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Ngā Kai o Roto | Contents

Kia ora Tohu | Qualifications Kaupapa | Subjects
2 Life in Ōtautahi Christchurch 8 Undergraduate study options 119 Tautoko | Get support
4 Kupu pātahi | Common terms 32 Certificates and diplomas 120 UC postgraduate qualifications
5 How do majors and minors work? 122 Whakapā mai | Contact us
6 Double and conjoint degrees

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Kia ora
UC offers heaps of options for study and lots of ways Throughout your time here, you will also discover new
you can learn. No matter what your interests are, you interests and make friends from all over the world. We
will find something you are passionate about here. look forward to having you join the whānau here at
Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury!
If you are not sure what you want to study yet, don’t
worry. This guide outlines all the subjects and degrees
available at UC and provides some useful info to help
you choose your path. Plus, it covers all the support
available to help you succeed.
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Kupu pātahi | Common terms
Degrees
Degrees are a type of qualification you can
study at university — there are several types
of qualifications varying in level of study
and length of time, such as:

Bachelor’s degrees
A bachelor’s degree is usually the first
qualification you study out of high school
that usually takes 3–4 years to complete.
UC offers a wide range of bachelor’s degrees
— see page 8.

Double degrees
Some bachelor’s degrees can be studied
together. When a student graduates with
a double degree, they receive 2 separate
qualifications. This option involves more
study, but you can specialise in different
areas, opening up a wider range of career Double major Courses
options — see page 6.
You can sometimes choose to A course, also know as a paper, is a specific
Conjoint degrees concentrate on two subjects that you are topic within a subject, for example an
interested in. These can be completed in American history course within the History
Conjoint degrees involve merging two the same time as a single major without subject. This involves lectures, assignments,
degrees into one so you can study majors the extra workload. and other forms of study. Your degree is
from different areas. A student will only made up of multiple courses.
receive one qualification when they Minor
graduate with a conjoint degree. This Points
involves a much higher workload each year. Besides a major, a minor is another way to
focus on a subject, but you will only study Each course has a points value (similar
While the workload is intensive, they cost this up to your second year. to credits from NCEA). You will need to
less than a double degree, and you would
For example, a Bachelor of Science complete a certain number of points overall
complete two study areas in a shorter time
majoring in Chemistry with a minor in to successfully finish your degree.
than doing both separately — see page 6.
Environmental Science.
Semester
Subjects Arts specialisations The academic year is split into two periods
Subjects are areas you can study in
Choosing a specialisation in the Bachelor of study known as semesters. One
your degree. Some subjects you can
of Arts means you study a set programme semester is the equivalent of two terms at
continue from high school such as
of courses centred on a broad theme. high school.
Accounting, Biology, History, while some
Specialisations are bigger than a typical • Semester 1: February – June
you can start new at UC like Social Work,
major and they include courses from a
Geology, Marketing — see page 39. • Semester 2: July – November
range of subjects that complement each
other — see page 11. • Summer: November – February.
Major
A major is the subject you choose to focus More information
on all the way to the final year of your
Please contact the Future Students Office
bachelor’s degree. For example, a Bachelor
for degree and subject planning advice.
of Arts majoring in Sociology.
See page 120 for contact details.

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How do majors and minors work?
Majors from another general degree entirely. For Double major
example, a student studying the Bachelor
A major is a particular subject within your A double major is where you choose to
of Commerce might want to primarily focus
degree that you specialise in. It makes specialise in two subjects from the same
on Management (their “major”) but also
up about a third your degree and at least degree. You can often complete these in the
has an interest in French (their “minor”).
half of your final year. Not all degrees have same time as a single major without any
majors but most of the general degrees do extra workload.
Minors in Engineering
— such as the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of A student doing a Bachelor of Science,
Commerce, and Bachelor of Science. Some disciplines in the Bachelor of
who started with a Geology major and
Engineering with Honours allow you
Chemistry minor could decide after their
Minor to further enhance your knowledge by
first year that they are just as interested in
including an engineering minor. For
When compared to the major, a minor is both subjects, taking Chemistry further in
example, students doing Mechanical
another subject that you have included in their degree and turning it from a minor
Engineering and who have an interest
your degree, but not to the same extent into second major.
in designing and creating medical and
as the major. It can be a subject that healthcare technology might decide to
complements your major, or can be a subject include a Biomedical Engineering minor.

An example of degree structures for a Bachelor of Arts – Major/minor pathway example degree structure
Bachelor of Arts (single major and minor)
and Bachelor of Arts (double major). Year 1
ARTS102 or ARTS102 or
MAOR165 or MAOR165 or 100 100 100 100 100 100
Level Level Level Level Level Level
More information WRIT101 WRIT101

If you have any questions, please Year 2

contact a Future Student Advisor for degree 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 100
planning advice. They can help show Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level
you how the degrees are structured, and Year 3
how majors and minors might work for
300 300 300 300 300 300 200 200
you depending on what subjects you are Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level
interested in studying.
You can read the subjects starting on Compulsory Major Minor Other Arts Courses from Arts
courses courses courses courses or other degrees
page 39 or visit the degree to see the
Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
subjects available as majors and minors at
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
[Link] go to [Link]/regulations
Bachelor of Arts – Double Major example degree structure
Year 1
ARTS102 or ARTS102 or
ARTS MAOR165 or MAOR165 or 100 100 100 100 100 100
100 WRIT101 WRIT101 Level Level Level Level Level Level

Year 2
200 200 200 200 200 200 200 100
Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level

Year 3
300 300 300 300 300 300 200 200
Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level

Zero-points, Compulsory BA Major BA second Courses from Arts

zero-fees courses BA courses courses Major courses or other degrees

Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements, go to
[Link]/regulations

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Double and conjoint degrees
If you are really keen, you Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Commerce – double degree example degree structure
can combine bachelor’s Year 1
ARTS102 or
degrees. There are
ARTS MAOR165 or 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
100 WRIT101 Level Level Level Level Level Level Level

two ways of doing this Year 2

– double degrees and ARTS102 or
MAOR165 or 200
Level
200
Level
100
Level
200
Level
100
Level
100
Level
100
Level
conjoint degrees. Both
WRIT101

Year 3
require extra work and 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200
you should talk to a Future Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level

Student Advisor before Year 4

starting either.
300 300 300 200 300 300 200 200
Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level

Year 5
Double degrees 300 300 300 200 300 300 300 300
Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level
Some bachelor’s degrees can be studied
together. This allows you to really specialise Zero-points, BA Other BCom Other
BA Major BA Minor
your study, opening up a wider range of zero-fees
courses
Compulsory
courses courses courses
Arts
courses
Major
courses
Commerce
courses
career options.
Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
The degree diagram (right) provides an This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations
example of what a double degree, Bachelor
of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce, might • Product Design and Commerce
look like. • Product Design and Science
Please note: Double degrees need careful • Social and Environmental Sustainabilityand Arts
planning each year as not all degrees have • Social and Environmental Sustainability and Youth and Community Leadership
the same structure and requirements. The table below compares the differences between double and conjoint degrees:

Conjoint degrees Double degree Conjoint

A conjoint takes a major from one degree Entrance University Entrance (UE) UE and at least Level 3
and another major from another separate requirements endorsed in Merit.
degree and combines them into one degree.
Academic requirement Standard passing grades apply Must maintain a grade average of
Unlike double degrees, these must be
to continue each year at least a B.
completed at the same time, and involve a of degree
much higher workload each year.
Workload per year Standard (120 points) Increased (135 points)
These are the conjoint degrees at UC:
Approximately eight (15-point) Approximately nine (15-point)
• Arts and Commerce courses per year courses per year.
• Arts and Science Must take at least one course from
each qualification each year.
• Commerce and Science
• Engineering and Arts Graduate You can complete either both Both degrees must be completed
at the same time or one after before you can graduate.
• Engineering and Commerce
the other
• Engineering and Data Science
Minimum timeframe 5-6 years (depending on degrees) 4 years
• Engineering and Health Science
• Engineering and Product Design Majors/minors As required/permitted for each Maximum of one major in each
degree. Multiple majors (eg, double degree. Minors may be possible;
• Engineering and Science major in a single degree) and and a minor is required for the BA.
• Engineering and Social and minors are possible.
Environmental Sustainability
Number of Two – you gain both degrees One – a conjoint combines the
• Engineering and Sport qualifications gained courses into just one degree.

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Qualifications
Study options
9 Ako: Bachelor of Teaching and Learning
10 Bachelor of Arts
12 Bachelor of Commerce
13 Bachelor of Communication
14 Bachelor of Criminal Justice
15 Bachelor of Data Science
16 Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
17 Bachelor of Engineering with Honours
18 Bachelor of Environmental Science with Honours
19 Bachelor of Fine Arts
20 Bachelor of Forestry Science
21 Bachelor of Health
22 Bachelor of Laws
23 Bachelor of Music
24 Bachelor of Product Design
25 Bachelor of Psychological Science
26 Bachelor of Science
27 Bachelor of Social and Environmental Sustainability
28 Bachelor of Social Work with Honours
29 Bachelor of Speech and Language Pathology with Honours
30 Bachelor of Sport
31 Bachelor of Youth and Community Leadership
32 Certificates and diplomas
32 Certificate in Arts
32 Certificate in Commerce
32 Certificate in Criminal Justice
33 Certificate in Health
33 Certificate in Indigenous Narrative
33 Certificate in Languages
34 Certificate in Science
34 Certificate in Sport Coaching
34 Certificate in University Preparation
35 Certificate in Youth and Community Leadership
35 Diploma in Arts
36 Diploma in Commerce
36 Diploma in Health
36 Diploma in Languages
37 Diploma in Science
37 Graduate Certificate in Health
38 Graduate Diploma in Health
Ako: Bachelor of Teaching and
Learning. BTchLn
Ako: Bachelor of Teaching and Learning – example degree structure
Year 1
AKOT AKOA 100 100 100 100 100 100
101 161 Level Level Level Level Level Level

Year 2
AKOT AKOA AKOA 200 200 200 200 200
231 261 262 Level Level Level Level Level

Year 3
300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300
Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level

Compulsory Endorsement
courses courses

Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations

If you are inspired by the communication skills, and other Highlights

personal qualities.
world around you and For the Mātauranga Māori programme, a
• You will take Te Tiriti o Waitangi and te
wish to make a positive hui alongside your whānau will determine
ao Māori courses, so you can incorporate
bicultural knowledge and competence into
difference in the lives your starting point based on your te reo teaching practices.
of young people, then a Māori proficiency. If you have limited te
reo Māori proficiency, you can complete
• Professional placements in schools, kura, and
teaching career could be Summer School te reo courses before
early childhood centres throughout the degree.

for you. starting the programme. • Learn from lecturers who are active
researchers.
Applications close 1 December.
Ako: Bachelor of Teaching and Learning • Flexible study options — choose to study
prepares you for a professional teaching Compulsory courses on campus in Ōtautahi Christchurch, or by
career in whare kōhungahunga (early distance, full-time or part-time.
childhood) or kura tuatahi (primary) settings. Courses • Students in the primary endorsement that
reside in the Nelson area can study through
AKOT101 Ngā Tāngata o Aotearoa:
Study information Te Mana o Te Tiriti o Waitangi
a blended model of online and face-to-face
courses through the Whakatū Nelson Campus.
Endorsements AKOA161 Mana Ako:Practice Exploration 1
Career ready
Early Childhood Education AKOT231 Saili Matagi — ‘Seeking
• Meet the requirements to apply for
the winds of change in
Primary Education Pasifika Education’
provisional teacher registration with Matatū
Aotearoa | Teaching Council of New Zealand.
Mātauranga Māori (bilingual programme)
AKOA261 Mana Ako: Practice Exploration 2 • This degree was developed in partnership
with iwi and educators to prepare new
AKOA262 Mana Ako: Practice Exploration 3 teachers to be creative and innovative
How to apply:
leaders in the profession.
Admission requirements include English
• You will gain transferable skills such as
language competency, referees’ reports, an
management, collaboration, resilience, and
interview, short literacy and numeracy tests,
problem-solving.
and a police check.
• Graduates have gone on to teaching and
Our selection for entry is based on your
managing positions in early childhood
academic ability and interest in working
centres, kura, primary, intermediate, middle,
with children, community involvement,
Māori medium, and area schools.

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Bachelor of Arts. BA
Bachelor of Arts – Major/minor pathway example degree structure
Year 1
ARTS102 or ARTS102 or
MAOR165 or MAOR165 or 100 100 100 100 100 100
WRIT101 WRIT101 Level Level Level Level Level Level

Year 2
200 200 200 200 200 200 200 100
Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level

Year 3
300 300 300 300 300 300 200 200
Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level

Compulsory Major Minor Other Arts Courses from Arts

courses courses courses courses or other degrees

Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations

With over 30 subjects to Major subjects

choose from, BA students Anthropology Japanese
can follow their passion
and gain valuable skills.
Art History and Theory Linguistics

Chinese Māori and Indigenous Studies

Over the three years of your degree, you
will gain the critical thinking, creative Cinema Studies Mathematical Science Education
problem-solving, and communication skills Classics Mathematics
that employers want. Unique practical
experiences such as internships are on Community Music (minor only) Media and Communication
offer too.
Cultural Studies (minor only) Music
In your first year, you will choose two broad
arts skill courses from: Digital Humanities (minor only) Philosophy
• academic writing Economics Political Science and International Relations
• critical thinking
Education Professional and Community Engagement
• bicultural identity. (minor only)

BA with two pathways English Pacific Studies (minor only)

European and European Union Studies Psychology

Major and minor pathway
There are over 30 Arts subjects that you French Russian
can major in and many more minors —
Geography Sociology
including subjects from other degrees. You
can choose to do a double major, or a major German Spanish
and minor. You can customise your study
even further by doing a double or a conjoint History Statistics
degree, tailoring your studies to suit you.
Human Services Te Reo Māori

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Bachelor of Arts – Specialisation pathway example degree structure
Year 1
ARTS102 or ARTS102 or
MAOR165 or MAOR165 or 100 100 100 100 100 100
WRIT101 WRIT101 Level Level Level Level Level Level

Year 2
200 200 200 200 200 200 200 100
Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level

Year 3
300 300 300 300 300 300 200 200
Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level

Compulsory Specialisation Courses from Arts

courses courses or other degrees

Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations

Specialisation pathway Highlights

Choosing a BA Specialisation provides you • Many courses offer field trips, real-world
with a set programme of courses centred case studies, performances, internships,
on a broad theme. Specialisations are more and community projects.
structured than a typical major and they • You have the option to study a minor
include courses from a range of subjects, from additional subjects across Arts,
so you can look at the complex problems of Commerce, Digital Screen, Health
today’s society from different angles. Sciences, Product Design, Science, Sport,
and Youth and Community Leadership.
Specialisations • Get involved with some of the many
Arts related student clubs including
Creative Industries and Contemporary Practice Arts Society, Japan Society, Classoc,
and Musoc.
Cultural Heritage

Global Societies and Cultures Career ready

• Gain practical experience by adding an “There are so many different
International Affairs
internship in your second or third year areas you can specialise in. In
Language, Brain and Behaviour of study. your first year, it is great to delve
• Learn sought after workplace skills such into many different papers and
Philosophy, Politics and Economics
as writing, critical and creative thinking, then you get a feel for what area
Society, Diversity and Change problem-solving, and communication. you would like to study more.”
• Graduates will be ready to work in media, Maisie
politics, conservation, iwi organisations, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science,
tourism, heritage, international relations, minoring in Chinese and International
and more. Business

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Bachelor of Commerce. BCom
Bachelor of Commerce – example degree structure
Year 1
ACCT ECON INFO MGMT STAT 100 100 100
102 104 123 100 101 Level Level Level

Year 2
BSNS 200 200 200 200 100 200 200
201 Level Level Level Level Level Level Level

Year 3
BSNS 300 300 300 300 200 300 300 200
299 Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level

Zero-points, Compulsory Major Other Commerce Courses from Commerce

zero-fees courses courses courses courses or other degrees

Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations

From financial markets Study information Highlights

to the latest management Subjects
• Competitions and inter-university
practices and the rapidly
business challenges develop your
entrepreneurial, project management,
expanding world of Accounting
and teamwork skills.
e-commerce, a BCom Business Analytics (minor only) • You have the option to study a minor
gives you the knowledge Business and Sustainability (minor only)
from subjects across Commerce, Arts,
Digital Screen, Health Sciences, Product
and skills to succeed Economics Design, Science, Sport, and Youth and
in a global business Community Leadership.
environment.
Entrepreneurship (minor only) • Te Kura Umanga | UC Business School
Finance and its programmes are accredited by
UC and its business partners provide many AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA, giving you an
opportunities for you to gain practical Human Resource Management internationally competitive and industry-
business experience and make important relevant qualification.
Information Systems
contacts. • UC’s Trading Room gives you a real-world
International Business trading environment with a live market
and stock data feed, and simulation tools
Innovation (minor only)
for trading.
Management
Career ready
Marketing
• Get hands-on experience through
Operations and Supply Chain Management industry internships, international
exchanges, and overseas study tours.
Strategy and Entrepreneurship
• Gain problem-solving, communication,
Taxation (minor only) and management skills.
• Network with UC’s industry contacts
Taxation and Accounting
and get support in launching your own
Tourism Marketing and Management business ideas.
• Graduates are working as accountants,
software developers, consultants,
marketers, entrepreneurs, and more.

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Bachelor of Communication. BC
Bachelor of Communication – example degree structure
Year 1
COMS COMS MGMT WRIT 100 100 100 100
101 105 100 101 Level Level Level Level

Year 2
COMS COMS COMS DIGI 200 200 200 100
201 207 231 204 Level Level Level Level

Year 3
COMS 300 300 200 Level 200 Level
330 Level Level or above or above

Compulsory Major Courses from Bachelor of Communication or

courses courses other degrees (must include at least 30 points
from the BA)
Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations

With a BC, you will develop Highlights

skills in media content • Opportunities to use your skills in
production, planning, and practical ways, including working with
local organisations, and with a variety of
research in international communication technologies including
and national contexts. digital, audio and visual, and social
media platforms.
You will have the opportunity to use a • Placements in local newsrooms as part of
variety of communication technologies, the Journalism major.
including digital, audio and visual, and • Tauwhitinga Māori is the only Māori
social media in areas like journalism, communications major on offer
creative projects, and communications in Aotearoa.
scenarios catering to different audiences.
• With links to international partners
You will also learn to meet strategic goals of
in journalism and media studies, we
corporates and drivers of social change.
offer guest lectures from global experts
each semester. “I always had a passion to tell
Study information the untold stories of the
In the first year of your degree, you will get Career ready amazing people in my
a broad introduction to communication
• Get workplace experience through community. After finishing my
through courses in writing, journalism,
internships, industry projects, or Bachelor of Communications
media, and management.
community campaigns within and taking up a Video Journalist
From second year, you will also begin
courses towards your chosen major.
local businesses. role, I can now give an in-depth
• Gain applied knowledge in new and view into those stories with my
emerging media, collection and usage pictures.”
Subjects of data, media ethical practice, critical
thinking, and analysis skills. Rhyva
Communication Strategy and Practice Bachelor of Communication in Journalism
• Develop your skills and confidence to Video Journalist, Otago Daily Times
Journalism represent our bicultural nation through
our media.
Political Communication • Graduates will be ready to work as
Tauwhitinga Māori: Māori Communication journalists, social media managers,
Strategy and Practice marketers, crisis communication
advisors, event managers, editors,
and more.
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Bachelor of Criminal Justice.
BCJ
Bachelor of Criminal Justice – example degree structure
Year 1
MAOR
CRJU CRJU CRJU HSRV HSRV PSYC PSYC 108 or 120
101 1501 1601 103 104 105 106 or 165

Year 2
CRJU CRJU MAOR HSRV SOCI PHIL 200 200
201 2022 219 210 293 139 Level Level3

Year 3
CRJU CRJU 300 300 300 200 200
301 302 Level Level Level Level Level

Compulsory Elective
courses courses

1
Students enrolling in the LLB/BCJ double degree will enrol in LAWS101 instead of CRJU150 and CRJU160.
2
Students enrolling in the LLB/BCJ double degree will enrol in LAWS202 instead of CRJU202.
3
If LAWS202 taken, then 45 points from the 200-level electives. If CRJU202 taken, then 60 points from the
200-level electives.
Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations

The BCJ is the first Highlights

degree of its kind in • Strong links with employers in the crime
Aotearoa, combining and justice fields gives you the chance
to work closely with current policies
multidisciplinary and legislation.
academic study with a • Enjoy learning from courses across
strong vocational focus. criminology, sociology, developmental
and behavioural psychology, criminal
Criminal Justice studies take a 360-degree law and procedure, policing, and
look at the criminal justice system and human services.
its processes, including governance, • Join student club CRIMSOC and meet
enforcement, rehabilitation, and like-minded students.
improvement. The degree draws together
UC’s expertise in criminology, sociology, Career ready
developmental and behavioural psychology,
• Practical experience examining our justice
policing, criminal law and procedure, and “My Criminal Justice degrees
system and identifying opportunities
human services.
for reform. offer fantastic insight into the
realms of law enforcement,
• Opportunity to increase your skills
Study information social welfare, psychology,
while working.
The first year of study is designed to give
• Graduates work in areas such as
indigenous issues, and a wide
you a broad introduction to the criminal
probation and parole, forensics, public range of contemporary criminal
justice system in Aotearoa.
and private investigation and security, justice problems.”
From second year, you can choose to study social work, criminal justice policy, and Charlie
topics such as forensics, policing, criminal the police. Bachelor of Criminal Justice
law and procedure, and bioethics.
Graduate Research Insights Advisor, Ngā
Pirihimana O Aotearoa | New Zealand Police

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Bachelor of Data Science.
BDataSc
Bachelor of Data Science – example degree structure
Year 1
DATA COSC COSC MATH SCIE 100 100 100
101 121 122 102 101 Level Level Level

Year 2
DATA DATA COSC PHIL STAT 200 200 200
201 203 262 240 201 or 202 Level Level Level

Year 3
DATA DATA STAT 300 300 300 100-Level
301 303 315 or 318 Level Level Level or above

Compulsory Major Courses from Science

courses courses or other degrees

Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations

Data is used by Study information Highlights

organisations of all sizes Subjects
• Depending on your chosen major,
to make better decisions. you will have a range of hands-on
learning experiences from our modern
In this degree, you will Bioinformatics
laboratories to our field stations.
learn how to analyse and Business Analytics • Project work in your final year will give
interpret data to inform Computational Linguistics
you experience in applying data science
to create workplace solutions.
decision-making and Data Science • We have research centres that specialise
forecast trends. in data science, with projects like climate
Population Health Data Science
change prediction models in Antarctica,
This degree will teach you about secure and Spatial Data Science geospatial mapping for urban planning
ethical ways to collect, store, and process in rural Aotearoa, and VR simulation
large amounts of data — as well as how to training systems for firefighters.
understand and communicate findings by The first year of your degree includes
turning numbers into actionable outcomes. introductory courses in programming,
mathematics, statistics, and computer Career ready
As data is at the centre of every industry, sciences. You will also do hands-on lab work • Project work in your final year involves
you can use your diverse skillset across and group projects. applying data science to create solutions.
many fields.
In the final year, you will complete a • Gain skills in project implementation,
research project aimed at solving a research, critical analysis, problem-
particular industry or community problem. solving, and communication to discuss
and explain data findings.
• Graduates will be ready to work in roles
such as data scientist, analyst, software
architect, IT consultant, business analyst,
statistician, software developer, and more.

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Bachelor of Digital Screen with
Honours. BDigiScreen(Hons)
Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours – example degree structure
Year 1
DISC DISC PROD PROD PROD MUSA 100 100
101 102 110 121 142 126 Level Level

Year 2
DISC 200 200 200 200 200 200 100 or 200
201 Level Level Level Level Level Level Level

Year 3
DISC DISC 300 300 300 200 or 300 200 or 300
301 380 Level Level Level Level Level

Year 3
DISC DISC DISC
401 402 403

Compulsory Major Minor or elective

courses courses courses

Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations

The Bachelor of Digital Subjects Career ready

Screen with Honours is Animation
• Learn end-to-end digital production skills,
an applied degree, with a as well as foundational skills in creative
design and storytelling.
key focus on storytelling
Cinematic Arts
• Develop a personal portfolio of digital
through words, images, Game Arts works and practical experiences
animation and sound. Game Development throughout your degree.
• Opportunity to gain industry contacts
Indigenous Narrative (minor only) with collaborations and events.
Study information Screen Sound • Graduates can find work as game
In the first year of the degree, all Digital developers, film and television producers,
Screen majors will take the same six Screenwriting screenwriters, digital artists, creative
core courses in storytelling, technical directors, sound artists, animators,
skills, and industry practices. A base level and more.
of understanding of these subjects is Highlights
important for your career in the digital • Build your skills in digital media, with
screen industry. subjects ranging from filmmaking
After your first year, you will specialise in to digital sound production to video
your chosen major. game design.
In the fourth and final year, you will work • Project work beginning from your
in multidisciplinary groups and create second year.
commercial quality and creative projects for • Turn your games into cinematic
the digital screen. masterpieces by applying film production
tools and techniques.
• Get access to industry-level sound stages,
motion capture labs, film editing studios,
and a virtual screen production theatre.

