Employment Relations and Organisation Studies

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Foreign:$ 19.4 k / Year(s) Deadline: Jul 4, 2024
147 place StudyQA ranking:4310 Duration:1 year

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Employment Relations and Organisation Studies explores human interaction and management within organisations.

You can study topics which are at the core of any experience of work. We ask questions about the nature of business, employment and society.

Postgraduate study is available in the following areas:

  • general and strategic development
  • organisational behaviour and theory
  • organisational change
  • employment relations
  • human resource management
  • entrepreneurship and innovation
  • business and society
  • business ethics
  • international and cross-cultural management.

From 2012 there are two separate MA options, depending on your entrance pathway.

120-point (one-year) MA

The 120-point MA requires one year of full-time study, with admission from a BA(Hons) or PGDipArts. The MA in Employment Relations and Organisation Studies is available as a research masters.

  • 120 points: GLMI 796 Thesis

240-point (two-year) MA

The 240-point MA requires two consecutive years of full-time study, with admission from a BA or approved equivalent qualification. The MA in Employment Relations and Organisation Studies is available as a research masters.

  • Research masters: the first year typically consists of 120 points of 700-level taught courses as specified for the subject. In the second year you will complete a 120-point thesis or research portfolio. For some subjects the second year may consist of a 90-point thesis and 30 points from 700-level courses.
  • Taught masters: 240 points of 700-level courses as specified for the subject, including a research component of at least 45 points.

You may be permitted to include up to 60 points from other MA subjects, or other 700-level courses at this University, or from approved study at a university outside New Zealand.

120-point, one-year MA

  • A BA (Hons), PGDipArts or equivalent qualification in the intended subject with an average grade of B or higher
  • Individual subjects and research masters may have higher or additional requirements. 
  • Approval from the relevant Head of School or nominee.

240-point, two-year MA

  • A Bachelor of Arts or equivalent qualification
  • A pass in the prerequisite courses specified for the subject (usually a major in the subject) with an average grade of B or higher in at least 45 points above Stage II
  • Individual subjects may have higher or additional requirements. 
  • Approval from the relevant Head of School or nominee

To progess to the second year of the MA

In the first 120 points of MA enrolment, you must achieve:

  • An average grade of B, or
  • For a research masters, the grade specified for enrolment in a thesis or research portfolio in your subject

If you do not achieve the required grade, enrolment for the MA cannot continue.

Documents to support your application

  • Birth Certificate, or Relevant pages of your passport, or Citizenship Certificate.
  • ID photo
  • your official academic transcript
  • your official programme completion certificate
  • your mark sheets
  • your relevant course outlines (3)
  • IELTS or TOEFL or equivalent.

Minimum postgraduate English language requirements

  • IELTS (Academic): Overall score of 6.5 and all bands 6.0 or better
  • Internet-based TOEFL (iBT): Overall score of 90 plus a written score of 21
  • Paper-based TOEFL: Overall score of 575 plus Essay (TWE) of 4.5
  • Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) and Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE): Overall score of 176 and all bands 169 or better
  • Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic: Overall score of 58 and no PTE communicative skills score below 50. You must authorise the University to view and verify your PTE scores. 
  • Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB): 85

The University of Auckland provides a variety of different scholarships:

  • University of Auckland International Student Scholarships
  • Faculty of Arts International Masters Degree Scholarships
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