Master of Professional 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 program for cookery and professional chef training at EIT is full-time for two years which offers you stimulating studies and provides the opportunity to begin a career in the hospitality industry.

Formal work experience in industry is an important part of the program, providing valuable on-the-job training as well as building professional networks and experience.

This program incorporates two specialised streams to choose from:

• Patisserie: breads, pastries, desserts and cakes, includes City & Guilds Diploma in Patisserie.
• Cookery: global cuisine, modern cooking techniques, menu planning and costing, and charcuterie.

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.

Advance your knowledge, skills and entrepreneurship to problem solve issues and effectively manage solutions in the constantly evolving global business environment. Graduates of the program will be equipped with the ability to harness digital technologies. This enables them to manage technology for businesses and effect digital transformation for organisations.These specialist programs open up career pathways that derive from the synergy between the fields of Business and Technology, especially from a strategic view, and from the need for organisations to harness technology more effectively.

Advance your knowledge, skills and entrepreneurship to problem-solve issues and effectively manage solutions in the constantly evolving global business environment.

Students will learn to evaluate the impact of social, ethical, cultural and sustainability dimensions on digital business contexts. The program aims to produce graduates who will be able to contribute to the execution of digital transformation strategies and decision making processes to solve complex business problems

The Bachelor of Viticulture and Wine Science enables graduates to pursue a professional career in the winemaking industry by gaining technical, scientific and managerial expertise in both growing quality grapes and making world class wines.

The degree provides a strong science foundation with practical application and industry interaction in all three years. There is an in-depth focus on growing grapes and making wine, as well as the essential business skills required once working in industry related to people management and wine marketing.

The latest research, industry technology and important issues related to sustainability are key topics. You will get an opportunity to make your own wine, work in a vineyard, complete a harvest internship, complete a research project in collaboration with industry, develop a wine palate and gain practical skills like tractor driving, first aid and forklift operation within the degree structure. 

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 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

Sales and Marketing

The Marketing endorsement aims to provide students with the opportunity to add marketing studies to an undergraduate qualification in other disciplines.

Possible job and career opportunities can include:

• Marketing Manager
• Sales Manager
• Marketing Research

The Master of Health Science programme provides the opportunity for practitioners working in health and health-related fields to advance and expand their knowledge and expertise within an interdisciplinary learning environment. 

Courses are designed around knowledge and research relating to key threads of health disparities and the global health needs of populations. The program provides you with the opportunity to investigate the worldwide improvement of health, reduction of health disparities and protection against global threats from an international context.

The multidisciplinary and inter-professional context of health science involves everyone sharing discussions from their own experiences, enabling all practitioners to advance their knowledge of health treatment, care and prevention of disparities in a truly interdisciplinary sphere.

The Master of Professional Creative Practice is a 180 credit program with full-time study for one and a half years at Level 9, consisting of four compulsory courses that provides you with the opportunity to create a body of creative work to a standard that develops, extends and refines prior professional practices, processes and knowledge. This will be done through research and critical evaluation to strengthen your creative practice while contextualizing your practice in relation to relevant communities, contemporary concepts, models theory, technologies and professional practice management techniques.