What is PASS?
PASS offers free, weekly, out-of-class study sessions to all undergraduate and postgraduate students enrolled in a targeted course. They're facilitated by a leader (or leaders) who are students who have previously and successfully completed the course. Please see the course list below for the availability of courses.
Attending PASS regularly can help you to:
- Deepen your understanding of the course content
- Develop skills for independent university study
- Make friends
- Feel more confident in your studies
Which courses offer PASS?
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- ACCT2511 Financial Accounting Fundamentals
- ACCT2522 Management Accounting 1
- ACCT2542 Corporate Financial Reporting & Analysis
- ACTL1101 Introduction to Actuarial Studies
- ACTL 2111 Financial Mathematics for Actuaries
- ACTL2131 Probability and Mathematical Statistics
- ACTL2102 Foundations of Actuarial Models
- COMM1100: Business Decision Making
- COMM1110: Evidence-Based Problem Solving
- COMM1140: Financial Management
- COMM1150: Global Business Environments (School of Management and Governance)
- COMM1170: Organisational Resources (School of Management and Governance)
- COMM1180 Value Creation
- COMM1190 Data, Insights and Decisions
- ECON1101 Microeconomics 1
- ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1
- ECON1202 Quantitative Analysis
- ECON1203 Business & Economic Statistics
- ECON2101 Microeconomics 2
- ECON2206 Introductory Econometrics
- FINS2615 Intermediate Business Finance
- FINS2624 Portfolio Management
- FINS3616 International Business Finance
- FINS3625 Applied Corporate Finance
- FINS3641 Security Analysis and Valuation
- INFS1602 Digital Transformations in Business
- INFS1603 Introduction to Business Databases
- INFS2609 Programming for Business
- INFS2608 Database Management & Big Data Infrastructures
- MARK2012 Marketing Fundamentals
- MARK2052: Marketing Research
- MARK3054 Marketing Analytics & Big Data
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- ACCT5930 Financial Accounting
- ACCT5942 Corporate Accounting & Regulations
- COMM5005 Quantitative Methods in Business
- FINS5511 Corporate Finance
- FINS5512 Financial Markets & Institutions
- FINS5513 Investments and Portfolio Selections
- FINS5514 Capital Budgeting & Financial Decisions
- FINS5535 Derivatives & Risk Management Techniques
- INFS5978 Accounting Information Systems
- MARK5700 Elements of Marketing
- MARK5826 Product Analytics
- MARK5828 Advertising Analytics
- MFIN6201 Empirical Techniques & Applications in Finance
- MFIN6214 Financial Theory & Policy
How Can I Join a PASS Group?
PASS sessions begin in week 2/3. Timetables for the PASS groups are handed out at lectures in the first two weeks of session and/or are made available on the course Moodle websites. There’s no need to register.
We recommend that you attend the same group regularly but there is no obligation. You can even attend more than one PASS group a week in a subject if you like. You can also choose to attend some weeks but not others.
How Can I Get The Most Out of PASS?
- Be interactive – this is the optimum way to learn
- Come along with questions and raise issues
- Attend regularly
Are You Interested in Becoming a PASS Leader?
PASS leaders are mainly 2nd and 3rd-year students who:
- Have good results (usually a distinction) in the relevant first-year courses
- Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Have an enthusiastic commitment to supporting first-year students
Leaders are trained by the PASS academic coordinators and the PASS coordinator. They’re supported and supervised by the academic coordinator and attend weekly team meetings. Leaders are paid for participating in training, conducting PASS sessions, and attending weekly meetings.
How to apply
Advertisements will appear on the School websites in October and announcements will be made in your classes. PASS leader applications need to include:
- A cover letter/application form
- Your CV
- Your academic transcript
Successful applicants undergo training in late February of each year.