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Bachelor of Engineering with
Honours. BE(Hons)
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours – example degree structure
Year 1
ENGR ENGR EMTH EMTH COSC PHYS 100 100 100
100 101 118 119 131 101 Level Level Level

Year 2
ENGR Engineering discipline courses
200

Year 3
ENGR Engineering discipline courses
200

Year 4
ENGR Engineering discipline courses
200

Zero-points, Compulsory Engineering Other courses from Engineering or

zero-fees courses courses discipline courses other subjects (depending on discipline)

Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations

Engineers design the Subjects Highlights

future. They provide Chemical and Process Engineering
• Access modern engineering labs and
innovative solutions to Minors: Bioprocess Engineering
computer and testing facilities.

meet the needs of our Environmental Process Engineering • Enjoy a flexible first year which allows
Sustainable Energy Engineering you to keep a variety of discipline options
modern world. open for your next three years of study.
Civil Engineering
• Combine your Engineering studies with
From buildings and bridges, apps and smart Minors: Structural Engineering
Water and Environmental other degrees through UC's Engineering
devices, to pharmaceuticals and renewable Conjoint degrees to complete two
Systems Engineering
energy, engineering feats are everywhere. different subject areas in one.
The BE(Hons) is a four-year professional Computer Engineering
Minor: Communications and
degree. The degree is accredited by
Network Engineering
Career ready
Engineering New Zealand, allowing our
• You will spend around 100 days (800
graduates to work as professionally Electrical and Electronic Engineering hours) on practical work placements as
qualified engineers all over the world. Minor: Power Engineering
part of your degree.
Study information Forest Engineering • Gain skills in communication and report
writing, ethics, sustainability, safety, and
The first year of your degree is made up of Mechanical Engineering interacting with clients and customers.
six introductory compulsory courses, and Minors: Aerospace Engineering
Biomedical Engineering • Graduates work in private companies and
another three first-year courses which will
consultancies through to government
depend on the engineering discipline you
Mechatronics Engineering agencies, with many progressing
want to specialise in.
into management.
The following three years of study focus on Software Engineering
your chosen engineering discipline, which
may also include a minor subject.

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Bachelor of Environmental Science
with Honours. BEnvSci(Hons)
Bachelor of Environmental Science with Honours – example degree structure
Year 1
ENVR BIOL GEOG SCIE STAT CHEM 100-Level 100-Level
101 112 106 101 101 111 or 114 or above or above

Year 2
ENVR ENVR BIOL 200 200 200 100-Level 100-Level
209 210 274 Level Level Level or above or above

Year 3
ENVR ENVR ENVR PSYC 300 300 300 100-Level
300 302 303 341 Level Level Level or above

Year 4
ENVR ENVR ENVR 400 400 400 400
481 411 415 Level Level Level Level

Zero-points, Compulsory Major Elective

zero-fees courses courses courses courses

Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations

This degree will give you Study information Highlights

skills and the practical Subjects
• This degree combines mātauranga Māori
learning you will need and scientific knowledge to broaden
your understanding and approach to
to address the pressing Ecosystem Health and Biosecurity
environmental issues, using Ki Uta ki Tai |
environmental issues Environmental Change From the Mountains to the Sea — the full
journey and interconnectedness of the
we face — in Aotearoa Environmental Contamination natural world.
New Zealand and globally. Environmental Hazards and Disasters • Lab and field-based learning, with 400
hours of work experience.
Various disciplines of science intersect Freshwater
• Courses cover a variety of subjects to
in this programme to create a layered
Sustainable Coasts customise your degree with the issues
understanding of complex sustainability
you are most passionate about.
challenges we face — for example
in freshwater resources, marine The first year of your degree includes
contamination, coastal erosion, biosecurity, introductory courses in biophysics, ecology, Career ready
natural disasters, and climate change. You and geographic sciences. • Extensive practical experience in work
will assess impacts resulting from disasters, From second year onwards, you will and field settings.
ecological change, and human activity. take courses towards your major and • Graduates are in demand for their
The BEnvSci(Hons) is accredited by gain hands-on experience through labs, ability to identify, monitor, and solve
the Environment Institute of Australia fieldwork, and internship placements. a variety of problems associated with
and New Zealand (EIANZ) to deliver the environment. They help advise on
environmental practitioners for roles in sustainability, environmental risks, and
industry, government, education and environmental aspirations.
research, and the community. • Graduates will be ready for roles such
as consultants, policy analysts, disaster
and crisis response management, and
researchers for contamination, pollution,
and invasive species.

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Bachelor of Fine Arts. BFA
Bachelor of Fine Arts – example degree structure
Year 1
FINA FINA FINA ARTH ARTH
101 102 103 100-Level 100-Level

Year 2
ARTH
Studio subject 211 Studio subject 212 or CINE 200
200-Level1 Level

Year 3
100-Level 100-Level
Studio subject 311
or above2 or above1

Year 4
100-Level 100-Level
Studio subject 411
or above or above

Introduction to all Specialisation in Courses from Bachelor

specialist studio studies one studio subject of Arts subjects

1
Students specialising in Film or Photography may take either Art History and Theory or Cinema Studies
200-level courses. All other students take Art History and Theory 200-level courses.
2
Students must complete 30 points of 300-level ARTH courses (or CINE courses for Film and Photography
students) to be eligible for entry into Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours at fourth year.
Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations

The BFA is a prestigious Entry requirements Highlights

degree that will give you You need to have met University Entrance • In your first year, you will be introduced
a broad knowledge in
requirements. We prefer students who took to all five studio specialisations, giving
arts in high school, but anyone with a good you the chance to develop your passion
visual arts, multimedia, portfolio will be considered. before continuing in one Fine Arts subject
and design before How to apply
from second year.

you specialise. You need to submit:

• Enjoy 24-hour access to your own
personal studio space from second year.
• an application form
The BFA not only focuses on developing • Work in purpose-built studios; access
your practice, but also helps to build • a letter of introduction technician workshops, workrooms,
your identity as an artist. The tight-knit • a portfolio of 12 recently completed darkrooms, computer labs, and the Ilam
cohort adds to the supportive and diverse imaged-based examples, including a Campus Gallery.
community of practitioners. written statement about your current
skills and identity as an artist. Career ready
Study information Applications are due by 15 November. • Showcase your work during the
For full details, please see: year through exhibitions and
Subjects community projects.
Graphic Design • Gain creative and practical skills
in your chosen specialisation as
Moving Image well as organisational and time
management skills.
Painting
• Graduates are working as professional
Photography artists, art gallery directors,
photojournalists, art historians,
Sculpture consultants, and more.

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Bachelor of Forestry Science.
BForSc
Bachelor of Forestry Science – example degree structure
Year 1
FORE FORE FORE FORE BIOL STAT 100 100
111 131 141 151 112 101 Level Level

Year 2
FORE FORE FORE FORE FORE FORE FORE SOIL
200 205 215 218 219 222 224 203

Year 3
FORE FORE FORE FORE 400
307 316 327 342 Level

Year 4
FORE FORE FORE 400 400 400 400 FORE
419 422 449 Level Level Level Level 414

Zero-points, Compulsory Elective Courses from Science Dissertation for

zero-fees courses courses courses or other degrees honours students only

Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations

The BForSc is a Highlights

professional degree • Small class sizes create a high-quality
that prepares graduates learning environment.

for managing forest

• UC has field stations located near
Arthur’s Pass and at Kawatiri Westport for
resources by combining forestry teaching and research.
core science courses with • Participate in an exchange programme
management, commerce, with top forestry schools in Canada and
the United States.
and technology. • With strong employer links, the majority
of graduates are employed before
Forestry Science graduates are highly
finishing their degree.
sought after by employers and follow
exciting and rewarding career paths.
Career ready
Study information • Benefit from hands-on learning with 90 “I like the wide variety of
days industry work experience.
In your first year, you will study six papers, we study everything
compulsory courses (plus 30 points in • Gain skills in forestry management, from biology, to engineering, to
sustainability, marketing, and research.
electives) to gain a strong foundation in the economics and marketing.”
science and commercial aspects of forestry. • Graduates are working in forest
management, conservation, harvesting, Hazel
From second year, you will apply this Bachelor of Forestry Science
knowledge to the forest line of work, wood processing, biosecurity, policy, iwi
advisory, and more. Graduate Forester, Timberlands Ltd, Rotorua
with compulsory courses including forest
engineering, forest economics, forest
biology, and silviculture.

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Bachelor of Health. BHlth
Bachelor of Health – example degree structure
Year 1
HLTH HLTH HLTH 100 100 100 100 100
101 103 106 Level Level Level Level Level

Year 2
HLTH 200 200 200 200 200 200 200
203 Level Level Level Level Level Level Level

Year 3
HLTH HLTH 300 300 300 300 200 200
302 321 Level Level Level Level Level Level

Compulsory Major Courses from Health

courses courses Sciences or other degrees

Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations

Learn how to improve the The programme emphasises practical Career ready
learning, with guest speakers and projects
wellbeing of individuals from the health sector and an internship in
• Complete an internship in the health
and communities, while your third year of study
sector in your third year of study.

navigating the health

• Gain the skills and knowledge to apply for
Highlights certifications and accreditations for roles
sector and related fields. in the health sector such as Associate
• Gain a strong understanding and critical Registered Nutritionist, Drug and Alcohol
With many subjects to explore, you will thinking around Health in the wider Practitioners’ Association Aotearoa New
deepen your understanding of health community and in the health care sector Zealand (DAPAANZ) and more,
and wellbeing to strengthen equity and in Aotearoa NZ .Work together with our
• Learn the necessary skills to improve
examine global health challenges. Our communities, health organisations, and
health and wellbeing through disease
subjects are developed to equip you with whānau to identify health barriers and
prevention, health promotion, and health
the specialist knowledge and skills to build challenges, and collaborate to develop
service planning, delivery, and evaluation.
a career in health.. effective strategies that promote Oranga
| Wellbeing. • Graduates work in throughout the
health and wellbeing sector, including
Study information • Mātauranga Māori and bicultural
local and central government, aged
competence and confidence are
residential care, policy, schools, Health
Subjects integrated into the degree.
New Zealand regionally and nationally,
• Study health models and concepts, learn NGOs, health promotion agencies, and
Exercise and Sport Nutrition the terminology of the health sector and Māori health providers.
gain effective communication skills..
Health Education

Health Science

Māori and Indigenous Health

Mental Health and Addictions

Physical Activity and Wellbeing

Psychology

Public Health
*
subject to CUAP and TEC approval

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Bachelor of Laws. LLB
Bachelor of Laws – example degree structure
Year 1
LAWS LAWS 100 100 100 100 100
101 110 Level Level Level Level Level

Year 2
LAWS LAWS LAWS LAWS
203 204 205 206

Year 3
LAWS LAWS 300 300 300 300 300
202 301 Level Level Level Level Level

Year 4
300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300
Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level

Compulsory Elective Non-Law

courses courses courses

Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements, go to
[Link]/regulations

Bachelor of Laws students Highlights

gain a professional degree • UC has a specially designed Moot
of outstanding quality in Court room, regularly used for client
interviewing, witness examination,
four years. mooting, and negotiation competitions.
• Get work experience through
You will deal with real people with real internships, clinical, and community
problems as part of the innovative clinical work opportunities.
studies programme at UC, honing critical
practical skills in the process of helping • Many student clubs including LAWSOC,
the community. Women in Law, Te Pūtāiki Māori Law
Students’ Association, CRIMSOC, and Law
for Change.
Study information
• The structure of this degree allows you
In the first year of your degree, you will
to do a double degree or switch degrees
study two core courses designed to teach
if you are unable to advance to 200-level
you about the legal systems in Aotearoa
LAWS or prefer not to continue with the “I’ve found Law a lot more
and build your foundational skills in legal
LLB. You can switch to other degrees interesting than I ever expected
research and writing.
like Arts, Commerce, Criminal Justice, or as it is more based around the
With good grades in both LAWS101 and Science. psychological mindset that
LAWS110 (normally at least a B), you can
being a lawyer involves.”
advance into 200-level Law courses, all of Career ready
which are subject to limited entry. Sol
• UC has Law Internship courses involving Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts
From third year, you will be able to community and clinical work experience.
customise your study to focus on different
areas of the law. • Gain necessary legal skills in research,
writing, analysis, and reasoning for a
You will also need to also study five range of careers beyond law.
non‑Law courses in the first year of your
degree. Popular choices include Business, • Graduates have careers such as lawyers,
History, Management, and languages. For a policy analysts, Māori development advisors,
full list of course options, go to our website foreign affairs officers, and journalists.
or talk to a Future Students officer.

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Bachelor of Music. MusB
Bachelor of Music – example degree structure
Year 1
MUSA MUSA MUSA MUSA 100 100 100 100
100 101 126 132 Level Level Level Level

Year 2
One of
MUSA MUSA MUSA 200 200 200 200 100
200 250 231–237 Level Level Level Level Level

Year 3
MUSA 300 300 300 300 200 200
398 Level Level Level Level Level Level

Compulsory Major Elective Courses from Music

courses courses courses or other degrees

Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations

Music features in every Study information Highlights

culture and society around The MusB has been designed to give you • You will have plenty of opportunities
the world, whether for flexibility in choosing courses throughout
your study — you can choose a major (or
to perform, with many concerts hosted
across our Ilam and Arts Centre campuses
enjoyment or to express two) from the table and take other courses each year.
and understand messages from Music or other degree areas like Arts, • Enjoy unique learning spaces in our Arts
Science, and Commerce.
and ideas. The global Centre locations.

music industry is growing Subjects

• Connect with the community through
internships and collaborative projects.
and changing, and music Composition • Combine your interests with the option
professionals now have to do a double major.
more career options
Creative Music Technology

Career ready
available to them than Music Studies

ever before. Performance

• Put your skills into practice through
opportunities to perform and internships.
With a MusB, you can choose from four • Alongside your skills in music creation
specialised majors to get you closer to your How to apply and practice, you will also gain skills
career in music. in communication, teamwork, project
Performance major management, and creative thinking.
Entry to some first-year Performance • Graduates are working as composers,
courses are limited based on a vocal or sound designers, performers, producers,
instrumental audition. Applications should music therapists, music educators,
be made to Te Kura Puoro | School of Music and more.
no later than 20 September.
Other majors require no previous music
studies and no special application.

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Bachelor of Product Design.
BProdDesign
Bachelor of Product Design – example degree structure
Year 1
PROD110 MATH or
PROD or EMTH MGMT 100 100 100
101 ENGR101 100-Level 100 Level Level Level

Year 2
PROD PROD PROD PROD 200 200 MKTG
200-Level 200-Level 200-Level 200-Level Level Level 100

Year 3
PROD PROD PROD 300 200 200 or 300 200 or 300
300-Level 300-Level 300-Level Level Level Level1 Level1

Compulsory Major
courses courses

1
200 or 300-level courses from MGMT, MKTG, ECON, FINC, INOV, BSNS, or ACCT.
Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations

Product Design combines Study information Highlights

creative design, science, Subjects
• You will have access to modern
engineering, and business Chemical Formulation Design
design, laboratory, computer, and
testing facilities.
studies. Product designers • Develop your ideas through a number of
plan and develop items for Digital Product Design projects working as an individual or as
homes, businesses, and Industrial Product Design part of a team.

industry. • Study a BProdDesign alongside a

Bachelor of Commerce, Science, or
The first year of your degree includes
courses in product design, mathematics, Engineering to complete a conjoint
From creating a new lightweight kayak
management, and introductory courses degree in just four years.
or a phone app, to formulating rongoā
(medicinal products) or a virtual training specific to your chosen major.
world, studying product design will equip From your second year, you will focus Career ready
you for a wide range of occupations. on your major and develop a deeper • Gain practical experience by taking
Graduates will be able to develop creative understanding of manufacturing, testing, part in design projects right from the
ideas based on their knowledge of related and commercialising your product ideas. first year.
sciences and engineering disciplines, as well You will need to have previous studies in • Learn to develop ideas based on the latest
as gain the practical business skills needed chemistry from high school for entry into science and technology, while gaining
to commercialise new products. Chemical and Formulation Design. the business skills needed to launch new
products that fulfil a market need.
• Graduates will be ready to work in design
agencies, manufacturing companies,
engineering consultancies, educational
and training companies, research and
development, and more. You may even
choose to start your own company.

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Bachelor of Psychological
Science. BPsycSc
Bachelor of Psychological Science – example degree structure
Year 1
HLTH106 or
PSYC PSYC PSYC SPSC MAOR108 or 100 100 100
105 106 107 114 TREO110 Level Level Level

Year 2
PSYC PSYC PSYC PSYC PSYC 200 100 Level 100 Level
206 207 208 213 215 Level or above or above

Year 3
PSYC PSYC PSYC 300 300 300 100 Level 100 Level
375 377 379 Level Level Level or above or above

Compulsory Minor Elective Courses from Psychological Science

courses courses courses or other degrees

Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations

The BPsycSc offers study Study information Highlights

in all disciplines within Subjects
• Explore the human mind and how this
psychology — the field of affects everything about our behaviour,
identity, and interactions with the world.
human thought, growth, Forensic Psychology
• Develop your observational skills,
and capability. Māori and Indigenous Perspectives technical and lab abilities, and ethical
knowledge of psychology practice as a
Neuroscience and Cognition
You will examine how our brains function, professional career.
and how and why changes in our Psychological Wellbeing • Choose from specialised minors and
environment, culture, and relationships customise your degree in areas such
can influence our behaviour and overall Psychology for Common Good
as neuroscience, mental health, and
wellbeing. Through a minor subject, forensics and criminal psychology.
Workplace Psychology
you will focus your study in a particular
• Learn from industry professionals
area of psychology — from brain and
The BPsycSc has introductory and throughout study and complete a final-
behavioural disorders to workplace and
specialised courses in different areas year work experience course based in the
forensic psychology.
of psychology, including a final-year community.
community project.
As well as the core Psychology courses Career ready
throughout the three years of the degree, • Gain experience with a final-year project
you will also study towards a minor, and working with community and industry
have the option of adding a second minor. partners.
• Learn the necessary in-depth skills to
improve mental health and wellbeing,
communication, scientific research, and
your own professional identity.
• Graduates work in psychology and
healthcare, in local and central ministries,
and non-governmental organisations.

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Bachelor of Science. BSc
Bachelor of Science – example degree structure
Year 1
SCIE 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
101 Level Level Level Level Level Level Level

Year 2
200 200 200 200 200 200 200 100
Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level

Year 3
300 300 300 300 300 300 200 200
Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level

Compulsory Major Other Science Courses from Science

courses courses courses or other degrees

Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations

A BSc is about Study information Highlights

understanding Subjects
• Learn from a wide network of field
and improving stations reaching from Antarctica to
Nigeria and throughout Aotearoa.
the natural world Astronomy
• ‘Do science’ right from the first semester
through observation, Biochemistry of your first year. We have access to
experimentation, Biological Sciences
the most field stations of any Aotearoa
university and offer a range of practical
modelling, and Chemistry experiences, research projects, and lab
calculation. and fieldwork.
Computer Science
• Global study experiences, including
You will investigate the big issues Economics exchanges to partner universities.
confronting our planet, including climate
• You can choose to take a minor in
change, human health and diseases, the Environmental Science
Science, or from additional subjects in
global water crisis, food security, and
Finance Arts, Commerce, Digital Screen, Health
environmental protection.
Sciences, Product Design, Sport, or Youth
A BSc will expose you to new ideas and Financial Engineering and Community Leadership.
technologies, develop your research skills,
and help you make a contribution to the Geography
Career ready
challenges facing our world. Geology • You will get hands-on practical and
Linguistics clinical learning experiences, from the lab
to the field.
Mathematical Science Education • Gain project management, critical
Mathematics thinking, and research skills alongside
practical knowledge of your chosen major
Medicinal Chemistry in Science.
Philosophy
• A BSc sets you up to pursue a wide
range of careers all over the world —
Physics from marine biologist to aerospace
engineer, and much more. It can open
Psychology doors to many other careers, including
Statistics business, politics, medicine, finance,
and engineering. With a BSc, anything
is possible.
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Bachelor of Social and Environmental
Sustainability. BSEnS
Bachelor of Social and Environmental Sustainability– example degree structure
Year 1
SENS ENVR MAOR WRIT ARTS102 100 100 100
or
101 101 108 101 STAT101 Level Level Level

Year 2
SENS 200 200 200 200 200 200 100
201 Level Level Level Level Level Level Level

Year 3
SENS PACE 300 300 300 300 200
301 295 Level Level Level Level Level

Compulsory Major Courses from Arts

courses courses or other degrees

Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations

The BSEnS explores the Highlights

biggest problems we face • Courses come from a variety of different
globally, from pollution subjects — including Environmental
Science, Policy, and Marketing — so you
and climate change to can get a full view of the global issues
world hunger. that you are passionate about and learn
how you can achieve behaviour change
You will gain meaningful skills including and social action.
understanding how and why these issues • Use UC’s local and global contacts
happen, and the actionable steps we need with entrepreneurs, environmental
to change these. scientists, tangata whenua, and other
Help us build a sustainable and change makers.
equitable future in business, policy, and • You can take a minor from subjects
global society. across Arts, Commerce, Digital
Screen, Health Sciences, Product
Study information Design, Science, Sport, and Youth and “The BSEnS degree recognises
Community Leadership. the interconnectedness and
Subjects complexities of climate change
Career ready and sustainability.”
Environmental Policy, Governance and
• Complete a final-year internship
Social Justice Alessandra
supporting our local industry
Bachelor of Social and Environmental
Indigenous Knowledge and in sustainability.
Sustainability in Sustainable Business,
Sustainable Partnerships • Knowing how to identify, critique, and Enterprise and Economics
Social Action, Community and
actually make these necessary changes
Global Development will make you hugely beneficial to our
collective goal to make the world a
Sustainable Business, Enterprise better place.
and Economics
• Graduates will find work as consultants,
policy analysts, aid and advocacy workers,
environmental advisors, economists,
business managers, entrepreneurs,
and more.

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Bachelor of Social Work with
Honours. BSW(Hons)
Bachelor of Social Work with Honours – example degree structure
Year 1
SOWK SOWK HLTH PACS MAOR 100 100 100
101 102 106 111 108 or 165 Level Level Level

Year 2
SOWK SOWK SOWK SOWK SOWK MAOR MAOR 200
202 203 205 206 212 212 219 Level

Year 3
SOWK SOWK SOWK SOWK SOWK
301 303 304 308 340

Year 4
SOWK SOWK SOWK
490 491 492

Compulsory Elective
courses course

Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations

The BSW(Hons) at UC is Study information Highlights

Aotearoa New Zealand’s In the first year of your degree, you will • Follow your interests in topics such as
most established Social study five compulsory courses that give
you an introduction to social services in
mental health, child welfare, criminal
justice, ageing, violence and abuse, and
Work programme. Aotearoa, and cover some of the issues gender and sexuality.
This highly regarded that impact and shape our society. • In fourth year, 75% of your study is made
Your remaining courses will come from
interdisciplinary degree Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Education,
up of fieldwork placements in social
service agencies.
will engage you in both Māori and Indigenous Studies, Pacific
• Small class sizes allow you to work
theory and practice, Studies, Political Science and International
Relations, Psychology, Sociology, Te Reo
closely with staff and other students.
preparing you for a Māori, or Academic Writing. • This degree sets you up to work in the
wide range of people- In your second year, you will explore
social work field in Aotearoa or overseas,
particularly in the UK and Australia where
related work. communication in the human services,
there is a Mutual Recognition Agreement
human behaviour and development, social
between the NZSWRB and the Australian
The BSW(Hons) is ideal for those with a policy, diversity and culture, and Māori
Association of Social Workers.
commitment to working with others in and Indigenous development. Entry into
overcoming personal and institutional the second year and beyond requires a
barriers to wellbeing, and promoting the special application. Career ready
full potential of people. • Gain practical experience through the
two fieldwork placements in the fourth
year of your degree.
• The combination of theory and practice
sets you up with the values, knowledge,
and skills needed to work in the social
work profession.
• Graduates are working as community
development workers, counsellors, social
workers, youth workers, policy analysts,
educators, and more.

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Bachelor of Speech and Language
Pathology with Honours. BSLP(Hons)
Bachelor of Speech and Language Pathology with Honours – example degree structure
Year 1
STAT 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
101 Level1 Level2 Level2 Level2 Level2 Level2 Level2

Year 2
Compulsory courses 25%

Year 3
Compulsory courses 30%

Year 4
Compulsory courses 50%

Compulsory Compulsory Elective

courses fieldwork courses

1
Take at least one of the following: MAOR165; TREO110; TREO111; MAOR172; HLTH106.
2
You can choose courses from other degrees to make up 120 points. Some courses are recommended.
Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations
Over the four years of the Entry into each year of the degree is limited Career ready
based on your grade point average of the
BSLP(Hons) degree, you preceding year, and fluency in English. If
• We have a speech and language
will gain the knowledge you are unsuccessful in gaining a place
pathology clinic on campus and the
opportunity to go on placement to
and skills to assist a wide to the second year, your completed
courses can usually be credited to the
speech-language therapy clinics at
variety of people with Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts,
hospitals, schools, and other facilities
nationwide and overseas.
communication and Bachelor of Health Sciences, or Bachelor of
• You will learn skills to help with
swallowing disorders. Psychological Science.
client assessment, and the planning,
Highlights management, and evaluation of
UC students are able to utilise excellent therapy programmes.
on-site resources including clinics and • The BSLP(Hons) is a highly regarded,
• Graduates work with children with
research facilities. professional degree accredited by Te
autism or language delays, helping stroke
Kāhui Kaiwhakatikatika Reo Kōrero o
patients relearn speech and swallowing,
Study information Aotearoa | New Zealand Speech-language
developing new communication devices
Therapists’ Association (NZSTA).
In the first year of your degree, you will and tests, building their own private
complete compulsory courses covering • You have the opportunity to work with practices, and more.
introductory anatomy, physiology, and people of all ages at clinics on campus,
statistics, and choose from a range of nationally, and overseas.
interest courses including Māori culture, • Fieldwork accounts up to 50% of your
language, psychology, and health. coursework depending on year of study.
From second year, you will begin your
Professional Years. This includes a mix of
theory, research, observation, and clinical
practice working with real patients from
babies to the elderly.

