Diploma in Arts - Linguistics

at Massey University - Manawatu Campus New Zealand

Every day new food products and food ingredients are developed. The large-scale food manufacturing processes needed to bring these safely and sustainably to the world are designed and managed by food engineers. With the Massey University food process engineering major, you will have the skills and knowledge to work in and to eventually lead this exciting global industry.

The world’s growing population needs healthy and safe foods and New Zealand is an important link in the global food supply chain to meet this demand.

In this fast and changing society, it is important to develop versatile and transferable skills that can open many career pathways. English offers exciting and challenging courses to extend your knowledge of literary and media texts and expressive arts. Courses taught in the English programme cover a wide spectrum of topics. These include British, American, New Zealand, and postcolonial literature. You will also have the choice of courses in drama, creative writing, speaking, media studies, film, and gender issues. All of these courses are concerned with the fundamental skills of interpretation and expression.

Geography involves understanding the processes shaping the changing relationships between people and Earth. Geography investigates the physical and social environments we inhabit. It looks at those environments’ interactions at global, regional, and local levels. It is based on the idea that all places are the product of social and natural processes that occur there, but that also connect them to other places.

The Bachelor of Animal Science (Animal Genetics and Breeding) is ideal for you if you have an interest in genetics in relation to animals. You’ll learn: How effective breeding strategies can both improve animal health and be more effective for farming and agriculture

• How effective breeding strategies can both improve animal health and be more effective for farming and agriculture
• About reproductive physiology and reproductive technologies 
• How breeding and genetics can help improve the performance of animals
• How to set up a genetic improvement programme based on breeding goals
• How to collect relevant information, analyse it and make decisions to attain those goals.

Develop your interests from your undergraduate degree. The Massey PGDipArts (Social Anthropology) gives you a different perspective on world affairs. Studying social anthropology develops your understanding of other cultures and ethnic groups. You’ll discover how your way of life is just one of many possible ways of being human. Learn to challenge your existing beliefs and put yourself in others’ shoes.

Epidemiology is the science concerned with study patterns of health and disease in different populations, or groups. If you are interested in a postgraduate programme that is predominantly taught, a postgraduate diploma may be right for you.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Veterinary Science is for who have been able to demonstrate extensive practical, professional, or scholarly experience of an appropriate kind.

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

Enhance your career in the food industry with a Master of Food Safety and Quality. You will play a key role in managing food safety and quality in any food manufacturing company, food auditing company, or regulatory authority.

Food safety and quality are essential to the success of all food manufacturing companies and critical for New Zealand’s economic success. Food manufacturers need absolute confidence in the safety and quality of their products. 

Specialise in Statistics for your Master of Science at Massey
The Master of Science (Statistics) will teach you the key theories of statistics and the quantitative skills to conduct robust statistical analyses that are effective in the real world. It is most appropriate if you are passionate about statistics and wish to move on to further in-depth research.

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.