The executive option is a flexible degree option for busy industry professionals. It offers you the chance to complete New Zealand's only Bachelor of Broadcasting Communications degree. You can study this option part-time and completely off campus.
You can apply and receive recognition for your prior learning in respect of your work experience and practical skills.
If you meet the criteria you have up to three years to complete the degree part time. In many cases, you may be able to complete the executive option in less than two years.
The media is one of the fastest changing areas of modern society. This requires media professionals to stay flexible, up to date and well informed. You need to understand new issues and debates, and the wider contexts in which these take place. Key to this is being a competent thinker, writer, researcher and analyst.
For this reason the executive version of the Bachelor of Broadcasting Communications degree is designed to develop these skills. It is an industry relevant degree that allows you to combine detailed research in your own industry along with broader areas of study. It also develops skills in a way that they can be constantly renewed as part of a lifelong process of learning.
The executive option is designed to:
If you are an applicant for the part-time Executive Option of the Bachelor of Broadcasting Communications degree, you first need to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). Download the Executive RPL form (PDF 0.2Mb) for more information and next steps.