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Bachelor of Sport. BSport
Bachelor of Sport – example degree structure
Year 1
SPRT SPRT SPRT SPRT SPRT 100 100 100
101 104 105 110 108 Level Level Level

Year 2
SPCO SPRT 200 200 200 200 200 100
208 203 Level Level Level Level Level Level

Year 3
SPCO SPCO 300 300 300 300 200 200
308 320 Level Level Level Level Level Level

Compulsory Major Courses from Sport

courses courses or other degrees

Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations

UC’s BSport provides The BSport will introduce you to the Highlights
practice and theory of sport, following
you with an overview themes around culture, science and
• Learn about all things sport — from
of sport as a global performance, leadership and business, and
scientific assessment, athletic technique
and performance, fostering positive
culture and professional teaching and learning.
learning, to the business side of sport.
business, and the tools to As well as core courses, you will complete
either a major or a major and minor.
• Customise your study, with areas such as
help you inspire future You can even do a double major if one
high-performance science, sport coaching
and training, health and wellbeing, and
athletes, individuals, and of your majors is Sport Marketing and
management and organisation.
communities towards
Management or Te Ao Hākinakina.
• Practicums, workshops, fieldtrips and
more rewarding and Core courses lab work, and a 120-hour internship
fulfilling experiences. with a professional or community sport
organisation in your final year of study.
Courses
• Part-time and online distance study
SPCO101 Introduction to Sport Coaching
Study information options.
SPCO104 Anatomy and Physiology
Subjects Career ready
SPCO105 Social History of Sport and
• Practical experiences throughout
Performance Data Analysis Physical Education
your degree working with specialist
Physical Activity and Wellbeing SPCO110 Practicum 1 equipment, sporting organisations, youth
and other communities.
Sport Coaching and Physical Education SPRT108 Sport Business and Governance
• Build your career towards management
Sport Marketing and Management or leadership positions in the sporting or
health industries.
Strength and Conditioning
• Graduates work as trainers, sports
Te Ao Hākinakina scientists, coaches, extreme or adventure
sports guides, team managers, and more.
Nutrition (minor only)

Sport Coaching (minor only)

Sport Management (minor only)

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Bachelor of Youth and
Community Leadership. BYCL
Bachelor of Youth and Community Leadership – example degree structure
Year 1
EDUC
YACL CHCH 101 or 102 100 100 100 100 100
101 101 or POLS103 Level Level Level Level Level

Year 2
CULT202 or
YACL EDUC EDUC204 200 200 200 200 100
201 206 or INOV290 Level Level Level Level Level

Year 3
EDUC YACL YACL 300 300 200 200
302 or 339 301 302 Level Level Level Level

Compulsory Elective Courses from Arts

courses courses or other degrees

Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations

The BYCL builds on UC’s Highlights

reputation in youth-led • Flexible degree that allows you to choose
social action and offers courses and study the subjects and
issues that matter most to you.
real-world leadership and • Connect with UC’s community through
project experience. noho marae, volunteering with Te
Hunga Tūao | Student Volunteer
Army, and working with Te Mātāpuna
Study information Mātātahi | Children’s University.
In the first year of your degree, you will take • You have the option to add a minor from
introductory courses on leadership skills, subjects across Arts, Commerce, Digital
understanding communities, identifying Screen, Health Sciences, Product Design,
areas in need of change, and creating Science, and Sport.
group projects. • On completion of the recommended
From second year, you will explore courses for youth work and development
team leadership and training, potential you can apply for membership to Korowai “UC has given me more
boundaries for change, cultural and political Tupu, the professional Association for confidence than I entered with.
influences, and build your research and Youth Workers in Aotearoa. There’s no more fear, no more
management skills. worry.”
Career ready
Courses Jasmine
• Practical experience through work with Bachelor of Youth and Community
YACL101 Introduction to Youth UC community organisations. Leadership
Leadership: Leading the Self • Develop skills in leadership,
communication, project management,
CHCH101 Strengthening Communities
stakeholder engagement, research, and
through Social Innovation
solution-based thinking to help create
EDUC101 Spark! The Art and Science real results.
or of Learning or Child and • Graduates will be ready to work as leaders
EDUC102 Adolescent Development or of their area of interest, including politics,
or Introduction to New Zealand
teaching, iwi development, community
POLS103 Politics and Policy
services, charities, and marketing.

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Certificates and diplomas
Certificate in Arts Certificate in Arts – example structure Highlights
Year 1 • Enhance your business skills from
100 or 200 100 or 200 100 or 200 100 or 200 accounting theories to marketing practices
The Certificate in Arts (CertArts) is designed Level Level Level Level
in our rapidly expanding world of commerce.
for you to study at university level without
Arts subject • Study four standard courses of your
having to commit to several years of study.
Each small block represents a 15-point course. choice at 100, 200, and/or 300-level.
It is also an option if you want to take a few However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations • The Certificate can be studied full-time in
courses for interest, or study part-time. are possible. For specific course requirements, go 6 months or part-time over 6 years.
Highlights
to [Link]/regulations

Study information • Study from a range of subjects which

• Studying this Certificate can be used as a
pathway to the Diploma in Commerce or
offer field trips, real-world case studies, the Bachelor of Commerce.
Subjects projects, and more.
Anthropology Human Services • Complete four standard courses of your
choice at 100 and/or 200-level in no more
Certificate in
Art History Japanese than two subjects. Criminal Justice
and Theory
• This Certificate can be studied full-time
Chinese Linguistics in 6 months or part-time for up to 5 years.
For those wanting a career change into the
• Can be used as a pathway to the Diploma in criminal justice fields, or who are only available
Cinema Studies Māori and
Arts or the Bachelor of Arts with the ability to study part-time, or not wanting to study the
Indigenous Studies
to transfer your credits to those degrees. full Bachelor of Criminal Justice degree, this
Classics Mathematics Certificate is the best option for you.
Cultural Studies Media and Certificate in The Certificate in Criminal Justice (CertCJ) is
Communication Commerce also a professionally relevant qualification
for those already employed within the
Digital Humanities Music sector who wish to enhance their current
Economics Philosophy The Certificate in Commerce (CertCom) is skills and knowledge.
an option if you want to add commerce The Certificate is offered on campus or
Education Political Science content alongside your non-commerce online through Tuihono UC | UC Online.
and International degree, or do not want to study the full
Relations Bachelor of Commerce degree. Study information
English Psychology Certificate in Criminal Justice –
Study information example structure
English Language Russian
Certificate in Commerce – Year 1 Level

European and Sociology example structure CRJU 100 100 100

European Union Year 1 101 Level Level Level
Studies 100 or 100 or 100 or 100 or
200 or 300 200 or 300 200 or 300 200 or 300 Compulsory Elective
Level Level Level Level courses courses
French Spanish Each small block represents a 15-point course.
Commerce subject However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations
Geography Statistics Each small block represents a 15-point course. are possible. For specific course requirements, go
However, some courses may be 30 points or more. Highlights
to [Link]/regulations
German Te Reo Māori This diagram is an example only – other combinations
are possible. For specific course requirements, go • A range of subjects to enhance your
to [Link]/regulations
Subjects
History current knowledge or gain new skills.
Accounting Information Systems • Study four courses at 100-level in one
semester part-time or up to four years
Computer Science Innovation part-time.
Economics Management • Study on campus or fully online through
Tuihono UC | UC Online.
Finance Marketing • The Certificate in Criminal Justice is a
good pathway into the full Bachelor of
Criminal Justice degree.
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Certificate in Health Certificate in Certificate in
Indigenous Narrative Languages
*
subject to CUAP and TEC approval

The Certificate in Health prepares you with

The Certificate in Indigenous Narrative will If you are interested in languages and are
the skills and knowledge to make a positive
introduce you to Indigenous storytelling studying an alternative degree programme
contribution to the wellbeing of your
in the digital media industry, from films to at UC, you can do a course or two in your
community through health promotion.
video games. language of choice per year.
Learn how the circumstances in which
This Certificate is ideal professional The Certificate in Languages (CertLang) is
people live, work, and play affects
development for anyone working in the also available to study part-time.
their health, and how we can create
creative media industries to gain more
environments that support New Zealanders
to live long and healthy lives regardless of
awareness and ability to incorporate Māori, Study information
Pacific, and other Indigenous cultures in
their income or ethnicity.
their works. Subjects
Study information Study information Ancient Greek Latin

Certificate in Health – example structure Certificate in Indigenous Narrative – Chinese Russian

Year 1 Level example structure
100 100 100 or 200 100 or 200 Year 1 French Spanish
Level Level Level Level TITO TITO TITO 100 or
200 or 300 German Te Reo Māori
101 201 202 Level Level1 Level
Health Elective
courses courses
Compulsory Elective Japanese
Each small block represents a 15-point course. courses courses
However, some courses may be 30 points or more. 1
Choose one of: DISC101, DISC212, ENGL118,
This diagram is an example only – other combinations MAOR107, TITO301.
are possible. For specific course requirements, go
Each small block represents a 15-point course.
Certificate in Languages –
to [Link]/regulations
example structure
Highlights However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations
are possible. For specific course requirements, go Year 1 Level
• The Certificate consists of introductory to [Link]/regulations
compulsory courses in health promotion Highlights 100 or 200 100 or 200 100 or 200 100 or 200
Level Level Level Level
with elective courses in a specific area of • Learn how to build stories, characters,
Language
health interest. narratives, and worlds that are meaningful, courses

• Study and complete four courses full- ethical, and culturally inclusive. Each small block represents a 15-point course.
However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
time in 6 months or part-time over 3 years. • Scholarship opportunities for Māori This diagram is an example only – other combinations
are possible. For specific course requirements, go
• Option to transfer your completed and Pacific students to join Te Whare to [Link]/regulations
courses to the Diploma in Health or the Pūrākau Academy, connecting you with Highlights
Bachelor of Health. Indigenous creators. • Four courses at 100 and/or 200-level
• This Certificate can be completed in 1 year that can be completed in a minimum of
full-time, or part-time for up to 5 years to 6 months full-time to 5 years part-time.
accommodate working professionals. • Courses in the Certificate of Languages
are introductory and no prior knowledge
is required.
• Combine this Certificate with your
other studies to gain knowledge in a
language which can open up your future
job prospects.
• Credits from this Certificate can be
transferred to a Diploma in Languages or
the Bachelor of Arts.

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Certificate in Science Certificate in Certificate in
Sport Coaching University Preparation
If you want to study science at university
level without having to commit to a
Designed for working professionals from any
full-time degree, you might consider the
walk of life who want to develop their skills Study information
Certificate in Science (CertSc).
and knowledge in the area of Sport Coaching, • The Certificate in University Preparation
It is also an option if you want to take a few this Certificate can be completed by distance (CUP) is designed to prepare Aotearoa
courses for interest, or study part-time. around your other commitments. New Zealand citizens or permanent
Coaches can complement and enhance their residents for university study.
Study information work-based skills; or if you are currently not • The Certificate in University Preparation
employed in the sporting industry, you can pathway is recommended for people
Subjects develop skills and competencies to support of all ages, those who have been out of
your knowledge and performance in the area study for a while and want to refresh their
Astronomy Geology
of Sport Coaching and related fields. study skills, or school leavers who want
Biochemistry Linguistics to gain University Entrance.
Study information
Computer Science Mathematics CUP Courses
Certificate in Sport Coaching –
Data Science Medicinal example structure The Certificate comprises four courses:
Chemistry TRNS001 and three optional courses.
Year 1
Economics Philosophy SPRT SPCO 100 or 200 100 or 200 Courses
101 201 Level Level
Environmental Physics Compulsory Elective TRNS001 Introduction to Academic
Science courses courses
Writing (compulsory)
Each small block represents a 15-point course.
Finance Psychology However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations TRNS002 Te Uku: The Peopling of Aotearoa
are possible. For specific course requirements, go
Financial Statistics
Engineering
Highlights
to [Link]/regulations
TRNS003 Introduction to Social Issues
and Challenges
• Choose from a range of courses that suit
Geography your specific area of interests, which TRNS004 Teacher Education and
include practical work and labs. Educational Studies
• Develop your work-based skills as a TRNS005 Exploring the Psychology and
Certificate in Science – example structure coach, or gain knowledge to increase your Biology of the Human Mind
Year 1 employability in the sporting industry.
100 or 200 100 or 200 100 or 200 100 or 200 • Complete four Sport Coaching courses TRNS006 Elementary Chemistry
Level Level Level Level Level
Level at 100 and/or 200-level. These can be TRNS007 Preparatory Mathematics
Science completed in part-time study, full-time
courses
Each small block represents a 15-point course.
study, on campus, or at home. TRNS008 Fundamentals of Physics
However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations
• Credits from this Certificate can be TRNS009 An Introduction to Statistics
are possible. For specific course requirements, go transferred to the Bachelor of Sport and and Probability
to [Link]/regulations
Highlights some other degrees.
TRNS010 Digital Data
• Choose from a range of subjects that suit
your specific science interests ranging TRNS011 An Introduction to Business
from Astronomy, to Environmental Science,
Medicinal Chemistry, and Psychology. TRNS012 An Invitation to Law

• Complete a minimum of 60 points of TRNS013 Special Topic

courses at 100 and/or 200-level from
Bachelor of Science subjects. TRNS017 Mathematics and Calculus

• This Certificate can be completed within MATH101 Methods of Mathematics

one semester full-time, or part time for
up to 6 years.
• Courses can be transferred to some
degrees and is a great pathway to the
Bachelor of Science.

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Highlights Highlights Plus choose up to 105 points of courses
from the following subjects:
• Complete one compulsory academic • Learn about leadership of self, and
writing and study skills course along with leading others, through exploration
Subjects
three other courses in an area of study and experience of a wide range of
that interests you. contemporary leadership theories Anthropology Human Services
• Interest courses range from teacher including in the unique culture of
education to physics, law, psychology, Aotearoa New Zealand. Art History and Theory Japanese
and business. • Carry out group projects in the local Chinese Linguistics
• Course places are limited to allow community with the skills you have
for small classes, which include a developed throughout your studies. Cinema Studies Māori and
Indigenous Studies
combination of lectures, tutorials, • This Certificate can be completed in 1 year
seminars, exercises, and group work. full-time, or up to 3 years part-time on Classics Mathematics
• Flexible study options with a 12-week campus, or via distance.
programme of full-time study or part- Cultural Studies Media and
time study either on campus or distance Diploma in Arts Communication
to suit your preparation needs. Digital Humanities Music

Certificate in Youth If you are wanting to study Arts subjects

at university, the one-year Diploma in Arts
Economics Philosophy

and Community (DipArts) is a great option without having to

Education Political Science
and International
Leadership complete a full three-year bachelor's degree.
It also allows you to take Arts courses of
Relations

interest to add onto your studies in other areas. English Psychology

The Certificate in Youth and Community English Language Russian
Leadership (CertYCL) builds on UC’s Study information
expertise and reputation for humanitarian European and Sociology
Complete one of the following courses:
work and social activism. European Union
Studies
Develop introductory leadership skills and Courses
explore global issues you are passionate French Spanish
about resolving, with the opportunity ARTS102 Problems, Questions, Evidence
to carry out group projects in the Geography Statistics
MAOR165 Tuakiri: Culture and Identity
local community. German Te Reo Māori
This programme is an especially good WRIT101 Writing for Academic Success
option for working professionals and those History
already in leadership positions, or if you do
not want to commit to the full Bachelor of
Youth and Community Leadership degree. Highlights
• Choose from a wide range of Arts
Study information subjects and courses at any level.
Certificate in Youth and Community • Complete a compulsory course on
Leadership – example structure foundational arts skills of academic
Year 1 Level writing, analysing evidence, or
YACL CHCH EDUC101 YACL bicultural identity.
or
101 101 YACL102 201 • This Diploma can be studied full-time in 1
Compulsory year, or part-time for up to 6 years.
courses
Each small block represents a 15-point course.
• Can be used as a pathway to the Bachelor
However, some courses may be 30 points or more. of Arts with the ability to transfer your
This diagram is an example only – other combinations
are possible. For specific course requirements, go
completed courses to that degree.
to [Link]/regulations

Diploma in Arts – example diploma structure

Year 1
ARTS102 or 100 or 100 or 100 or 100 or 100 or 100 or 100 or
MAOR165 or 200 or 300 200 or 300 200 or 300 200 or 300 200 or 300 200 or 300 200 or 300
WRIT101 Level Level Level Level Level Level Level

Compulsory Arts
courses courses

Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations
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Diploma in Diploma in Health Highlights
Commerce • Take four compulsory courses alongside
four elective courses in an area of
*
subject to CUAP and TEC approval
your choice ranging from physical
Through the Diploma in Health, you will activity and nutrition, to Māori and
The one-year Diploma in Commerce
understand the principles and practices of Indigenous development.
(DipCom) gives you the opportunity to grow
health promotion. Learn about how you can
your skills in many business areas. • Complete your studies in one year full-
be part of driving the change for a healthier
This Diploma will suit anyone wanting to time, or up to four years part-time.
Aotearoa, and empower our communities
add business knowledge to their studies, to take health back on their own terms and • The Diploma is a great pathway to other
or wanting professional development, increase access to services. UC degrees including the Bachelor of
but do not want to study the three-year Health Sciences.
The Diploma in Health is an ideal option to
Bachelor's degree.
add health promotion knowledge to your
studies or career, or as a pathway to the Diploma in
Study information Bachelor of Health..
Languages
Subjects
Study information
Accounting Information Systems The Diploma in Health pathway provides If you are interested in learning or
a solid understanding of health concepts, developing further skills in languages
Computer Science Innovation effective communication skills, and and would like to develop cultural
health promotion, with a focus on health competencies in these areas, a language
Economics Management
literacy, disease prevention, and the social diploma could be for you.
Finance Marketing determinants of health. Graduates will be This is a great option if you are studying
able to apply health education strategies alongside another degree programme, as
You may also include up to 60 points to convey complex health information, you can study up to two languages at
at 100 or 200-level from Mathematics build trust and foster collaborative the same time and graduate with an
and Statistics. relationships with individuals, whānau additional qualification.
and communities. Graduates will be well-
Highlights prepared to positively impact community Study information
well-being and pursue further studies into
• Choose courses from all Business Diploma in Languages
the Bachelor of Health.
subjects available at UC, at any level. – example degree structure
• This Diploma can be studied full-time in 1 Year 1
year, or part-time for up to 6 years. 100 100
Level Level Level
• Can be used as a pathway to the Bachelor
of Commerce with the ability to transfer Year 2
your completed courses to that degree. 200 200
Level Level
Year 3
300 300
Diploma in Commerce – example diploma structure Level Level
Year 1 Language
100 or 100 or 100 or 100 or 100 or 100 or 100 or 100 or courses
200 or 300 200 or 300 200 or 300 200 or 300 200 or 300 200 or 300 200 or 300 200 or 300 Up to 30 points of non-language courses (eg, culture,
Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level history) may be chosen if only taking one language.
Each small block represents a 15-point course.
However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
Commerce
courses This diagram is an example only – other combinations
are possible. For specific course requirements, go
to [Link]/regulations
Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations

Diploma in Health – example structure

Year 1
HLTH HLTH HLTH HLTH 100 or 200 100 or 200 100 or 200 100 or 200
101 102 103 106 Level Level Level Level

Compulsory Elective
courses courses
Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations

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If you are interested in learning or developing
further skills in languages and would like to
Diploma in Science Highlights
• Study a wide range of Science subjects,
develop cultural competencies in these areas,
from beginner's to advanced level.
a Diploma in Languages could be for you. A Diploma in Science (DipSc) is a great
• This Diploma can be studied full-time in
This language pathway is a great option option to learn a variety of scientific skills in
1 year, or part-time for up to 6 years.
to study languages alongside your other a single year.
degree programmes, as you can study up • Can be used as a pathway to the Bachelor
This Diploma allows you to study
to two languages at the same time and of Science with the ability to transfer your
interesting science courses, upskill in new
graduate with an additional qualification. completed courses to that degree.
areas, and gain professional development in
your career.
Subjects Graduate Certificate
Ancient Greek Latin
Study information in Health
Complete the following course:
Chinese Russian
*
subject to CUAP and TEC approval
French Spanish Courses
The Graduate Certificate in Health
German Te Reo Māori SCIE101 Science, Society and Me provides foundational knowledge in a
short timeframe—ideal for professionals
Japanese seeking targeted expertise. It’s a great
Plus choose up to 105 points of courses
from the following subjects: option if you’re looking to break into the
health sector, even if you’re not currently
Highlights Subjects employed in the industry, by helping you
• Gain extensive knowledge in languages develop relevant skills and competencies
of your choice which will increase your Accounting Geology for employment. Additionally, this
employability in many occupations and certificate can serve as a stepping stone to
Antarctic Studies Health Sciences
areas of work. postgraduate study and research.
• Complete 120 points of courses in total Audiology Linguistics By learning to engage in professional,
in language courses, as well as non- ethical, and reflective health practices, you
Astronomy Mathematics
language courses such as in culture can begin to address challenges and solve
or history. Biochemistry Philosophy problems in diverse health contexts.
• Complete the Diploma part-time within
6 years or full-time alongside your
Computer Science Physics Highlights
other degree. Data Science Product Design Graduate Certificate in Health Sciences –
example structure
• This Diploma is a great pathway to the
Economics Psychology Year 1 Level
Bachelor of Arts.
Engineering Science, Māori 300 300 300 HLTH101
or 106 or 112
Level Level Level
and Indigenous
Knowledge Health Elective
courses courses

Environmental Speech and Each small block represents a 15-point course.

However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
Science Language Sciences This diagram is an example only – other combinations
are possible. For specific course requirements, go
to [Link]/regulations
Finance Soil Science • Understand core health concepts,
principles and policy with the ability to
Financial Engineering Statistics
apply these in various health-related
Geography Water Science contexts..
and Management • Demonstrate a commitment to culturally
safe practice, particularly with Māori and
Pacific communities, respecting cultural
perspectives and values..
Diploma in Science – example diploma structure
• Demonstrate skills in digital
Year 1
communication and health information
100 or 100 or 100 or 100 or 100 or 100 or 100 or
SCIE 200 or 300 200 or 300 200 or 300 200 or 300 200 or 300 200 or 300 200 or 300 technologies to reach and engage diverse
101 Level Level Level Level Level Level Level communities..
Compulsory Science
courses courses

Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations

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Graduate Diploma Highlights
in Health • study 200 and 300-level courses from the
Bachelor of Health
• understand key determinants of health
*
subject to CUAP and TEC approval and health disparities that shape Māori
The Graduate Diploma in Health offers an and Pacific health outcomes..
opportunity to deepen your understanding • learn health promotion, health education,
of key health topics. It is ideal if you’re and communication skills..
considering a career shift into the health
• many areas to focus on, like nutrition,
sector, planning to pursue postgraduate
psychology, wellbeing and physical
study, or are an international student who
activity, mental health and addictions,
does not yet meet the entry criteria for
epidemiology, and health policy
postgraduate programmes.
• prepare for a range of careers and other
By completing this diploma, you’ll
roles within the health sector, both in
demonstrate a comprehensive
Aotearoa and internationally.
understanding of health systems,
theories, and practices, and be equipped
Graduate Diploma in Health – example structure
to contribute to improved health
outcomes across diverse settings. You’ll Year 1
also develop skills in equity, diversity, 100 or 200 100 or 200 100 or 200 100 or 200 100 or 200 300 300 300
Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level
and inclusion; build bicultural confidence
and competence; and be prepared to Compulsory Elective
courses courses
apply these capabilities in health-related
Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more.
workplaces and organisations.. This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements,
go to [Link]/regulations

