Postgraduate Certificate in Arts–PGCertArts 60 points Qualification regulations

1. Before enrolment, a candidate for the PGCertArts shall have:  

(a) completed a degree of this university or, at the discretion of the appropriate Associate Dean (Students) of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, another university;

(b) satisfied the prerequisites for the subject to be presented as listed in section 2, or been exempted from those prerequisites by the relevant head of school; and

(c) been accepted by the relevant head of school as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study.

Courses of study

2. The subjects for the PGCertArts and their prerequisites are as follows:  

Subjects: Art History; Asian Studies; Chinese; Classical Studies; Criminology; Cultural Anthropology; Economics; Education; English Literature; Environmental Humanities / He Aronui Aotūroa; Film; French; Geography; German; Greek; History; International Relations; Italian; Japanese; Latin; Linguistics; Māori Studies; Mathematics; Media Studies; Modern Language Studies; Music; Pacific Studies; Philosophy; Philosophy, Politics and Economics; Political Science; Psychology; Sociology; Spanish; Study of Religion; Theatre.  

Prerequisites: For each subject in section 2 that is also listed in the BA(Hons) regulations, the BA(Hons) prerequisites for each subject is as listed in section 2 of the BA(Hons) regulations (or equivalent preparation as determined by the head of school). For all other subjects, the prerequisite is a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject with a B grade average or better.

General requirements

3.  (a) A candidate for the PGCertArts shall normally be enrolled for at least one trimester and shall complete the requirements of the postgraduate certificate within two years of enrolling for it.

(b) In special cases this period may be extended by the associate dean. 

(c) A candidate who has been awarded the Postgraduate Certificate in Arts shall abandon that qualification upon being awarded the Postgraduate Diploma in Arts in the same subject.

4.  The personal course of study of a candidate for the PGCertArts shall consist of courses worth at least 60 points from the requirements for one of the subjects listed below, with such substitutions as may be approved under section 5.

Art History (ARTH)

120 points from ARTH 401–488, including ARTH 401

Asian Studies (ASIA)

ASIA 401, ASIA 402 and 60 points from further approved 400-level courses

Chinese (CHIN)

FHSS 401, 90 points from CHIN 402–488, FHSS 410, LANG 403–488

Classical Studies (CLAS)

120 points from CLAS 401–488

Criminology (CRIM)

120 points from CRIM 401–488

Cultural Anthropology (CUAN) 

ANTH 401 and 90 points from ANTH 402–488, SACS 401–427

Economics (ECON)

Eight courses from ECON 401–429, ECON 431–488, normally including either ECON 402 and 403, or ECON 404 and 405.

Education (EDUC)

120 points from EDUC 401–488

English Literature (ENGL)

120 points from ENGL 401–488

Environmental Humanities / He Aronui Aotūroa (EHUM) 

EHUM 401, 90 points from ARTH 407, ENGL 436, ENGL 460, LCCM 471, (the pair SCIS 410 and SCIS 414), or further approved points selected from ARTH, ANTH, ENGL, CLAS, INTP, MAOR, PASI, MDIA

Film (FILM)

120 points from FILM 401–488, ARTS 403, ARTS 490

French (FREN)

FHSS 401, 90 points from FREN 402–488, FHSS 410, LANG 403–488

Geography (GEOG)

GEOG 511, GEOG 512; 30 points from GEOG 401–488, PHYG 401–488; 30 further approved points from 400– or 500–level ANTH, CCSP, DEVE, EDUC, ENVI, ESCI, GEOG, HLWB, MAOR, PASI, PHYG, PLAN, POLS, PSYC, SOSC, TOUR   

German (GERM)

FHSS 401, 90 points from GERM 402–488, FHSS 410, LANG 403–488

Greek (GREE)

120 points from GREE 402–488, FHSS 401, FHSS 402

History (HIST)

120 points from HIST 401–488

International Relations (INTP)

120 points from INTP 401–488

Italian (ITAL)

FHSS 401, 90 points from ITAL 402–488, FHSS 410, LANG 403–488

Japanese (JAPA)

FHSS 401, 90 points from JAPA 402–488, FHSS 410, LANG 403–488

Latin (LATI)

120 points from LATI 402–488, FHSS 401, FHSS 402

Linguistics (LING)

60 points from LING 400–488; 60 further points from LING 400–488 or approved points from LALS 510–570

Māori Studies (MAOR)

120 points from MAOR 401–488

Mathematics (MATH)

120 points in an approved combination from MATH 401–488.

Media Studies (MDIA)

120 points from MDIA 401–488

Music (MUSC)

120 points in an approved combination from NZSM, PERF and ARTS 400-level courses.

Pacific Studies (PASI)

120 points from PASI 401–488 including PASI 401

Philosophy (PHIL)

120 points from PHIL 401–488

Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PHPE)

120 points as specified in s2(a) of the Master of Philosophy, Politics and Economics regulations

Political Science (POLS)

120 points from POLS 401–488

Psychology (PSYC)

120 points in an approved combination from PSYC 401–488

Sociology (SOSC)

SOSC 419 and 90 further points from SOSC 401–488, SACS 401–427 

Spanish (SPAN)

FHSS 401, 90 points from FHSS 410, LANG 403–488, SPAN 402–488  

Study of Religion (RELG)

RELI 401 and 90 points from RELI 402–488, SACS 401–427

Theatre (THEA)

120 points from THEA 401–488, ARTS 403, ARTS 490.

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