Lincoln Summer School Get ahead with your degree and potentially finish it more quickly
Summer School
Summer School allows you to:
- Get ahead with your degree and potentially finish it more quickly
- Catch up on missed papers and get back on track if you’re behind
- Gain a valuable head-start on certain courses before the beginning of a semester
- Learn more about a topic of interest
- Brush up on subjects you’re unsure about
- Lighten a heavy workload so you’re not too taxed throughout the year.
Undergraduate Courses
Our undergraduate Summer School courses start in November and January and are open to both new and returning students.
Full Summer School 2020 – 2021
Key Dates
Monday 9 November 2020 Start Date
Monday 16 November 2020 Last day to enrol
Friday 27 November 2020 Last day to withdraw and be eligible for a refund of fees
Tuesday 16 February 2020 End Date
| Course Code and Name | Course Description | Day/Time | Lecture room |
| LINC 101Land, People and Economies | An introduction to the fundamental principles and multiple dimensions of people-land relationships. | Thursdays 9am – 1pm | AER 007 |
November 2020 Undergraduate Summer School
Key Dates
Monday 9 November 2020 Start Date
Thursday 12 November 2020 Last day to enrol
Monday 16 November 2020 Last day to withdraw and be eligible for a refund of fees
Tuesday 15 December 2020 End Date
| Course Code and Name | Course Description | Day/Time | Lecture room |
| LINC 201Sustainable Futures | A critical discussion of sustainability issues in a global framework with an interdisciplinary focus on global sustainable futures with reference to social, environmental, cultural and economics aspects of sustainability. | Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays9am – 12pm | Field Research Centre (FRC) |
| PSYC 102Introduction to Social Psychology | An introduction to human behaviour emphasising the interactions between individuals and groups. Social cognition; person perception, attributions, attitudes, social judgement biases. Group behaviour: group influence, ingroups and outgroups, group processes. | Mondays and Wednesdays9am – 12pm | AER 007 |
| DESN 101Digital Tools for Design | Introduction to a range of software applications used in design, including CAD, GIS, graphics and image editting. | TBA | TBA |
| COMM 112Financial Information for Business | The application and analysis of financial information in a business context. | TBA | TBA |
| ECON 113Economies and Markets | How markets operate at the microeconomic and macroeconomic levels. | TBA | TBA |
| COMM 201Managing People | Planning, leading, organising and controlling human resources in a global business environment. | TBA | TBA |
| LWST 114Introduction to Commercial Law | The legal framework, an introduction to business, contract, employment, privacy and property laws; the concept of agency and the nature of torts. | TBA | TBA |
| WATR 203Freshwater Science Field Skills (Special Topic)Enrolments are limited. | In this course students will develop practical skills in sampling freshwaters, identification of freshwater organisms, and assessing hydrological conditions and water quality. | Start date: Monday, 9 December 2020The first reading and pre-course assignment will be posted.Week starting 16 November, compulsory practical contact time based at University of Canterbury.End date: Sunday, 13 December 2020 | Work outside the contact times can be done online. |
January 2021 Undergraduate
Key Dates
Wednesday 6 January 2021 Start Date
Monday 11 January 2021 Last day to enrol
Friday 15 January 2021 Last day to withdraw and be eligible for a refund of fees
Tuesday 16 February 2021 End Date
| Course Code and Name | Course Description | Day/Time | Lecture room |
| BMGT 116Principles of Management | An introduction to the concept of global value chains from the structure of enterprises to defining a business’s relationships with it’s environment, other businesses, customers and employees. | TBA | TBA |
| COMM 111Introductory Statistics | An introduction to statistics with an emphasis on practical applications and problem solving in commerce. | TBA | TBA |
| DESN 103Visual Communication | An introduction to the communication of design ideas using a range of graphic formats. | Lectures Monday, Wednesday1pm – 5pm, andThursday – 1pm – 4pm | In studio |
| MKTG 115Principles of Marketing | An introduction to processes for creating, communicating, delivering and pricing products that have value for customers, clients, partners and society at large. | TBA | TBA |
| MKTG 205Consumer Behaviour and Well-being | An investigation of consumer behaviour for marketers and society, including the impact of the most recent global trends. | TBA | TBA |
| TOUR 101Introduction to Tourism | An introduction to the tourism industry including discussion of tourism’s global, national and regional significance, its various contributing industry sectors and the major development and management issues. | Lectures Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday – 1pm –4pm | Lectures B3 |
| PHSC 101Chemistry IA | An introduction to atomic theory and periodicity; chemical quantities and equilibria. Organic chemistry. | Lectures Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday – 9am – 11am LabsTuesday, Thursday – 1pm – 4pm | Lectures B4 LabsB133 |
Postgraduate Courses
2020 November Summer School Postgraduate courses
| Course | Course description | Delivery mode | Weeks | Day/Time | Lecture room |
COMM 602 | Principles of Accounting and Finance The theory and practice of accounting and finance in the context of making effective financial and management decisions. | On-line only | |||
| COMM 604 | Principles of Marketing Examining the processes of creating, communicating, delivering and pricing products | On-line only |
2021 January Summer School Postgraduate courses
| Course | Course description | Delivery mode | Weeks | Day/Time | Lecture room |
| COMM 601 | Principles of Managerial Economics The theory and practice of economic decision-making; structure of markets and business enterprises; macroeconomic variables. | On-line only | |||
| COMM 603 | Principles of Business Management The theory and practice of managing business activities, in the context of global value chains. | On-line only |
Full Summer School (Nov 2020 – Feb 2021) Postgraduate courses
| Course | Course description | Delivery mode | Weeks | Day/Time | Lecture room |
| COMM 605 | Research for Managers An examination of the theory and function of the business research and its links to the decision making processes; quantitative and qualitative techniques for the collection and analysis of relevant data. This course is co-taught with MGMT 634. | On-line only | |||
| MGMT 634 | Research for Agricultural Systems Managers The interpretation of research applied to problems that confront managers of agribusiness and agricultural systems. This course is co-taught with COMM 605. | On campus | |||
| MGMT 642 | Advanced Labour Management | On campus |