Students in New Zealand need opportunities to develop knowledge and skills with Digital Technologies so they are equipped to respond to rapid changes in our society. This subject has the potential to strengthen the appeal to students of Digital Technologies as a specialist subject and to connect students with a range of enterprising and innovative employment opportunities and tertiary pathways.
Let Digital Technologies be a pathway to some of the industries listed below or more:
Take University papers while at secondary school and get a head start in your degree with Waikato's Unistart programme. There are options to take papers online or at our Hamilton and Tauranga campuses. Check out the Introduction to Computer Science.
The STAR Programme allows secondary school students from anywhere in New Zealand to enrol in first-year degree-level courses while they are in Year 12 or 13. For Media and Communication there are some courses available at distance learning.
Software Developer
Personal Assistant
UX Specialist
Call Centre Assistant
Software Help Desk
Web Designer
Software Engineer
Officer Administrator
Graphic Designer
Photographer
Network Manager
Data Entry Operator
Teacher
Multimedia Designer
Data Scientist
Operational Researcher
Systems Analysis
ICT Trainer
ICT technician
Help Desk Support