Total – 60 credits

Study areas for APPS

This Pre-Master's Pathway consists of four 15-credit courses. Each of these courses targets a skill or knowledge area:

Academic Language for Postgraduate Study

The course provides students from a range of educational backgrounds/cultures and language settings with the academic language skills needed for final year undergraduate and postgraduate study. It equips students with the necessary skills to successfully engage in group work, communicate effectively in collaborations with others, and gain confidence in building productive relationships to achieve their learning outcomes.

Critical and Contextual Thinking Skills for Postgraduate Study 

This course aims to enable students to develop the critical and analytical thinking skills essential for studying at the final year of undergraduate and at postgraduate level. Students will learn to critically engage with academic reading material to examine and evaluate the argument of others. Students will learn to identify the difference between critical analysis and description and be able to better formulate an argument effectively in their own writing. Students will participate in interactive workshops to develop confidence in their ability to apply critical thinking strategies.  Students will analyse differing viewpoints, challenge the views of others and clearly communicate their own position. 

Advanced Communication for Postgraduate Study

This course takes an andragogical approach to develop students from a range of educational backgrounds and cultures such that they can adeptly navigate differing contexts demanding diverse language competencies. The skills developed extend the ability and reach of students through the use of real-world business contexts and contexts requiring differing genres and lexicons. It equips students whose first language is not English with the necessary skills to transition successfully between different contexts as effective communicators.

Intercultural Competence

This course will develop knowledge, understanding and intercultural communication skills which can provide students with an understanding of how to interact, participate and communicate effectively in a range of personal and professional contexts.

Analytical Foundations for Postgraduate Study

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Transition to Massey University

On completing of the Pre-Master's Pathway with the required grades, you will meet the general admissions requirements for one of the following postgraduate programmes at Massey University.

• Master of Analytics

• Master of Business Administration

• Master of Finance

• Master of Professional Accountancy

• Master of Professional Accountancy (Chartered Accountant)

Scholarships

Our College offers scholarships to students who enrol in the Pre-Master’s Pathway. Please see the Scholarships page for more information.