Postgraduate Certificate in Communication–PGCertC 60 points Qualification regulations

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Entry Requirements

1. (a) Before enrolment, a candidate for the PGCertC shall have:

(i) completed a relevant Bachelor’s degree, with a B grade average or better; and

(ii) been accepted by the programme director as capable of completing the proposed course of study.

(b) Requirement (a)(i) may be waived by the Associate Dean (Students) in the Wellington Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences for a candidate who has had extensive practical, professional, or scholarly experience that provides an equivalent level of preparation.

General Requirements

2. The personal course of study for the PGCertC shall consist of one of COMS 501, or COMS 502; and 30 further points from the MC Schedule

3. A candidate who has been awarded the PGCertC shall abandon that qualification on being awarded the PGDipC.

Courses

Course Requisites Points
COMS 501
Communication Paradigms
30
COMS 502
Communication Research Methods
30