Graduate Diploma in Arts major in Employment Relations and Organisation Studies

A major is the main subject area that you choose to study in your degree. You will study courses up to Stage III level in this subject.

As well as gaining skills, knowledge and experience in your chosen area, you will learn how to think creatively, solve problems and communicate effectively, all essential skills to help you thrive in any career you choose.

Please see the main programme link below to see further details for the programme.

Employment Relations and Organisation Studies examines the nature of work, employment relationships and organisational life. It is concerned with how organisations function, how people work within them, and how they relate to their stakeholders and the wider environment. This includes organisations in the private sector, the public sector and the not-for-profit sector around the world. The subject helps people understand the role of management and includes activities that help to develop skills in managing people, teams and enterprises.

GradDipArts - Graduate Diploma in Arts

You can study areas such as:

- Organisational behaviour

- Employment relations

- Diversity at work

- Human resource management

- Business ethics

- Business and society

Graduates will join or encounter organisations, whatever their occupational field. Employment Relations and Organisation Studies helps people prepare for organisational life. It helps individuals develop the basis for a career in management, including as a team leader in a wide range of functions or as a specialist in human resource management, organisational development or corporate social responsibility.

Complete 120 points comprising:

45 points from Bachelor of Arts major in Employment Relations and Organisation Studies Stage III Courses, and
At least 15 points from Additional Courses from the Bachelor of Arts major in Employment Relations and Organisation Studies, and
0 to 60 points from Courses from the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Schedules

Selected courses must include at least 75 points at level 300 or higher.

Bachelor of Arts major in Employment Relations and Organisation Studies Stage III Courses

Complete exactly 45 points from the following:

ANTHRO 374 - Economy and Culture (15 points)

COMLAW 314 - Employment Law (15 points)

GEOG 327 - Politics, Markets and Economies (15 points)

MAORI 335 - Mana Taketake / Indigenous Sovereignty and Public Policy (15 points)

MGMT 304 - HR Policy and Practice (15 points)

MGMT 309 - Organisational Ethics and Sustainability (15 points)

MGMT 314 - Critical Issues in Organisations (15 points)

MGMT 320 - Special Topic: Management and Games: Integrative Capstone (15 points)

SOCIOL 310 - Sociological Research in Practice (15 points)

SUSTAIN 300 - A Sustainable World (15 points)

Additional Courses from the Bachelor of Arts major in Employment Relations and Organisation Studies

Complete at least 15 points from the following:

EROS-BA - Bachelor of Arts major in Employment Relations and Organisation Studies (120 points)

Courses from the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Schedules

Complete 0 to 60 points from the following:

BA - Bachelor of Arts (360 points)

BA(Hons) - Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (120 points)

Please note that while regulations and programme rules for future academic years may be displayed or made available in advance, they remain subject to change. Official, final approved programme regulations for the upcoming academic year will be available when the University Calendar is published in late October of the preceding year. Any information available prior to Calendar publication should be treated as provisional.

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