Postgraduate Certificate in Creative Practice

Credits 60 (0.5 EFTS)

Campus Mt Albert

Career opportunities

• Artist

• Art director

• Product designer

• Graphic designer

• Director

• Photographer

• Experience designer

• Producer

• Sculptor

• Visual artist

• Performance designer

• Service designer

• Curator

• Actor for theatre, film, and television

• Choreographer

• Filmmaker

Highlights

• Create a body of new work, improve your job opportunities, and refresh or re-orient your profession.

• Develop creative thinking and research skills through applied practice.

• 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. Graduates of this programme will be eligible to staircase into the Postgraduate Diploma in Creative Practice (PGDCP) or Master of Creative Practice.

Start dates February or July

Duration Six months full-time or one year part-time

Annual fees $3,900 (NZD) (Approximate domestic fees only. Includes GST but excludes the Compulsory Student Services Fee levy)

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.

Programme overview

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. 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) students pursue a practice-based programme of learning tailored to individual interests and backgrounds.

Admission requirements

For this programme, you’ll need:

General admission

1. To 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.

English

• 8 credits at NCEA Level 2 in English (4 in reading, 4 in writing)

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