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- Te Hono ki Toi (Poutiriao) | Master of Professional Creative Practice
Te Hono ki Toi (Poutiriao) | Master of Professional Creative Practice
Study Options
Full-time, Part-time
Length
18 months full-time or 4 years part-time
Pursue a creative career
The Master of Professional Creative Practice | Te Hono ki Toi (Poutiriao) is collaboratively offered by EIT’s two iconic creative practice schools: IDEAschool and Toihoukura. It offers a unique perspective from both the European and Māori creative culture allowing a wide selection of media to be advanced. The programme enables you to further your creative practice through guided reflection, research and professional practice.
Toihoukura offer Te Hono ki Toi (Poutiriao) with a specific matauranga Māori focus.
The programme is delivered online, through compulsory wānanga, and face-to-face.
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Outline
Delivery of the Master of Professional Creative Practice | Te Hono ki Toi (Poutiriao) is “blended” – that is, it is a combination of online study, wānanga and research by creative practice. You may be “based” at either IDEAschool in Hawke’s Bay or Toihoukura in Tairāwhiti but will have opportunities to engage with staff and students based at both schools and students who may be practicing throughout Aotearoa and indeed the world.
The Master of Professional Creative Practice (MPCP) is a 180 credit programme with full-time study for one and a half years at Level 9, consisting of four compulsory courses that provides you with the opportunity to create a body of creative work to a standard that develops, extends and refines prior professional practices, processes and knowledge. This will be done through research and critical evaluation to strengthen your creative practice while contextualizing your practice in relation to relevant communities, contemporary concepts, models theory, technologies and professional practice management techniques.
Dates
There is one entry date per year:
- February
Entry
Entry Requirements
Entry Criteria
A person is eligible to apply for entry who:
● An undergraduate degree in a creative practice with a B average or better, OR
● B average in a postgraduate qualification (Level 8) in a creative practice field.
● Where the applicant does not meet the entry criteria above, the applicant may be admitted to the Bachelor of Professional Creative Practice (Honours) | Te Hono ki Toi (Poutiri-ā-rangi) [Level 8] and upon successful completion of two courses (B average) from the schedule to the regulations of the Bachelor of Professional Creative Practice (Honours) | Te Hono ki Toi (Poutiri-ā-rangi) [Level 8], gain admission to the MPCP.
English Language Entry Requirements
Applicants from countries in which English is not the primary spoken language must demonstrate an acceptable level of English language fluency prior to acceptance in the programme. Ways in which English language fluency may be demonstrated include (i) completion of a programme of study in which English was the language of instruction (conditions apply*), and (ii) approved scores on IELTS tests, namely an Academic score of 6.5 with no band lower than 6 (or accepted international equivalents).
Māori/English Language Entry Requirements (Toihoukura)
Applicants will need to demonstrate fluency, at a level sufficient to academically succeed in the course, in either Te Reo Māori or English.
Applicants who have the language fluency to support it may complete their assessments in Te Reo Māori.
Applicants from countries in which English is not the primary spoken language must demonstrate an acceptable level of English language fluency prior to acceptance in the programme. Ways in which English language fluency may be demonstrated include (i) completion of a programme of study in which English was the language of instruction (conditions apply*), and (ii) approved scores on IELTS tests, namely an Academic score of 6.5 with no band lower than 6 (or accepted international equivalents).
Standard discretionary entrance guidelines will apply.
Entry with Credit
Applicants may be admitted with credit transfer or recognition of prior learning.
The Postgraduate Programmes Cluster Committee shall have discretion in the granting of academic credit.
Transfers/Cross Credits
Academic credit may be awarded as:
● Recognition of prior learning (RPL) at Level 8 and/or Cross Credit of course(s) (specified credit) at NZQA Level 8 which are relevant to Bachelor of Professional Creative Practice (Honours) | Te Hono ki Toi (Poutiri-ā-rangi) [Level 8] and MPCP.
● The Postgraduate Programmes Cluster Committee may grant credit, however, credit granted shall not be for courses completed as part of an undergraduate degree.
● Persons with a relevant postgraduate qualification, equivalent to NZQA Level 8 may be admitted to the MPCP programme. Credit towards the MPCP up to a maximum of 120 credits may be granted.
● No credits at Level 9 may be awarded on the basis of previous study.
● Where the applicant did not previously meet the MPCP entry criteria and has successfully completed the EIT Bachelor of Professional Creative Practice (Honours) | Te Hono ki Toi (Poutiri-ā-rangi) [Level 8] up to 120 credits towards the MPCP may be approved. Normally such credit will be granted where the applicant has achieved not less than a B in the course(s) for which credit is applied.
International Entry
Entry Criteria
● An undergraduate degree in a creative practice with a B average or better, OR
● B average in a postgraduate qualification (Level 8) in a creative practice field.
● Where the applicant does not meet the entry criteria above, the applicant may be admitted to the Te Hono ki Toi (Poutiri-ā-rangi) [Kaupae 8] | Bachelor of Professional Creative Practice (Honours) [Level 8] programme and upon successful completion of two courses (B average) from the schedule to the regulations of the Te Hono ki Toi (Poutiri-ā-rangi) [Kaupae 8] | Bachelor of Professional Creative Practice (Honours) [Level 8], gain admission to the Te Hono ki Toi (Poutiriao).
English Language Entry Requirements (IDEAschool)
All applicants must demonstrate an acceptable level of English Language fluency prior to acceptance in the programme. English Language fluency can be verified by achievement of one of the following within the last two years:
■ New Zealand Certificate in English Language Level 5 (Academic)
■ IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5 with no band score lower than 6.0
■ PTE (Academic) score of 58 with no band score lower than 50
■ International equivalents to IELTS accepted by NZQA or successful study of a programme in which English was the language of instruction (conditions apply)
Scholarships
EIT offers a variety of scholarships across various subjects and programme levels. Some scholarships are based on your age, some are specific to the subject you want to study. Not all scholarships are based on your academic ability and anyone wanting to study should investigate what scholarships are available to them.
You can find a list of EIT scholarships here however there are many more scholarships offered nationally. Information about these is on an database called “givME”. givME is accessible at EIT or at some public libraries. If you would like to come to EIT to look through the giveME database don’t hesitate to contact scholarships@eit.ac.nz or call in for a chat.
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