Certificate
Looking for a short-term study option? A certificate can help pave your way to future success, and is equivalent to the first year of study of a bachelor's degree. It's a great way to gain an introductory qualification in a field of study.
A certificate can be taken in any of the following fields of study:
- Arts - Cert(Arts)
- Business - Cert(Bus)
- Design: See Cert(Des)
- Education - See Cert(Ed)
- Environmental Planning - Cert(EnvPlan)
- Health, Sport and Human Performance - See Cert(HSHP)
- Law - Cert(Law)
- Management - Cert(Mgt)
- Māori and Pacific Development: See Cert(MPD)
- Science: See Cert(Sc)
- Social Sciences - Cert(SocSc)
Key information
| Years: | 1 |
|---|---|
| Study Locations: | Hamilton |
| Start Dates: | Semester A (February) and Semester B (July) |
| Faculties: |
Choose a subject
- Accounting
- Agribusiness
- American Studies
- Animal Behaviour
- Anthropology
- Applied Computing
- Biochemistry
- Biological Sciences
- Biotechnology
- Chemistry
- Chinese
- Creative Practices
- Creative Technologies
- Design Media
- Earth Sciences
- Economics
- Education and Society
- Electronics
- Engineering
- English
- English as a Second Language
- Environmental Planning
- Environmental Sciences
- Ethics
- Finance
- French
- Geography
- History
- Human Development
- Human Resource Management
- Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management
- International Languages and Cultures
- Japanese
- Labour Studies
- Linguistics
- Management Systems
- Marketing
- Materials and Processing
- Mathematics
- Music
- Māori and Pacific Development
- Māori Cultural Studies/Tikanga Māori
- Māori Language/Te Reo Māori
- Māori Media and Communication
- New Zealand Studies/Akoranga Aotearoa
- Pacific Studies
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science
- Population Studies
- Psychology
- Public Policy
- Public Relations
- Screen and Media Studies
- Social Policy
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Statistics
- Strategic Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Theatre Studies
- Tourism Management
- Treaty of Waitangi Studies/Akoranga Te Tiriti o Waitangi
- Women's and Gender Studies
- Writing Studies
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Entry requirements
You will be eligible to apply for a certificate if you have University Entrance or its equivalent. For more information see entry requirements.
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Regulations
Students of the Certificate must gain 120 points at 100-level or above, including 90 points in a single field of study.
Students of the Certificate must gain 120 points at 100-level or above, including 90 points in a single field of study. Students must also meet any relevant field requirements. Normally a certificate involves one year of full-time study.
Note: A candidate who has successfully completed papers for this qualification may apply to have them transferred to an undergraduate degree, before the qualification is awarded.
Certificate in Business or Management
This certificate is available to students who wish to gain an introductory qualification in business/management.
This certificate is available to students who wish to gain an introductory qualification in business/management.
Students must pass a total of 120 points (8 papers) at 100-level or above, and follow an approved programme of study.
At least 90 points (6 papers) must be from the fields of business/management, and include the compulsory paper STMGT101 Introduction to Management.
The subjects that comprise the fields of business/management are set out in the University Calendar under 'Undergraduate Diploma and Certificate Fields'.
We recommend that students include the List A Business Fundamentals papers in their programme of study, but this is not compulsory:
- ACCTN101 Accounting for Management
- ECONS101 Business Economics and the New Zealand Economy
- FINAN101 Introduction to Finance
- MGSYS101 Digital Business and Supply Chain Management
- MRKTG101 Fundamentals of Successful Marketing
Elective papers
The remaining 30 points of the Certificate (2 papers) can be chosen from any paper in any undergraduate subject offered by any faculty at the University of Waikato - as long as you have completed any prerequisite papers.