Graduate Diplomas

The aim of the Graduate Diploma in Accounting is to give people who already have a degree, or extensive business experience, an opportunity to extend their knowledge in a specialised field, without having to complete a degree.

Our teaching staff have extensive business experience, combined with excellent academic backgrounds and strong links with the professions, while our programmes have a strong practical and applied focus. We offer students a comfortable and non-threatening learning environment. We know that our programmes will challenge you, but that you will feel supported by us and excited about your future once you decide to study with us. Our business staff are passionate about teaching and enjoy working with students of all ages and from different cultures.

The overall aim of the Graduate Diploma in Audio Production programme is to equip graduates, who have majored in a different discipline, with the skills and knowledge that fulfil the expectations of the audio production industry, its practitioners and clients.

The overall aim of the Graduate Diploma in Contemporary Music programme is to equip graduates, who may have majored in a different discipline, with the skills and knowledge that fulfil the expectations of the contemporary music industry, its practitioners and clients.
Graduate Diploma students will acquire critical thinking and independent learning skills, along with in depth knowledge in contemporary music and will enhance their professional skills in this selected area or staircase to postgraduate study.

The specific aims of this programme are:

• To provide a programme with a specialist discipline area that will promote and enhance the knowledge base, skills, and professionalism of creative media and digital film students.
• To produce dedicated, professional practitioners who hold a qualification which is highly regarded by employers.
• To prepare students for life-long learning, with the desire to constantly update their knowledge and skills within a changing work environment.
• To stimulate students to develop an inquiring and analytical approach to problems and issues, and to encourage independent judgment and creative thinking.
• To promote a wider understanding and appreciation of creative media and digital film.

The specific aims of this programme are:

• To provide a programme with specialist discipline areas that will promote and enhance the knowledge base, skills, and professionalism of creative media and digital film students.
• To produce dedicated, professional practitioners who hold a qualification which is highly regarded by employers.
• To prepare students for life-long learning, with the desire to constantly update their knowledge and skills within a changing work environment.
• To stimulate students to develop an inquiring and analytical approach to problems and issues, and to encourage independent judgment and creative thinking.
• To promote a wider understanding and appreciation of creative media and digital film.

The overall aim of the Graduate Diploma in Dramatic Arts programme is to equip graduates, who may have majored in a different discipline, with the skills and knowledge that fulfil the expectations of the dramatic arts industry, its practitioners and clients.

Graduate Diploma students will acquire critical thinking and independent learning skills, along with in-depth knowledge in dramatic arts which enhance their professional skills in this selected area or allow them to staircase to postgraduate study.

The Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management will provide students with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills and will enhance opportunities for students to develop a broad understanding of environmental management thus preparing them for professional practice or further advanced study in this area.

Students will learn to analyse information systems including feasibility for installation, use project management software to manage information systems, develop information systems and configure and trouble shoot information networks. You will also learn to manage internet sites and associated software.

The aim of the Graduate Diploma in Management is to give people who already have a degree, or extensive business experience, an opportunity to extend their knowledge in a specialised field, without having to complete a degree. 

Our teaching staff have extensive business experience, combined with excellent academic backgrounds and strong links with the professions, while our programmes have a strong practical and applied focus. We offer students a comfortable and non-threatening learning environment. We know that our programmes will challenge you, but that you will feel supported by us and excited about your future once you decide to study with us. Our business staff are passionate about teaching and enjoy working with students of all ages and from different cultures.

The aim of the Graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting is to give people who already have a degree, or extensive business experience, an opportunity to extend their knowledge in a specialised field, without having to complete a degree.

This programme aims to develop a broad theoretical knowledge in the fields of sport and exercise and an holistic understanding of sport and exercise and its importance to the community.  It recognises the significance of the Treaty of Waitangi to the New Zealand people and raises awareness of of the implications of the treaty with respect to community and resource management in the fields of sport and exercise.  Students will develop a range of practical expertise in the sport and exercise industry by developing a close working relationship with various organisations.