发展不同科学学科的知识，或为进一步学习做好准备，获得这一为期一年的科学大专文凭，成为脊椎医生。
奥克兰理工大学应用科学大专文凭有两条途径：
1. 标准大专文凭
2. 脊椎按摩前置课程
奥克兰理工大学应用科学大专文凭核心信息：
英文全称：Diploma in Applied Science
学制：1年
开学时间：2月、7月
学费：$37,746（2024年）
奥克兰理工大学应用科学大专文凭申请要求：
1、 高中毕业，均分至少75%，且生物、化学、地球与空间科学、物理、科学课程不低于60%
2、 雅思5.5分单项不低于5分
奥克兰理工大学应用科学大专文凭学习内容：
标准大专文凭课程，以下课程选8门：
BIOL401 Foundation Biology
CHEM401 Foundation Chemistry
ECOL401 Foundation Ecology
HUMB401 Foundation Human Anatomy and Physiology
SCIE401 Foundation Biophysics
ASTR500 Introductory Astronomy
BIOL500 Foundations of Life
BMED500 Introduction to Biomedical Science
CHEM500 Chemistry in Our World
CHEM501 Principles of Chemistry
CHEM502 Biological Chemistry
COMP500 Programming Concepts and Techniques
COMP503 Object Oriented Programming
CONS500 Biodiversity
DIDG507 Mahitahi | Collaborative Practices
EASC500 Our Dynamic Earth
ENVS503 Our Total Environment
FOOD502 Food Science
FOOD503 Food Technology
GESC500 Mapping Our Environment
HEAL505 Human Anatomy and Physiology I
HEAL506 Knowledge, Enquiry and Communication
HEAL507 Health and Environment
MASC500 Introduction to Marine Science
MAOH501 Hauora Māori and Environment
MATH502 Algebra and Discrete Mathematics
MATH504 Introductory Mathematics for Science
MATH505 Algebra and Calculus I
MELS501 Histology and Cytology
MICR501 Microbial Life
PHYS501 Physics for Scientists and Engineers
SCIE504 Science and Society
STAT500 Applied Statistics
STAT502 Introductory Probability and Statistics
SOSC585 Climate Action
ASTR600 Space, Time and Gravity
ASTR601 Astrophysics and Space Science
BMED600 Molecular Biomedicine
BMED601 Natural Biomedical Products
CHEM601 Inorganic Chemistry
CHEM602 Biochemistry
CHEM603 Organic Chemistry
CHEM604 Instrumental Analysis
CHEM605 Thermodynamics and Chemical Kinetics
CONS600 Ecology and Evolution
CONS601 Plant and Animal Taxonomy
EASC600 Concepts in Earth Science Systems
EASC601 Tectonic Processes and Climate Change
ENVS605 Environmental Cycles and Flows
ENVS606 Environmental Pressures, Threats and Risks
FOOD601 Food Chemistry
FOOD602 Food Microbiology
FOOD604 Food Process Engineering
GENE603 Cells, Genes and Molecules
GESC600 Geospatial Analysis
GESC601 Geospatial Field Skills
HPRO600 Environmental Health
MASC600 Estuaries to Deep Sea
MASC601 Biology of Marine Organisms
MATH605 Algebra and Calculus II
MATH606 Modelling and Differential Equations I
MATH607 Quantitative Decision Analysis
MELS607 Medical Microbiology I
MICR601 Environmental Microbiology
SCIE600 Scientific Inquiry
SCIE606 Vision Mātauranga: Science Practice in Aotearoa
SPSC604 Applied Sports Biomechanics
STAT603 Forecasting
STAT604 Statistical Inference
STAT605 Statistical Data Analysis
脊椎按摩学士前置课程
BIOL500 Foundations of Life
MICR501 Microbial Life
HEAL505 Human Anatomy and Physiology I
HEAL506 Knowledge, Enquiry and Communication
HEAL507 Health and Environment OR MAOH501 Hauora Māori
HEAL609 Human Anatomy and Physiology II
SPSC604 Applied Sports Biomechanics
奥克兰理工大学应用科学大专文凭发展前景：
完成标准科学大专课程，拥有这一广泛科学基础的毕业生为在各种行业从事科学和实验室工作做好了准备。你也可以继续攻读理学学士学位。
完成脊椎按摩学士前置课程，这条路为你进入脊骨医学院并成为注册脊骨治疗师做准备。
