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Career opportunities

This qualification will prepare you for a variety of roles within human resource management, corporate communications, community services, advertising, education
and more.

What you will learn

When you achieve this qualification you will be able to:

• analyse and use information logically and critically
• write concisely and clearly across a variety of formats and contexts
• communicate effectively at personal, group and organisational levels
• analyse, address and offer practical solutions complex communication issues
• understand organisational dynamics
• understand the fields and sub-fields within psychology and how and why these relate to specific career paths and employment areas within Aotearoa New Zealand
• apply and evaluate scientific research methodologies and analysis used in psychology
• identify and demonstrate ethical behaviour in research and/or professional practice
• recognise Aotearoa New Zealand's uniquely bicultural context based on the Treaty partnership with Māori, as tangata whenua, and know when and why Treaty principles should be applied
• recognise the importance of respecting cultural diversity and apply this knowledge in interactions with people
• explain and evaluate behaviour from multiple perspectives in a variety of settings.
• understand and apply the practice of psychology within an Aotearoa New Zealand context
• develop and evaluate insight into one's own and others' behaviour and mental processes
• use psychological principles to work effectively, as part of a team, and independently.