If you love being creative and want to study a selection of theatre, performance, creative writing, and digital media production courses, but you also want great career prospects the Bachelor of Communication (Expressive Arts) is for you.

Expressive arts at Massey University is unique in New Zealand and was created in response to student demand.

As part of your study, you will be able to choose from a range of activities such as devising, directing, and writing theatre, writing creative works including fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, writing for children, and screenplays, or filming and producing digital video.

Choose the creative discipline you love

Students told the university they wanted a little bit of theatre, creative writing or digital media production, or some combination. 

But not necessarily to focus just on one. So the university invented ‘expressive arts.

The university calls it the ‘triple dip’ major where you can add as much or as little as you like to your degree from any of the three creative discipline areas of theatre, creative writing, or digital media production. 

You choose what to emphasize, whether it’s one, two, or all three of these areas.

Hands-on, relevant skills

As well as hands-on skills in various creative areas, you’ll learn leadership skills and how creativity fits into a professional communications role.

For example, you might write a travel memoir, produce a music video, or direct an experimental multimedia show based on your original script. 

You might use techniques of improvisational theatre as a way of unlocking and managing your creativity across other media including creative writing.

You might find yourself crafting Twitter poetry or learning how your posture communicates instantly to others.

• Officially verified copies of Birth certificate/ Current passport, including any residency visa/ Citizenship certificate
• Proof of the name change
• High School graduation certificate
• Academic transcripts
• English Language proficiency
• A statement of any disability or health condition (If Applicable)
• Evidence of any scholarships (If Applicable)

To be admitted to an undergraduate qualification, applicants will need a minimum level of academic achievement from school, or another university or tertiary institution. 

The specific level depends on which country or region of the world they are from.

China:

• Senior High School graduation plus successful completion of one year of bachelor's-level study from a recognized institution; or
• Successful completion of a two-year diploma, or a minimum of two years out of a three-year diploma from a recognized institution; or
• Completed Gaokao with a tier-one score from the related province

India: 

• All India Senior School Certificate (AISSC) Year 12 or Indian School Certificate (ISC) Year 12, with an overall average of 75% and a minimum of 60% in English; or
• Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) – State Board Examination in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujurat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal, with:
  • an overall average of 85% or higher (with no less than four academic subjects), with
  • a minimum of 70% or above in English.

Foundation qualifications to meet entry requirements

If you don't have the skills or qualifications you need to be accepted into your chosen study, you can do foundation qualifications.

• Foundation Certificate (International)
• Foundation Certificate (International Accelerated)