Bachelor of Information Sciences in Information Systems

at Massey University - Auckland Campus New Zealand

Develop your passion for helping others. Massey’s Master of Applied Social Work will prepare you for practice and registration as a social worker in New Zealand and most other countries.

If you want to become a registered social worker, but don’t have a bachelor’s degree in social work, then this qualification is for you.

The Master of Applied Social Work is designed for those with relevant practice experience, or a bachelor’s degree in a related discipline. That could include psychology, education, law, medicine, nursing, sociology, anthropology, theology or case management, or other related disciplines.This qualification will prepare you for practice and registration as a social worker in New Zealand and most other countries.

Massey's Diploma in Communication will introduce you to a selection of disciplines in the communication field.

A Diploma in Communication can open up employment pathways in the many fields including:

• Public relations
• Communication management
• Arts administration
• Event management
• Relationship management
• Journalism
• Web content management
• Social media advising
• Brand management
• Advertising
• Marketing/communications executive
• Media planning/buying.

The Graduate Diploma in Business Studies endorsed in Personal Financial Planning provides university-level education in financial planning. This qualification satisfies the education requirements for becoming a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER CM Professional with the professional body Financial Advice New Zealand (other non-educational requirements are required). The Graduate Diploma in Business Studies is useful if you wish to keep up with professional developments in your field. Or you may have found yourself working in a different field of business to that in which you hold a qualification.

Massey’s Master of Finance combines the study of advanced finance theory with the choice of completing the qualification either by undertaking a Research option or a Professional option.

What will you learn?
Your study will focus on finance, but help you put this specialty into the context of other business disciplines.

This qualification has a focus on real-world learning – you can utilise our relationships with industry to draw on your own work experience. You will also learn the application of techniques in environments like our Trading and Investment Rooms – the first of their kind in New Zealand.

You will be taught by some of New Zealand's leading finance practitioners and will learn how to apply high-level in-depth research in the workplace.

The Master of Finance will also help develop your oral and written communication skills to the level expected of senior business leaders.

Massey’s Graduate Diploma in Arts (Creative Writing) will give you the equivalent of an undergraduate major in creative writing without completing a second bachelor’s degree. You can then apply for postgraduate study in creative writing if you wish.

Succeed as a professional in the private, not-for-profit or public sector. Learn how the economy affects our everyday life, culture, and environment.
There's much more to economics than you might think. With a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) at Massey, you will look at:

• How businesses decide what to produce and how many people to employ
• Investigating how people decide what to consume
• Big-picture world economics. 
• Economics is concerned with how to allocate scarce resources with competing outcomes. You’ll get a good understanding of the implications of the choices made.

A BA (Economics) degree from Massey will help you in your own decision-making. It will also help you better understand developments in the economy and society in general. It offers ways of thinking about the world that enable you to make the best of what you have and improve on it.

Massey's Bachelor of Arts (Economics) gives you flexibility in the subjects you study. You will gain a strong grounding in the core elements of micro and macro-economics. You will build on this by choosing from a selection of other subjects (electives), including:

• Quantitative methods
• International economics
• International trade in agri-food products
• Natural resource and environmental economics
• Land economics
• Development economics.

With Massey’s Postgraduate Diploma in Construction (Digital Built Environment) you’ll gain construction management skills for the modern world.
You’ll gain knowledge in the following areas:

• Application of Building Information Modelling (BIM) tools across the lifecycle of a building project.
• Examine data collection and analysis techniques, and their application in construction research.
• Become familiar with new technologies such as drones, virtual reality, 3D printing and other technologies as they apply to the construction industry.
• Develop a broad understanding of current construction industry operations, systems and technology. These include:
  • The project life cycle
  • Stakeholder management
  • Sustainable buildings and smart living spaces
  • Lean production
  • Offsite construction
  • Logistics.

From here you can go deeper into digital technologies in the construction industry, or develop the research skills that will support your further study.

Specialise in Linguistics for your Bachelor of Communication at Massey

The Bachelor of Communication (Linguistics) you will explore how the brain manages language and the unwritten rules of interaction. 
In the Bachelor of Communication (Linguistics), you will explore how language works to generate meaning and how it is used not only to share information, but also to manage social relations and influence behaviour. You will also learn about the unwritten rules that shape all of our social interactions.

Equip yourself with the knowledge and empathy to lead cross-cultural interactions. Through the study of linguistics you’ll grow your ability to drive social change and shape the future of our nation.

Linguistics is the study of language, including:

• Its structure and meaning
• How it is learnt and used
• What our language says about who we are and where we come from.

From interacting with friends to communicating with colleagues, language plays a fundamental role in both our public and private lives. This includes written and spoken communication, problem-solving, and social and cultural awareness. Our lecturers will encourage you to develop a deeper understanding of your own self-identity and social interactions.

Join Massey’s Master of Construction (Digital Built Environment) to gain construction management skills for a modern digital world.
You’ll gain knowledge in the following areas:

• Application of Building Information Modelling (BIM) tools across the lifecycle of a building project.
• Examination of data collection and analysis techniques, and their application in construction research.

New technologies such as drones, virtual reality, 3D printing and other technologies as they apply to the construction industry.

You’ll develop a broad understanding of current construction industry operations, systems and technology. These include:

• The project life cycle
• Stakeholder management
• Sustainable buildings and smart living spaces
• Lean production
• Offsite construction
• Logistics.