Graduate Diploma in Arts in Philosophy

at Massey University - Auckland Campus New Zealand

The Postgraduate Diploma in Construction (Construction Project Management) is the stepping stone to a research-based degree such as a master’s.

Massey University’s Postgraduate Diploma in Construction (Construction Project Management) is a pathway to in-depth research at a master's level.The program gives you the opportunity to show your analytical thinking and your high-level research capability.

To learn about history is to learn about change in the world and in ourselves. Having a better understanding of history will make you more broad-minded as a person and citizen.

History is a topic as large as our recorded past. Our cultural heritages, literatures, arts, religions, politics, economics, social behaviours, buildings and landscapes all derive from past influences.

Massey offers a range of topics so you can explore your own particular interests. Topics you could study include:

• The history of New Zealand and the Pacific
• Focus on the history of Britain/Europe
• Study pre-industrial society or colonisation
• Social and political history, or
• Contemporary history.

With Massey’s BA (Educational Psychology) you will explore lifelong ako/learning and teaching through an understanding of cultural, cognitive, social, behavioural and emotional aspects of learners and teachers.

At Massey, educational psychology is:

• The application of Western and M?ori psychological knowledge in education and human development
• A science and an art that seeks to understand
• An art that seeks to apply those understandings in the real world, to help learners realise their potential

You will learn about the complex relationships between learners and their environment. You can choose from a wide range of courses that reflect the diversity of psychology and education.

The Graduate Diploma in Arts (English) is a bridging tool for graduates in other subjects to get the equivalent of a major in English. You can then apply for a postgraduate qualification in English if you wish.With Massey’s Graduate Diploma in Arts (English) you’ll experience great literature in English, from Shakespeare to the present day. Our courses are taught by active researchers who share your love of literature: they’ll introduce you to remarkable writing and the reasons why it matters.

Build on your undergraduate interests and develop your analysis and research skills. With a Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Economics) at Massey, you’ll build on your undergraduate degree. You’ll further investigate topics in economics that have taken your interest.

On our economics program you’ll investigate:

• How businesses decide what to produce
• How many people to employ
• How people decide what to consume
• Big-picture world economics.

This program will help you in your own decision-making, and in better understanding developments in the economy and society in general. It offers ways of thinking about the world that let you make the best of what you have, and improve on it.

The Master of Business Administration (Business Sustainability) specialisation is about building businesses that last and organisations that are resilient in the face of a fast changing world.This MBA specialisation enables you to build management competence and governance structures that facilitate the identification and implementation of innovative practices, products, and services that are sustainable and resilient.

This program will expose you to businesses and experts within New Zealand and overseas who have had successes and overcome challenges in building sustainable enterprises. Both the strategic and operational aspects of developing and leveraging innovative sustainable products and services while mitigating risk are addressed in this specialisation.

With Massey's Master of Engineering, you will develop a more in-depth understanding of an area of your choice, within the field of electronics and computer engineering.

Massey’s Bachelor of Speech and Language Therapy with Honours will set you up for a rewarding career working alongside people of all ages with speech, language, communication, and swallowing difficulties.

As a speech-language therapist you’ll facilitate independence in individuals. You’ll assess children, young people and adults with a variety of communication and swallowing disorders and work with them to improve their ability to participate in school, work and other daily activities. You may work with children who have speech and/or language disorders, or adults living with a traumatic brain injury or stroke.

You’ll have an impact on people’s quality of life.

Massey’s Bachelor of Speech and Language Therapy with Honours combines academic coursework with supervised clinical experience. You’ll work alongside practising speech-language therapists to gain clinical hours in a wide range of settings. These could include:

• Schools
• Hospitals
• Rehabilitation centres
• Child development services, and
• Community settings across New Zealand.

The Graduate Diploma in Arts (History) will give you the equivalent of an undergraduate major in history without completing a second bachelor’s degree. The Graduate Diploma in Arts (History) is a bridging tool for graduates in other subjects to get the equivalent of a major in history.

Massey’s Zoology graduates are in high demand throughout New Zealand. This is a unique degree in New Zealand. Zoology is the animal science of the natural world. It examines animals on a variety of scales, from biological knowledge at the molecular level to animals as components of systems. It also includes the study of animal behaviour.