You will have completed a Bachelor of Arts degree (or equivalent) with a major in Sociology.
Students from a country where English is not the first language, must obtain a minimum English Language competency level.
IELTS: 6.5 (no band less than 6.0)
TOEFL iBT: 90 overall (min 20 in Writing)
PTE Academic: 58 Overall (min 50 in communicative skills)
Cambridge English: 180
Take your study of sociology to the next level
With Massey’s Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Sociology) you can build on your undergraduate interests
Massey is ranked in the world’s top 250 universities for sociology by the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ranking.
Sociology is about understanding and describing our local society and its global setting. Sociologists are interested in almost all aspects of the social world and in your Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Sociology) you’ll consider questions such as:
How is society structured?
How is society changing?
What divides or unites social groups?
What causes the inequalities we see in society?
How does power operate?
With a Massey Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Sociology) you’ll ask challenging questions about how power structures function in the social world. You’ll study culture, ethnicity, class, inequality, gender, mass media, politics, environment, social change and individual and group interactions.
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Subject courses
Your Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Sociology) will give you the knowledge and competencies you need to start your career as a policy analyst, researcher or community development organiser. You‘ll learn a range of intellectual and practical skills that will stand you in good stead in the job market.
Loads of career options
This qualification opens up a world of opportunity to be involved in influencing a broad number of social issue outcomes such as healthy housing, youth development, Maori wellbeing, health promotion, or gender analysis of policy. You’ll approach this not only from the perspective of government and local-body policy, but also from the perspectives of local communities and community organisations.
You’ll learn to apply your critical sociology analysis skills to a number of decision-making scenarios, for better social outcomes. This could take many forms including policy development, project planning, legal submissions or strategic organisational management.
You could work in areas such as:
Research
Communications
Project management
Governance
Charitable trusts
Social marketing
Journalism
Advocacy
Teaching and lecturing
Policy analysis - public, private and third sector (non-government organisations, public-private partnerships, not-for-profit, voluntary and charity organisations)
Youth development
Community development
Politics
Government agencies - local, regional and central
NGOs - housing, Maori land trusts, health service providers, disability advocacy and support, youth development
Insurance/year: 810 NZD
