Certificate in Border and Biosecurity – CertBBiosec

Summary

Massey’s Certificate in Border and Biosecurity is a part-time, multi-disciplinary border and biosecurity qualification.

You can choose from a wide range of subject areas including plant and animal science, border security, biosecurity, organisational behaviour, law, globalisation and trade, data management and decision making, logistics and supply chain management.

Your first year will include two compulsory courses relating to border and biosecurity studies. The rest of your qualification will be made up of elective courses that you choose to suit your interests.

Massey excels at distance learning, and all your teaching will be provided by distance and/or block courses. This offers flexibility for students with jobs or other commitments.

You’ll learn about:

• the concepts of border security and biosecurity
• contemporary border and biosecurity issues and practices, and
• the implications of these for countries’ national security and the economic and social wellbeing of their people.

Biosecurity is a multi-disciplinary practice concerned with protecting valued life from pests and diseases. New Zealand’s primary industries are critical to the economy on a local scale and play an important role in food security on a global one. Protecting the biodiversity of indigenous flora and fauna is equally important. The qualification has a distinctly New Zealand focus while maintaining global relevance.

Massey University offers knowledge and expertise across the breadth of disciplines required for a border and biosecurity qualification. Massey provides a high level of prestige and international recognition for the provision of this qualification, including associated research opportunities.

Massey is well connected within the government sector. Both the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and the New Zealand Customs Service (Customs) are members of Massey University’s Strategic Advisory Board, along with other key government security and intelligence agencies. You’ll be able to specialise in border management and biosecurity issues that focus on government-relevant skills.

You’ll have the opportunity for applied learning and/or community and civic engagement that will connect you with the wider community and authenticate your study through real-world application.

On completion of this certificate, you could go on to study a Diploma in Border and Biosecurity. You would then have the opportunity for further university undergraduate study, such as a Bachelor of Arts (Security Studies).