Postgraduate Diploma in Arts - Economics

at Massey University - Manawatu Campus New Zealand

Massey’s Bachelor of Sport and Exercise (Exercise Prescription) will give you the knowledge and skills to develop, implement and assess exercise programmes to enhance sport performance, health, and rehabilitation.

Massey’s BA (Psychology) will help you explore how the brain works, and understand how we think, behave and make decisions. With a Massey BA (Psychology) you will explore the thoughts, feelings and actions of individuals and groups in a social and cultural context. Psychology will help you make sense of the human impact on the world in which we live. At Massey, you’ll learn about the natural, social and biological side as well as research methods and applications of psychology. Psychology combines:

• Natural science, focusing on perception, cognition, learning and the biological bases of behaviour;
• Social science, dealing with emotions, individual differences, behaviour and relationships and the wider social context.

Improve the productivity and sustainability of agricultural systems in New Zealand and around the world. The Postgraduate Diploma in Science (Agricultural Science) is the stepping stone to a research-based degree.

Massey University’s Postgraduate Diploma in Science and Technology (Agricultural Science) gives you the opportunity to join the pathway to in-depth research at a master’s level.

Specialise in Financial Analytics and Research for your Master of Finance at Massey
Massey’s Master of Finance (Financial Analytics and Research) combines the study of advanced finance theory and research to complete the qualification.
As a graduate of the Master of Finance (Financial Analytics and Research) specialisation, you’ll:

• Develop an international perspective within the discipline of finance
• Further develop your knowledge and skills in financial analytics
• Understand and be able to apply research philosophy to the business environment
• Practised in clearly and concisely communicating research findings

The specialisation requires completion and presentation of either a comprehensive research report on an independent research topic in finance.

If you love being creative and want to study a selection of theatre, performance, creative writing, and digital media production, and you also want great career prospects, the Bachelor of Communication (Expressive Arts) is for you.Expressive arts is unique in New Zealand and was created in response to student demand. As part of your study, you will be able to choose from a range of activities such as devising, directing and writing theatre, writing creative works including fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, writing for children, and screenplays, or filming and producing digital video.

The Bachelor of Agribusiness (Farm Management) prepares you for the demands of the farming business. From strategic to organizational skills, you’ll learn how to build and deliver profitable businesses on a sustainable basis.

Become a multidisciplinary practitioner
You’ll be able to draw from business-related disciplines such as industrial economics, marketing, supply chain management, and finance. You’ll also gain knowledge in:

• Natural sciences
• Environmental sciences
• Life sciences
• Food security and safety
• Primary production technologies
• Systems and biotechnology.

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.

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.

With a Master of Arts (Economics) at Massey you’ll investigate how businesses decide what to produce and how many people to employ, explore how people decide what to consume, and learn about big-picture world economics. This programme 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 Engineering Studies (Mechatronics) is part of the most well-established offering of mechatronics within New Zealand. Massey staff have many years work experience in these areas. With the Master of Engineering Studies (Mechatronics) you will gain advanced knowledge in research methods, mechatronics and robotics, as well as additive manufacturing and system design and integrations. This is through the taught element of the qualification. You will then have the opportunity to develop these further in a postgraduate research project.