Graduate Diploma in Arts - Anthropology

The University of Auckland

This flexible diploma is a way for you to take Arts courses if you have already completed a degree, and a useful pathway to postgraduate study. If you already have a degree and want to take Arts courses, this flexible diploma might just be for you. You could use the diploma to qualify for postgraduate study by taking courses in the subject of your choice at intermediate and advanced undergraduate level. It is also a way that you can study a specific subject to complement your existing qualifications and further your personal or professional development. You can supplement your undergraduate degree with the courses you need to follow a specific career path or enhance your professional development. If you’re looking to step up into one of our postgraduate programmes, the graduate diploma is a useful way for you to get there.You can study topics ranging from human evolution and the development of human culture to aspects of modern society. Our courses include: Analysis of past human behaviour and culture through what has been left behind How humans have evolved and continue to respond to changing circumstances Cultures, societies and ways of life, ranging from tribal communities to postmodern societies Music and its social functions in different cultures and societies

Faculty of Arts