Welcome to Postgraduate Study in the School of Humanities
Historical and cultural competency is rapidly becoming a social, political, and economic imperative in the contemporary world.
Gabrielle M Spiegel
Welcome to the home page for future and current postgraduates in the School of Humanities. The School of Humanities offers a rich array of postgraduate degrees by coursework and by thesis alone. We are a new school, established in January 2009, and provide a range of pathways for students to indulge their passion for the Humanities and to make a difference in the world. You will find on this website information specific to our school and its programmes of study along with links to sources of relevant information about graduate study.
News
Earthquake Impact Report for thesis students: due 1 Oct. 2010
We appreciate that this is a difficult time for many of you and we would like to do whatever we can to minimize the negative impact of the earthquake on your studies. In the next two weeks, you need to contact your senior supervisor to discuss the impact of the earthquake on your work and fill out this form. A copy needs to be sent to your Programme Co-ordinator and to the Humanities Postgraduate Co-ordinator, Maureen Montgomery. We are collating information across the school and these forms will enable us to identify common issues as well as individual ones.
Receiving University email
As some students have experienced issues with their email accounts in 2010, please be aware that you are expected to check your pg account (eg, "joe.strummer@pg.canterbury.ac.nz") regularly for university communications. If you prefer to be contacted by another address, contact ICT at ictservicedesk@canterbury.ac.nz to arrange for your email to be forwarded to your preferred address.
Postgraduate study in Humanities
The following are the graduate and postgraduate qualifications that can be studied in the School of Humanities:
- Graduate Diploma in Arts - GradDipArts
- Bachelor of Arts with Honours - BA(Hons)
- Master of Arts - MA
- Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
- Postgraduate Diploma in Art Curatorship - PGDipArtCuratorship
- Master of Fine Arts (Creative Writing) - MFA(Creative Writing)
Click on any of the links to the specific qualifications for further information.
On this Page:
(For postgraduate forms, please visit the Forms page. Visit the Scholarships site for information about available scholarships.)
Before you apply
Prospective students should familiarise themselves with the details of the programme they are interested in before applying for admission; please see the relevant programme website for further information.
The following are required to apply for admission at postgraduate level:
- originals or certified true copies of university academic transcripts, which list the courses studied and the grades achieved;
- originals or certified true copies of evidence of graduation;
- evidence of English language proficiency (if English is not the first language of the applicant); and
- a completed application form:
2010 postgraduate application for admission form (PDF, 172 KB)
Note: If you have Australian or New Zealand permanent residency or citizenship, and your previous academic qualification is from overseas, please use this application for admission form (PDF, 135 KB) .
International students
If you have completed your previous academic studies outside New Zealand, and you wish to undertake postgraduate study at UC, you will first need to apply for admission, on the basis of your academic record and your English Language proficiency (for students from non-English speaking countries).
School funding for postgraduate study
Two types of funding are available to postgraduate students in the School of Humanities , contestable and non-contestable. Non-contestable funding is available to all postgraduate students enrolled in the School for Honours, Masters, or a Doctorate. Contestable funding is available to thesis students and is by application. Each application is considered by a committee consisting of three members of the Humanities academic staff.
Non-contestable funding
Honours
Up to $200 (for the period of enrolment) for photocopying, approved interloans, IT, the binding of research essays, and other small research expenses.
Masters
Up to $300 per annum for the period of enrolment for photocopying, approved interloans, IT, the binding of theses, and other small research expenses.
PhD
Up to $300 per annum for the period of enrolment for photocopying, approved interloans, IT, the binding of theses, and other small research expenses.
Contestable funding
The purpose of contestable funding is to provide additional essential financial support for your research – e.g. travel, conference fee, special equipment, unusual printing costs.
Normally no student will receive more than $1000 of contestable funding in one year.
Conference attendance will be funded only if a) you are presenting a paper at the conference and b) prior to the conference, you present the paper in a departmental seminar.
Approval for conference expenses and travel outside New Zealand will be unusual; approval for travel to the Northern Hemisphere will be exceptional.
Applicants should also seek alternative sources of funding (eg, The Federation of Graduate Women). Please contact the Scholarships Office for details of alternative sources.
Learning Skills Centre
The Learning Skills Centre is a free advisory service and resource hub that focuses on writing and study strategies to maximise student achievement at all levels — from first-year through to PhD. It offers individual consultations with a learning advisor, workshops, seminars, lectures, and online resources on critical thinking and writing in the university context — everything from the correct use of semi-colons, to creating a citations list, to subject-specific styles of discourse.
Learning Skills Website