Diploma in Arts in Cultural Studies

University of Canterbury

If you are wanting to study Arts subjects at university, the one-year Diploma in Arts (DipArts) is a great option without having to complete a full three-year bachelor's degree. It also allows you to take Arts courses of interest to add onto your studies in other areas. Study Involve: Choose from a wide range of Arts subjects and courses at any level. Complete a compulsory course on foundational arts skills of academic writing, analysing evidence, or bicultural identity. This Diploma can be studied full-time in 1 year, or part-time for up to 6 years. Can be used as a pathway to the Bachelor of Arts with the ability to transfer your completed courses to that degree. In Cultural Studies, you will analyse film, social media, graphic novels, art, fashion, sport, and everyday activities with the aim of understanding how complex our culture is and how it shapes our identity. Cultural Studies is a ‘virtual’ programme: our core courses are taught from within the Department of English, and other courses draw from the expertise of academics from more than a dozen departments across the faculty. This offers you considerable freedom and flexibility in your studies, while ensuring that our degrees have a robust foundation in Cultural Studies theories and methods. This subject, like culture, is highly flexible you can construct your own degree and choose to dive into what interests you the most. Study Involve: Combine wide-ranging topics like cinema studies, history, media and communication, English, sociology, and Maori and Indigenous studies. Explore a range of theories, worldviews, and cultural texts and debates. Adding a minor in Cultural Studies with another degree will expand your perspective on cultural politics, power and identity in your other studies.

Faculty of Arts