Postgraduate Diploma in Creative Practice

Summary

The Postgraduate Diploma in Creative Practice enables artists, designers, photographers, animators, educators, performers, directors, producers and other creative thinkers to advance their professional careers within Unitec’s Creative Industries cultural hub.

In the first semester, a combination of taught, negotiated or studio courses allow you to tailor the learning experience to your specialist creative research interests, whether these fall into traditional (graphic design, industrial design, photography, animation, visual arts, performance) or hybrid domains (service design, experience design, design for social innovation, performance or production design, transmedia, interdisciplinary practice).

Your second semester involves conceptualising, proposing and implementing advanced creative research. You will be supervised and mentored by academic staff and/or industry professionals. Creative projects may take place on campus or be integrated into a relevant workplace.

Highlights

• Create a body of new work, improve your job opportunities, and refresh or re-orient your profession.
• Develop critical self-reflection, creative thinking and research skills by taking your practice to an advanced level.
• Work in an evolving multi-disciplinary environment where you will get exposure to a wide range of approaches, practices, and theories.
• Improve your communication and project proposal skills through studio critiques and written components.
• Learn from supervisors that include notable artists, designers, and educators.
• Enhance your creative portfolio with a significant advanced research project.

Screenwriting

Develop your craft in writing for screen at post graduate level in a practice-led environment mentored by industry specialists. Working across Certificate, Diploma or Masters Level this course offers intensive and collaborative workshop opportunities combined with individualised flexible modes of delivery towards the realisation of a significant screenwriting project. Screenwriting graduates develop strong industry connections throughout their study, taking up opportunities to write for TV and activate links with the screen community.

PGDCP (2 semesters) – Develop screenwriting and pitching skills and complete an industry standard script (short screenplay for submission).

Meet our Postgraduate Supervisors

• Dr. Cris de Groot, Senior Lecturer (Product Design, Industrial Design, Business Focussed Design, Creativity, Creative Entrepreneurship)
• Richard Fahey, Senior Lecturer (Painting, Visual Art, Ceramics, NZ Craft, Curating, Visual Art Education)
• Gina Ferguson, Senior Lecturer (Sculpture, Craft, Installation Art, Public Art)
• Allan McDonald, Lecturer (Photography)
• Emma Smith, Senior Lecturer (Painting, Visual Art, Contemporary Art)
• Dr. Leon Tan, Associate Professor (Public Art, Participatory Art, Visual Art, Visual Culture, Participatory Design, Interdisciplinary Practice)
• Jonty Valentine, Lecturer (Graphic Design, Publication Design, Contemporary Art)
• Dan Wagner, Senior Lecturer (Screen Art, Screen Education, Cinematography)
• Paul Woodruffe, Senior Lecturer (Visual Art, Public Art, Design for Social Innovation)
• Dr. Becca Wood,  Senior Lecturer (Choreography, Somatic Practice, Spatial Practice, Site-Based Performance, Interdisciplinary Practice, Digital Culture)
• Dr. Vanessa Byrnes, Associate Professor (Theatre, Performance, Directing, Acting, Theory, Producing)
• Peeti Lamwilai, Lecturer (Graphic Design, Digital Design, Motion Graphics)

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Career Options

• Artist,
• Choreographer,
• Creative director,
• Curator,
• Digital artist,
• Director,
• Graphic designer,
• Photographer,
• Producer,
• Visual artist

Annual Tuition Fees

Domestic/NZ students

$9,000

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