Designed to provide learning experiences that enable students to develop the core knowledge, skills and personal attributes sought by employers and required for entry-level positions in music and entertainment industries.
19 weeks full-time
2022 Semester 2: 25 July to 2 December
2023 Semester 1: 20 February to 30 June
2023 Semester 2: 24 July to 1 December
This programme is NOT eligible for the zero fees scheme
Domestic fees - $2906
International Fees can be found here.
The purpose of the programme is to allow students interested in music industry careers to sample a variety of pathways while working through entry level audio engineering, music performance, live sound and event management.
This course provide a pathway and qualifications for musical, non-academic students primarily focused on developing musicianship, recording and live sound skills.
Graduates who meet the requirements of the New Zealand Certificate in Study and Career Preparation (Level 3) are able to:
Literacy and Numeracy
Advancing Music in Context
Music in Action
Music Creation
Leading Music Support
Graduates of this certificate may have enhanced opportunities in employment and professions associated with the context of their programme.
Applicants will need to meet the following entry criteria:
Applicants may be required to attend an interview in order to ascertain that this is a suitable programme of study for them.
English Language Requirements
Applicants, whose first language is not English, or who come from a country where the language of instruction in schools is not English, are required to provide evidence of having achieved one of the following:
NCEA Level 3 with University Entrance, or
an International Baccalaureate Diploma or Cambridge A- level qualification for which the teaching and assessment was conducted in English; or
Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA), or Trinity College London Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CertTESOL); or
Successful completion of all primary education (being the equivalent of New Zealand primary school years 1 to 8) and at least three years of secondary education (being the equivalent of three years from New Zealand secondary school years 9 to 13) at schools in either New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States one of the countries listed in Rule 18.5 where the student was taught using English as the language of instruction; or
Successful completion of at least five years of secondary education (being the equivalent of New Zealand secondary school years 9 to 13) at schools in either New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States where the student was taught using English as the language of instruction; or
Successful completion of a Bachelor ‘s Degree, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Bachelor Honours degree, Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Masters’ Degree or Doctoral Degree, the language of instruction of which must be in English and which must be from a tertiary education provider from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom or the United States or
Successful completion of one of the following internationally recognised proficiency tests listed below to the level required of the programme of study and with all scores achieved in a single test during the two years preceding the proposed date of enrolment.
Certificate at Level 3
To successfully complete and be awarded the New Zealand Certificate in Study and Career Preparation (Level 3) students must complete the prescribed programme of study and attain a minimum of 60 credits.