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Kaupapa
Subjects
41 Accounting 67 Financial Engineering 93 Performance Data Analysis
41 Aerospace Engineering 67 Forensic Psychology 94 Philosophy
42 Ancient Greek 68 Forest Engineering 94 Philosophy, Politics and Economics
42 Animation 68 Forestry Science 95 Photography
42 Antarctic Studies 69 French 95 Physical Activity
43 Anthropology 69 Freshwater 96 Physical Activity and Wellbeing
44 Art History and Theory 69 Game Arts 96 Physics
44 Astronomy 70 Game Development 97 Political Communication
45 Biochemistry 70 Geography 97 Political Science and International
46 Bioinformatics 71 Geology Relations
46 Biological Sciences 72 German 98 Population Health Data Science
47 Biomedical Engineering 72 Global Societies and Cultures 98 Power Engineering
47 Bioprocess Engineering 73 Graphic Design 99 Primary Teaching
47 Business Analytics 73 Health Education 100 PACE
48 Business and Sustainability 74 Health Science 100 Psychological Wellbeing
48 Chemical and Process Engineering 74 History 100 Psychology
49 Chemical Formulation Design 75 Human Resource Management 101 Psychology for Common Good
49 Chemistry 75 Human Services 102 Public Health
50 Chinese 76 Humanitarian Work 102 Russian
51 Cinematic Arts 76 Indigenous Knowledge and 103 Screen Sound
51 Cinema Studies Sustainable Partnerships 103 Screenwriting
52 Civil Engineering 76 Indigenous Narrative 103 Sculpture
52 Classics 77 Industrial Product Design 104 Secondary Teacher Education
53 Communication Strategy and Practice 77 Information Systems 105 Social Action, Community and
53 Communications and 78 Innovation Global Development
Network Engineering 78 International Affairs 105 Social Activism
54 Community Music 79 International Business 105 Social Entrepreneurship
54 Composition 79 Japanese 106 Social Work
54 Computational Linguistics 80 Journalism 106 Society, Diversity and Change
55 Computer Engineering 80 Language, Brain and Behaviour 107 Sociology
55 Computer Science 81 Latin 107 Software Engineering
56 Creative Industries and 81 Law 108 Spanish
Contemporary Practice 82 Linguistics 108 Spatial Data Science
56 Creative Music Technology 82 Management 109 Speech and Language Pathology
57 Criminal Justice 83 Māori and Indigenous Health 109 Sport Coaching and Physical Education
57 Cultural Heritage 83 Māori and Indigenous Perspectives 110 Sport Management
57 Cultural Studies 83 Māori and Indigenous Studies 110 Sport Marketing and Management
58 Data Science 84 Marketing 110 Sports Studies
58 Digital Humanities 85 Mātauranga Māori 111 Statistics
59 Digital Product Design 85 Mathematical Sciences Education 111 Strategy and Entrepreneurship
59 Early Childhood Teaching 86 Mathematics 112 Strength and Conditioning
60 Economics 87 Mechanical Engineering 112 Structural Engineering
60 Ecosystem Health and Biosecurity 87 Mechatronics Engineering 113 Sustainable Business, Enterprise
61 Education 87 Media and Communication and Economics
61 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 88 Medicinal Chemistry 113 Sustainable Coasts
62 English 89 Mental Health and Addiction 114 Sustainable Energy Engineering
62 Environmental Change 89 Moving Image 114 Tauwhitinga Māori: Māori
63 Environmental Contamination 89 Music Communication Strategy and Practice
63 Environmental Hazards and Disasters 90 Music Studies 114 Taxation and Accounting
64 Environmental Policy, Governance 90 Natural Resources Engineering 115 Te Ao Hākinakina
and Social Justice 91 Neuroscienceand Cognition 115 Te Reo Māori
64 Environmental Process Engineering 91 Nutrition 116 Tourism Marketing and Management
64 Environmental Science 92 Operations and Supply Chain 116 Water and Environmental Systems
65 European and European Management Engineering
Union Studies 92 Pacific Studies 117 Workplace Psychology
66 Exercise and Sport Nutrition 93 Painting 117 Youth and Community Leadership
66 Finance 93 Performance 118 Youth Work and Development
Accounting Courses Aerospace
You will take introductory courses in
cashflow and profit reporting; accounting
Engineering
for managers; and taxation, followed by
advanced study in business, government Aerospace Engineering involves the design,
performance, cost management, and development, testing, and production of
accounting theory and practice. aircraft, spacecraft, and related systems
Topics can include: and equipment.
• financial accounting and reporting UC offers the only undergraduate Aerospace
• management accounting degree in Aotearoa, giving you early entry into
the industry or towards advanced research.
• auditing and assurance
Aerospace Engineering is a minor in the
• legal responsibilities of businesses.
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours
[Link] in Mechanical Engineering and can be
“Accounting opens the door to selected in year three of the degree.
several career paths, whether it Career opportunities
be as a small town Accountant or a This subject provides a solid foundation What will my study involve?
top executive.” for a successful professional career in areas • Practical courses, such as aerospace
such as consulting, taxation, auditing, design, aerodynamics, and propulsion.
Sara
organisational control and management,
Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in • Final-year projects sponsored by and
investments, and financial management.
Accounting and Information Studies in collaboration with industry, such
Career pathways could include: as Rocket Lab, Air New Zealand, Kea
Accountants assess and report on the Aerospace, and Dawn Aerospace.
• chartered accountant
performance of organisations, and inform
decisions about pricing, costs, systems • auditing and assurance • Join the growing aerospace industry in
and processes, investments, organisational • chief executive officer Aotearoa, with Ōtautahi Christchurch
strategy, and management. They also and UC as a central hub for research
• forensic accounting. and innovation.
check if relevant rules and laws have been
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers • Take part in the UC Aerospace club and
followed and ensure that the information is
reliable and up-to-date. build your own rockets on campus.
Study Accounting:
At UC, you will learn about accounting,
auditing, tax rules and practices, and the • Bachelor of Commerce Courses
role accountants play in many contexts As a Minor: You will begin courses towards Aerospace
including public, private, environmental, • Bachelor of Arts Engineering from the third year of your
and political. • Bachelor of Commerce Mechanical Engineering degree, which
includes aircraft design and production.
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
What will my study involve? • Bachelor of Health Topics can include:
• Learn about important issues such • propulsion
• Bachelor of Product Design
as business ethics and corporate
• Bachelor of Science • aircraft structures
social responsibility, data analytics,
cryptocurrencies, and the increasing • Bachelor of Social and • flight mechanics
challenges of globalisation. Environmental Sustainability • computational fluid dynamics.
• Bachelor of Sport
• By taking specific courses, you can [Link]
qualify for provisional membership • Bachelor of Youth and
Community Leadership
with professional bodies such as Career opportunities
Chartered Accountants of Australia and Other pathways:
• Certificate in Commerce Having a skillset in Aerospace Engineering
New Zealand (CA ANZ), CPA Australia,
will make you a great fit for a path
and the Association of Chartered • Diploma in Commerce
in aviation, or you could go beyond
Certified Accountants (ACCA), or other
our atmosphere and join the growing
international organisations, which
space industry.
means you can become a certified,
chartered accountant. Career pathways could include:
• You can minor in Accounting in a large • rocketry design
number of bachelor’s degrees to add • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) design
accounting and financial knowledge to • avionics engineering
your studies.
• defence forces.
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 Study Aerospace Engineering: Career opportunities Career opportunities
Through learning the language and Your experiences working on animation and
• Bachelor of Engineering with Honours analysing ancient Greek culture, you visual effects for video games and other
in Mechanical Engineering will gain skills like research, analysis, digital media will help prepare you for work
attention to detail, critical thinking, in the fast-paced entertainment industry, as
and communication. well as in roles in marketing, web design, and
Ancient Greek Career pathways could include: other areas needing animation expertise.
• museums and libraries Career pathways could include:
Studying Ancient Greek at UC will involve • teaching and academia • animation
more than just the language; you will • art and language conservation • visual effects (VFX)
delve into Greek literature, history, politics, • game art
architecture, and philosophy. • publishing.
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers • graphic design.
Through your studies, you will be able to
draw upon the past to better understand [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
what is going on in the world right now Study Ancient Greek:
as many modern concepts like democracy, Study Animation:
• Certificate in Languages
theatre, and psychology originated in Greece. • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
• Diploma in Languages
As a Minor:
What will my study involve? • Bachelor of Arts
• In-depth learning of ancient Greek Animation • Bachelor of Commerce
culture through various topics in the • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
original language.
• Bachelor of Health
• Get hands-on with our James Logie Animation combines art with movement,
creating cinematic scenes and dynamic, • Bachelor of Product Design
Memorial Collection of ancient artefacts in
the Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities. believable worlds full of life and motion. • Bachelor of Science
Studies at UC will help you develop your • Bachelor of Social and
• UC hosts guest speakers from all over the
own personal animation style. You will Environmental Sustainability
world at public lectures and events.
also learn concepts, tools, and techniques • Bachelor of Sport
• Study at Te Matatiki Toi Ora | Arts Centre needed to see the animation process from • Bachelor of Youth and
campus. creation to post-production. Community Leadership

Courses What will my study involve?

Your first year involves learning beginner’s • Use traditional hand drawn and modern Antarctic Studies
Ancient Greek. Later you will read major texts computer graphic techniques to create
of Greek epic poetry, drama, philosophy and multi-dimensional characters and worlds.
more, under the guidance of research-active
and internationally regarded staff. • Work in computer and stop motion studio.
If you know some Ancient Greek already, • Create your own portfolio of
then you may enter straight into second- animation work.
year courses.
Topics can include:
Courses
• grammar and vocabulary Animation courses begin with foundational
skills using industry-standard software
• life and culture like Maya. You will get to work on practical
• literature projects like creating animations during
• research projects. gaming development as well as in post-
production editing for the digital screen.
[Link] “Experience and understand the
Topics can include:
great frozen continent.”
• realistic expressions
Wills
• character development and design
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Postgraduate
• performance capture rigging Certificate in Antarctic Studies
• cinema and video game project work.
Antarctica is the highest, coldest, and most
[Link] isolated continent, so vast that it affects
climate and ocean currents. Explore its history,
biodiversity, and role in the global climate crisis.

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What will my study involve? Anthropology Courses
• A wide range of topics like arctic climate, First-year courses will introduce you
marine ecology, biodiversity, hazards and to various aspects of culture, and how
disaster management. it evolves over time due to political,
• Learn how life — microbes, plants, economic, colonial, and social changes.
animals, and humans — thrives in these Topics can include:
extreme conditions. • human origins and world history
• Gateway Antarctica, UC’s on-campus • religion, witchcraft, and other rituals
research centre, plays a role in
• historical and contemporary racism
international research, engineering in
extreme environments, and connections • family structures.
between Antarctica, Aotearoa, and [Link]
global nations. Learn from the experts.
Career opportunities
Courses “The vastness of the field of You can tailor your studies in Anthropology
Courses in this programme will introduce Anthropology makes it very easy to to suit your job or career interests. The skills
you to various aspects of Antarctica, find something you love.” you learn through your studies like rational
from its extreme climate to the history of thinking, critical analysis, ethnography,
Alex
Antarctic exploration and beyond: cross-cultural communication, writing, and
Bachelor of Arts with Honours in
Topics can include: research can be used in other fields.
Anthropology, Postgraduate Diploma
• weather and climate change in Health Sciences, Master of Heath Career pathways could include:
• southern ocean exploration Sciences with an endorsement in Health • government and policy
Information Systems
• biodiversity and ecosystem • international relations and foreign affairs
• social and political issues. If you are interested in the history of our • media and public relations
existence, languages and cultures, identity, • social research.
Include Antarctic Studies courses in any
and religion, then Anthropology is for you.
bachelor’s degree at UC to examine critical, [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
contemporary issues around climate At UC, you will learn about our collective
change and politics. history, and explore future issues like the Study Anthropology:
evolving role of technology in our lives,
[Link]
power structures and systemic issues, and • Bachelor of Arts
where our global culture might be heading. As a Minor:
Career opportunities
• Bachelor of Arts
By learning about the Antarctic region, What will my study involve? • Bachelor of Commerce
you will understand the impact Antarctica
• Study topics that challenge your current • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
has on the world. You will be able to
way of thinking, and get you thinking • Bachelor of Health
contribute to lots of areas like research,
deeply about the topic.
education, conservation and sustainability, • Bachelor of Product Design
engineering, and tourism. • Get hands-on experience with real ancient • Bachelor of Science
artefacts through UC's Teece Museum of • Bachelor of Social and
Career pathways could include:
Classical Antiquities, based at Te Matatiki Environmental Sustainability
• Antarctic science (eg, glaciology, Toi Ora | Arts Centre of Christchurch, with
atmospherics, oceanography) • Bachelor of Sport
a collection spanning more than 2,500
• engineering and technical support years from about 2,000 BCE. • Bachelor of Youth and
Community Leadership
• policy and law • Get involved on campus through clubs
Other pathways:
• science communications and education. and advocacy.
• Certificate in Arts
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers • Combine your interests with other
• Diploma in Arts
studies by adding Anthropology to many
Study Antarctic Studies: UC bachelor’s degrees.

Cannot be studied as a major or minor,

but you can take these courses as part of
any degree.

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Art History Courses Astronomy
and Theory In your first year, you will cover topics
in modern art by examining mediums
like painting, photography, and film. You
will also be introduced to architecture
and objects in art history, and complete
practical work with real artefacts.
Topics can include:
• Japanese art
• Indigenous art
• art in Europe
• visual culture like print, photography,
and film.
[Link]
“I would like to work as an
astronomy researcher overseas in
“Art History goes beyond studying a Career opportunities various observatories, in places such
narrow band of visual culture – you
Throughout your studies, you will practice as America, Chile, Hawai‘i,
get to explore topics like philosophy
skills like critical analysis, attention to and Europe.”
and aesthetics, history of science,
detail, perspective, cultural awareness,
advertising, and more.” Rosemary
and research.
PhD in Astronomy
Bojana By examining artworks, you will gain ‘visual’
Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Art literacy, a skill that is applicable to many Astronomy is the study of matter and
History and Theory, Bachelor of Arts with areas and careers. radiation throughout all time and space.
Honours in Art History, Master of Arts in Astronomers use the latest technological
Career pathways could include:
Art History advancements to do this, making this field
• museum and gallery curatorship
This subject traces history and culture using one of the most rapidly expanding of all
• heritage conservation physical sciences.
artefacts, architecture, photos, and more.
Learn to find meaning through objects and • publishing
see how these affect our experiences. • library science. What will my study involve?
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers • Some of the topics you will study
What will my study involve? include planets, the evolution of stars,
• Learn in the main and city centre campuses. Study Art History and Theory: black holes, the structure and evolution
of galaxies, and dark matter and
• Get hands-on with our James Logie • Bachelor of Arts dark energy.
Memorial Collection of ancient artefacts As a Minor:
in the Teece Museum of Classical • You will get the opportunity to observe
• Bachelor of Arts at Ōtehīwai — University of Canterbury
Antiquities in the city, and Aotearoa New
Zealand’s cultural collections at Te Puna • Bachelor of Commerce Mount John Observatory — the best
Rakahau o Macmillan Brown | Macmillan • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours optical astronomical research centre
Brown Library on campus. • Bachelor of Health in Aotearoa.
• Internship courses where you can gain • Bachelor of Product Design • We are the only university in Aotearoa to
practical skills and build connections. • Bachelor of Science teach Astronomy at all levels of study.
• Combine Art History and Theory studies • Bachelor of Social and
with other subject interests like Classics, Environmental Sustainability Courses
Anthropology, and languages. • Bachelor of Sport Good grades in physics and calculus
• Bachelor of Youth and are required for entry into this subject.
Community Leadership However, we offer introductory courses for
Other pathways: those who don’t have a strong background
• Certificate in Arts from secondary school.
• Diploma in Arts Our first-year courses give you a foundation
in astronomy, physics, and maths. You will
also learn programming basics throughout
your study.

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Topics can include:
Biochemistry Topics can include:
• how the universe works — from planets • molecular biology
to the universe as a whole • protein science and chemistry
• astrophysics and dark matter • biochemistry pathology (eg, cancer,
• electromagnetism and mechanics heart disease)
• cosmology and theories of the universe. • metabolism.
[Link] [Link]

Career opportunities Career opportunities

If you are considering studying Astronomy Biochemistry is an ever-evolving area of
and Astrophysics, you probably have a study and you will be prepared for many
natural curiosity about how things work. opportunities like research, working in the
An Astronomy degree could lead you industry, international opportunities, or
towards being a part of the many exciting further specialisation.
and unexpected discoveries we have yet to “UC has one of the best Schools of
Your contribution to the field can help
make about our universe. Biology in the country and combined
address challenges and advance many areas
with the location and my degree
Through your studies, you will learn skills of life.
choice, it just made sense.”
like computer modelling, data analysis, Career pathways could include:
problem-solving, computer programming, Caleb
Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry • nutrition
and communication, which also opens up
pathways beyond astronomy. • medical diagnostics and drug testing
Biochemistry is the study of life at the
Career pathways could include: • agriculture
cellular level, giving us insight into the
• astronomer and other scientific fields history of all living species — animals, • biotechnology design.
(physicist, meteorologist, geophysicist) plants, bacteria, and viruses — and how [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
• technical writer they function.
• data analysis and information technology Biochemistry knowledge can be applied in Study Biochemistry:
broad and diverse ways, such as genetic
• science communication, teaching, • Bachelor of Science
engineering, conservation and restoration,
and media. As a Minor:
biomedical science, and disease treatment.
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers • Bachelor of Arts
What will my study involve? • Bachelor of Commerce
Study Astronomy: • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
• Practical exercises and labs.
• Bachelor of Science • Bachelor of Health
• There is exciting research happening
As a Minor: at UC and you can learn from many • Bachelor of Product Design
• Bachelor of Arts of our experts through Te Pokapū • Bachelor of Science
• Bachelor of Commerce Taunekeneke Rāpoi Ngota | Biomolecular • Bachelor of Social and
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours Interaction Centre, with connections Environmental Sustainability
• Bachelor of Health to other universities, industry, and • Bachelor of Sport
international collaborators. • Bachelor of Youth and
• Bachelor of Product Design
• You can also minor in Biochemistry Community Leadership
• Bachelor of Science
within many different bachelor’s Other pathways:
• Bachelor of Social and degrees to give your other studies a • Certificate in Science
Environmental Sustainability biological focus. • Diploma in Science
• Bachelor of Sport
• Bachelor of Youth and Courses
Community Leadership
Good grades in chemistry from secondary
Other pathways:
school are required for entry into this
• Certificate in Science subject. However, we offer introductory
• Diploma in Science chemistry courses for those who don’t have
a strong background.
Biochemistry courses introduce you
to areas like cellular biology, ecology,
and chemistry.

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Bioinformatics Study Bioinformatics: Courses
First-year courses introduce you to the
• Bachelor of Data Science foundations of cell structure, evolution,
Bioinformatics collects, stores, and analyses and statistics.
biological data for disease diagnosis,
Topics can include:
cellular evolution and mutation, medicine Biological Sciences • marine biology
development, and many other applications.
Studying bioinformatics will give you • protein science
practical experience in real industry • biochemistry behind diseases like cancer
research outcomes.
• ecology and conservation.
[Link]
What will my study involve?
• Study breakthrough science in Career opportunities
genetics and learn how data is used to
improve lives. A Biological Sciences major indicates you have
the ability to access, understand, analyse,
• Use computer and molecular genetics
and communicate complex information. You
labs on campus, which includes the
can develop further technical knowledge in
Canterbury Sequencing Facility and the
areas that interest you like biosecurity, marine
Ancient DNA Laboratory.
biology, evolutionary ecology, soil restoration,
• UC has research centres that specialise “If you look around you, there’s a lot of zoology, and biotechnology.
in bioinformatics, with experts making exciting and innovative research that Career pathways could include:
breakthroughs in breast cancer detection being carried out all the time at UC.”
and stroke risk research. • forensics
Roseanna • primary industries
Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences
Courses and Geology, Bachelor of Science with • ecology
Courses begin with the basics of Honours in Ecology • pharmaceutical and
cellular biology, evolution, ecology, and governmental industries.
conservation biology, before going onto Biology is the study of living things,
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
advanced programming and modelling of from animals to plants to microbes. The
large-scale data. scale varies from molecules and cells to
organisms, populations, and ecosystems.
Study Biological Sciences:
Topics can include:
We need to know how the living world • Bachelor of Science
• genome sequencing
interacts with the environment to better As a Minor:
• evolution understand and prepare for the future. • Bachelor of Arts
• data analysis and programming • Bachelor of Commerce
• ethics and legal use of biological data. What will my study involve? • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
[Link] • Lab work to examine cell biology, • Bachelor of Health
biodiversity, microorganisms, zoology, • Bachelor of Product Design
Career opportunities and more.
• Bachelor of Psychological Science
A Bioinformatics degree gives you an • We have the most extensive network • Bachelor of Science
understanding of genomics and molecular of field stations of any university
• Bachelor of Social and
biology, combined with professional, in Aotearoa. You get to explore Te
Environmental Sustainability
interdisciplinary skills in statistics, Waipounamu South Island to enhance
your practical field skills. • Bachelor of Sport
computer programming, and applying data • Bachelor of Youth and
to research outcomes. • You can focus your interests as you
Community Leadership
This skillset will prepare you for many progress in your studies.
Other pathways:
roles processing large amounts of data for • Our Biological Sciences major has
• Certificate in Science
medical needs, or even in developing new been accredited by the Royal Society of
• Diploma in Science
technologies in the field. Biology (RSB), the first in Aotearoa to be
Career pathways could include: internationally recognised in this way.
This means that when you graduate
• drug and medicine development you will be equipped with well-rounded
• clinical health testing knowledge and skills, making you
• forensics highly employable.
• conservation.
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Biomedical Career pathways could include: Career opportunities
• healthcare services
Engineering • product design and manufacturing of
There is an increasing demand for engineers
who can apply biological science knowledge
medical devices to industrial processes.
Biomedical Engineering involves designing and • Quality Assurance (QA) testing and Career pathways could include:
creating medical and healthcare technology. medical regulatory compliance • pharmaceuticals
This is a priority industry, as there is a growing • medical equipment maintenance. • biofuels
need for engineering solutions that restore [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers • biological waste treatment
function and aid in diagnosis, monitoring,
rehabilitation, and delivery of care. • biodegradable materials.
Study Biomedical Engineering:
Biomedical Engineering is a minor in the [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in • Bachelor of Engineering with Honours
Mechanical Engineering and can be selected in Mechanical Engineering Study Bioprocess Engineering:
in year three of the degree.
• Bachelor of Engineering with Honours
What will my study involve? Bioprocess in Chemical and Process Engineering

• Study design, repair, maintenance, Engineering

and implementation of new Business Analytics
medical technologies.
Bioprocess Engineering uses biology
• Practical courses using lab equipment,
to create sustainable and effective Business Analytics brings in data from
from human performance monitors to
manufacturing processes, and for the areas such as accounting, marketing, and
performance capture software.
design of products like foods, vaccines, and economics to help make better business
• Internship and research project cleaning products. decisions, improve customer services, and
opportunities at hospitals and clinics
This is the perfect option if you have an implement growth strategies using tools
both locally and overseas.
interest in biochemistry, microbiology, like machine learning.
• Check out clubs like UC BIOMED to or molecular biology, and want to add a
engage in biomedical design projects, biological focus to your engineering degree. What will my study involve?
field trips, and events.
• Use data to recognise and plan future
What will my study involve? developments, and identify new business
Courses opportunities.
• Practical lab work learning how bacteria
Biomedical Engineering courses begin in the and algae can be used for the creation • Include Business Analytics as a minor
second year of your Mechanical Engineering of new products and the treatment in a wide range of degrees for a data-
degree. You will get to work on designing of waste. informed career.
and testing new medical equipment such as
• Applied learning with individual and
prosthetics, implants, monitors, scanners,
and assistive technologies.
group design and research projects. Courses
• Access to bioprocessing First-year courses will introduce you to
Topics can include:
technology experts. collecting and reading data. Later courses
• biomechanics and usability will allow you to focus on a particular area
• prototyping and testing Courses such as finance, business economics, and
• bioethics and medical compliance This minor is available alongside the information systems.
• intellectual property and patents. Bachelor of Engineering with Honours Topics can include:
[Link] in Chemical and Process Engineering • managing large sets of data
and will introduce you to biology,
• information software and new technologies
bioprocessing, and biotechnology. Your
Career opportunities Bioprocess Engineering courses begin in the • marketing and recognising customer trends
With your practical skills and experiences second year. • ethics of gathering data.
working on a variety of medical devices, Courses can include: [Link]
you will be able to help with global health
challenges, for example our increasingly • metabolism and metabolic engineering
aging population, healthcare in the • genetic engineering Career opportunities
developing world, and a rise in illnesses • bioseparation processes Having the skills to analyse and interpret
from sedentary lifestyles. data will make you an important part
• environmental and community impacts.
of growing businesses and keeping our
[Link] world more informed. Data scientists
are in demand as it is an area that faces
significant skills shortages globally.

