Course details

Summary

Launch a career in the museum and heritage sector or take your existing career in a new direction with a flexible range of professional and academic qualifications.

Fast track your career in the museum and heritage sector

Get the practical skills, theoretical knowledge and sector experience you need to work as a museum and heritage professional.

Careers

Past students have been snapped up for a wide range of roles in the sector, including exhibition developer, collection manager, gallery manager, curator, researcher, registrar, interpreter and educator. They're working in museums, art galleries, libraries, archives, government and community and heritage organisations all around New Zealand. Other students have embarked on academic careers, building on their research work.

What you'll study

PGDip and Master's

• If you're doing either a PGDipMHP, you'll choose an additional 60 points from approved courses.
• The introductory course, practicum and approved courses are normally done in Trimesters one and two as full-year courses.

Entry criteria

• A Bachelor's degree
• To be accepted by the programme director as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study

Other English Language requirements:

• IELTS: minimum overall score of 6.5 with no sub-score below 6.0
• TOEFL: minimum score of 90 for the internet-based test with a minimum of 20 in writing
• Pearson Test of English: minimum score of 65 (with a ‘Communicative’ score of not less than 58)
• EPP: minimum final scores of 4,4,5,5