean’s decision on credit
may apply to the Director of the Student and Academic Services Division. |
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The consideration of an appeal will involve the Dean
concerned being requested to reconsider the decision. Further appeals
against the outcome of a reconsideration will be referred to the
Academic Programmes Committee for consideration on behalf of the
Academic Board. |
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Completion of a University of
Waikato qualification at another New Zealand university
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A candidate who, based on the assessment of the Dean
of the candidate’s Faculty or School of Studies, has completed the
major part of a qualification at the University of Waikato and then
moved to another district may, in some cases, complete the University
of Waikato qualification by taking the remaining papers at another
university in New Zealand. Prior approval of the specific papers,
in writing, must be obtained from the Director of the Student and
Academic Services Division of this University and the prescribed
charge paid. The candidate must advise the Registrar of the other
university of the purpose of the enrolment and the papers concerned
must be taken on a Certificate of Proficiency (COP) basis at that
university. The candidate’s academic record will not be transferred. |
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Completion of a qualification
of another New Zealand university at the University of Waikato
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A candidate who has completed the major part of a qualification
at another New Zealand university may, in some cases, be permitted
by that university to complete the qualification by passing specified
papers at the University of Waikato. Any such approval must be given
in writing by the ‘home’ university and the candidate will take
the papers concerned on an Individual Paper Credit (IPC) basis at
the University of Waikato. The candidate’s academic record will
not be transferred. |
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Special arrangements for conjoint
programmes with the School of Law
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In addition to regulation 14 above, and subject to the
approval of the respective Deans, |
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a candidate who has been
credited for the degree of Bachelor of Laws or Bachelor of Laws
with Honours with Law papers listed in Appendix A to these regulations
shall be entitled to be credited with up to 60 points from those
papers at the same level (provided that these credits do not result
in a candidate’s programme including papers which exceed the maximum
number of points permitted to be taken outside of that School) towards
the degrees of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science or Bachelor
of Social Sciences, where the respective Deans deem such a paper
to be relevant to the candidate’s programme of study. |
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a candidate who has been credited for the degree of
Bachelor of Laws or Bachelor of Laws with Honours with one or more
of the Law papers in column one as set out in Appendix B to these regulations
may be credited with the corresponding paper (to a maximum of three)
in column two as set out in Appendix B to these regulations towards
the Bachelor of Management Studies degree. |
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the credit arrangements under the provisions of this
regulation apply only where the degrees obtained are conferred concurrently. |
Note:
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The deadline for submission of a dissertation or thesis
for candidates enrolled in a graduate degree in the School of Science
and Engineering is 4.00pm on the last working day of the candidate’s
minimum period of enrolment for the degree.
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Appendix A
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BA
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| LAWS107 Constitutional Law |
| LAWS203 Jurisprudence |
| LAWS206 Administrative Law |
BSc
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| LAWS401 The Law of Evidence |
| LAWS402 Civil Procedure |
| LAWS403 Crime, Criminology and the
Criminal Justice System |
| LAWS415 Transnational Business Law |
| LAWS426 Commercial Transactions |
| LAWS432 Natural Resources Law |
| LAWS433 Māori Resources Law |
| LAWS434 Environmental Law |
| LAWS435 Law and Information Technology |
| LAWS436 Legal Ethics |
| LAWS439 Law, Society and Domestic
Violence |
| LAWS466 International Environmental
Law |
| LAWS468 Law of Intellectual Property |
| LAWS490 Directed Study 1
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BSocSc
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| LAWS106 Legal Systems and Societies |
| LAWS107 Constitutional Law |
| LAWS206 Administrative Law |
Note:
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Where topic deemed appropriate
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Appendix B
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BMS
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| Column One |
Column Two |
| LAWS305 Corporate Entities |
ACCT322 Law of Business Enterprises |
| LAWS424 Revenue Law |
ACCT351 Taxation |
| LAWS426 Commercial Transactions |
ACCT321 Commercial Law |
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