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Career pathways could include: The link between business and
sustainability involves improving processes Study Business and Sustainability:
• business analyst
from manufacture to end user, so that we As a Minor:
• marketer
are minimising waste and impact, and
• strategic consultant • Bachelor of Arts
rethinking business strategies to take
• Bachelor of Commerce
• data scientist. care of the world we live in. This includes
looking after communities, individuals, and • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
the planet. • Bachelor of Health Science
Study Business Analytics: • Bachelor of Product Designs
What will my study involve? • Bachelor of Science
• Bachelor of Data Science • Learn business approaches to environmental • Bachelor of Social and
As a Minor: and social challenges through interactive Environmental Sustainability
• Bachelor of Arts lessons and case studies. • Bachelor of Sport
• Bachelor of Commerce • Explore corporate performance • Bachelor of Youth and
from ethical, global, and Community Leadership
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
multicultural perspectives.
• Bachelor of Health
• Customise your degree by including
• Bachelor of Product Design
this minor in a wide range of Chemical and
• Bachelor of Science
• Bachelor of Social and
bachelor’s degrees. Process Engineering
Environmental Sustainability
Courses
• Bachelor of Sport
Business and Sustainability includes
• Bachelor of Youth and
courses from a variety of subjects to build
Community Leadership
your management and problem-solving
skills, and explore the current obstacles
Business and faced by industry.
Topics can include:
Sustainability • environmental economics
• sustainable tourism
• new sustainable technologies
• corporate social responsibility.
[Link] “I learned a lot about how process
engineering is involved in the field of
Career opportunities combating pollution and renewable
By studying this subject, you will be energies, and decided I wanted to be
able to look at business processes from involved.”
many angles with the goal of saving Ben
the environment, building sustainable Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in
relationships with stakeholders, and cost- Chemical and Process Engineering with a
cutting while helping businesses grow. minor in Energy Processing Technologies,
“The lecturers have a huge level of Career pathways could include: Master of Engineering in Chemical and
experience and knowledge and really • operations and supply Process Engineering
go the extra mile.” chain management Chemical and Process Engineering is about
Rosa • business management turning raw materials into marketable
Bachelor of Commerce in Human Resource products in order to tackle issues facing the
• entrepreneurship
Management with a minor in Business and world today — from supplying clean drinking
Sustainability, Bachelor of Arts in English • advisory and consulting.
water and creating a sustainable food supply,
and Psychology [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers through to improving society’s health and
wellbeing, and producing pharmaceuticals.
Sustainability is an important issue and
more people are holding businesses
accountable with their impact on the
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What will my study involve? Chemical Study Chemical
• Learn physical, chemical, and biological
processes in the lab, plus how to use
Formulation Design Formulation Design:

them on a commercial scale. • Bachelor of Product Design

• Hands-on learning through simulation Chemical Formulation Design combines
software, lab experiments, workshop
training, and industrial visits.
product innovation with design, science,
engineering, and business skills. Chemistry
• Complete individual and group projects. This subject focuses on formulated
• Opportunity to add a minor in products like pharmaceutical, agrochemical,
Bioprocess Engineering, Environmental personal care, and rongoā (Māori medicine).
Process Engineering, or Sustainable You will analyse materials, focus on
Energy Engineering. sustainable production, and test processes
like quality and safety.
Courses
What will my study involve?
First-year courses will introduce you
to chemical principles and processes, • Apply your learning through team
engineering maths, and physics. Your projects and entrepreneurship
Chemical and Process Engineering courses courses, and use dedicated product
begin in the second year. innovation spaces.
Topics can include: • Think about ways to incorporate tangata
whenua in the product design process. “Chemistry is cross-linked with both
• renewable energy and technologies biology and physics, so you get a
• Create prototypes and learn how to pitch
• biology for engineers great taste for all three sciences in
your product.
• fluid mechanics the one major.”
• chemistry for engineers. Courses Olivia
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry,
[Link] In your first year, you will take introductory
Postgraduate Certificate in Business
courses in chemical principles and
Career opportunities processes, and learn the science behind Chemistry deals with the composition,
You will develop technical knowledge formulating products. structure, and behaviour of atoms and
about the processing of chemicals and Topics can include: molecules that make up all forms of matter.
other materials, plus transferable skills. • principles of formulated product design Understanding the world at an atomic level
You can work in organisations that make helps us see how things are interconnected
• natural products and properties
products or process materials, ranging from and work together.
aluminium to waste. • packaging design
Career pathways could include: • consumer behaviour and What will my study involve?
marketing strategies.
• renewable and sustainable energy • Apply your learning in the lab and
[Link] research projects in diverse areas
• food production
of chemistry — physical, biological,
• pharmaceuticals Career opportunities environmental, theoretical, and more.
• recycling and waste treatment. This subject will help you understand • Study Chemistry as a minor within
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers the complete chemical product design many bachelor’s degree options to
process — from idea generation to add a scientific background to your
Study Chemical and commercialisation. Other skills you will gain other subjects.
Process Engineering: include prototyping, methods of analysis,
• Bachelor of Engineering with Honours
regulatory requirements, commercial Courses
production, testing, and economics.
Good grades in chemistry are required for
As a result of this degree, you will be ready to entry into this subject. However, we offer
work in the industry or start your own business. introductory chemistry courses for those
Career pathways could include: who don’t have a strong background from
• formulation scientist secondary school.
• quality manager The first year is broad and you will be able
to take lots of introductory science courses
• marketing and sales manager
and labs to get you started.
• entrepreneur.
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As you progress, you will get to explore
and experiment with different branches of
Chinese Topics can include:
• traditional and contemporary culture
advanced chemistry, such as electrochemistry
• cinema
(energy), thermodynamics (heat and
radiation), and photochemistry (light). • global politics and international relations
Topics can include: • economy and trade.
• laboratory skills [Link]
• organic and inorganic chemistry
Career opportunities
• nanotechnology
Learning Chinese will open up work both in
• medicinal chemistry.
Aotearoa and overseas, including exchange
[Link] opportunities while you are studying. There
are lots of ways to strengthen your cross-
Career opportunities cultural communication and awareness at UC.
There are new and exciting discoveries Career pathways could include:
“UC’s focus on shaping its graduates
happening every day in the field of chemistry,
to be more bicultural and globally • interpreting and translation
and your studies will prepare you to address
aware was a big drawcard for me.” • tourism and travel agencies
global challenges like energy, food supply,
health, and environmental change. Sam • business and trade relations
Career pathways could include: Bachelor of Commerce in International • immigration.
Business, Bachelor of Arts in Chinese and
• toxicology and forensics [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
Political Science and International Relations
• product development Study Chinese:
China is one of the world’s oldest
• pharmaceuticals
civilisations, with Mandarin Chinese spoken • Bachelor of Arts
• food science. by more than half the world’s population. As a Minor:
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers Studying Chinese gives you access to this • Bachelor of Arts
economic power, with huge international • Bachelor of Commerce
Study Chemistry: influence and ever-growing relations
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
with Aotearoa.
• Bachelor of Science • Bachelor of Health
As a Minor: What will my study involve? • Bachelor of Product Design
• Bachelor of Science
• Bachelor of Arts • Learn modern standard Chinese.
• Bachelor of Social and
• Bachelor of Commerce • Experience Chinese society, including Environmental Sustainability
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours literature, cinema, technology, and
• Bachelor of Sport
• Bachelor of Health modern culture.
• Bachelor of Youth and
• Bachelor of Product Design • UC’s Confucius Institute, in collaboration Community Leadership
with Huazhong University of Science and
• Bachelor of Psychological Science
Technology, has opportunities to practise Other pathways:
• Bachelor of Science
Chinese language and experience the • Certificate in Arts
• Bachelor of Social and culture on campus.
Environmental Sustainability • Certificate in Languages
• Exchange opportunities with China,
• Bachelor of Sport • Diploma in Arts
including business tours and language
• Bachelor of Youth and immersion with Chinese universities. • Diploma in Languages
Community Leadership
Other pathways: Courses
• Certificate in Science
No previous knowledge of the Chinese
• Diploma in Science
language is required to study this subject
at UC. Besides spoken and written Chinese
language, other courses explore Chinese
history, society, and achievements that
have influenced the world.
If you know some Chinese already, then you
may be given direct entry into second-year
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Cinematic Arts Study Cinematic Arts:
• You can minor in Cinema Studies in many
UC bachelor’s degrees.
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
Aotearoa has been put on the map with our As a Minor: Courses
internationally renowned expertise in visual • Bachelor of Arts Besides film theory and history, in your
effects and film technologies, filming locations, first year you will analyse 12 films from
• Bachelor of Commerce
and the calibre of our writers and directors. 12 countries in 12 weeks as part of our
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
At UC, Cinematic Arts study focuses on the ‘Backpacker’s Guide to World Cinema’
• Bachelor of Health
modern film production process, from script course. In later years, you will explore
to screen, post-production to distribution. At • Bachelor of Product Design particular cultural adaptations, genres, and
the same time, you will explore exciting new • Bachelor of Science styles of interest.
tools for storytelling, like virtual production, • Bachelor of Social and Topics can include:
which is supported by the same technology Environmental Sustainability
• Māori film and media
that is used to produce video games. • Bachelor of Sport
• Bachelor of Youth and • film history
What will my study involve? Community Leadership • novels and film adaptations
• Learn to create cinematic projects using • documentaries as a medium.
industry-standard filming technologies. [Link]
• Choose from practical hands-on courses in Cinema Studies
cinematography, editing, or sound design. Career opportunities
• Graduate with a portfolio of your own You will learn the art of critical analysis for
cinema projects produced from your themes, theories, and technical aspects of
second year. filmmaking. Film is a broad medium, so
• Practical learning at editing labs and there are many opportunities from writing
sound recording studios. and production to business and marketing
in the industry.
Courses Career pathways could include:
Your courses will introduce you to the practical • filmmaking
skills of creating film/television shows, • film reviewing
including the process of how to storyboard
• marketing and public relations
and stage scenes, what to do on set,
direction and cinematography, and editing. • event management.
“An Arts degree teaches you lifelong [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
Topics can include:
transferable skills that make you
• production dynamic enough for ANY career.” Study Cinema Studies:
• visual and practical effects Jessica
• story progression and continuity editing • Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts in History and Cinema Studies
• greenscreen to virtual screen production As a Minor:
Film is a unique medium, in that there are
and new filming technologies. • Bachelor of Arts
so many ways to tell stories. The cultural
[Link] impact and influence of cinema over the • Bachelor of Commerce
years has been huge. • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
Career opportunities This subject will introduce you to the tools • Bachelor of Health
Knowing the full creative and technical and techniques used in film creation. In • Bachelor of Science
process of creating cinema, from concept to your classes, you will analyse the structure, • Bachelor of Social and
release, will make you a great asset to have cinematic style, and storytelling of films Environmental Sustainability
on film sets, advertising agencies, streaming from diverse genres through the lens of • Bachelor of Sport
services, and other project collaborations, or theory, history, and culture. • Bachelor of Youth and
even in launching your own works. Community Leadership
Career pathways could include: What will my study involve? Other pathways:
• film and television directing and producing • From the silent era of film to modern • Certificate in Arts
• post-production day – explore the evolution of movies • Diploma in Arts
and filmmaking.
• videography and cinematography
• Other topics include analysis of scenes,
• technician. screenwriting, exploration of Māori
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers identity, storytelling for children, and the
French New Wave.

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Civil Engineering Career opportunities What will my study involve?
You will learn skills in practical design, analysis, • You will get hands-on experience with
and presenting your solutions. Throughout real ancient artefacts through UC’s Teece
your studies, you will work in teams, and learn Museum of Classical Antiquities, based
to solve problems and manage projects. at Te Matatiki Toi Ora | Arts Centre, with
There are a variety of roles in the civil a collection spanning more than 2,500
engineering field that you can work in such as years from about 2,000 BCE.
wood, fire, water, and geotechnical engineering. • Courses include areas such as history,
Career pathways could include: slavery, sex and gender, warfare, art and
architecture, political leaders, ancient
• consulting or contracting
literature, and philosophy.
• local, regional, and central government
• Option in your final year to take an
• project management internship, with past projects including
• iwi development. museum and art curatorship work, events
management, social media, and research
“Many of the skills you learn through [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
of artefacts.
a Civil Engineering degree at UC can
be used to solve a range of problems Study Civil Engineering:
— I think that’s pretty valuable going
Courses
• Bachelor of Engineering with Honours
forward into the workforce or All our first year courses are designed to
further study.” introduce a variety of aspects of the ancient
world.
Will Classics Topics can include:
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in
Civil Engineering • Greek and Roman mythologies

Civil Engineering is all about the infrastructure • Greek and Roman history
you see around you — buildings, roads, • beginner's Greek and Latin
water supply, and transport, to name a few. • social and political systems.
You will learn how to strengthen the design [Link]
of structures to withstand 21st century
challenges such as sustainability and Career opportunities
climate change, as well as natural disasters
like earthquakes and floods. Seeing the entire history of the Ancient
Greek and Roman civilisations teaches
you a lot about how to analyse events to
What will my study involve? understand other cultures and viewpoints,
• Learn practical skills through projects, and how society and politics develop and
fieldwork, lab courses, and collaborative “I became more and more intrigued work, especially towards world relations and
competitions like bridge building. about what the ancient world could current affairs.
• Use bespoke design software and teach us in the 21st century.”
Career pathways could include:
engineering platforms. Natalie • museum curatorship
• Work experience as well as a research project. Bachelor of Arts in Classics with a minor
• political relations, foreign affairs, policy
• Minor in either Structural Engineering in English, Bachelor of Arts with Honours
in Classics • conservation and archaeology
or Water and Environmental
Systems Engineering. • communications.
Studying the ancient cultures of Greece
and Rome shows us how our modern world [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
Courses formed. Everything from western politics to
In addition to compulsory introductory courses, philosophy, science to architecture, language
you will be studying engineering structures to storytelling had their origins in these great
and chemical processes in your first year. civilisations, and there are even connections
we can make to current events today that
Topics can include:
have been experienced in the past.
• transportation systems
At UC, you can customise your Classics
• structural engineering studies with topics that interest you, such
• geotechnical engineering as art and architecture, politics, drama and
• resilient and sustainable design. written works, ancient language, and even
sociology and daily life of the people.
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 Study Classics: What will my study involve? Communications and
• Bachelor of Arts
• Learn how to produce content for social
media, websites, brochures, apps, and
Network Engineering
As a Minor: other platforms.
• Bachelor of Arts • Gain skills in crisis communications and Communications and Network Engineering
• Bachelor of Commerce reputation management. is about planning, designing, and building
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours • Participate in real-world projects in computer networks, and the sharing of data
• Bachelor of Health your final year through an internship or between communication devices such as
industry campaign. internet and mobile.
• Bachelor of Product Design
• Bachelor of Science • Take optional courses to complement You will gain specific knowledge of how
• Bachelor of Social and your studies like advertising, the internet and telecommunications
Environmental Sustainability entrepreneurship, linguistics, and politics. systems work, how to create and maintain
networking connections, and how to create
• Bachelor of Sport
new smart devices.
• Bachelor of Youth and Courses
Community Leadership First-year courses are introductory and will What will my study involve?
Other pathways: help you develop a broad skillset in media
• Certificate in Arts content production, planning, and research. • Learn about internet design,
From your second year onwards, you will be networking applications, and new
• Diploma in Arts
able to focus on strategic communications, telecommunication technologies.
managing media campaigns, and • Practical project work in simulated
Communication public response. network environments.
Topics can include: • Final-year project, often sponsored by
Strategy and Practice • campaign development industry, so you can gain experience
optimising communications infrastructure
• consumer behaviour and psychology
around Aotearoa, with many networking
• market analysis providers based in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
• communication for social change.
[Link] Courses
Get an introduction to computers and
Career opportunities networks before learning more advanced
Through this major, you will learn how details of telecommunications engineering,
to balance strategic thinking, the needs from cellular towers to apps to satellites.
of your stakeholders, and being creative. Topics can include:
Your experience using various media • mobile, wireless, and ethernet/LAN networks
platforms will make you adaptable to
• communication engineering and network
different communications needs and new
performance
“I love being able to explore and media technologies.
learn more about the fast-growing • signal processing for communications
Career pathways could include:
platform that media is.” • internet of things.
• stakeholder engagement
Fiorella [Link]
• public relations
Bachelor of Communication in
Communication Strategy and Practice • marketing and advertising Career opportunities
• writing, editing, publishing. Computer network expertise is highly
Communication is an essential part
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers valued in technological industry. There is an
of any organisation and like any other
process requires a strategic plan. This increasing need for online communications
involves knowing who your audience is,
Study Communication Strategy globally which means there are a lot of
and Practice: career opportunities in this field, with new
what you want to say, how you want to
say it, and continuing to maintain and roles being created constantly.
• Bachelor of Communication
develop relationships. Career pathways could include:
Through your study you will learn how to • communication and networking
plan and manage campaigns using a mix of equipment development
theory, technology, and case studies. • smart devices design
• networking infrastructure planning
• mobile and cellular engineering.
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 Study Communications and Study Community Music: Career opportunities
Network Engineering: Composition studies will give you significant
As a Minor: hands-on experience writing music for
• Bachelor of Engineering with Honours • Bachelor of Arts instruments, voice, computers, and working
in Computer Engineering • Bachelor of Commerce with performers and improvisors.
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours Career pathways could include:
Community Music • Bachelor of Product Design
• Bachelor of Science
• sound design
• film composition
• Bachelor of Social and
• song writing
Community musicians bring communities Environmental Sustainability
together through music for the purpose • Bachelor of Sport • recording.
of health and wellbeing, social justice, and • Bachelor of Youth and [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
community cohesion. Community Leadership
A minor in community music will give you Other pathways: Study Composition:
the musical skills and personal attributes • Diploma in Arts • Bachelor of Music
needed to lead music-making in social and
workplace settings.
Composition Computational
What will my study involve?
• Create positive change in your Linguistics
Composition is the creation of new music.
local communities by encouraging
Enjoy learning from a diverse range of
participation in making music.
musical styles, from contemporary music to Computational Linguistics combines
• Learn how music expresses and transmits pop and everything in between. linguistics, engineering, and science to
cultural memory and cultural identity, evolve the way we use machines. It involves
You could compose pieces for orchestras,
including in indigenous cultures. learning how to program computers to
create film or video game soundtracks,
• Develop attributes like communication, write lyrics, arrange electronic soundscape analyse, synthesise, and understand spoken
patience, empathy, listening, and risk- compositions, or produce your next or written language.
taking that you can use in various settings. EDM hit. Your studies will give you skills in computer
• Complete an internship hosted by the modelling, speech processing, and machine
Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and What will my study involve? learning allowing you to digitise language
in partnership with other Christchurch and evolve our interactions with machines.
• Study a broad range of courses with
organisations.
opportunities to engage with music
technologies, notated composition, song What will my study involve?
Courses writing, recording techniques, computer • Explore computer science and AI
Topics can include: music, and collaborative projects. programming, alongside language structure
• The role of music as an expression of a • Create your own music in genres and and theory, and human psychology.
community’s culture musical cultures of your choice. • Learn from experts from a range of UC
• Using music to promote health and • Opportunity to take part in performances research centres.
wellbeing and/or social justice and collaborative projects. • Practical learning using computer
• Music in a Te Ao Māori context and software labs, human-computer

• Internship in the local community

Courses interaction spaces, and equipment.
Courses in this major will introduce you to
Courses
Career opportunities a range of music composition skills and
techniques including creating lyrics and Your first-year courses will introduce you
Learn to facilitate and lead community melodies, and approaches to structure. to concepts in data science, programming,
music activities. Community musicians linguistics, and how computers and humans
work in a range of contexts including Topics can include:
“talk” to each other. You will learn to find
education and healthcare in order to • current trends in composition structures and meaning encoded in language.
address community needs and promote • techniques of songwriting
positive social outcomes. The skills are also Topics can include:
• orchestration and arranging • artificial intelligence
useful for anyone working with groups of
people such as teaching, social work, group • composition studio. • text processing
facilitation, and event management. [Link] • digital media
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• chatbots and robot assistants.
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Career opportunities What will my study involve? Computer Science
The applications of computational • Learn how to design, build, and test
linguistics are vast — from voice recognition embedded computer systems.
tools, live translation devices, search • A final year research project, often
engines, and many other technologies sponsored by industry.
where humans and machines interact.
• Add a minor in Communications and
Career pathways could include: Network Engineering if you are interested
• technology research and development in telecommunications systems.
• data analysis
• software programming Courses
• Artificial Intelligence engineering. First-year engineering courses are broad and
meant to introduce you to the fundamentals
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers including maths, programming, and physics.
Study Computational Linguistics: Topics can include:
“The fact that the Computer Science
• electrical and computer
• Bachelor of Data Science department has you developing
engineering design
software in teams for a real-world
• digital electronics and devices client from day one is great for the
Computer • embedded systems and
software engineering
skills and experience you gain.”

Engineering • human-computer interaction.

Joey
Bachelor of Science with Honours in
[Link] Computer Science

Computer Science is not only about

Career opportunities programming or coding, but has many
Ōtautahi Christchurch has a rapidly aspects such as human-computer
growing ICT industry that is always interaction (including virtual and
looking for UC Computer Engineering augmented reality), artificial intelligence,
graduates. Through your studies, you will cybersecurity, data science, cloud
gain skills like problem-solving, creative computing, and computer graphics.
thinking, research and analysis, testing The potential of this field to solve problems
quality and functionality, programming, and make improvements in our lives is
and communication. limitless. Computer Science is present in
Career pathways could include: everyday life — in Google searches, driving
• computer engineer your car, disease detection, or surveying
“If you want to be someone that drones to name a few.
contributes to the innovation of • systems engineer
technology in the future, UC • network analyst What will my study involve?
Engineering is a good platform for you • software engineer.
to develop all the necessary skills.” • An opportunity to study Computer
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers Science alongside other subjects that
Sasha you are interested in like Psychology,
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Study Computer Engineering: Economics, and Product Design.
Computer Engineering, Master of Science in
• Bachelor of Engineering with Honours • Work experience opportunities
Computer Science
through internships.
Computer Engineering combines circuit • Computer Science is a flexible subject
theory and digital electronics with that you can major or minor in within
programming, systems, networking, and many degree options.
machine learning, with an emphasis on
solving problems using digital hardware Courses
and embedded software.
First-year courses introduce you to topics
Studying this subject will give you the such as programming, mathematics, and
technical knowledge to create smart digital systems. Further study will go in-
embedded electronic devices, such as depth with courses that interest you.
portable electronics, biomedical devices,
and high-performance super computers.

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Topics can include:
Creative Industries Creative Music
• Artificial Intelligence and
machine learning and Contemporary Technology
• operating and embedded systems Practice
• cloud computing and data science UC’s Creative Music Technology major is
• computer networks and cybersecurity. all about creating music using a variety of
This specialisation is for those who want digital and studio-based music technologies.
[Link] to be a part of the creative industry by
combining artistic and business skills. Study acoustics, studio technologies, the
latest trends and techniques in digital
Career opportunities Study at least two areas of the creative arts music making, and learn how to apply
The skills you will gain from your studies of your choice (music and audio, film and these in a creative context.
include technical knowledge in computer media, art, and creative writing) through
applied learning and theory.
science, problem-solving, logical thinking, What will my study involve?
creativity, teamwork, and communication.
These skills will lead into many industries What will my study involve? • Study any style or genre of music:
whether you are an aspiring composer of
like agriculture, health, finance, and • Study key industry skills like electronic music, a beatmaker, a sound
education. You will be able to work management, marketing, designer, a foley artist, a producer, or
anywhere in Aotearoa or overseas. and communication. interested in digital music making.
Career pathways could include: • Choose your courses based on the • Use UC's on-campus recording studio with
• software, web, mobile, and creative industries you want to work in. the latest software and audio devices.
game development • Create practical projects and choose • Work alongside other students on creating
• IT consulting between a final-year internship or or recording music, radio, and podcasts.
podcasting experience.
• cybersecurity • Complete an internship or collaborative
project in the industry in your final year.
• telecommunications. Courses
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers We will give you a range of experiences to Courses
develop industry knowledge. Each year you will
Study Computer Science: choose courses from different creative pathways. This major is open to any level of music,
whether you already have some experience
• Bachelor of Science Topics can include:
or you are brand new to music technologies
As a Minor: • visual content design and production.
• Bachelor of Arts • producing music Topics can include:
• Bachelor of Commerce • social media marketing • studio and field recording
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
• screenwriting. • composing digital music
• Bachelor of Health
[Link] • editing and mixing software
• Bachelor of Product Design
• Bachelor of Psychological Science • sound sampling.
Career opportunities
• Bachelor of Science [Link]
This degree can lead to a range of careers in
• Bachelor of Social and
the arts industry, such as producing, writing, Career opportunities
Environmental Sustainability
management, and communications.
• Bachelor of Sport By learning how technology is constantly
Career pathways could include:
• Bachelor of Youth and changing and impacting the way music
Community Leadership • campaign and event management is created, you will be ready for a career in
Other pathways: • editing and publishing today's industry.
• Certificate in Commerce • marketing art Career pathways could include:
• Certificate in Science • media production. • music production for games and
• Diploma in Commerce studio productions
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
• Diploma in Science • sound design
Study Creative Industries and • sound artist
Contemporary Practice: • creative coding.
• Bachelor of Arts [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers

Study Creative Music Technology:

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Criminal Justice Career opportunities Topics can include:
You will be able to look at criminal justice • revolution and change
through a wide lens, giving you a strong • Māori history
foundation in understanding how Criminal • architecture
Justice in society works in Aotearoa and
internationally. You will also gain research • shaping culture through art.
skills in your area of interest in policing and [Link]
the justice system.
Career pathways could include: Career opportunities
• government including prisons, probation, A degree examining cultural heritage
and parole teaches you how history and culture
has shaped everything we create. It
• forensics
prepares you for working with cultural
• criminal justice policy and reform and educational institutions, heritage
• public and private investigation. conservation, or any sector which requires a
“My degrees have put me in the best high degree of multicultural competency.
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
possible place to positively impact
Career pathways could include:
this system.”
Study Criminal Justice: • iwi engagement and development
Charlie
Bachelor of Criminal Justice, Master of • Bachelor of Criminal Justice • curatorship
Criminal Justice • Certificate in Criminal Justice • communications
• art history.
Criminal Justice involves understanding the
law and psychology behind crime, its causes,
and the treatment of convicted offenders.
Cultural Heritage [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers

