Diploma in Arts
Mixed Studies
A course by
AUT
Broaden your worldview and start your university studies with AUT's Diploma in Arts. Try different subjects across arts, education, social sciences, hospitality, and Māori and indigenous development, and prepare for further study.
NZ$10,824
inc GST
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Core skills this course teaches
Explore a range of arts disciplines
Gain exposure to a wide variety of arts-related subjects including creative writing, languages, education, hospitality, Māori development, psychology, and social sciences.
Develop academic and study skills
Enhance academic knowledge and study skills necessary for successful university study and future learning.
About This Course
The Diploma in Arts provides students with the opportunity to experience a variety of disciplines in the arts, culture, education, tourism, hospitality, psychology, Māori development and more. Students take the same first-year courses as bachelor’s degree students and receive academic and student support to prepare for further university study. After completing the diploma, students can move into the second year of a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of International Hospitality Management, potentially completing their bachelor’s in the standard three years. This diploma is well-suited for those undecided about their major or who narrowly missed university entrance.
Course Content
- Creative writing: Introduction to Creative Writing, Kaupapa Māori Storytelling, Reading New Zealand, A Pacific Reader
- Criminology and Criminal Justice: Criminology and Criminal Justice, Understanding Crime
- Culinary arts: Professional Culinary Arts
- Education: Critical Questions in Education, The Child in Aotearoa New Zealand
- Event management: Introduction to Event Management
- Global tourism: Global Issues in Tourism, Tourism and Sustainability
- History: Introduction to New Zealand History, Gender and Development in Asia and the Pacific since WWII
- International studies: Introduction to International Studies, Speak Japanese I
- Interpreting: Introduction to Translation and Interpreting
- Māori development: Treaty of Waitangi: Resistance and Repair, Te Mānutanga Beginners Māori Language 1, Te Matariki
- New Zealand Sign Language and Deaf Studies: An introduction to the Deaf World, New Zealand Sign Language I
- Psychology: Introduction to Psychology A & B
- Social sciences: Social Thinking, Social Institutions, Climate Action
- Spanish: Spanish 1A
- Te Reo Māori: Te Mānutanga Beginners Māori Language 1, Te Ekenga Waka Beginners Māori Language 2
- If narrowly missed UE: Organisation and Human Behaviour, Uni101, Introduction to New Zealand History, Humans + Machines: AI in the Social World, Te Ao Māori: The Māori Worldview, Social Thinking
Build towards these roles
Progression to entry-level roles in arts and cultural organisationsPathway to careers in education support, hospitality, tourism, or social service sectorsPreparation for further undergraduate study and career development
Build skills in these industries
ArtsEducationTourismHospitality
