Commerce

Why study Commerce?

Commerce subjects provide an opportunity for creativity, curiosity and entrepreneurship, while developing an understanding of financial literacy. Students are often interacting with the wider business community, and using real life contexts and case study, give meaning to the topics that are studied.  There are three subject areas in Commerce.

 Accounting

Accounting enables students to develop the knowledge and skills to manage the financial affairs of individuals, communities, and businesses. Students will develop the skills required to prepare and maintain financial records, manage financial affairs, act with integrity, contribute to the wider community. 

Business

The study of business is about how individuals and groups of people organise, plan, and act to create and develop goods and services to satisfy customers.

In business studies, students develop their understanding of business theory and practices in a range of relevant contexts, through experiential as well as theoretical approaches to learning.

The knowledge and skills gained in business studies, and exposure to enterprise culture, can help shape “creative, energetic, and enterprising” young people (the curriculum vision statement) who will contribute to New Zealand’s economic future. Trade Fairs provide an opportunity for students to develop, market and sell a product of their choice. Working in groups and team work is often a requirement of this subject.

 Economics

Economics helps to explain and predict how goods and services will be produced and consumed. It will tell you who gets what, how, and why.

Economics explores issues of:

• sustainability (efficient use of scarce resources)
• enterprise (identifying profit-maximising levels of output)
• citizenship (economic decisions affecting New Zealand society)
• globalisation (the benefits of international trade).

Economists are interested in the factors that influence the well being of people and aim to find solutions to improve people’s standard of living.

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