Study Creative Industries and

UC is the only university in Aotearoa that
If you are interested in galleries, libraries, archives, Contemporary Practice:
offers you a degree in criminal justice with
innovative practical teaching. UC also shares and museums, then this specialisation is for you. • Bachelor of Arts
close links with the police and justice sector. Explore culture through objects, ranging
from contemporary art to archaeological
What will my study involve? remains to the built environment.
Cultural Studies
• Learn about the justice system including You will be able to look critically at our
social and human services, and psychology. cultural heritage in Aotearoa, and apply
these skills to international contexts.
• Examine current policies and identify
opportunities for criminal justice reform.
What will my study involve?
• Take optional courses in topics such
as forensic science, linguistics, and • Study a range of cultures across the globe
financial crime. through different time periods.
• Courses can include areas such as history,
Courses art, warfare, language, and religion.
First-year criminal justice courses teach you • Benefit from connections with local
about legal and social issues in Aotearoa, museums, art galleries, heritage
and introduce you to psychology and the archives, and libraries around Ōtautahi
neuroscience of why people commit crimes. Christchurch, including internships.
In the later years of the degree, you will be • Practical experience with artefacts dated “I love the fact that this unique
able to critically examine our legal systems from 2,000 BCE with the Teece Museum Cultural Studies programme allows
and the current effectiveness in preventing of Classical Antiquities, located at Te study into so many areas of
and prosecuting crimes. Matatiki Toi Ora | Arts Centre. the humanities.”
Topics can include: Polly
• youth justice
Courses Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Studies
• Te Tiriti o Waitangi Each year you will select courses depending and English
on your interests in a particular culture,
• violence in society historical period, and society. In the final In Cultural Studies, you will analyse film,
• history of gangs in Aotearoa. year, you will choose between practical social media, graphic novels, art, fashion,
heritage courses and an internship focused sport, and everyday activities with the aim
[Link]
on your chosen areas. of understanding how complex our culture
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This subject, like culture, is highly flexible;
Study Cultural Studies: Courses
you can construct your own degree and
You will study foundational courses in
choose to dive into what interests you As a Minor: data science, computer programming, and
the most.
• Bachelor of Arts computer science, plus examine how our
• Bachelor of Commerce society interact with data systems.
What will my study involve?
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours Topics can include:
• Create your own pathway of study, which • Bachelor of Health • data models and database systems
might emphasise popular culture and
media, gender and sexuality, human- • Bachelor of Product Design • data wrangling and applications
animal studies, or culture in Aotearoa. • Bachelor of Science • big data and data mining
• Bachelor of Social and
• Combine wide-ranging topics like cinema • data security and ethics.
Environmental Sustainability
studies, digital humanities and online [Link]
cultures, sociology, and Māori and • Bachelor of Sport
Indigenous studies. • Bachelor of Youth and
Community Leadership Career opportunities
• Explore a range of theories, worldviews,
and cultural texts and debates. Other pathways: With such a wide range of industry
• Certificate in Arts applications, Data Science is one of the
• Adding a minor in Cultural Studies most essential and employable skills of the
with another degree will expand your • Diploma in Arts
21st century.
perspective on culture and identity in
your other studies. Career pathways could include:
Data Science • data scientist
Courses • business and technology analyst
Courses from many subjects are shared with • data visualisation consultant
Cultural Studies, including Anthropology, • insights consultant.
Chinese, Cinema Studies, Digital Humanities,
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
English, History, Human Services, Māori
and Indigenous Studies, Media and
Communication, Music, and Sociology.
Study Data Science:
Topics can include: • Bachelor of Data Science
• political and cultural activism
• sexuality and gender identity
• media and film
Digital Humanities
• colonisation and indigenous cultures.
“The demand for data scientists is Digital Humanities explores our digital
[Link]
extremely high as the data in our technologies and their effect on our new
world continues growing.” ways of thinking, living, and working.
Career opportunities
UC is the only university in Aotearoa where
From the careful consideration of different Sy
you can study this subject and learn to
aspects of culture, you will be able to Master of Applied Data Science
apply digital tools and methods.
develop a broad skillset including critical
Data Science is an emerging field that
thinking, analysis, communication, writing,
combines Computer Science, Mathematics, What will my study involve?
and research.
and Statistics with other disciplines. You • Learn about new technologies such as
Your study can be applied to a variety of will learn to understand and analyse data, web analytics, social media platforms,
fields making it easy for you to move in the and communicate your findings for the best digital music, robotics, virtual reality.
job market. possible decision-making.
• Complete practical projects, training,
Career pathways could include:
and internships with Te Pokapū Aronui
• arts management What will my study involve? ā-Matihiko | UC Arts Digital Lab.
• journalism, editing, and publishing • Investigate the many sources and • Minor within several bachelor's degrees
applications of data in healthcare, so you can apply digital tools to your
• public relations and advocacy
business, transport, and economics. other study interests.
• campaign management.
• Get hands-on in the field in connection
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers with UC’s various research centres. Courses
• Project work in your final year where you will These courses train you to create and
be applying data science in the workplace. apply digital solutions for industry, and
explore how our reliance on technology has
changed our collective culture.
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Topics can include: What will my study involve? Early Childhood
• social media trends
• human-robot interactions
• Learn the entire product design process
with a focus on interactive digital products,
Teaching
• geographic information systems from research and ideation, prototyping
and UX/UI design, through to testing, A child’s early years have a significant impact
• online communities. validation, and customer feedback. on their lifelong development. As an early
[Link] • Create interactive digital products such childhood teacher, you will provide experiences
as mobile and computer applications, that lay the foundations for later learning.
Career opportunities websites and web applications, and
This study will make you highly adaptable emerging technologies such as virtual What will my study involve?
to learning, training, and advising on new and augmented reality.
• Gain skills supporting child development
digital trends. Any industry from creative • Complete projects with industry during and growing their love for learning.
media, cultural heritage, business, policy, study to gain real-world experience
and more will benefit from your technical • Placements in early childhood settings to
creating digital solutions.
and analytical skills. experience teaching young children.
Career pathways could include: Courses • Bicultural focus interweaving Māori and
Western knowledge and Māori teaching
• business technology consultancy Your first year in the major will teach you practices, including a noho marae experience
• social media marketing the basics of programming and computer and Te Reo Māori me onā tikanga courses.
science, as well as the core process and
• web data analysis
principles of digital product design.
• digital content creation. Courses
After the introductory year, you will look
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers Our Early Childhood qualifications have
into developing more complex digital
three components:
products while exploring in-depth topics,
Study Digital Humanities: such as human-centred design methods,
Professional Studies and Education
graphic design, user-interface design, and
As a Minor: Discover the aim and purpose of teaching
data-driven design evaluations.
• Bachelor of Arts and learning, child development,
Topics can include:
• Bachelor of Commerce assessment, the Aotearoa New Zealand
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours • qualitative and quantitative user education system, socio-political and
research methods cultural contexts, communication skills,
• Bachelor of Health
• product marketing information skills, and contemporary issues.
• Bachelor of Product Design
• Bachelor of Science • web, mobile, and immersive technologies There is a specialised infant/toddlers course
• design aesthetics, usability, and accessibility. in each programme of study, and a strong
• Bachelor of Social and
emphasis on how Te Tiriti o Waitangi is
Environmental Sustainability [Link]/courses foundational to education in early childhood.
• Bachelor of Sport
• Bachelor of Youth and Career opportunities Professional Practice
Community Leadership
This major will prepare you to work Learn practical teaching skills and spend
Other pathways: alongside engineers, programmers, time working alongside an experienced early
• Certificate in Arts designers, and marketers to create viable, childhood teacher and visiting lecturer. In your
• Diploma in Arts commercial digital products. qualification, you will be able to experience a
You will be able to find work in any variety of early childhood settings.
company that produces digital products, as
Digital Product Design well as design or web-based organisations.
In the first year of the Ako: Bachelor of Teaching
and Learning, placements will be spread over ten
Career pathways could include: days in Semester 1, and four weeks in Semester 2.
Digital Product Design focuses on the • digital product design In the Graduate Diploma in Teaching and
design and development of digital products • UX/UI design Learning (Early Childhood), there are two
with a user-centred approach. blocks of placements (one block of seven
• software development weeks in Semester 1, and one block of eight
This major will develop your skills in computer
• consultancy. weeks in Semester 2).
programming, 2D and 3D user interface
design, graphic design, and user design [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
principles and evaluation methodology to
Curriculum Studies
ensure you build optimal digital solutions, Study Digital Product Design: Find out about Te Whāriki, the Early
starting with the people first. Childhood Curriculum, and learn about
As a Major: teaching theory, and how to teach effectively
• Bachelor of Product Design within an integrated bicultural curriculum.
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Career opportunities What will my study involve? Other pathways:
Working in early childhood offers you a • Learn about the impact of your choices • Certificate in Arts
challenging, interactive, and rewarding on the world, and how foreign countries
• Certificate in Commerce
career caring for infants, toddlers, and young impact Aotearoa New Zealand’s economy.
children in their important early stages. • Certificate in Science
• Economics major and minor is available in
From your placements throughout the many degrees so you can combine studies • Diploma in Arts
degree, you will have teaching skills and with other relevant areas such as Finance, • Diploma in Commerce
experiences from a variety of education Product Design, Political Science and • Diploma in Science
settings that could also apply to any area International Relations, and Psychology.
working with children and whānau.
Career pathways could include: Courses Ecosystem Health
• early childhood teaching First-year courses are introductory
and teach you the basics of micro and
and Biosecurity
• teacher’s aide
macroeconomics. More advanced courses
• advocacy expand into areas such as market and This subject will help you understand the
• government. organisational behaviour, and public policy. extent of our impact on the natural world
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers Topics can include: and why it is so important to protect our
• international trade native species and habitats.
Study Early Childhood
Teacher Education: • consumer and business behaviour
What will my study involve?
• developmental economics
• Ako: Bachelor of Teaching and Learning • Learn about current threats to
• environmental economics.
• Graduate Diploma in Teaching and biosecurity and how these impact our
Learning (Early Childhood) [Link] own wellbeing by choosing your focus
on areas such as marine biology, forestry,
Career opportunities freshwater, and evolution.
Economics By analysing the impact of choices by • Study biodiversity and learn practical
government, consumers, and businesses, skills through UC research centres and
you will learn important skills like field stations.
critical thinking, understanding risk, and • Take part in work placements
forecasting to help make better decisions. and projects working alongside
Career pathways could include: community organisations.
• professional economist • Studying this major as part of the Bachelor
• market research of Environmental Science with Honours is
the only degree of its kind in Aotearoa, and
• data analyst is accredited by the Environment Institute
• banking and investment. of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ) to
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers deliver environmental practitioners for
roles in industry, government, education,
Study Economics: research, and the community.

“Economics is applicable to almost • Bachelor of Arts Courses

every area of employment.”
• Bachelor of Commerce First-year courses will introduce you to
Madi • Bachelor of Science ecology, environmental science, chemistry,
Bachelor of Commerce in Economics, and statistics.
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and As a Minor:
International Relations From your second year, you will focus on
• Bachelor of Arts
ecosystems and biosecurity, with a wide range
Economics is the study of how people behave • Bachelor of Commerce of optional courses so you can specialise.
and make decisions — how we use our • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
Topics can include:
resources, how we deal with issues like climate • Bachelor of Health
• biodiversity and biosecurity
change, which career we choose, and more. • Bachelor of Product Design
These decisions involve trade-offs between • data gathering and analysis
• Bachelor of Science
costs and benefits, and we are constantly • Bachelor of Social and • fieldwork and field trips
considering these in our everyday life. Environmental Sustainability • elective courses like microbiology,
At UC, there are lots of opportunities to • Bachelor of Sport conservation, soil fertility, and
gain experience including industry projects, • Bachelor of Youth and invasive species.
internships, clubs, and overseas study trips. Community Leadership [Link]

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Career opportunities What will my study involve? As a Minor:
Through your studies, you will be able to learn • Study topics like child and adolescent • Bachelor of Arts
how to identify invasive species and other development, and social and cultural • Bachelor of Commerce
disturbances, analyse data, and consider the studies in education. • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
wider stakeholders involved. You will also • Education can be studied as a major • Bachelor of Health
learn broader skills like research, conservation, or a minor and combined with many
designing experiments, communication, • Bachelor of Product Design
different degrees, so you are able to
problem-solving, and writing. study Education alongside your other • Bachelor of Psychological Science
Career pathways could include: subject interests. • Bachelor of Science
• Bachelor of Social and
• biosecurity
• regional council Courses Environmental Sustainability
• Bachelor of Sport
• policy and advisory The first-year courses will give you the
foundations of educational, learning, and • Bachelor of Youth and
• ecological restoration. human development theories, concepts, Community Leadership
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers and processes. Other pathways:
• Certificate in Arts
The following years offer a range of optional
Study Ecosystem Health courses so you can customise your study • Diploma in Arts
and Biosecurity: to focus on educational and developmental
psychology, policy, or social justice.
• Bachelor of Environmental Science
with Honours Topics can include:
Electrical and
• educational philosophy and policy Electronic Engineering
in Aotearoa
Education • diversity in education — culture, sexuality,
gender, ability
• promoting social and emotional
learning and wellbeing within and
through education
• globalisation, social justice, and the
future of education.
[Link]

Career opportunities
Due to Education being a multidisciplinary
field of study, it can lead to a range of career
“It’s fun to get a chance to think
opportunities in and out of a classroom.
more broadly rather than only learn
“I love Education as it has really Career pathways could include: purely technical information.”
broadened my perspective on the world • curriculum/programme designer Laura
and how I fit in and contribute to it.” • community support officer Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in
Allie • education advisor Electrical and Electronic Engineering with a
Bachelor of Arts in Education, Psychology, minor in Power Engineering
• educational psychologist.
and Spanish
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers This branch of engineering is about using
Learning is something we do every day. It electricity for the benefit of the world — from
happens in more places than the classroom Study Education: providing power for homes and industry,
like community settings, the workplace, art, to creating the physical parts that transfer
sport, and even gaming. • Bachelor of Arts information on computers and smart devices.
Studying Education will give you the While similar to both Computer Engineering
knowledge to understand how human and Mechatronics Engineering, Electrical
development and learning are shaped by and Electronic Engineering has a stronger
the history and context of Aotearoa New focus on making things happen in the
Zealand, and the opportunities and challenges physical world.
we face in designing inclusive and effective
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What will my study involve? English Study English:
• Combining theory and practice by
building and testing systems like solar • Bachelor of Arts
cars, electric vehicles, and robots. Studying literature opens up worlds and As a Minor:
times beyond our experience, helping us • Bachelor of Arts
• Field trips to electricity infrastructure like
understand and reflect on our own history,
power stations. • Bachelor of Commerce
society, and identity. It builds core skills for
• A final year research project, often study, career, and daily life. • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
sponsored by industry.
• Bachelor of Health
• You can add a minor in Power Engineering What will my study involve? • Bachelor of Product Design
with courses on electric power and • Learn how to analyse texts, write clearly
renewable energy. • Bachelor of Science
and creatively, debate and critique • Bachelor of Social and
effectively, and how literature adapts to Environmental Sustainability
Courses cultural and historical influences.
• Bachelor of Sport
First-year courses are the foundations of • Chance to create your own fictional • Bachelor of Youth and
engineering including maths, physics, or non-fictional works, from poetry Community Leadership
and programming. From your second year to novels to essays in a variety of
onwards, you will be able to study electrical Other pathways:
different courses.
systems and electronics, including building • Certificate in Arts
• Alongside courses on the novel, theatre,
and testing devices. • Diploma in Arts
and 20th century literature, we also
Topics can include: offer courses in fields such as children’s
• circuits and signals literature, human-animal studies, and
popular fiction (including science fiction, Environmental Change
• electric and magnetic waves
horror, and fantasy).
• robotics
Explore how our earth works, evolves, and
• renewable electricity design. Courses adapts to human activity and extreme
[Link] You will get to choose from a range of climate change. Become a part of the
topics each year of your degree, starting solution to the biggest issues we have ever
Career opportunities with the basics of academic and/or creative faced by studying Environmental Change.
By studying Electrical and Electronic writing techniques, analysing themes and
Engineering, you will be able to think of genres, and exploring some of the greatest What will my study involve?
the end user and use your knowledge and literature works throughout history. • Learn about how different earth systems
skills to come up with practical and efficient Topics can include: react and repair from ongoing environmental
solutions to problems. • science fiction, crime thriller, and other genres issues, from eroding landscapes to extinct
The field is broad and there are many species to extreme weather events.
• creative writing – screen, stage, novels,
exciting projects you can contribute to like and more • Gain applied skills in observation and data
clean water, communication networks, analysis and computer modelling through
• film adaptions
transportation, search and rescue, and field stations and work experience.
medical devices. • exploring culture, identity, and sexuality
• Learn to merge mātauranga Māori
through literature.
Career pathways could include: and scientific knowledge to broaden
[Link] your understanding and approach to
• electronics design
environmental issues.
• embedded systems
Career opportunities • The Bachelor of Environmental Science with
• consultant
Reading, analysing, and critiquing skills Honours is accredited by the Environment
• research and development. are useful in a huge range of occupations, Institute of Australia and New Zealand
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers including journalism, law, communications, (EIANZ) to deliver environmental practitioners
publications, and even digital spaces. for roles in industry, government,
Study Electrical and University studies may open the way education, research, and the community.
Electronic Engineering: towards creating your own works and
becoming a published author. Courses
• Bachelor of Engineering with Honours
Career pathways could include: Within the first year, you learn about how
• digital media and communications human activity can disrupt or completely
• reporting change Earth’s ecosystems, biodiversity,
and atmosphere. As you continue, your
• publishing and editing coursework will include more complex data
• advertising and content writing. modelling, bioinformatics, and long-term
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Topics can include: • The Bachelor of Environmental Science What will my study involve?
• Antarctica and global change with Honours is accredited by the
• Examine the issues caused by sudden,
Environment Institute of Australia
• coastal changes extreme changes to the environment
and New Zealand (EIANZ) to deliver
• natural disasters and communities.
environmental practitioners for roles
• biosecurity and contamination. in industry, government, education, • Through case studies, lab, field studies,
research, and the community. and work experience, you will learn to
[Link] analyse information relevant to an actual
Courses hazard or disaster situation.
Career opportunities • Use modern tools like geospatial analysis
You will be introduced to chemistry and
Your scientific knowledge will be especially and GIS to map out disaster effects,
biology before going onto more advanced
important in roles where you can help forecast data, and create response plans.
courses like surface-earth science, including
inform society about the potential hazards
landforms, glaciers, atmosphere, and • The Bachelor of Environmental Science
and consequences that will arise from
freshwater contaminants. with Honours is accredited by the
exploiting our natural resources.
Environment Institute of Australia
Topics can include:
Career pathways could include: and New Zealand (EIANZ) to deliver
• sample collecting and lab preparation environmental practitioners for roles
• natural scientist
• microbiology and chemistry in industry, government, education,
• government officer
• soil, water, and air quality assessment research, and the community.
• urban and environmental planner
• toxicology.
• resource manager. Courses
[Link]
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers First-year courses introduce you to the
foundations of environmental science,
Study Environmental Change: Career opportunities statistics, and chemistry.
Contamination risk is always high with
• Bachelor of Environmental Science In your second year, you will examine earth
infrastructure, transportation, and natural
with Honours science systems that lead to hazards and
resource use. Your specialist knowledge in
learn strategies to minimise them.
microbiology and contamination will be
essential to help combat ongoing damage Topics can include:
Environmental to our natural world. • risk assessment and communication
Contamination Career pathways could include: • earth surface behaviour
• border security • resilience strategies for high-
• infrastructure planner risk communities
Environmental Contamination is the
science of prevention and treatment of • agricultural manager • sustainable and ethical development.
contaminants and invasive organisms in • work safety inspector. [Link]
our ecosystems.
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This major offers practical learning in Career opportunities
identifying contaminants and their source, Study Environmental Your studies will give you technical skills in
analysing their impact, and developing Contamination: data modelling and assessment, in addition
strategies to prevent further exposure. to understanding the science behind
• Bachelor of Environmental Science disasters and hazards.
What will my study involve? with Honours
Career pathways could include:
• Investigate threats to our natural • crisis and emergency response
environment, such as toxic
contamination in drinking water, pests Environmental • urban resilience planning
destroying our local habitats, and Hazards and Disasters • geospatial mapping
agricultural disease. • government and policy.
• Field studies, lab work, and work [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
experience, with a microscopy facility Through this major, you will get the chance
and microbiology lab on campus, and to analyse disasters like earthquakes,
Study Environmental Hazards
our field stations throughout Waitaha floods, and volcanic activity to reduce their and Disasters:
Canterbury. risk and impact.
You will put into practise disaster • Bachelor of Environmental Science
• Learn to merge mātauranga Māori
management and response plans with Honours
and scientific knowledge to broaden
your understanding and approach to through extensive field studies around
environmental issues. Te Waipounamu South Island.

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Environmental Career pathways could include: Career opportunities
• policy and advisory
Policy, Governance • non-profit sector
A minor in Environmental Process
Engineering will make you well suited to
and Social Justice • marketing, communications, and events monitor and minimise the impact society
has on natural resources and climate
• business operations management. change. This expertise is highly sought after
To make just and sustainable decisions [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers by engineering firms and local councils.
for the environment and our wellbeing, Career pathways could include:
we must learn to see how politics, social Study Environmental Policy,
behaviour, and business economics can Governance and Social Justice: • conservation
both cause and improve issues. Demand for • sustainable engineering consultancy
products and services can lead to problems • Bachelor of Social and
• food production
such as pollution, slave labour and workers’ Environmental Sustainability
• wastewater treatment.
rights, and Indigenous land disputes.
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
In this subject, you will examine global
sustainability and social equity issues Environmental
Study Environmental
and learn how to respond with actionable Process Engineering Process Engineering:
change to communities and businesses.
• Bachelor of Engineering with Honours
What will my study involve? Environmental Process Engineering is ideal in Chemical and Process Engineering
for environmentally-minded engineers who
• Connect your study to real-world
want to improve our planet by designing
problems through field studies and
an internship.
systems that treat water, air, and soil.
Environmental
Learn about sustainable practices,
• Build upon UC’s sustainability goals
environmental treatments, law and Science
and use our local and international
policies, and cultural issues surrounding
connections with industry.
environmental treatment technologies.
• Courses include a range of areas like
political science and law, philosophy What will my study involve?
and ethics, economics, social enterprise,
sociology, and psychology so you can • Study how engineering processes and
follow your interests in particular issues. technology affect our climate so you can
find innovative solutions to our world’s
• Engage with ideas of mātauranga environmental challenges.
Māori (knowledge), Pacific
history, decolonisation, and tino • Gain communications and project
rangatiratanga (authority). management skills to work with industry,
government, and local communities on
future engineering projects.
Courses
• Applied learning with individual and
All our first-year courses are designed to
group design and research projects. “The fieldwork is great, and helps to
introduce you to a variety of sustainability teach actionable skills, develop a
and humanitarian concepts, including
Courses deeper understanding of the topics,
political science, philosophy, and health. and see the issues in person.”
Topics can include: Courses will add an environmental focus
to your engineering studies, so you can Alice
• systems and social change analyse different forms of industrial Bachelor of Science in Environmental
• environmental politics and policy pollution, chemical treatments, and Science and Geography
• Māori and Indigenous knowledge other issues industries are facing. Your
Environmental Science is the study of the
Environmental Process Engineering courses
• environmental science and natural natural world, its ecosystems, and our
begin in the second year.
resource management. interactions with it.
Topics can include:
[Link] This knowledge is particularly important
• industrial water, air, and noise today as we focus more on biosecurity,
Career opportunities pollution control sustainability, natural disasters, and global
• biodegradable products climate change.
Learning about sustainability from a policy
and social justice point of view teaches • engineering ethics
you how to critically analyse systems and • treatment processes.
enact social change that is inclusive of other
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What will my study involve? As a Minor: What will my study involve?
• UC operates field stations at Cass and • Bachelor of Arts • Choose from a broad range of topics
Kawatiri Westport where you will do • Bachelor of Commerce including the political, economic, cultural,
fieldwork and research. • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours and social integration of modern-day and
• The Bachelor of Environmental Science historical Europe.
• Bachelor of Health
with Honours is the only degree of its • Get taught by members of the National
• Bachelor of Product Design
kind in Aotearoa, and is accredited by Centre for Research on Europe (NCRE),
the Environment Institute of Australia • Bachelor of Science Aotearoa New Zealand’s only research centre
and New Zealand (EIANZ) to deliver • Bachelor of Social and devoted to study of Europe and the EU.
environmental practitioners for roles in Environmental Sustainability
• Opportunity to complete an international
industry, government, education and • Bachelor of Sport
or virtual exchange with UC’s European
research, and the community. • Bachelor of Youth and partner universities.
Community Leadership
Courses Other pathways: Courses
First-year courses are introductory and • Certificate in Science
Learn about the different regions that make
don’t require any previous study. However, • Diploma in Science
up Europe and the EU, its cultural diversity,
previous study in biology, mathematics, and the political landscape from its creation
statistics, and chemistry will be useful. through to today. You will also be able to
Fieldwork and practical labs are a major European include study in a European language as
part of your studies so you can work
directly with environmental issues around
and European part of the degree, choosing from German,
French, Russian, or Spanish.
Waitaha Canterbury. Union Studies Topics can include:
Topics can include: • EU and global affairs
• natural resources management • film and literature
• coastal cities • East European communism
• global climate change • politics.
• agriculture and environmental issues. [Link]
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Career opportunities
Career opportunities Studying European and European Union
Through your studies, you will gain a Studies will open up a wide range of careers in
strong understanding of environmental Aotearoa and abroad. Your skills and knowledge
science, developing sustainable solutions provide you with a unique perspective on
to environmental issues, and how to build Europe and the EU in various industries, from
resilient communities. “European Studies is very politics to education to humanities.
You will also develop skills in data analysis, contemporary, so there is never a Career pathways could include:
environmental psychology, risk assessment, dull moment.”
• international trade consultancy
and case study analysis. Charlotte
• foreign affairs
Career pathways could include: Bachelor of Arts in Chinese and Linguistics
with a minor in European and European Union • communications
• government agencies
Studies, Master of European Union Studies • policy analysis.
• research institutes
With 27 member states and 450 million [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
• consultancies
people, the European Union (EU) is Aotearoa
• biotechnology. New Zealand’s most significant bilateral Study European and European
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers partner after Australia and China and is Union Studies:
one of the world’s leading political and • Bachelor of Arts
Study Environmental Science: trading blocs. Europe provides an important
reference point to Aotearoa and the global
• Bachelor of Environmental Science community in cultural, linguistic, and
with Honours political aspects.
• Bachelor of Science
Your study will look into current events
as well as history, language, and culture
that have shaped Europe and the
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Topics can include:
Finance
• Bachelor of Arts • assessing body composition, fitness, and
dietary habits
• Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours • evidence-based practice and research
• Bachelor of Health • designing therapeutic exercise programs
Bachelor of Product Design • knowledge and skills in behaviour change
• Bachelor of Science techniques which supports long-term
• Bachelor of Social and adherence to healthy habits.
Environmental Sustainability [Link]/courseinfo
• Bachelor of Sport
• Bachelor of Youth and Career opportunities
Community Leadership
There is both health sector and fitness
Other pathways: industry need for expertise in exercise
• Certificate in Arts and sport nutrition as well as skills and
• Diploma in Arts knowledge of preventive health. Registered “I think that the lecturers were the
nutritionists and food policy experts are in standout feature for me at UC. They
high demand in hospitals, schools, research were always helpful, friendly, and
Exercise and institutions, and food production sectors. willing to go out of their way for me.”

