The Graduate Diploma in Arts (GDipArts) is designed for those who want to gain additional specialist knowledge in a new subject area at an advanced undergraduate level, or to prepare for postgraduate study. You do not need a Bachelor of Arts to enrol—graduates with any undergraduate degree are welcome. The GDipArts covers a wide selection of disciplines such as Art History, Criminology, Education, English Literature, Film, Geography, History, Languages, Media Studies, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, and more. The diploma can be completed in two trimesters (full-time) or up to four years (part-time). Graduates are prepared for postgraduate study or to boost their career prospects with a new area of expertise.

Course Content

• Art History

• Asian Studies

• Chinese

• Classical Studies

• Criminology

• Cultural Anthropology

• Development Studies

• Economics

• Education

• Educational Psychology

• English Literature

• Film

• French

• Geography

• German

• Greek

• History

• International Relations

• Italian

• Japanese

• Kaitiakitanga (Māori Resource Management)

• Latin

• Language Sciences

• Māori Studies

• Mathematics

• Media Studies

• Modern Language Studies

• Music

• Pacific Studies

• Philosophy

• Political Science

• Psychology

• Public Policy

• Sāmoan Studies/Fa'asamoa

• Sociology

• Spanish

• Study of Religion

• Te Reo Māori

• Theatre