University
The University of WaikatoThis course is available
On-Campus
Level of Study
Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma
Duration
1 year
Next start date
Expected
Postgraduate diplomas provide the opportunity for continuing professional development in the same area as an original degree. A postgraduate diploma can often lead to a masters degree.
Why study a PGDip?
Postgraduate diplomas generally comprise of a one-year full-time or extended part-time programme of graduate papers.
They build on attainment in a prior degree and demonstrated practical, professional or scholarly experience.
Why study International Relations and Security Studies?
A wide range of different length dissertations and theses can be undertaken allowing you to focus on an area of special interest. Like most states, New Zealand depends for its security and prosperity on regional and international stability. Its political, economic and societal well-being can be affected by, for example, major power relations; global financial crisis; and the rise of violent extremist non-state actors and the responses to them. As a good international citizen, New Zealand seeks to play a role in the international institutions which try to uphold international law and order and to contribute to international stabilisation operations in various countries. Given the significance of such issues, International Relations and Security Studies is available as a minor in the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Social Sciences.
Career Opportunities
Diplomat
Foreign Policy Analyst
International Defence Relations Officer
National Assessments Bureau
National and International NGOs
New Zealand Defence Force Officer
Security and Intelligence Officer
PGDip candidates must have qualified for a bachelors degree of the University of Waikato or an equivalent qualification, and have completed study at an advanced level in the subject they wish to take.
Otherwise, candidates may demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Academic Board that they have adequate training, experience and ability, and have satisfied the prerequisites for graduate study in the subject(s) being taken for the Postgraduate Diploma.
English Language Requirements
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