Sport Nutrition* Graduates can complete postgraduate study

to gain full registration as a Nutritionist.
Dylan
Bachelor of Commerce in Finance
Career pathways could include: Finance looks into future planning for
*
subject to CUAP and TEC approval
• person trainer businesses, investors, and more. It shapes
With an growing focus on lifestyle and the health of every economy, and at UC you
• sport nutritionists
holistic approaches to health, there is a will gain the knowledge to make the right
demand for professionals who can offer • exercise physiologists
financial decisions.
evidence-based and customised advice on • food policy expert
exercise and nutrition. • health coaches What will my study involve?
Nutrition education aligns well with • health improvement practitioners (HIPS) • Examine three key areas: corporate finance,
interests in wellness, health promotion, and in primary care financial markets, and investments.
environmental sustainability. If you want to
design effective interventions to promote [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers • Extra opportunities including case
health and wellness, then this subject could competitions, Chartered Financial
be for you. Study Exercise and Sport Nutrition: Analysts (CFA) exams, and Professional
Risk Manager (PRM) qualifications.
• Bachelor of Health Sciences
What will my study involve? As a Minor: • Option for a final-year internship.
• Meet the requirements for professional • Bachelor of Arts
accreditation as an Associate Registered • Bachelor of Commerce
Courses
Nutritionist. • Bachelor of Digital Screen Your first year of studies will introduce you to the
• Identify nutritional practices for athletes, with Honours fundamentals of finance and build from there.
recreational exercisers, and groups with • Bachelor of Health Topics can include:
specific nutritional needs. • Bachelor of Product Design • investment and portfolio management
• Learn the effects of nutritional • Bachelor of Psychological Science • financial theories and practice
supplements on anatomy and sporting • Bachelor of Science
performance. • retirement and estate planning
• Bachelor of Social and
• Learn about preventive health and how • data modelling and forecasting.
Environmental Sustainability
to design evidence-based exercise and • Bachelor of Sport [Link]
nutrition interventions to promote health
• Bachelor of Youth and
and wellness.
Community Leadership Career opportunities
Studying Finance will prepare you for a range
Courses Other pathways:
of jobs in the financial and business sectors,
The Exercise and Sport Nutrition major will • Certificate in Health as well as any roles that involve detailed
equip students with essential knowledge in • Diploma in Health knowledge of analysing data, risk planning
metabolism, physiology, and chronic disease and management, and accounting.
management, which are foundational to
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Career pathways could include: Financial Engineering combines financial
and economic theory with computational
Forensic Psychology
• financial advisor
tools to design financial products,
• investment broker
portfolios, markets, and regulations. Forensic Psychology intersects the study of
• data analyst psychology and law to examine why people
UC offers the only Financial Engineering
• foreign exchange dealer. programme in Aotearoa. develop criminal behaviour and how crime
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers affects the wider community.
What will my study involve? You will apply psychology practice and
Study Finance: • Combine topics from economics, maths, research to legal settings involving
statistics, and engineering. criminals, victims and witnesses,
• Bachelor of Commerce courtrooms and the jury, and the justice
• Bachelor of Science • Create financial models, market
system itself.
As a Minor: simulations, and computer programs.
• Bachelor of Arts What will my study involve?
• Bachelor of Commerce
Courses
• Develop your behavioural analysis and
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours First-year courses will give you the
observation skills to recognise signs of
• Bachelor of Health foundations of Financial Engineering, with
deception, faulty testimony, distress, and
introductory maths, computer science,
• Bachelor of Product Design other common issues in legal settings
economics, and statistics.
• Bachelor of Science such as interrogations and witness
Later courses go more in-depth on interviews.
• Bachelor of Social and
financial software, business skills, and
Environmental Sustainability • Learn about the criminal justice system in
calculating finances.
• Bachelor of Sport Aotearoa and its process of rehabilitation
Topics can include: and treatment of both convicts and victims.
• Bachelor of Youth and
Community Leadership • software development • Examine the psychology behind ongoing
• consumer behaviour crime across diverse communities.
Other pathways:
• financial markets • Do a real-world project from the
• Certificate in Commerce community and industry in your final
• Certificate in Science • probability modelling.
year of study.
• Diploma in Arts [Link]
• Diploma in Commerce Courses
• Diploma in Science Career opportunities
After a broad first year covering the foundations
This major can lead to flexible career of psychology practice and research, you
opportunities due to the technical skills will explore the psychology involved in
Financial Engineering you will learn during your studies, including various aspects of the criminal justice system,
problem-solving, programming, and such as supporting victims, understanding
communication. Financial Engineering why people offend and reoffend, and forensic
can lead to careers in the global finance science decision-making.
industry and other technical fields, such as
Topics can include:
information technologies (IT).
• mental health and crime
Career pathways could include:
• body language and non-verbal
• investment broker
communication, or “reading people”
• business analyst
• causes behind criminal behaviour
• financial engineer
• victim and witness care.
• risk manager.
[Link]
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Career opportunities
Study Financial Engineering:
“I knew I wanted to study some form This minor gives you practical experience
of mathematics/statistics at • Bachelor of Science and insight into the complex global
university, and Financial Engineering Other pathways: research around criminal behaviour,
allowed me to tie in some Computer • Certificate in Science rehabilitation, and reading body language.
Science, Finance, and Economics.”
• Diploma in Science These skills will suit careers working within
Nicholas government agencies or directly with
Bachelor of Science in Financial Engineering people on improving the processes and
and Statistics, Bachelor of Science with effectiveness of the justice system.
Honours in Computational and Applied
Mathematical Sciences
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Career pathways could include: Courses Forestry Science is all about learning how
• law enforcement interrogation to sustainably manage forest resources,
After your first year in basic engineering
conservation, and in policy and planning.
• counselling skills, your Forest Engineering degree
will focus on topics like geotechnical UC is the only university in Australasia
• corrections, probations, prison, and police
engineering, forest infrastructure offering this programme with a focus on
• justice policy and reform. management, harvest planning, and ethical and sustainable management of
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers wood science. plantation and native forests.
Topics can include:
Study Forensic Psychology What will my study involve?
• forest management and economics
• Bachelor of Psychological Science • A wide combination of courses, covering
• advanced wood products processing
the commercial forestry industry, and
• advanced geotechnical engineering efforts in conservation and restoration
Forest Engineering • engineering in developing communities. of forests.
[Link] • Coursework in and out of the classroom
with workshops, labs, and field trips to
Career opportunities plantations and native forests.
Forestry is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s • Options for exchange programmes with
most important export industries. There the University of British Columbia in
are many different roles as a forest Canada, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute
engineer with active, technical, and and State University in the USA.
management opportunities.
Career pathways could include:
Courses
• harvest and roading operations Courses in your first year of Forestry
Science will cover the importance of
• forest engineering management and relationship we have with forests,
• forest consulting and introduce you to the global forestry
• regional councils and industry and its effects on our environment.
“There are lots of changes happening
right now and there is a lot of scope government advisory. As you continue in the degree, you
to make a meaningful contribution [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers will focus on forest economics, forest
to the industry.” engineering and harvesting, silviculture
Study Forest Engineering: and management of forest plantations,
Abby geospatial science, wood science, and
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in • Bachelor of Engineering with Honours environmental forestry.
Forest Engineering
Topics can include:
Forest Engineering takes the technical field
of engineering to the outdoors, where you Forestry Science • marketing and international trade
• tree breeding
will help design, construct, and evaluate the
• biosecurity risk management
operational systems that make the forest
industry function. • advanced wood products processing.
UC is the only university in Australasia [Link]
offering this programme.
Career opportunities
What will my study involve? Forestry Science is a degree that is well
• Internships, field trips, workshops, supported by employers in Aotearoa
and industry events to gain practical because of the industry demand for
work experience. foresters with sustainability, conservation,
and commercial logistics experience.
• Your studies follow advancements in the
industry so you have the most current Career pathways could include:
knowledge when you graduate. • forest management
“I love the balance between
• A focus on design and build of forestry theoretical and hands-on practical • forest consulting
roads, harvesting plans and equipment, work. Forestry science combines • forest policy and planning
integration of new technology, ethics, science with management,
and environmentally sustainable practice. • sustainable land management.
commerce, and technology.”
• International exchange opportunities [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
Boris
with the University of British Columbia in
Bachelor of Forestry Science
Canada, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University in the USA.
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 Career pathways could include: • The Bachelor of Environmental Science
Study Forestry Science: with Honours is accredited by the
• international diplomacy
• Bachelor of Forestry Science Environment Institute of Australia
• trade and tourism
and New Zealand (EIANZ) to deliver
• public relations and journalism environmental practitioners for roles
French • international business. in industry, government, education,
research, and the community.
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French is one of the truly international Study French: Courses

languages and is useful in travel, culture, Courses for the Freshwater major begin in
trade, science, and sport. • Bachelor of Arts your second year of studies, introducing you
With 29 countries speaking French as As a Minor: to hydrological science and aquatic life, and
an official language, studying at UC • Bachelor of Arts how we collect, process, and use freshwater.
will be a great addition to your studies • Bachelor of Commerce Topics can include:
and will ensure you have the skills to • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours • water quality assessments
work internationally. • Bachelor of Health
• microorganisms
• Bachelor of Product Design
What will my study involve? • Bachelor of Science
• freshwater restoration
• Become an expert in the French language, • Bachelor of Social and • water resource conflicts.
as well as the history and culture of Environmental Sustainability [Link]
French-speaking countries: France, • Bachelor of Sport
Belgium, Monaco, Canada, Congo,
• Bachelor of Youth and Career opportunities
Madagascar, and more across the globe.
Community Leadership Help ensure a sustainable future for this
• International and virtual exchange Other pathways: limited resource with a range of freshwater
programmes with multiple universities, professions — whether it be water
• Certificate in Arts
including IEP Aix and the Institute of catchment, treatment, fisheries, or even
Political Studies in Paris. • Certificate in Languages
• Diploma in Arts disaster and contamination management.
• French can be taken with a range of Career pathways can include:
• Diploma in Languages
bachelor’s degrees, as well as in a certificate
or diploma in French with your other studies. • environmental scientist
• field technician
Courses Freshwater • environmental planner
No prior knowledge is needed to study • resource management officer.
French at UC. First-year courses are Freshwater is one of our most precious [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
introductory lessons in French, with resources, making up only 3% of water on
further study moving on to intermediate the earth’s surface. Study Freshwater:
and advanced-level French, and history Studying Freshwater at UC will involve
and culture. theoretical and applied skills to understand • Bachelor of Environmental Science
If you know some French already, then you and develop water treatment systems and with Honours
may be given direct entry into second-year infrastructure, and exploring the ethical and
French courses. sustainable use of freshwater resources.
Topics can include: Game Arts
• French culture — Europe, the Caribbean, What will my study involve?
Africa, the Pacific, Canada • Study the journey of freshwater as it A strong art style is at the core of what
• French literature and film travels from mountains to the sea, and makes a video game compelling and stand
other ecological systems along the way. out from other titles. Game Arts focuses
• World War history
• Learn about our unique cultural history, legal on the things you see while playing video
• The French Revolution. policies, and relationship with bodies of games — from believable environments
[Link] water and freshwater resources in Aotearoa. through to relatable characters.
• Practical labs, fieldtrips, and work experience Game Arts studies includes learning
Career opportunities around Waitaha Canterbury — beaches, conceptual art design for world-building
French is spoken the world over, and your mountains, snow fields, forests, and wetlands. and characters, as well as technical skills
knowledge will help with cross-cultural in designing environments, rendering
relationship building and open you up to cutscenes, digital sculpting, minority
careers all over the world. representation in games, and more.

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What will my study involve? Game Development Career pathways could include:
• Learn to create dynamic worlds. • game art
• Develop your skills in 2D and 3D art, • game testing
Gaming is an exciting and ever-growing
using industry standard tools. • multimedia programming
industry where you can contribute in many
• Collaborate on projects from your second ways, from building an immersive world • software engineering.
year designing games up to the working with characters and obstacles, writing and [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
prototype stage. storytelling, animation and sound, project
• A dedicated space for your studies, including management, testing, and marketing. Study Game Development:
game development labs, and edit suites. Through Game Development studies at UC,
you will learn the tools and processes required • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
Courses to create modern digital games from scratch. As a Minor:
• Bachelor of Arts
Game Arts courses begin with the theory
behind good game design, such as how to What will my study involve? • Bachelor of Commerce
build narrative and lore through scene staging, • Gain experience using industry standard • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
creating believable and dynamic world game development tools, including Unity • Bachelor of Health
maps, and designing distinctive characters. and Unreal. • Bachelor of Product Design
Topics can include: • Develop your own games from your
• Bachelor of Science
• lighting and shading systems second year, taking concepts through to
playable prototypes. • Bachelor of Social and
• textures, meshes, bump mapping, and Environmental Sustainability
3D sculpting • Study in specially designed development
• Bachelor of Sport
labs, including AR/VR equipment, gaming
• character design • Bachelor of Youth and
PC and console lounge, and motion
• user interface, menus, and capture suites. Community Leadership
interactive design.
[Link] Courses
Geography
Game Development courses will teach
Career opportunities you the fundamentals of game engines
Being able to design detailed, immersive and programming, such as with Unity and
settings and cinematic effects gives you a lot of Unreal. As you progress, you will learn how
career options in game development, as well as to develop more advanced builds, and how
in film/television and other industries that are to balance gameplay features with story.
incorporating these game design techniques. By the final year, you will experience all the
Career pathways could include: stages of developing a game, from concept
• game art to playable demo.
• animation Topics can include:
• concept art • playability and quality design
• multimedia programming. • programming artificial intelligence
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers • game balancing and
difficulty progression “It is a broad field that allowed me to
Study Game Arts: • virtual reality, augmented reality, and combine my interests in the
other new gaming technologies. environment, technology, the
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours outdoors, and the world around me.”
[Link]
As a Minor: George
• Bachelor of Arts
Career opportunities Bachelor of Science in Geography with an
• Bachelor of Commerce endorsement in Environmental Science,
Through this subject you can prepare for a
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Geography
career in all areas of game programming,
• Bachelor of Health
including gameplay, AI, audio, and graphics. Geography is the study of human
• Bachelor of Product Design behaviour, the environment we live in, and
You will also learn how to create an
• Bachelor of Science entertaining, educational, and meaningful the relationship between both.
• Bachelor of Social and gaming experience. This field combines arts and sciences to
Environmental Sustainability find innovative solutions to our society’s
• Bachelor of Sport most pressing issues and debates, and the
• Bachelor of Youth and human response to these challenges, such
Community Leadership

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as climate change, poverty, sustainability, • Learn from our experts on earthquake
As a Minor:
health, and inequality. research, with opportunities to take part in
• Bachelor of Arts real disaster response and observation.
• Bachelor of Commerce
What will my study involve? • Complete practical lab and fieldwork in
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
• Explore different pathways in various stations across Te Waipounamu
• Bachelor of Health South Island visiting real geological
geography: physical geography, human
geography, Geographic Information • Bachelor of Product Design phenomena, such as earthquake faultlines
Systems (GIS), and resource and • Bachelor of Science and volcanoes.
environmental management. • Bachelor of Social and
• Practical workshops, labs, and fieldtrips Environmental Sustainability Courses
to examine geographical processes • Bachelor of Sport First-year courses give an introduction to
outside of the classroom – including • Bachelor of Youth and Geology, from examining rocks to mountain
urban mobility and planning. Community Leadership formations.
• You will get the opportunity to undertake Other pathways: From your second year onwards, you will
research with community partners that • Certificate in Arts learn more advanced practical techniques in
supports resilient environments and • Certificate in Science collecting data, lab analysis, field mapping,
communities through research. • Diploma in Arts and observation in the outdoors.
• Diploma in Science Topics can include:
Courses • earth surfaces and changing landscapes
Introductory level courses are offered
in your first year of Geography studies. Geology • geographical hazards
• mineral study
Further study will offer a variety of
courses to choose from and deepen your • geological technology — GIS, LiDAR,
understanding of your specific interests. and more.
Topics can include: [Link]
• climate change – environmental and
societal effects and responses Career opportunities
• physical processes from mountains to sea Study in Geology offers a wide range of work
environments and employment opportunities
• community and urban development
across the globe, particularly in areas of
• geospatial science. science and engineering informing on old and
[Link] new earth developments.
Career pathways can include:
Career opportunities • energy, mining, and petroleum industries
Geography is a distinctive field between “UC is one of the top universities in • government and geotechnical planning
science and arts that also has links to law, New Zealand to study Geology due
sociology, engineering, computer science, the accessibility of locations directly • conservation
and health sciences. Due to this diversity, impacted by natural events and • research and exploration.
study in Geography will lead to a range of places that have a rich history.” [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
career opportunities.
Tessa
Career pathways could include: Bachelor of Science in Geology, Study Geology:
• climate or environmental consultant and Geography
• Bachelor of Science
• resource manager Geology explores the earth building processes As a Minor:
• urban or transport planner of our planet, so that we can best use natural • Bachelor of Arts
resources, plan land developments and • Bachelor of Commerce
• geospatial scientist.
infrastructure, and monitor natural hazards
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
such as volcanoes and earthquakes.
• Bachelor of Health
With over 500 million years of geological
Study Geography: • Bachelor of Product Design
history, Aotearoa is a rich and unique place
to study this earth science. • Bachelor of Science
• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Social and
• Bachelor of Science
What will my study involve? Environmental Sustainability
• Bachelor of Sport
• Focus on climate change, natural
disasters, and other earth systems • Bachelor of Youth and
affecting geological processes. Community Leadership

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 Other pathways: Courses Global Societies
• Certificate in Science
• Diploma in Science
No prior knowledge is needed to study
German at UC. You will start with
and Cultures
elementary German in your first year, then
advance from there. Through this specialisation you will learn to
German If you know some German already, then you engage with ideas that have shaped today’s
may be given direct entry into second-year world during the course of history and
courses. examine Aotearoa New Zealand’s bicultural
Topics can include: society in a global context.
• European identity and culture Knowing a second language greatly increases
your competitiveness in the global job market
• European novels and film adaptations
and serves as a gateway to cross-cultural
• rise and fall of communism awareness and communication.
• World War history.
[Link] What will my study involve?
• Combine language and cultural studies
Career opportunities • Choose from courses based on your specific
Knowing languages is highly sought after interests and industry you wish to work in –
— it helps in cross-cultural relationship history, literature, film, and language.
“I want to create helpful things like building, and helps you to pursue your
MRI machines and artificial limbs. career interests around the world. Courses
Europeans are leaders in that area, German language in particular is vital Courses are designed to develop knowledge
so I thought learning German would to international areas such as science, of the global industry through culture and
be a great way to open up engineering, business, history, and tourism. languages.
opportunities.” Career pathways could include: In your first and second year, you are required
Thomas • diplomatic and international relations to learn a language and you will have the
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in • teaching opportunity to advance your skills in your final
Mechatronics Engineering, Diploma in year, and/or complete historical, political,
• trade market
Languages in German and Russian and cultural studies on a region of interest.
• research.
German is spoken by 130 million people Topics can include:
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all over the world. Through its authors, • global film analysis
philosophers, composers, painters, and • modern and ancient history
Study German:
scientists, German-speaking Europe has
• shaping culture through art
helped shaped history for the past 800 years. • Bachelor of Arts
• Māori culture and identity.
There are lots of opportunities to use this As a Minor:
language professionally, as Germany has • Bachelor of Arts [Link]
the 4th largest economy in the world • Bachelor of Commerce
and is a key player in international trade • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours Career opportunities
and relations. This degree pathway can lead to a range
• Bachelor of Health
of careers in history, society, and culture.
What will my study involve? • Bachelor of Product Design
Your study experiences will give you the
• Bachelor of Science knowledge to work in many industries in
• Become an expert in German language, as
• Bachelor of Social and Aotearoa and abroad.
well as in the history and culture of German-
Environmental Sustainability
speaking countries, including Austria, Career pathways could include:
Switzerland, Belgium, and Liechtenstein. • Bachelor of Sport
• Bachelor of Youth and • public sector
• Access to exchange programmes with the • international education
Community Leadership
University of Konstanz and the University
of Freiburg. Other pathways: • media and communications
• Certificate in Arts • diplomatic and international relations.
• UC hosts the National Centre for Research on
Europe (NCRE), the only research centre for • Certificate in Languages [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
the study of Europe and the EU in Aotearoa. • Diploma in Arts
• Diploma in Languages Study Global Societies and Cultures:
• You can study German within a range of
different bachelor’s degrees, or you can • Bachelor of Arts
also add a certificate or diploma in German
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Graphic Design Career opportunities • Build confidence in presenting
and facilitation.
A degree in Graphic Design prepares you for
a creative industry with critical thinking, • In your final year, complete an internship
artistic and technical knowledge, and skills where you can apply what you have
transferable to a number of roles. learnt and start your Health Education
professional journey.
Career pathways could include:
• graphic design Courses
• illustrating
First-year courses are designed to give you
• design consulting an introduction into Health Sciences and
• marketing. teach you fundamental concepts that will be
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers built on in the following years of your study.
Topics can include:
Study Graphic Design: • sexuality education
“I was blown away by the facilities • Bachelor of Fine Arts • mental health and building resilience
and the work I saw being produced • programme planning and facilitation
by other students.”
• health promotion through
Daniel Health Education physical activity.
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design [Link]
Learn foundations and techniques of
graphic design, create a portfolio of Career opportunities
work that interests you, and participate Your studies will equip you to work in
in workshops, projects, and community different areas of health-related institutions
art shows. and agencies such as the National Public
Health Service, high schools, Family Planning,
What will my study involve? and the Mental Health Foundation.
• Create graphic design pieces through Career pathways could include:
small, medium, and large-scale • health promoter
studio projects.
• health education teacher
• A close community of fine arts students,
• whānau support worker
with plenty of opportunities for gaining
work experience. “The Bachelor of Health Sciences • wellbeing coordinator.
has taught me countless skills that I [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
• Seminars by staff, students, and visiting can apply to any walk of life, but
professionals examining current issues in more specifically, those related to
graphic design. Study Health Education:
health and wellbeing.”
• Bachelor of Health Sciences
Courses Alice
As a Minor:
Bachelor of Health Sciences in
In your first year, you will gain a broad Health Education • Bachelor of Arts
understanding of studio practice, with • Bachelor of Commerce
critical and reflective thinking about the If you are interested in helping people and
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
fine arts. From second year, you will learn communities empower themselves, then
technical and theoretical knowledge of • Bachelor of Health
Health Education is for you.
graphic design. • Bachelor of Product Design
This subject revolves around understanding
Topics can include: population health issues and learning how • Bachelor of Psychological Science
• typesetting and typography to teach people to adopt healthier lifestyles • Bachelor of Science
to enhance their health and wellbeing. • Bachelor of Social and
• historical and contemporary graphic art
Environmental Sustainability
• design software and digital skills What will my study involve? • Bachelor of Sport
• studio projects. • Bachelor of Youth and
• Understand how to build people’s
[Link] health literacy. Community Leadership
Other pathways:
• Develop a toolbox of teaching
strategies that can be used at personal, • Certificate in Health Sciences
interpersonal, and community level. • Diploma in Health Sciences

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Health Science* As a Minor:
• Get hands-on experience with real ancient
artefacts through UC's Teece Museum of
• Bachelor of Arts Classical Antiquities, based at Te Matatiki
*
subject to CUAP and TEC approval • Bachelor of Commerce Toi Ora | Arts Centre of Christchurch, with a
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours collection spanning more than 2,500 years
An increasingly complex healthcare sector
needs those who can combine physiology • Bachelor of Health from about 2,000 BCE.
and biology with a broader understanding • Bachelor of Product Design • You can minor in History in different
of public health. If you want a strong • Bachelor of Psychological Science bachelor’s degrees to add historical
scientific foundation to meet challenges • Bachelor of Science knowledge to your studies.
such as aging populations, infectious • Bachelor of Social and • Opportunity to complete a practical internship
diseases and technological innovations in Environmental Sustainability in organisations including archiving, museum
healthcare, then this could be the subject • Bachelor of Sport curatorship, events and social media
for you. • Bachelor of Youth and management, and research projects.
Community Leadership
What will my study involve? Other pathways: Courses
• Study a range of topics such as • Certificate in Health First-year courses are designed to introduce
bioscience, anatomy, exercise physiology, • Diploma in Health various aspects of history with broad topics.
health planning, and policy. Further study will allow for more targeted
• Study a range of topics such as health learning of historical periods and subjects
services, mental health and wellbeing, History depending on your interests.
sexual health, gender identity, Topics can include:
environmental effects on communities,
• global wars
Māori and Indigenous people’s health.
• Indigenous Māori history
• Opportunities to complete work
internships in health-related workplaces. • colonisation
• ethnicity, racism, and history.
Courses [Link]
Gain an integrated understanding of health
through exploring bioscience, in addition to Career opportunities
health planning, systems and policies. A study in history teaches you a range of
This subject is an excellent pathway into skills that lead to careers involving analysis,
further study in clinical health programmes communication, creative thinking, and
like nursing, clinical exercise physiology, research.
medicine, or physiotherapy. “I enjoy the wide range of courses Career pathways could include:
[Link]/courseinfo that are all on offer at UC; I’ve taken • media and communications
courses on New Zealand, America
European, and Japanese history.” • curatorship
Career opportunities
• political relations, foreign affairs, policy
This subject should appeal if you are James
interested in careers at the intersection of Bachelor of Arts with Honours in History, • iwi engagement and development.
science and healthcare. Master of Writing [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
Career pathways could include: History is at the heart of everything we do Study History:
• healthcare researchers and is much more than studying the past
• health protection officer — it gives you an insight into who we are • Bachelor of Arts
as a society now, and helps us make better As a Minor:
• public health policy analyst
decisions for the future. • Bachelor of Arts
• health promoter
At UC, you will learn about different • Bachelor of Commerce
• health communication advisor. eras of history and cultures around the • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers world, while also looking into our own • Bachelor of Health
bicultural heritage.
Study Health Science: • Bachelor of Product Design
What will my study involve? • Bachelor of Science
• Bachelor of Health Sciences • Bachelor of Social and
• Fit your courses to your interests
Environmental Sustainability
whether that is revolutions, medieval
• Bachelor of Sport
history, religious beginnings, empires,
or criminology. • Bachelor of Youth and
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 Other pathways:
Topics can include: What will my study involve?
• Certificate in Arts • workplace behaviour • Five different topics: healthy lifestyles,
• Diploma in Arts • HR processes like recruitment, crime and deviance, local and global
performance management, and learning communities, workplaces, and youth.
and development • Practice your research skills and
Human Resource • leading change and innovation investigate topics from an angle that

Management • employment relations. interests you.

