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This adaptable diploma offers an opportunity to pursue Arts courses after completing a degree, serving as an excellent bridge to postgraduate education. If you hold a degree and wish to explore Arts subjects, this program could be your ideal choice. The diploma enables you to meet postgraduate entry requirements by studying intermediate and advanced undergraduate courses in your preferred discipline. Additionally, it allows you to specialize in a particular area to build on your current qualifications and advance your personal or career growth. You can strengthen your undergraduate degree with targeted courses to pursue specific career goals or boost your professional skills. For those aiming to transition into our postgraduate offerings, this graduate diploma provides a practical pathway.
The program features courses covering diverse themes, cultures, regions, and historical periods. Options include New Zealand history, Māori and Indigenous studies, European history, American history, as well as the histories of Asia, Australia, and the Pacific. You'll develop both historical knowledge and valuable skills, including critical and creative thinking, along with the ability to research, evaluate, interpret, and present historical information effectively.
You must have completed a bachelors degree in any discipline from a recognised university (or similar institution).
English language requirements
IELTS (Academic): Overall score of 6.5 with no bands less than 6.0; Internet-based TOEFL (iBT): Overall score of 90 and written score of 21; Paper-based TOEFL: Overall score of 68 and a writing score of 21; Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) or Cambridge English Proficiency (CPE): Overall score of 176 and no bands below 169; Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic: Overall score of 58 and no PTE Communicative score below 50; Foundation Certificate in English for Academic Purposes (FCertEAP): Grade of B-; Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB): 85.