EIT will launch two postgraduate programmes in creative practice next year and they will be unique as New Zealand’s only applied honours and master degrees steeped in a kaupapa Māori philosophy.
Both programmes are to be jointly delivered by Hawke’s Bay’s ideaschool and Tairāwhiti’s Toihoukura, providing students with increased access to two schools of lecturers and artists. Blended learning incorporating wānanga (seminars) and video conference sessions will allow those enrolling to be based in a location of their choice.
While the programmes are designed for both Pākehā and Māori, they will be particularly attractive to Māori because their delivery will be
within a Māori learning context.
Students are expected to come from a wide range of creative fields. These might include painting, design, weaving, tā moko, carving, sculpture, ceramics, multi-media, web design, screen production, music, service design and fashion.
Currently graduates of the Bachelor of Visual Arts and Design, Te Toi o Ngā Rangi and similar degrees have to leave the regions to engage in postgraduate study in the arts. As a result, their knowledge and talents are lost to Hawke’s Bay and Te Tairāwhiti.
EIT’s Te Hono ki Toi (Poutiri-ā-rangi) – Bachelor of Creative Practice (Honours) and Te Hono ki Toi (Poutiriao) – Master of Professional Practice (Creative Practice) will address that issue, providing new pathways for their creative journeys.
The honours degree requires a full-time year of study or two to three years part-time. The master’s degree encompasses 1½ years of full-time study or three to four years part-time.
The strengths of both will be the flexible and individualised programmes offered by schools that have high recognition in New Zealand and overseas.
Heritage and Museum Studies Launch
A new qualification, Te Ara Pourewa – Graduate Diploma in Heritage and Museum Studies – is to be offered through EIT Tairāwhiti next year.
The one-year full-time study programme (or equivalent part-time) will cover the care, protection and management of tangible and intangible heritage including knowledge, treasures and sites of cultural significance, thereby contributing to the future of indigenous Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Having developed skills in protecting, preserving and elevating taonga Māori, graduates will be able to explore career opportunities as curators, archivists, exhibition technicians, researchers and cultural policy developers in iwi organisations, government departments, education and organisations such as libraries and museums.
Te Ara Pourewa is a blended programme with faceto-face and online components.
New Diploma in Architectural Technology
The foundation for a successful construction industry is good design – a point appreciated by EIT in offering the New Zealand Diploma in Architectural Technology.
The Level 6 qualification is suited to those wanting to work as architectural technicians. Equally, it will provide recognition of knowledge and skills for those who already work in that role.
The two-year full-time programme (or equivalent part-time) is being delivered on-campus at EIT Hawke’s Bay from February next year.
Based on practical learning, it will equip graduates to undertake the complete process involved in producing architectural drawings, from establishing a client’s requirements through to the submission of final detailed design plans.
The first year focuses on small building projects and will cover feasibility studies, communicating concepts, preparing documentation, evaluating materials and finishes and producing working drawings using manual and digital technologies.
The second year of study will expand on this, covering larger projects. Graduates will understand the roles, documentation and administrative requirements of the construction industry and be able to apply this knowledge and assist senior personnel through the tender process.