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LEVEL 8 PROGRAMME
ART & DESIGN
POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN CREATIVE PRACTICE C R E D I T S 60 (0.5 EFTS)
S TA R T D AT E S February or July
A N N U A L F E E S $3,800 (NZD)
C A M P U S Mt Albert
D U R AT I O N Six months full-time or one year part-time
(Approximate domestic fees only. Includes GST but excludes the Compulsory Student Services Fee levy)
Career opportunities
Take the first step in your postgraduate journey and improve your job opportunities, by delving deeper into your passion for creative arts, design or cultural expression through a small independent or collaborative project.
• Artist • Art director • Product designer • Graphic designer • Director • Photographer • Experience designer • Producer • Production designer • Sculptor • Visual artist • Performance designer • Service designer • Curator • Actor for theatre, film, and television • Choreographer • Filmmaker
Highlights
Programme overview
English
The Postgraduate Certificate in Creative Practice enables artists, designers, photographers, actors, dancers, choreographers, directors, producers and other creative practitioners to advance their professional careers through a one-semester course of study. Students undertake creative project and negotiated studies courses over the semester under the supervision of an expert in the field, pursuing a practice-based programme of learning tailored to individual interests and backgrounds, whether in traditional (graphic design, industrial design, publication design, photography, animation, visual arts, dance, acting, performance) or hybrid domains (service design, experience design, design for social innovation, performance or production design, transmedia, interdisciplinary practice).
• 8 credits at NCEA Level 2 in English (4 in reading, 4 in writing)
• Create a body of new work, improve your job opportunities, and refresh or re-orient your profession.
Admission requirements
• Develop creative thinking and research skills through applied practice.
General admission
• Improve your communication and project proposal skills through studio/project critiques and written components. • Learn from supervisors that include notable artists, designers, and educators. • Enhance your creative portfolio with a small independent or collaborative project. • Progress to further postgraduate study. Graduate of this programme will be eligible to staircase into the Postgraduate Diploma in Creative Practice (PGDCP) or Master of Creative Practice (MCP).
For this programme, you’ll need:
1. Be 16 years old by the start of your first semester 2. A recognised Bachelor’s degree in the same or similar discipline with merit achievement (grade average of B- or higher in all Level 7 courses); or 3. A professional qualification in a relevant discipline recognised as being equivalent to merit achievement in a Bachelor’s degree.
Special admission • Be 20 years old by the start of your first semester • Provide sufficient evidence of aptitude, appropriate work or other life experience that would indicate a successful outcome in the qualification.
If English is not your first language, you’ll need one or more of the following: • Achieved NCEA Level 3 and New Zealand University Entrance • Provide evidence that you satisfy our criteria for existing English proficiency • Achieved at least one English proficiency outcome in the last two years If you don’t meet the English criteria above, we have a range of English Language programmes available. There are additional English requirements for international students – you can find more information on our website. For more information download the programme regulations: unitec.ac.nz/art-design International Students, please visit unitec.ac.nz/international
