Postgraduate Diploma in Contemporary International Studies

at IPU Tertiary Institute New Zealand New Zealand

The MCIS is designed to prepare students who are interested in international business, international relations and sustainable development. The program’s suite of papers exposes students to a high level of academic inquiry.

Concepts, methodologies and insights from different disciplines provide a truly unique framework for critical analysis and the evaluation of business operations. Graduates will be able to identify and understand critical elements of a particular management research problem, design and execute independent scholarly and/or applied research, and suggest recommendations to a wide variety of stakeholders.

Tourism and travel is about exploration and experiences, and one of the highlights of this program are the field trips for students to experience tourism and hospitality centers around New Zealand. An integral part of the programme is the work experience component, where students can experience what it’s like to work in a customer-facing environment, and directly apply their knowledge gained in class.
Students of the programme will learn how to manage workplace practices required of a tourism organization and incorporate the indigenous values of manaakitanga and whanaungatanga in travel and tourism practices.Graduates will be able to analyse and evaluate local, national, and international tourism operating environments, systems, and processes in order to support decision-making, deliver a quality visitor experience, and contribute to overall business effectiveness.

The program is designed for students already holding an undergraduate degree. This allows them to undertake further studies in specialized and internationally oriented papers and develop interdisciplinary approaches to issues. Students are able to study international issues and specialize in a number of fields: International Relations, International Business, Environmental Studies, Language Studies.

The programme is designed to develop problem solving, critical analysis, team working skills and effective communication skills; It gives graduates the confidence and ability to tackle complex business resource management problems and to have a significant impact on a variety of situations and roles in the global market.

The Bachelor of Contemporary International Studies is a fully accredited interdisciplinary degree program taken over three years of full-time study. Students may elect to obtain a major in a specialist area of study (International Relations, International Business, Language Studies, and Japanese Studies). The course also includes eight compulsory interdisciplinary papers and six language and culture papers. Also, in their final year, students undertake an original, independent research project on an interdisciplinary topic.