Massey University Courses

This programme is a selected entry programme. This means there are a number of extra requirements you must meet.

To enter the Doctor of Clinical Psychology you will:

• have been awarded or qualified for a bachelor with honours or master's in psychology with the award of first class or second class division I honours, or equivalent
• have passed the following courses (or their equivalent) in your qualifying degree:
  • 175.738 Psychological Research: Principles of Design
  • 175.781 Understanding Mental Distress
  • 175.782 Clinical Psychology Assessment
  • 175.783 Clinical Psychology Interventions
• have sufficient personal qualities, ethical standards and professional potential to satisfy the Doctoral Research Committee you have the capacity to successfully undertake the programme, and to satisfy the requirements for eligibility to practice as a Registered Psychologist in accordance with the Health Practitioners Competency Assurance Act of 2003 (or as amended)
• supply all documentation as listed below
• be offered a place in the programme following a selection interview.

Please note that there are more applicants than places, and candidates who meet the above conditions also need to be offered a place following a selection interview.

Applications close 1 September of the preceding year. No late applications will be accepted.

You must ensure that all documentation is supplied well in advance of the closing date. If you are applying close to the deadline you will need to ensure your referees are advised, as their report must be received by the closing date.

To enter the Postgraduate Diploma in Emergency Management you will have been awarded or qualified for:

• a Graduate Diploma in Emergency Management, or equivalent, with at least a B grade average, or
• a Graduate Certificate in Emergency Management or equivalent, with at least a B grade average, or
• an undergraduate degree and at least two years of relevant industry or professional experience.

You will need to provide verified copies of all academic transcripts for studies taken at all universities other than Massey University.

If you are applying with a bachelor's degree and relevant industry or professional experience, you will need to provide a curriculum vitae.

To enter the Graduate Diploma in Emergency Management you will:

• have been awarded or qualified for a university degree or equivalent, or another approved qualification; and
• have completed at least one year of civil defence or emergency management related experience.

You will need to provide verified copies of all academic transcripts for studies taken at all universities other than Massey University.

To enter the Postgraduate Diploma in Business programme you will have been awarded or qualified for a bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification, with a minimum B- grade average in the highest level courses.

You will provide verified copies of all academic transcripts for studies taken at all universities other than Massey University.

To enter the Graduate Certificate in Teaching English as an Additional Language you will provide evidence that you have access to teaching a group of learners of English as an additional language within a formal educational setting and have:

• been awarded or qualified for a university degree or diploma; or
• completed at least two years of relevant practical, professional, or scholarly experience.

For the purposes of this graduate certificate, a relevant practice situation may be a school or other approved institution, or you may be teaching under the New Zealand English language partners scheme (see http://www.englishlanguage.org.nz).

You will need to please provide the following documents:

• a curriculum vitae
• verified copies of all academic transcripts for studies taken at all universities other than Massey University.

To enter the Master of Public Health you will have:

• been awarded or qualified for a bachelor's degree in health sciences with a minimum grade average of B-, or equivalent; or
• been awarded or qualified for a bachelor's degree in health sciences or other relevant discipline, and have relevant professional experience, or equivalent; or
• been awarded or qualified for a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health with a minimum grade average of B-, or equivalent.

To enter the Postgraduate Certificate in Speech and Language Therapy you will have been awarded or qualified for the Bachelor of Speech and Language Therapy or the Bachelor of Speech and Language Therapy with Honours or equivalent having achieved a grade average of at least a B.

You must provide verified copies of all academic transcripts for studies taken at all universities other than Massey University.

To enter the Master of International Security you will have been awarded or qualified for:

• a relevant bachelor's degree with a grade average of at least B-, or
• a completed Postgraduate Certificate in International Security, with at least a B- grade average, or
• a completed Postgraduate Diploma in International Security, with at least a B- Grade average,

or you will:

• be able to demonstrate scholarly work in conjunction with extensive relevant professional experience and standing in leadership, managerial and planning positions in government or non-government security agencies appropriate for admission with equivalent status.

If you have a Postgraduate Certificate in International Security or Postgraduate Diploma in International Security as outlined above, you may apply for credit towards Part One of the qualification in accordance with the limits specified in the Recognition of Prior Learning regulations.

You will need to provide verified copies of all academic transcripts for studies taken at all universities other than Massey University.

If you are applying on the basis of scholarly work in conjunction with extensive relevant professional experience you must also provide a copy of your current curriculum vitae (CV).

To enter the Postgraduate Diploma in Science and Technology you will have been awarded or qualified for:

• a Bachelor's degree, or equivalent, with a major in the intended postgraduate subject, or equivalent, with a minimum B- average in the majoring 300-level courses, or
• a postgraduate certificate that includes 30 credits of courses fom the schedule to the Postgraduate Diploma in Science and Technology, or equivalent.

You will need to provide verified copies of all academic transcripts for studies taken at all universities other than Massey University.