文学硕士课程包括对一门艺术学科的进阶学习，旨在供那些希望加深对这一学科知识的人使用。该学位还包括独立研究的重要组成部分。文学硕士可以在艺术和社会科学学院或毛利人和土著研究学院中取得。被广泛视为新西兰应用心理学的中心
The Master of Arts involves advanced study in an Arts subject and is intended for those who want to deepen their knowledge of that subject. The degree also includes a substantial component of independent research. The Master of Arts may be taken within the Faculty of Mori and Indigenous Studies, School of Arts or the School of Social Sciences.<br>Psychology is about understanding the behaviour and cognitive processes of people and animals in their physical, social and organisational environment. As a behavioural science, it examines the way behaviour is learned and can be changed. As a social science, it focuses on individuals within the context of families, organisations and other groups, communities, cultures and societies. As a biological science, it studies the senses (hearing, vision, touch) and how the brain and physiological systems relate to behaviour. As a cognitive science it studies perception, attention, memory, thinking and lan