Information about the Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (PGDipArts)
Please note: This page refers to the 2012 academic year unless otherwise specified.
The PGDipArts will normally consist of 120 points at 400 level. It is intended primarily for students who are interested in doing advanced study in Humanities and Social Science subjects at 400 level but are not intending to complete the 489 Research Essay (or alternative research component).
Admission to the PGDipArts normally requires a Bachelor's degree with a major in the same discipline.
A candidate for this diploma shall normally be enrolled for at least two trimesters and shall complete the requirements within four years of first enrolling for it.
The Faculty offers the PGDipArts in more than 30 disciplines, for example:
- Art History
- Asian Studies
- Chinese
- Classical Studies
- Criminology
- Cultural Anthropology
- Economics
- Education
- English
- Film
- French
- Geography
- German
- Greek
- History
- International Relations
- Italian
- Japanese
- Latin
- Linguistics
- Logic
- Logic and Computation
- Māori Studies
- Mathematics
- Media Studies
- Music (Not offered in 2012)
- Pacific Studies
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Public Policy
- Religious Studies
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Theatre
Please discuss and plan your programme with the Head of School or Postgraduate Coordinator in the subject area in which you would like the PGDipArts awarded.