Students will study compulsory papers on audio equipment and choose from elective papers in acoustics, electronics, technology, specialist audio topics or a major research project. Graduate Diploma graduates will acquire critical thinking and independent learning skills, along with in-depth knowledge in audio production which will enhance their professional skills in this selected area or staircase to postgraduate study.

Entry is open to degree graduates, however those who have been able to demonstrate equivalent practical, professional or educational experience of an appropriate kind, may be granted admission. Additional Criteria Applicants are required to provide two confidential references from people who are able to affirm that the applicant is of good character and reputation. Language Requirements Applicants from countries with an annual student visa approval rate of at least 80 per cent, whose first language is not English, or who come from a country where the language of instruction in schools is not English, are required to provide evidence of having achieved one of the following: NCEA Level 3 with University Entrance, or Certificate of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA), or Successful completion of a Bachelors’ Degree, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Bachelor Honours degree, Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Masters’ Degree or Doctoral Degree, the language of instruction of which must be in English and which must be from a tertiary education provider from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom or the United States, or Successful completion of one of the following internationally recognised proficiency tests listed below to the level required of the programme of study and with all scores achieved in a single test during the preceding two years: IELTS test - Academic score of 6 with no band score lower than 5.5 TOEFL Paper-based test (pBT) – Score of 550 (with an essay score 5 TWE) TOEFL Internet-based test (iBT) – Score of 60 (with a writing score of 18) Cambridge English Examinations – FCE or FCE for schools with a score of 169 No less than 162 in each skill. OET at Grade C in all sub-tests. NZCEL3 – Level 4 with the Academic endorsement Pearson Test of English (Academic) – PToE (Academic) score of 50 City and Guilds IESOL – B2 Communicator with a score of 66 Language Cert – C1 Expert IESOL (LRWS) with PASS