Regulations for the Graduate Certificate (GradCert)
- The Personal Programmes of Study Regulations apply in these regulations.
- Candidates for the Graduate Certificate must have
- qualified for a bachelors degree of the University of Waikato or a qualification considered by the Academic Board to be equivalent, or
- demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Academic Board that they have adequate training, experience, and ability to proceed with the proposed programme.
- In exceptional circumstances, based on academic merit and relevant experience, candidates who do not meet the requirements of section 2 of these regulations may be considered for admission subject to the completion of any qualifying papers the Academic Board may prescribe which must be completed either prior to or concurrently.
- The normal minimum period of enrolment for completion of the Graduate Certificate is one trimester.
- Candidates must enrol in a Faculty and follow an approved programme of study.
- Candidates must gain 60 points at 100 level or above, including at least 45 points at 300 level or above, in the Graduate Certificate subjects.
- Candidates must gain at least 45 points from one of the subjects listed in Schedule A.
- The Graduate Certificate subjects are
Schedule A
Accounting (GradCert(Acc))- Agribusiness (GradCert(AgBus))
- Anthropology (GradCert(Anth))
- Applied Computing (GradCert(AppComp))1
- Applied Digital Communication (GradCert(AppDC))
- Aquaculture (GradCert(Aqcul))
- Chemistry (GradCert(Chem))
- Chinese (GradCert(Chin))
- Communication Design (GradCert(ComDes))
- Community Health (GradCert(CommHth))
- Computer Graphic Design (GradCert(CGD))
- Computer Science (GradCert(CompSc))
- Creative Media (GradCert(CM))
- Data Analytics (GradCert(DataA))
- Design Media (GradCert(DesignMedia))
- Digital Business (GradCert(DigiB))
- Digital Learning (GradCert(DigLn))
- Earth Sciences (GradCert(EarthSc))
- Ecology and Biodiversity (GradCert(Eco&Biod))
- Economics (GradCert(Econ))
- Education and Society (GradCert(EdSoc))
- Electronics (GradCert(Elec))
- Engineering (GradCert(Eng))
- English (GradCert(Engl))
- Environmental Planning (GradCert(EnvPlan))
- Environmental Sciences (GradCert(EnvSc))
- Finance (GradCert(Fin))
- French (GradCert(Fren))
- Gender and Sexuality Studies (GradCert(GnSex))
- Geography (GradCert(Geog))
- History (GradCert(Hist))
- Human Development (GradCert(HumDev))
- Human Performance Science (GradCert(HPS))
- Human Resource Management (GradCert(HRM))
- Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management (GradCert(IR&HRM))1
- Interface Design (GradCert(InterDes))
- International Languages and Culture (GradCert(IntLang&Culture))
- International Management (GradCert(IntMgt))
- Japanese (GradCert(Jap))
- Law (GradCert(Law))
- Leadership Communication (GradCert(LComm))
- Linguistics (GradCert(Ling))
- Management (GradCert(Mgt))
- Māori and Indigenous Studies (GradCert(M&ISt))
- Māori Language/Te Reo Māori (GradCert(ReoMāori))
- Marketing (GradCert(Mrkt))
- Materials Science (GradCert(MatSc))
- Mathematics (GradCert(Math))
- Media Design (GradCert(MedDes))
- Media Production (GradCert(MedProd)
- Molecular and Cellular Biology (GradCert(Molec&CellBio))
- Music (GradCert(Mus))
- Pacific and Indigenous Studies (GradCert(P&ISt))
- Philosophy (GradCert(Phil))
- Political Science (GradCert(PolSc))
- Population Studies (GradCert(PopSt))
- Psychology (GradCert(Psych))
- Public Policy (GradCert(PP))
- Public Relations (GradCert(PR))
- Relational and Inclusive Practices(GradCert(Rel&InclPrac))
- Screen and Media Studies (GradCert(SMSt))
- Social Policy (GradCert(SocPol))
- Sociology (GradCert(Socy))
- Spanish (GradCert(Span))
- Sport Development and Coaching (GradCert(SDC))
- Statistics (GradCert(Stats))
- Strategic Management (GradCert(StratMgt))
- Supply Chain Management (GradCert(SCM))
- Theatre Studies (GradCert(TheatSt))
- Tourism and Hospitality Management (GradCert(THMgt))
- Work, Employment and Society (GradCert(WkEmp))1
- Writing Studies (GradCert(WritSt))
- The Graduate Certificate awarded will be endorsed in the subject in which at least 45 points are gained.
- The Dean or delegated authority may vary or waive these regulations in individual cases.
Admission
Requirements for the Graduate Certificate
Variations
Notes:
- A Graduate Certificate is not offered in this subject in 2021.