NOTE: Please submit an official academic transcript showing your grades with your application form.

All applicants will meet with a Programme Coordinator to explore the ways the programme can meet their learning and development interests.

Te Tohu Paerua mō Te Aka Whakaaroaro | Master of Professional Practice

• An undergraduate degree in a socio-cultural field with a B average or better; or
• B average in a postgraduate qualification (Level 8); or
• Where the applicant does not meet the entry criteria above, the applicant may be admitted to Te Tohu Tītohu mō Te Aka Whakaaroaro | Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Practice and upon successful completion of two courses (B average) from the Schedule to the Regulations of Te Tohu Tītohu mō Te Aka Whakaaroaro | Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Practice, can gain admission to Te Tohu Paerua mō Te Aka Whakaaroaro | Master of Professional Practice.
• Progression to Level 9 courses is dependent upon satisfactory academic progress.
• Usually the applicant will be engaged in some form of socio-cultural practice.

Applicants for whom English is not their first language must have demonstrated an acceptable level of English language fluency prior to acceptance in the programme. Ways in which English language fluency may be demonstrated include successful study of a programme in which English was the language of instruction (conditions apply), completion of a New Zealand Certificate in English Language (Level 5 with the Academic endorsement), approved scores on IELTS tests (Academic score of 6.5 with no band score lower than 6, achieved in a single test) or completion of accepted international equivalents. All results for IELTS or other accepted English language tests must have been achieved in the two years prior to admission.

International applicants must obtain appropriate visas to study in New Zealand, and must be full-time students each semester.

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.

Academic credit may be awarded as:

• Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) at Level 8 and/or Cross Credit (CC) of course(s) (specified credit) at NZQA Level 8 which are relevant to Te Tohu Paerua mō Te Aka Whakaaroaro | Master of Professional Practice and Te Tohu Tītohu mō Te Aka Whakaaroaro | Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Practice.
• Unspecified credit where the learning is broadly relevant to Te Tohu Paerua mō Te Aka Whakaaroaro | Master of Professional Practice and Te Tohu Tītohu mō Te Aka Whakaaroaro | Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Practice, and can be determined to be equivalent to NZQA Level 8.
• No more than 60 credits may be unspecified at Level 8.
• Credits at Level 9 may be awarded only for the course MHS9.241 Research Methods and Design.

The EIT | Te Pūkenga Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Supervision may be credited to either the Master of Professional Practice or the Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Practice.

The Postgraduate Programmes Cluster Committee may grant credit, however, credit granted shall not be for courses completed as part of an undergraduate degree, nor shall credit exceed one-half of the total programme credits.

Notwithstanding the above, persons with a relevant postgraduate qualification, equivalent to NZQA Level 8 may be admitted to the Te Tohu Paerua mō Te Aka Whakaaroaro | Master of Professional Practice (MPP) programme. Credit towards the MPP may be made up of specified and unspecified credits up to a maximum of 120 credits.

Where the applicant did not previously meet the MPP entry criteria and has successfully completed the EIT | Te Pūkenga Te Tohu Tītohu mō Te Aka Whakaaroaro | Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Practice, up to 120 credits towards the MPP may be approved.

Admission to the capstone research pathway normally requires that the applicant shall have achieved a B average across credited courses.