Summer study
Summer break? More like summer breakthrough. Keep your degree moving over summer. Whether you're catching up or getting ahead, our Summer School courses mean you don't lose momentum.
Browse the courses below to get started.
Special Topic
This course focuses on the negotiation and development of a project within the disciplines of art or design of either a theoretical or applied nature. The project will involve research, analysis, creative exploration, documentation, and will result in a resolved body of work.
Quick facts
Apply by: 20 Nov 2026
Domestic fee: TBC
International fee: TBC
Student services levy (for all students): TBC
Special Topic
This course focuses on the negotiation and development of a project within the disciplines of art or design of either a theoretical or applied nature. The project will involve research, analysis, creative exploration, documentation, and will result in a resolved body of work.
Quick facts
Apply by: 20 Nov 2026
Domestic fee: TBC
International fee: TBC
Student services levy (for all students): TBC
Special Topic
This course focuses on the negotiation and development of a project within the disciplines of art or design of either a theoretical or applied nature. The project will involve research, analysis, creative exploration, documentation, and will result in a resolved body of work.
Quick facts
Apply by: 20 Nov 2026
Domestic fee: TBC
International fee: TBC
Student services levy (for all students): TBC
Business and Strategy in a Changing World
This course offers an introduction to key issues and trends shaping the future of business and strategy in domestic and global contexts. Concepts and frameworks will be introduced and applied to explore the way that developments in the global economy, digital technology and the ecological environment affect local and global stakeholders.
Quick facts
Apply by: 17 Dec 2026
Domestic fee: TBC
International fee: TBC
Student services levy (for all students): TBC
Business Information Systems
This course introduces key components of information systems (people, hardware, software, networks, data) and how these components are integrated and managed for business operations, decision making, collaboration, and competitive advantage.
Quick facts
Apply by: 20 Nov 2026
Domestic fee: TBC
International fee: TBC
Student services levy (for all students): TBC
Corporate Finance
This course provides students with a comprehensive understanding of both the theoretical principles and techniques in corporate finance and enables students to apply such principles and techniques in real-world business situations.
Quick facts
Apply by: 17 Dec 2026
Domestic fee: TBC
International fee: TBC
Student services levy (for all students): TBC
Financial Management for Accountants
This course focuses on the analysis of financial statements and the assessments of an organisation's performance, including capital and cash budgeting. Develops an understanding of appropriate accounting tools and techniques used to measure and assess risk and value.
Quick facts
Apply by: 17 Dec 2026
Domestic fee: TBC
International fee: TBC
Student services levy (for all students): TBC
Human Resource Management
This course is a study of human resource management (HRM) functions, principles, and practices in Aotearoa New Zealand. Students will examine how effective and ethical HRM can align with and enable organisational strategy.
Quick facts
Apply by: 20 Nov 2026
Domestic fee: TBC
International fee: TBC
Student services levy (for all students): TBC
Marketing Insights
This course is an introduction to the fundamentals of marketing as a discipline that identifies customer needs and wants, determines which target markets the firm can serve best, and designs appropriate products, services, and communications tailored to these markets. It provides students with the foundations for customer focused value creation.
Quick facts
Apply by: 20 Nov 2026
Domestic fee: TBC
International fee: TBC
Student services levy (for all students): TBC
Intercultural Communication
This course provides a framework for analysing intercultural communication within mediated and non-mediated contexts. Introduces a critique of cultural interaction to explore concepts of identity, ethnicity, and culture. Examines the social and historical contexts of intercultural communication and ethnic relations in Aotearoa New Zealand, and wider global spaces.
Quick facts
Apply by: 20 Nov 2026
Domestic fee: TBC
International fee: TBC
Student services levy (for all students): TBC
Media, Technology and Society
This course explores the relationship between mass communication, digital media technologies and society. It considers processes of media communication in relation to diverse practices, identities and social relationships, and introduces the critical study of media organisations, industries and networks, media messages, and contemporary audiences.
Quick facts
Apply by: 20 Nov 2026
Domestic fee: TBC
International fee: TBC
Student services levy (for all students): TBC
Text, Image and Sound
This course introduces the concept of textuality in the media, examining language, visual images and sound, and revealing how they generate meaning within cultural contexts. It explores texts from film, television, social media, radio and journalism.
Quick facts
Apply by: 17 Dec 2026
Domestic fee: TBC
International fee: TBC
Student services levy (for all students): TBC
Electrical Engineering Fundamentals
This course introduces the fundamentals of electrical systems, covering analogue circuits and analysis techniques, digital circuits and analysis techniques, electrical power systems and electric machines, telecommunication systems; and computer organisation.
Quick facts
Apply by: 17 Dec 2026
Domestic fee: TBC
International fee: TBC
Student services levy (for all students): TBC
5 – 29 January 2027
Mon & Wed, 9am – 12pm & Friday, 8am – 10am or 10am – 12pm
Assessment week: 2 - 5 February 2027
City Campus
Mathematics for Computing
This course provides an introduction to the mathematical and statistical concepts required for an understanding of the analysis of data and applications in computing. Topics include sets, functions, relations, matrix operations, probability, probability distributions and statistical measures.
Quick facts
Apply by: 17 Dec 2026
Domestic fee: TBC
International fee: TBC
Student services levy (for all students): TBC
5 – 29 January 2027
Mon, Wed, Fri, 10am – 12pm & 1pm – 3pm
Assessment week: 2 - 5 February 2027
City Campus
Need help?
If you’re already studying at AUT, you can contact the Student Hub for any questions about enrolling in Summer School.
Phone: 0800 288 864
Email: studenthub@aut.ac.nz