Master of Architecture in Professional

at Unitec Institute of Technology - Mt Albert Campus New Zealand

The Bachelor of Performing and Screen Arts (Screen Arts), is an in-depth programme of study  where you will engage in a combination of creative, academic and practice-based courses designed to equip you with skills and qualities that will enable you to work in Aotearoa’s  screen sector.

Are you an accounting graduate working towards the academic requirements for professional body membership? Do you have a New Zealand business degree or equivalent overseas qualification and would like to become an accountant?

This advanced-level programme will strengthen your accountancy skills. You will apply technical and professional standards, become a better team member and debate current issues in the field of accountancy. The programme provides an opportunity to apply your practical skills in the workplace.

Skilled leadership and management professionals are highly sought after in the business world. Great leaders know how to inspire and motivate people in an organisation. Great managers help their teams achieve company goals by removing process roadblocks and fostering good working relationships. Together, the roles are vital to the growth and success of a business.

You might have a strong interest in the people side of business, or solid leadership and management experience that you’d like to back up with a qualification. Whether you’re new to the workforce or returning to work and need a skills refresher, this programme will prepare you to take on roles leading or managing people and projects.

 

Programme overview
Skilled leadership and management professionals are highly sought after in the business world. Great leaders know how to inspire and motivate people in an organisation. Great managers help their teams achieve company goals by removing process roadblocks and fostering good working relationships. Together, the roles are vital to the growth and success of a business.

You might have a strong interest in the people side of business, or solid leadership and management experience that you’d like to back up with a qualification. Whether you’re new to the workforce or returning to work and need a skills refresher, this programme will prepare you to take on roles leading or managing people and projects.

Here are some of the technical and people skills you’ll develop:

• Attain leadership skills
• Understand operations management, human resource management and change management
• Learn techniques for continuous improvement
• Contribute to business planning
• Manage projects within scope, resources and time
• Negotiate and positively influence others to achieve the organisation's outcomes
• Develop a positive workplace culture and team engagement
• Promote compliance with internal and external requirements

Now, more than ever, organisations are faced with unprecedented challenges and new opportunities. If businesses are to remain profitable and at the top of their game, they need a contemporary workforce that can negotiate change and disruption with agility and resilience.

This Master’s programme has been designed to enable recent business graduates (or those with relevant work experience) to gain highly specialised knowledge and contemporary skills in their chosen area of specialisation.

When you graduate, you’ll be ready to enter the local and international workforce in a wide range of leadership and management positions, or further your existing career as a capable and responsible business professional.

Specialisations
Business Analytics
Digital Marketing
Leadership
Supply Chain & Logistics
Advanced HR

If you're already working with computers but don’t have a formal qualification, or you have a degree in a different discipline and want to move into the IT sector, our specially tailored Graduate Diploma in Computing can help you accomplish your goals by equipping you with substantial problem-solving skills in an IT area of your interest.

The focus of this qualification is on developing the necessary knowledge, skills and attributes to perform meaningful civil engineering work.  As a graduate of this program you’ll be able to use your knowledge to make informed decisions and implement them; competently perform technical work using national and international standards and apply civil engineering theory to design, contract administration and construction practice. You'll gain a solid understanding of water, structural, geotechnical, road engineering and develop invaluable civil and structural drawing skills.

• Structures
• Water Resources
• Roading
• Geotechnical

This residential-focused interior design program will prepare you for a career working as an interior design consultant or design assistant within the residential sector. If you enjoy design, seeing your work come to life and working with people, this program is for you. This program is ideal if you’re looking to enter the residential interiors industry or if you’re already working in the field and would like to hold the formal qualification. In this program, you’ll be guided from the ground up; exploring design principles, theories, and history, right though to the application and development of a practical business that will get you beyond work ready by the time you complete this program. See a full list of courses in this program in the Courses section below.

This diploma is the first year of our Bachelor of Accounting (Level 7). If you do well and enjoy the courses, you’ll be able to transition easily into degree-level study or move straight into work once you’ve graduated. 

You’ll gain an understanding of the general nature of business, the functions in an organisation and the critical role accountants play in the success of a business. 

The skills you’ll develop in this programme will set you up to support an accountant or an accounting team, such as:

• Accounting skills for small businesses, including recording transactions and preparing financial statements, budgets and tax returns 
• Personal skills, including problem-solving, developing and managing business relationships, managing your performance and understanding business ethics 

This Master’s degree has been designed for those who would like to pursue a new career in professional accounting. It’s a conversion program, meaning you have the advantage of covering core knowledge and competencies - and developing higher level capabilities - quickly so you can start working as soon as possible. You’ll need an undergraduate degree to apply (or equivalent professional experience) – but it doesn’t matter what discipline you’ve previously studied as the program builds on the diverse skill set you already have.  This includes analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, technical accounting skills, and research capabilities to operate in a variety of small to medium enterprises, as well as some larger organisations.

The New Zealand Diploma in Landscape (Design) is New Zealand's premier garden design program and gives you a solid grounding in site investigation, plant selection and garden design - essential skills if you’re aspiring to a career in landscape design for residential or small commercial environments.Nationally developed qualification with linkages to the Garden Design Society of New Zealand

• Fieldwork, real sites, and real clients
• Park-like campus - a great environment for plant identification and studying landscape conditions
• Solid base of plant knowledge
• Industry connected: work with highly regarded lecturers who hold executive positions in key industry organisations
• Graduates of this programme can apply for the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture and, if successful, can obtain some cross credits.