Bachelor of Creative Practice

at Eastern Institute of Technology - Hawke Bay Campus New Zealand

The NZ Diploma in Music is a one year program that will develop your practical skills during individual and group projects to prepare you for a diverse and exciting career.

What you will learn:

• Incorporating Ableton Live and other software into performance.
• Advanced performance and recording methods specific to your instrument.
• Multi-tracking and live recording in a professional studio environment.
• Audio engineering and editing in Pro Tools and other software.
• Writing and arranging music for small to large bands.
• Finding out which funding bodies apply to you and creating usable grant/scholarship applications.
• The ins and outs of writing music professionally.
• Utilising social media and other online platforms to boost your professional profile and market your events.
• Collaboration with Screen Production, Fashion and Visual Arts students.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Health Science offers two pathways, one for nurses and one for health scientists. The Diploma offers a selection of online and blended courses designed to meet the needs of health practitioners, health sector managers and other professionals whose practice has a focus on health. The Postgraduate Diploma in Health Science may be completed with or without a specialty option.

Nursing specialty endorsement options available are:

• Advanced Nursing Practice
• Registered Nurse Prescribing (approved by the Nursing Council of New Zealand)

As a graduate of the Postgraduate Diploma in Health Science you will have developed your knowledge and skills of critical analysis, constructive synthesis and their application to high quality approaches to health care delivery.

The Graduate Diploma in Business is the ideal program for students looking to take the next step in their career or for those looking for a change. This program is suitable for students without previous qualifications in a business-related field who want to add a degree-level business qualification to their undergraduate subject area.

The Graduate Diploma in Business has the following endorsements :

• Accounting
• Management
• Entrepreneurship
• Sales and Marketing
• Logistics and Supply Chain
• Human Resource Management

The MIT is a Level 9 programme with a minimum of 180 or 240 credits. It enables those who have completed a Bachelors’ degree in Information Technology/Computing to achieve a postgraduate level qualification in Information Technology.

The programme can be completed in two years (240 credits) or 18 months (180 credits) full-time or up to eight years part-time, depending on your previous study and experience and specific course preferences.  It is designed to extend and deepen your knowledge and skills by building on attainment gained from undergraduate study in the computing field and to extend current information technology professionals in their career progression.

The programme builds on your existing information technology knowledge and skills through courses that research and apply that knowledge and those skills in an environment that combines project work, case studies, real-life simulations, and practical work experience.  It encourages flexibility, acknowledging the diversity of the IT environment and the diversity in student interest and needs.

The Bachelor of Nursing (BN) is a full-time, three year program which offers you stimulating undergraduate degree level studies and provides a pathway to your professional qualification as a New Zealand registered nurse.

The BN program enables you to enter practice as a registered nurse with a sound knowledge base of nursing theory, social sciences, biological sciences, research and professional nursing practice skills. Theoretical and nursing practice experiences are balanced throughout the program.

The NZ Diploma in Architectural Technology offers you the opportunity to gain the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to become a productive member of an architectural design team. You will gain the practical knowledge to undertake the whole process of producing architectural drawings, from establishing a client’s requirements right through to submission of the final designs.

Graduates of this qualification will be able to:

• Apply comprehensive industry knowledge to evaluate design principles for small, medium and large building projects in a design, building or construction related environment.
• Carry out feasibility studies for small, medium and large buildings.
• Establish the clients’ requirements, develop and communicate a concept and building design, and prepare approval documentation for a building project in accordance with a clients’ brief.
• Evaluate the performance of and select materials and finishes to be used in the building process.
• Prepare, organise and present architectural working drawings for small and medium buildings using manual and digital technologies in accordance with the statutory and regulatory environment.
• Understand the roles, documentation and administrative requirements of the construction industry, apply this knowledge and assist senior personnel through the tender process.

Advance your knowledge and capability to meet the future needs of the national and global logistics and supply chain industry. The postgraduate program suite in logistics and supply chain management will prepare and upskill students for success in the industry. 

The postgraduate diploma enables employment of advancing conceptual and theoretical knowledge for application within the field of logistics and supply chain management. The program aims to produce graduates able to lead and develop effective strategies and operations management to optimise logistics and supply chain aspects of a business on a national and global basis. This would include warehouse planning, transport and distribution processes across logistics and supply chain networks.

The Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) supports individuals to become competent social work practitioners within their communities. It enables students to apply for professional registration to be a social worker practitioner in Aotearoa/New Zealand. 

Students will develop the understanding, personal attributes, knowledge and skills needed to be competent social workers in a range of fields, some of which include, family work, health and education, child protection, drug and alcohol, family violence, working with probation and youth services.

The objective of this program is to produce graduates who:

• Are empathic, non-judgmental, respectful, resilient and self-aware; and demonstrate integrity, authenticity and professionalism.
• Take a critical, reflective approach to social work practice that includes the use of supervision, continuing professional development, on-going learning and personal wellbeing.
• Are able to promote social justice and social change, and to uphold the principles of human rights in both the Aotearoa New Zealand and global contexts.
• Are able to work collaboratively and in partnership with individuals and groups from diverse backgrounds.
• Understand the significance and implications of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and integrate this understanding into social work practice.
• Work in accordance with the Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW) Code of Ethics and the Social Work Registration Board (SWRB) Code of Conduct.
• Have an extensive knowledge base, skills and professional attributes to work across a range of diverse social work contexts and communities.
• Are proficient in professional literacies, including academic and research literacy, information literacy, numeracy, and digital literacy.

This qualification will prepare you to be a veterinary nursing professional, providing you with the skills, knowledge and attributes needed to help animals attain, maintain or recover optimal health and quality of life. As a graduate you will also be able to practice sustainably and engage in on-going learning in the field.

This qualification will provide you with technical veterinary nursing skills in a clinical environment as well as the ability to manage patients and clients and follow protocols in all aspects of clinical veterinary practice.

The New Zealand Diploma in Veterinary Nursing recognises competence in a wide range of skills that enable you to become a functioning part of a veterinary team in a clinic or hospital through being able to:

• Provide surgical veterinary nursing
• Provide anaesthetic veterinary nursing
• Provide medical veterinary nursing
• Perform diagnostic sampling and medical imaging
• Be innovative and reflective in practice

The New Zealand Diploma in Business is a stand-alone program providing a firm understanding of business in the New Zealand environment along with the most valuable attributes that are required in the modern business era. You’ll choose from two majors: accounting and leadership and management.

In particular, the program is designed to:

• Apply a broad range of business knowledge and skills as well as specialised knowledge and skills in selected fields of business.
• Be proactive to changes in the local, national and global business environment.
• Demonstrate business competencies including problem solving, decision-making, negotiating and using technology effectively.
• Develop and manage innovative approaches to business.
• Practise business in a legal, sustainable, ethical and culturally appropriate manner.
• Communicate, collaborate and build networks effectively with a diverse range of individuals, teams and organisations.
• Gather, select and analyse information from a range of sources to inform business practice.
• Take responsibility for continued learning and career opportunities.