25 August 2020
Mr Green
By email:
[FYI request #13438 email]
Dear Mr Green
Official information request for Victoria University's graduating numbers
I refer to your request for information under the Of icial Information Act 1982 (the Act) dated 3
August 2020:
1. How many students graduated in International Relations (undergrad) in 2019 and 2020?
2. I would like to know the Bachelor of Arts GPA's (of their whole degree) of those who
finished their degree in 2019/2020 - in those who majored in either political science
and/or international relations. Please use the 9-point scale. Please include all those who
have majored in either of these two subjects, incl. those who have graduated with
another major/minor as well, such as Intl. Relations and History, or Political Science and
Public Policy.
3. Similarly, I would like to know: Of those who started the MSS, MIR, and MPOLS
program in 2019 and 2020, I would like to know their GPA's from their previous study,
say, as an undergraduate or from another degree. Please use the 9-point scale.
Each of your requests, and the University’s response, is set out below.
Please note that GPA records have been truncated for any qualifications that had less than, or
equal to, five students.
1. University graduates who had selected International Relations as a major in 2019 and 2020:
Student Count by Qual status
Completion Year
Grand
Qual Status
2019
2020 Total
DA - Qualification Granted
172
1
173
DC - Qualification Completed
16
25
41
DX - Qualification to be Granted
1
15
16
Grand Total
189
41
230
2. The average GPA for BA qualifications in 2019 is 5.45 and in 2020 it is 5.37.
3. The average GPA of the prior qualifications for students who started MSS, MIR, MPOLS in
2019 from their ‘previous UG qualifications’ is 5.2. The average GPA of the prior
qualifications for students who started MSS, MIR, MPOLS in 2020 from their ‘previous UG
qualifications’ is 5.4.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this
decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact us at
[VUW request email].
Yours sincerely
Tessa Goldsack
Senior Advisor, Official Information and Privacy
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