Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Studies–PGCertPS 60 points Qualification regulations

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Entry Requirements

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

(i) completed a New Zealand Bachelor’s degree; and

(ii) completed two years of relevant work experience; and

(iii) been accepted by the relevant head of school or programme director as capable of completing the proposed course of study.

(b) Requirements (a)(i) or (a)(ii) may be waived or varied by the relevant Associate Dean (Students) for a candidate who has had extensive practical, professional, or scholarly experience that provides an equivalent level of preparation.

General Requirements

2.  (a)  The course of study for the PGCertPS shall consist of:

(i) a coherent programme worth at least 60 points and approved by the relevant programme director; and

(ii) courses at 400- or 500-level, except that a candidate may be awarded up to 60 points credit for approved micro-credentials at NZQF Level 8 or above.

(b)   Except in special cases and approved by the relevant associate dean, the course of study must not meet the requirements for any other postgraduate certificate available at this University.

3.    A candidate for the PGCertPS shall normally be enrolled for at least one trimester and shall complete the certificate within two years of first enrolling in it. The Associate Dean may extend the maximum period in special cases.

4.    A candidate who has been awarded the PGCertPS shall abandon that qualification upon being awarded a postgraduate diploma or master’s degree to which some or all of the courses comprising the PGCertPS are credited.      

Major subject requirements

5.   Subject to section 2 above, the PGCertPS may be awarded in one of the following subjects, if the programme of study includes at least 40 points of courses from the broader discipline.  The Associate Dean (Students) of the relevant faculty may approve substitute courses.

Architecture and Design Innovation

Business and Government

Health

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Science

Statistics and Data Science

6.    The PGCertPS may be awarded without a subject.

Specialisations

7.   (a)  A candidate for the PGCertPS in Business and Government may complete a specialisation from the following list.

Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Commercialisation (ENTR)

ENTR 512, 580; at least one further course from AFIN 551, ENTR 507, INFM 571, MGMT 522, or approved substitutes

Sustainable Business (SBUS)

BUSI 510; at least two further courses from GOVT 542, INFM 584, MGMT 523, PECO 517, PECO 520, or approved substitutes

(b) A candidate for the PGCertPS in Architecture and Design Innovation may complete a specialisation from the following list.

Built Heritage (BHER)

SARC 454, SARC 402, SARC 453; at least one further course from SARC 452, SARC 464, SIDN 412, or approved substitutes

Building Compliance (BCMP)

SARC 464, SARC 465, PLAN 462; at least one further course from BILD 421, BILD 431, BILD 463, SIDN 412, or approved substitutes

Construction Management (CMAN)

BILD 460, BILD 463, CONM 401; at least one further course from BILD 402, BILD 403, BILD 462, SIDN 412, or approved substitutes

Critical Design Studies (CDSA)

UXDN 406, SIDN 412; plus a further 30 points from DSDN 451, MDDN 403, one of ARCI 451, INTA 451, LAND 451, PLAN 451, or approved substitutes

Design Practice in Aotearoa (DPAO)

MDDN 417, SIDN 412; at least one further course from MDDN 403, MDDN 413, or approved substitutes

Digital Tools and Visualisation (DTVI)

CONM 403, CONM 404, SARC 462; a further 30 points from BILD 451, COMD 411, UXDN 423, MDDN 421, MDDN 431, SARC 401, SARC 463, SIDN 412, or approved substitutes

User Experience Design Foundations (UXDF)

UXDN 404, UXDN 416, or approved substitutes

Sustainable Buildings (SBIL)

BILD 431, SARC 465; at least two further courses from BILD 422, BILD 423, BILD 460, BILD 463, SIDN 412, or approved substitutes

Urban Policy and Economics (UPEC)

PLAN 455, PLAN 462; at least two further courses from LAND 421, LAWS 512, LAWS 514, PLAN 451, PLAN 421, SIDN 412, or approved substitutes

Courses

Course Requisites Points
COMD 411
Narrative Design / Hoahoa ā-Paki
 		30
SARC 454
Adaptive Reuse: New Life for Existing Buildings / Te Oranga Anō o ngā Whare
 		(X) SARC 354 15
UXDN 404
User-Experience Design Process / Tukanga ā-Hoahoa Wheako ā-Kaiwhakamahi
 		(P) Permission of Head of School; (X) MDDN 417 30
UXDN 406
He Māramatanga / UX Design Context in Aotearoa
 		(P) permission of head of school 30
UXDN 416
​​Advanced User Experience Design Process / Tukanga ā-Hoahoa Wheako ā-Kaiwhakamahi Whatutoto​
 		(P) permission of head of school; (X) MDDN 416 30
UXDN 423
Digital Product Design / Hoahoa ā-Huataonga Matihiko
 		(P) permission of head of school; (X) MDDN 402 30