The Degree of Doctor of Commerce (DCom)
The following regulations apply to students commencing study within the 2013 academic year (January 2013-December 2013). For previously published regulations, refer to the Calendar archive (Academic Quality Assurance Unit website).
Regulations for the Degree of Doctor of Commerce
1.
The Degree of Doctor of Commerce
shall be awarded for significant original contributions to
Commerce.
2.
A candidate for the Degree of
Doctor of Commerce shall hold a degree of the University of New
Zealand or of the University of Canterbury or shall have been
admitted under the admission ad eundem statum regulations to the
status of such a degree. No candidate shall be examined for the
degree of Doctor of Commerce until five years have elapsed from
having been admitted to the qualifying degree. Except in special
circumstances approved by the Academic Board, no member of the
academic staff who is not a graduate of the University shall be
examined for the Degree of Doctor of Commerce until he or she has
served a period of five years on the permanent full-time staff of
the University.
3.
The Degree of Doctor of Commerce
shall be awarded for published work of the candidate or, in special
circumstances, for unpublished work, provided that these special
circumstances shall be recognised as sufficient by the Academic
Board.
4.
With the application, a candidate
shall forward:
(a)
Three copies of the work referred
to in Regulation 3 upon which the application is based.
(b)
Three copies of any additional
work, published or unpublished, which he or she desires to submit
in support of the application.
(c)
A statement signed by the
candidate identifying the work which is the candidate's own, and
stating that the principal work has not been previously accepted
and is not being currently presented for a degree or diploma in any
other University.
5.
Upon receipt of a report from the
Faculty ad hoc committee (as appointed under General Course and
Examinations Regulations: M. Higher Doctorates) the Dean of Postgraduate Research
shall decide whether to proceed with the examination. The work may
then be submitted to three examiners, of whom at least one shall be
resident outside New Zealand. The candidate may be required by the
examiners to sit a written or oral examination. The examiners shall
report to the Dean of Postgraduate Research through the relevant
Faculty Dean.
Notes:
1.
The entry
fee of $2,000 shall be submitted with the
application.
2.
See
Regulation L12 of the General Course and Examination Regulations
for the resolution of disagreements between
examiners.