Course details

Summary

Take the first step into new worlds

The world is full of challenging and wonderful places and studying the Arts is your passport to discover these.

What is it Like?

The Certificate in Arts is designed for students who wish to participate in university study without having to commit to completing a large set of courses. It is also available for those who wish to take a few interest courses at university level.

The Certificate can be used as a stepping stone to the Diploma in Arts, and from there to a Bachelor of Arts degree.

The Arts are the study of humanity: our history, beliefs, society, language, and culture. They ask questions about how we think, how we communicate, and how we interact with our environment. They teach us to analyse the meaning behind what we are, what we do, and how we came to be that way.

You choose what you study

With a Massey CertArts you can study what you enjoy and explore subject areas that spark your interest. You can choose courses from 30 subjects areas in Humanities and Social Sciences.

Do it your way

The CertArts is extremely flexible and you can include courses from different disciplines, including one from outside the humanities and social sciences.

Why study Arts at Massey?

Massey offers passionate and friendly lecturers, a world-class distance-learning programme and access to multi-media learning materials.

Massey will prepare you to be a free and original thinker who will lead New Zealand into the future and help solve some of our big problems.

Careers

Employers, industries and the labour market of the future need people who can thrive in an ever-changing labour market, and be able to effectively challenge and critique new encounters. Our Arts programmes will develop your interpersonal, communication, critical thinking and problem-solving skills to ensure you remain agile and able to take on the opportunities the future holds.

The Arts can lead to a wide range of career opportunities including:

• Advertising
• Aid and disaster relief workers
• Business managers
• Communications
• Conflict resolution
• Customs / Immigration officers
• Defence forces
• Disaster relief
• Education
• Family therapists
• Foreign affairs
• Human resources
• International business
• Media production
• Mental health practitioners
• Novelists
• Peacekeeping
• Policy development and analysis
• Politics
• Project management
• Public relations
• Research managers
• Risk management
• School principals
• Sign language interpreters
• Special education needs
• Specialist teachers
• Speechwriters
• Teaching English overseas
• Translation
• Travel and hospitality

The Certificate consists of 60 credits (four courses), with at least 45 credits (three courses) coming from the Bachelor of Arts schedule.

It can be completed in one semester of full-time study, or over a longer period of part-time study. Students who complete the Certificate in Arts can proceed to the Diploma in Arts or Bachelor of Arts if they wish.

Entry criteria

50 NCEA credits at Level 2 in approved subjects, including 14 credits at Level 1 or higher in each of Mathematics and English or equivalent overseas qualification

English Language Requirements:

• IELTS score of 5.0 (no band less than 5.0)
• TOEFL iBT score of 61 overall (min 17 in Reading & Writing)
• PTE Academic score of 36 Overall (min 36 in communicative skills)
• Cambridge English score of 155