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Market equilibrium and allocative efficiency, changes in the market
Government intervention in the market for private goods
Theory of the firm and profit maximisation in different market structures and different time periods
Market failure, mixed goods, merit, demerit and public goods, inequitable income distribution and government interventions to correct for these market failures
Media Studies
Social media
TV, streaming, video and film
Advertising
Criticism and review
Production methods
Physics
Mechanical and wave systems
Electromagnetism
Statistics
Calculating confidence intervals
Simple linear regression
Probability and probability distribution
Elements of statistical inference
Calculating margin of error
Discrete random samples
Sampling distributions
Tourism
Tourism and the tourist
The history of tourism (local and global)
Tourism and culture
Tourism sectors
Employment in tourism
Managing people and money
Event tourism
Theme parks
Tourism: accommodation, transport and infrastructure
Marketing
The contemporary marketing environment
Market research
Marketing segmenting, targeting and positioning
The four P’s of the marketing mix
The extended marketing mix – Services
Branding
Business to business marketing
International marketing
Marketing evaluation
New Zealand Culture and Society
Pre 1840: Maori and European
Treaty of Waitangi
Immigration, gold and war
Kingitanga and Maori renaissance
Women’s Suffrage and the vote
Politics and system of government
English
Engage in academic discussions and debates
Develop language and research skills that are necessary for writing academic essays
Practise a range of strategies for reading and understanding complex academic texts
Develop summary and paraphrasing skills
Use citations and references in the APA Style
Practise critical thinking and independent study skills that are essential for successful university studies
Learn to take effective notes using a range of strategies and techniques
Listen to university-style lectures
Undertake independent research
Literature Study
Introductory Mathematics
Algebra
Decimals and percentages
Manipulate ratios and proportions
Manipulate decimals and percentages
Scientific notation
Manipulate algebraic expressions
Solve equations and in equations
Word problems to mathematical theory
Measurement
Plane shapes
3‐dimensional shapes
Area, perimeter and volume of plane and 3D shapes
Compute conversions of mass, capacity and time units
Trigonometry
Pythagoras’ Theorem
Trigonometric ratios to find sides of a right‐angled triangle
Trigonometric ratios to find angles of a right‐angled triangle
Sine Rule to find angles and sides of triangles
Cosine Rule to find angles and sides of triangles
Area of a triangle
Basic trigonometric graphs
Statistics
Sampling
Frequency
Statistics from a set of data
Graphs to represent a set of data
Calculations from a statistical graph
Probability
Probability terms and concepts
Venn diagrams and tree diagrams
Mutually exclusive and independent events
Health Studies
Human populations
Human biology and human body response to healthy initiatives
Health policies
Using data and statistics
Management Studies
Short term, medium and long term planning
Managing people
Dealing with the media, complex events and issues
Quantitative Methods
Structured research instruments and research questions
Data in the form of numbers and statistics
Predicting future results or investigating causal relationships.
Questionnaires or computer software to collect numerical data
Admissions
Apply for the Victoria University Foundation Studies Programme