• This subject can be studied alongside
[Link]
many different degrees to strengthen your
human service and social awareness skills.
Career opportunities
Your studies will give you lots of Courses
practical skills like strategic planning,
communication, research, and writing. First-year courses will introduce you to the
You will learn how to place the wellbeing fundamental issues society faces, with
of people in the context of various further study made up of courses that you are
organisational challenges. specifically interested in from themes such as
culture, health, and organisational spaces.
Career pathways could include:
Topics can include:
• human resources advisor
• social justice and changing politics
• learning and development consultant
• family violence
• recruitment advisor
“Effective HR practices can play a • sex, sexuality, and state control
part in the success of an organisation, • people and culture coordinator.
• ethics and empowerment in
in attracting, managing, and retaining [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers human services.
talented people.”
Study Human [Link]
Matthew
Resource Management:
Bachelor of Commerce in Human Career opportunities
Resource Management • Bachelor of Commerce
The skills gained from Human Services will
As a Minor: suit any industrythatinvolves compassion for and
Human Resource Management (HRM)
is about attracting, developing, and • Bachelor of Arts workingwith people,such as education,health,social
managing staff; and creating a workplace • Bachelor of Commerce support, policy, and law enforcement.
culture where people are safe, engaged, and • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours Career pathways could include:
motivated to give their best. • Bachelor of Health • youth and community development
At the heart of HRM is connecting with • Bachelor of Product Design • law enforcement
people and focusing on the employee • Bachelor of Psychological Science
experience in order to get the most out of • corrections and probation
• Bachelor of Science
an organisation’s talent. • health.
• Bachelor of Social and
Environmental Sustainability [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
What will my study involve? • Bachelor of Sport
• A wide range of topics including • Bachelor of Youth and Study Human Services:
leadership, communication, Community Leadership • Bachelor of Arts
managing change and innovation,
learning and development, and As a Minor:
performance management. Human Services • Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Commerce
• Option for a final-year internship.
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
• You can study a minor in Human
Human Services is all about working with people • Bachelor of Health
Resource Management within a range of
to create a healthy life for the community Bachelor of Product Design
different bachelor’s degrees alongside
and make positive impacts in the world. • Bachelor of Psychological Science
your other studies of choice.
Human Services is one of the fastest • Bachelor of Science
Courses growing employment fields in the world as • Bachelor of Social and
it is incorporated in so many professions Environmental Sustainability
First-year courses will introduce you to the including education, law enforcement,
fundamentals of business and management. • Bachelor of Sport
and health. • Bachelor of Youth and
Further study will include courses that will
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 • environmental science and
Other pathways: Study Humanitarian Work: resource management.
• Certificate in Arts
• Bachelor of Youth and [Link]
• Diploma in Arts
Community Leadership
• Certificate of Youth and Career opportunities
Humanitarian Work Community Leadership Many industries seek out graduates with
leadership skills and cultural awareness.
This major will teach you how to build
If you are passionate about taking action to Indigenous Knowledge relationships and help communities,
protect life and health, and ensure respect
for others, then this pathway is perfect for
and Sustainable regions, and businesses transform their
cultural values and sustainable practices.
you. Studying Humanitarian Work will give Partnerships Career pathways could include:
you the skills to better the lives of others.
• government sectors
What will my study involve? Making a difference in our global • advisory and project consultancy
sustainability will need the lived experiences • management
• Learn about important social issues such of all cultures, building on the diversity of
as poor education and poverty, and gain our world views and histories. Our efforts • communications and
the leadership skills to change things. continue to recognise, engage with, and stakeholder engagement.
• Be part of UC’s student community that has respect Indigenous and local knowledge as [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
gained worldwide reputation for responding critical to effective problem-solving.
to crisis, disaster, and civil emergencies. This major is for those who want to learn Study Social Action, Community
• Act now with off-campus and hands-on how to engage respectfully and effectively and Global Development:
social projects and internships through with mana whenua and other Indigenous • Bachelor of Social and
the degree (eg, addressing topics such as communities to advance the aspirations Environmental Sustainability
climate change, young people’s health and of local communities and the goals of
wellbeing, human trafficking; and planning sustainability and wellbeing for all.
events for the Rainbow community) Be the next generation of kaitiaki and help Indigenous Narrative
others to grow.
Courses
The Humanitarian Work pathway focuses What will my study involve? Indigenous Narrative explores ways of
on learning about and responding to representing Indigenous stories, history,
• Learn about Māori and Pacific
inequalities and how they affect people in and people through the cinema and video
relationships with natural resources, and
relation to their sexuality, gender, ethnicity, game industry. A good understanding of
current issues in Aotearoa politics.
education, and ability. Indigenous narrative is important for anyone
• Engage with local communities and iwi working in the digital screen industry in
Topics can include: through field studies and an internship. Aotearoa New Zealand and beyond.
• identity and discrimination • Customisable major so you can follow
• Aotearoa human services your interests, such as in activism, policy, What will my study involve?
• international relations natural resource management, business,
• Study the only Indigenous Narrative
economics, and health.
• culture, society, and ethics. specialisation in Aotearoa.
• Develop collaboration and leadership
[Link] • This subject will complement your major,
values, including respect and understanding
by adding a foundational indigenous
of manaakitanga (hospitality) and
Career opportunities whakawhanaungatanga (connections).
understanding to anything you do.
Coordinating change needs skills in • Examine the political, historical, social,
cultural, and ideological influences that
leadership, management, and engagement, Courses
and your experiences from this degree will shape the way Māori and Indigenous
This major will introduce you to a variety of people are often portrayed in film and
prepare you well to act on these.
sustainability concepts, and includes unique media and understand your role in
Career pathways could include: Indigenous knowledge, Aotearoa history, producing authentic stories.
• disaster response and cultural and political science.
• Te Whare Pūrākau Academy Scholarships
• social welfare Topics can include: are available annually for Māori, Pacific,
• non-governmental organisations • cultural activism and other Indigenous students to gain
• community representation. • Māori and Indigenous development mentorship and leverage from classes
and wānanga with industry experts.
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Courses Industrial Product Career pathways could include:
• industrial product designer
Your first year will introduce you to
examples of Māori culture in media, and
Design • design researcher
how Indigenous and non-Indigenous • design engineer
creators approach culture and storytelling. Studying Industrial Product Design will • entrepreneur — set up your own
Later courses will offer more critique on teach you how to design and deliver company, generating your own product.
global cinema and gaming, and how suitable products that solve problems and
indigenous cultures have evolved with the generate consumer interest. [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
digital age of storytelling. Power tools, parachutes, footwear, Study Industrial Product Design:
Topics can include: furniture, backpacks, bikes, inhalers, and
• Māori culture media interfaces are all examples of Industrial • Bachelor of Product Design
Product Design. This subject combines
• reading Indigenous literature
creative innovation with technical and
• ethics in digital productions business skills. Information Systems
• storyboarding and scriptwriting.
[Link] What will my study involve?
• Gain practical understanding of
Career opportunities the product design lifecycle — from
You can write your own stories or support research and idea generation through to
other creative productions as a large prototyping, testing, and delivery.
number of global companies are seeking • Cross-disciplinary study including
our technical and cultural expertise. engineering, physics, mathematics,
This study will also prepare you for roles design, and science.
outside of Aotearoa, particularly in • Access to computer designing software
countries aiming for more inclusivity and to test, visualise, and communicate
accuracy in their creative projects. your ideas.
Career pathways could include: • Opportunities to enter in internationally
• media directing and producing recognised design competitions. “Information Systems is an exciting
and continually growing industry
• screenwriting for film and video games
Courses with multiple directions for
• copy writing potential career paths, especially
Your Industrial Product Design studies
• creative consultancy. right now.”
will include a variety of courses from
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers practical design work to learning the Henry
physics and engineering behind creating Bachelor of Commerce in
Study Indigenous Narrative: successful products. Information Systems
Topics can include:
As a Minor: Information systems and digital technology
• Bachelor of Arts • consumer-focused product development, play a major role in organisations and
testing, and evaluation in delivering products and services.
• Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours • portfolio creation and visualisation With Information Systems (IS), we can
• manufacturing methods and change how we work, communicate, and
• Bachelor of Health
materials science do business.
• Bachelor of Product Design
• industry projects, designing to IS is about how businesses use information
• Bachelor of Science technology to become smarter, better,
• Bachelor of Social and client briefs.
faster, and achieve their strategic goals. By
Environmental Sustainability [Link] providing access to information, IS enables
• Bachelor of Sport organisations to create value, provide
• Bachelor of Youth and Career opportunities solutions, and use technology to innovate
Community Leadership Studying Industrial Product Design will and to create new opportunities.
Other pathways: give you the skills to work across various
• Certificate in Indigenous Narrative industries due to the combination of What will my study involve?
disciplines you participate in during • Develop knowledge to address practical
your studies. problems of how to access information,
how to design, develop, and deliver IT
solutions, as well as how to manage IS
projects, personnel, and resources.

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• Learn through industry and
As a Minor: Career opportunities
group projects, lab work, and
• Bachelor of Arts With your knowledge in generating
extracurricular activities.
• Bachelor of Commerce ideas, a career in business, technology,
• Flexible study options — you can take entertainment, product manufacturing,
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
courses like marketing, accounting, community development, and government
data science, software engineering, • Bachelor of Health
are all possible with your Innovation degree.
entrepreneurship, alongside • Bachelor of Product Design These fields of employment are in constant
information systems. • Bachelor of Science need for innovative thinkers.
• Take part in business and entrepreneurial • Bachelor of Social and Career pathways could include:
projects and events and find support at Environmental Sustainability
• business consultant
Te Pokapū Rakahinonga | UC Centre for • Bachelor of Sport
Entrepreneurship. • Bachelor of Youth and • risk evaluator
Community Leadership • project management
Courses Other pathways: • product designer.
In addition to foundational commerce • Certificate in Commerce [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
courses such as accounting, finance, • Diploma in Commerce
microeconomics, information systems and Study Innovation:
technology, management, and statistics,
you can choose foundational courses in Innovation As a Minor:
computer programming, computer science, • Bachelor of Arts
or databases. • Bachelor of Commerce
Topics can include: Innovation is the key to successful business • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
and society, where coming up with new • Bachelor of Health
• business systems analysis
ideas for improvement is a continuous goal.
• business intelligence and analytics • Bachelor of Product Design
Learn how to develop and commercialise
• web design and development • Bachelor of Science
your business ideas into reality.
• Bachelor of Social and
• information systems
Environmental Sustainability
project management. What will my study involve?
• Bachelor of Sport
[Link] • Develop your entrepreneurial skills with • Bachelor of Youth and
studies on the current global market and Community Leadership
Career opportunities latest technologies changing how we
Other pathways:
Information Systems is one of the fastest do business.
• Certificate in Commerce
growing areas for study and employment. • Group or individual projects and internships
• Diploma in Commerce
It is on the long-term skill shortage with local and national organisations.
list for Aotearoa and there is also a • Set up your own business venture or gain
global shortage. experience from industry experts with
Te Pokapū Rakahinonga | UC Centre for
International Affairs
Through your studies, in addition to
technical skills, you will learn workplace Entrepreneurship.
skills like project management, process • Include Innovation in several degree This specialisation combines foreign
management, governance and strategy, options to customise your studies with language with social sciences to understand
communication, and problem-solving. business ideas in particular industries. international relations and political systems.
Career pathways could include: Study in International Affairs opens up your
• IT project manager Courses experiences beyond Aotearoa while also
Learn business foundations of managing examining our bicultural society.
• user experience designer
and financing in the first year, and then
• IS/IT consultant
go on to specialised courses in identifying What will my study involve?
• business intelligence/data analyst. opportunities for change, learning how to • A combination of language, political, and
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers experiment with ideas, and making practical cultural studies.
and marketable results. • A choice in courses based on your
Study Information Systems: Topics can include: individual and industry interests –
• Bachelor of Commerce • competitive markets history, politics, Māori culture, media and
communications, and more.
• feasibility and forecasting
• Opportunity to participate in a range
• new technologies and tools for innovation
of exchanges with UC’s international
• practical project work. exchange partners.
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Courses Courses Japanese
Courses of your choice in this specialisation Starting with the basics of end-to-end
are designed to give you a range of business, your studies focus on international
experiences, to develop knowledge of local economics, foreign exchange, trade markets, Japan is one of the most influential nations
and global industries. and global business strategy and operations. in the Asia-Pacific region — culturally,
You will also be able to complete language economically, and diplomatically. The
In your first and second year, you will be
courses with your degree. nation plays an important role in Aotearoa
required to complete language courses,
New Zealand’s economy and learning
with the opportunity to advance your skills Topics can include:
Japanese will be a great asset to your studies.
in your final year. • overseas marketing and strategy
Studies in Japanese involve more than just
Topics can include: • tourism industry reading, writing, and speaking. It will also
• domestic and international history • managing an international franchise involve learning the culture and the impact it
• identity and ethnicity has on Aotearoa and the world.
• regional trade agreements and politics.
• foreign policy [Link]
What will my study involve?
• political uprisings.
Career opportunities • Become an expert in the Japanese
[Link]
language, history, and culture.
Your practical knowledge of international
Career opportunities • Exchange programmes with various universities
business prepares you for careers on a
throughout Japan including Bunkyo
This degree will build career pathways in global scale, whether working on business
University and Kwansei Gakuin University.
foreign affairs and international relations relations between countries, launching
a new venture or product, managing a • Japanese can be studied alongside a range
in government and non-government
multinational organisation, or providing of bachelor’s degrees, or you can complete
organisations. Skills such as multicultural
advice to expanding companies. a certificate or diploma in Japanese with
awareness and communication will make
other studies.
you employable in Aotearoa and overseas. Career pathways could include:
Career pathways could include: • international business executive
Courses
• media and communications • entrepreneur
First-year courses are introductory level and
• diplomatic and international relations • foreign sales representative are designed for those that have no prior
• public sector • trade consultant. knowledge to the language. Further courses
• foreign policy. [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers will go on to intermediate and advanced- level
Japanese studies.
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
Study International Business: If you know some Japanese already, then you
Study International Affairs: may enter directly into second-year courses.
• Bachelor of Commerce
Topics can include:
• Bachelor of Arts As a Minor:
• identity and culture
• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Commerce • film and literature
International Business • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours • art and architecture
• Bachelor of Health • history.
In this subject, you will gain skills and • Bachelor of Product Design [Link]
confidence to conduct business in a global, • Bachelor of Science
multicultural economy. • Bachelor of Social and Career opportunities
Environmental Sustainability Knowing languages is a highly sought-after
What will my study involve? • Bachelor of Sport skill. It helps with cross-cultural relationships
• Develop cross-cultural business skills • Bachelor of Youth and and allows you to pursue a career in different
with course options towards finance Community Leadership parts of the world.
or marketing, and options to learn Other pathways: Many UC graduates have been granted
another language. • Certificate in Commerce opportunities to continue their studies or
• Choose to go on an exchange with an • Diploma in Commerce careers in Japan.
overseas university in your second year. Career pathways can include:
• Add an International Business minor • interpreting and translation
to your other subjects to prepare for a • tourism
particular industry that interests you.
• international relations
• education.
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 Study Japanese: What will my study involve? Language, Brain
• Bachelor of Arts
• A strong emphasis on practical learning
with content creation for various media
and Behaviour
As a Minor: platforms and outlets.
• Bachelor of Arts • Opportunity to complete internships This specialisation is for those who are
• Bachelor of Commerce in your final year of studies with local interested in psychology and language,
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours newsrooms, print media, and other and develops your understanding of how
• Bachelor of Health media industries. these shape our behaviour, identity, culture,
• Flexibility to include other subjects and wellbeing.
• Bachelor of Product Design
• Bachelor of Science alongside your journalism studies
depending on your personal interests. What will my study involve?
• Bachelor of Social and
Environmental Sustainability • Hands-on testing in the lab to explore how
• Bachelor of Sport Courses the brain works, using modern computer
Gain experience in all aspects of Journalism labs designed for experiments in human
• Bachelor of Youth and
including research, writing, interviewing, performance, human-robot interactions,
Community Leadership
and analysis while applying them to various language cognition, social behaviour, and
Other pathways: digital outlets. more.
• Certificate in Arts • Take courses from a wide variety of
Journalism-specific courses begin in
• Certificate in Languages your second year after completing broad subjects to customise your study,
communications courses in your first year. including psychology, social media,
• Diploma in Arts
anthropology, and other languages.
• Diploma in Languages Topics can include:
• Benefit from UC's Te Kāhui Roro
• media and content production
Reo | New Zealand Institute of Language,
• disaster and crisis reporting
Journalism • media ethics
Brain and Behaviour, a multi-disciplinary
centre dedicated to the study of
• news broadcasting. human language.

[Link]
Courses
Career opportunities Throughout your study you will explore
neuropsychology, language learning, cultural
The Journalism major can lead to a range of development, and communication of
different careers with opportunities abroad language.
because of the fast-growing need for online
media. Topics can include:

Career pathways could include: • accents, local sayings, and other language
diversity
• journalism
• laboratory classes
• public relations
• brain development over the lifespan
“What’s cool about journalism is that • social media and digital marketing
• communication devices.
it’s essentially a license to ask • media production.
questions, meet different people, and [Link]
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
explore new places.”
Career opportunities
Katie Study Journalism:
Graduate Diploma in Journalism This specialisation will be of value to anyone
• Bachelor of Communication wishing to continue on to areas such as
Journalism is more than reporting on language research or teaching, youth
current events – it is the research and analysis development, communication skills training, or
of ethical issues, audience needs, technology, development of new language technologies.
and more – all produced in a fast-moving Career pathways could include:
digital space.
• language technology development
Journalism is essential to our everyday lives,
• policy development
and this degree will allow you to enter in
this critical workforce with the skills learned • data analysis
here at UC. • teaching.
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 Study Language, Brain
Career pathways could include: Courses
and Behaviour: • museums and galleries First-year Law courses introduce you to the
• publishing or editing foundations of the legal system in Aotearoa,
• Bachelor of Arts analysis methods, and legal writing and
• teaching
research. You will also take non-law courses
• archaeology. that interest you in your first year.
Latin [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers Further study may involve more specialised
study including commercial law, Māori
Study Latin: land and resource law, criminal justice, and
Latin is one of the oldest languages in
• Certificate in Languages environmental law.
the western world, and many modern
European languages such as Italian, Spanish, • Diploma in Languages Topics can include:
Portuguese, French, and English share their • family law
origins with this ancient language.
• serious financial crime
Studying Latin gives you an in-depth look Law • intellectual property law
at Ancient Rome, whose politics and culture
have influenced the systems we use in the • international law.
modern world today. [Link]

What will my study involve? Career opportunities

• Learn about the history and culture of Through your studies you will learn skills like
Ancient Rome through its original language, critical and creative thinking, analysis, writing,
epic poetry, letters, satire, and drama. editing, and research. These skills will get you
• Access to the Teece Museum of Classical ready to work in the legal profession as well as
Antiquities which contains artefacts, in careers outside of the courtroom.
including inscriptions, of direct relevance Career pathways could include:
to the literary world of the Romans. • barrister/solicitor
• Study courses at Te Matatiki Toi Ora | Arts • local government
Centre campus. “Studying Law can take you far
• media and communication
beyond a court room or a firm.”
Courses Briar
• public sector.

The beginner Latin courses in the first year [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers

Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Arts in
include reading Latin and grammar studies. Political Science and History, Master of Laws
Advanced Latin courses in the later years (International Law and Politics) Study Law:
examine literary works and documents from • Bachelor in Laws
Ancient Rome in their original language. Studying Law at UC will involve looking at
legal systems, policies, cases, legal material,
If you know some Latin already, then you
as well as the wider social, political, and
may be given direct entry into second-year
historical contexts in which our laws exist.
Latin courses.
This degree will give you the ability to think
Topics can include:
critically, and analyse facts and issues in
• Latin authors, such as Vergil and Cicero order to persuade by logical argument.
• graffiti, inscriptions, and everyday Latin
• translation exercises What will my study involve?
• Latin and evolution through modern • Work on real issues and cases through
European languages. internships and community work.
[Link] • Take part in mooting, debating,
competitions, and other events.
Career opportunities • An important part of your studies
As well as research and conservation work will be exploring biculturalism and
on Rome and the Ancient Mediterranean Indigenous knowledge.
culture and artefacts, having advanced
knowledge of Latin can be of use in
industries such as government, law,
medicine, and a variety of science fields.

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Linguistics Topics can include:
Management
• phonetics
• forensic linguistics
Management involves organising teams of
• text analytics people and boosting business performance.
• language acquisition and processing. Explore how businesses function, and how
[Link] you can influence processes, resources, and
workers to get the best results.
Career opportunities
Because linguistics is a scientific field What will my study involve?
of study and involves other areas like • Study a range of topics and theories of
history and culture, you gain an in-depth management, including organisational
understanding of language, how the brain behaviour, how to lead others, manage
works, and the use of language in our world. projects, and drive innovation.
You will learn skills like analysis, research, • Consulting projects and internship
“Linguistics will cause you to look at innovative thinking, problem-solving, and
your language and appreciate it to opportunities in the final year will place
cross-cultural communication. you in real-world organisations to work on
new levels, and it will also enable you
Career pathways could include: challenges the organisation is facing.
to learn how to understand and
make sense of foreign languages • translation and interpreting
without having ever studied • marketing Courses
them previously.” • proofreading and editing Start your degree learning the basics
Rachel of management and the business
• language teaching.
Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, environment, developing leadership skills
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers to get your team towards the best long-
Linguistics, and Japanese
term performance.
Linguistics is the analysis of languages — from Study Linguistics: After your first year, you can choose from
structure, how and why they change, to the a range of courses depending on the field
• Bachelor of Arts
way we learn and our unique way of speaking. you want to go towards such as business
• Bachelor of Science
By understanding how language is a strategy, corporate ethics, international
As a Minor:
part of everything we do, you can better management, and implementing
understand how communication shapes • Bachelor of Arts sustainable practices.
our identity, relationships, and way of life. • Bachelor of Commerce
Topics can include:
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
• business communication
What will my study involve? • Bachelor of Health
• organisational behaviour
• Opportunity to learn from research • Bachelor of Product Design
• Bachelor of Psychological Science • managing change and innovation
conducted here at UC.
• Bachelor of Science • business culture and multiculturalism.
• UC offers many language studies to
complement Linguistics, such as Te Reo • Bachelor of Social and [Link]
Māori, Chinese, Russian, and Japanese. Environmental Sustainability
• Study a minor in Linguistics within a • Bachelor of Sport Career opportunities
range of bachelor’s degrees so you can • Bachelor of Youth and Managers are found in every kind of
add communication skills and knowledge Community Leadership industry, working and coordinating
to other subjects. individuals and teams all the way to top-
Other pathways:
level business positions.
Courses • Certificate in Arts
Career pathways could include:
• Certificate in Science
In the first year, you will learn the basics • public relations executive
• Diploma in Arts
of English language and Aotearoa
• Diploma in Science • business development manager
New Zealand society, before going on to
more advanced analysis and research of • human resources manager
language meaning and psychology. You • strategic analyst.
will also complete at least one course [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
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 Career pathways could include: Topics can include:
Study Management:
• Health promoter or advisor in the • health challenges
• Bachelor of Commerce National Public health service • spiritual beliefs and concepts
Other pathways: • Māori and Pacific health organisations • traditional practice in contemporary settings
• Certificate in Commerce • public health analyst • relations between Aotearoa and Pacific
• Diploma in Commerce
• health promotion nations.
• community health liaison with whānau. [Link]
Māori and [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
Career opportunities
Indigenous Health Study Māori and Indigenous Health: Through this subject, you can challenge
and expand your worldview, making you a
• Bachelor of Health Sciences
The Māori and Indigenous Health major culturally-competent professional who can
combines Indigenous culture and practices help more people and their communities.
with health and social services. Māori and Learning about tangata whenua and
Pacific culture is highly valuable not only
You will learn the content and skills to
support community healthcare access and Indigenous in Aotearoa, but also overseas, especially
health outcomes in a way that respects their Perspectives places with their own Indigenous peoples
and history.
values and identities.
Career pathways could include:
What will my study involve? The cultural environment we live in • advocacy
greatly impacts our identity, experiences,
• Explore different areas of Māori health • organisational psychology
and wellbeing. This subject offers an
and wellbeing: Te Ao Tangata (engaging • healthcare services
understanding of Māori and Pacific
with Māori communities), Te Ao Hauora
perspectives, and the historical and • policy and strategy.
(working with health professionals such
contemporary challenges they face. [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
as doctors and pharmacists), and Ngā
Ratonga Hauora (working with health
systems and social services). What will my study involve? Study Māori and Indigenous
• Apply your study skills and support Māori • Learn about Māori and Pacific models of Perspectives
wellbeing directly within local services mental health and wellbeing - traditional
• Bachelor of Psychological Science
through an internship. concepts such as tapu, mana, ihi, and
mauri, spiritual versus physical wellbeing;
and contemporary concepts such as
Courses
gender identity. Māori and
You will critically analyse current health
services and policies with regards to how
• Examine the impact of your own culture, Indigenous Studies
values, beliefs, and assumptions in your
they represent Māori, and learn how best to
growing personal and professional role.
encourage Māori to engage with these.
• Complete a final-year project with
Topics can include:
community and industry partners so
• Aotearoa health policies you can gain real-world connections and
• rongoā Māori traditional healing and contexts in your study.
public health science
• tino rangatiratanga in health systems Courses
• Māori and Pacific health statistics. You will be introduced to Māori and
[Link] Pacific cultural concepts that shape their
communities and influence global politics,
education, health and wellbeing, and
Career opportunities sustainability. Gain practical skills through
Your learning and experiences will contribute a final-year project course. “I have learnt about society, culture,
to health and social services that improve professionalism, and gained insight
equity for all communities in Aotearoa New into how these will work together to
Zealand, particularly Māori and Pasifika. prepare me for the workforce.”
Jessica
Bachelor of Arts in Human Services with a minor
in Māori and Indigenous Studies, Graduate
Diploma in Teaching and Learning (Primary)

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Māori and Indigenous Studies is a
Study Māori and What will my study involve?
broad subject that explores the culture,
knowledge, and philosophies of Māori and
Indigenous Studies: • Learn a wide range of skills, such as
advertising products, digital marketing,
Indigenous peoples, and their economic, • Bachelor of Arts understanding consumer behaviour, and
political, and social experiences. As a Minor: customer experience.
These studies are increasingly seen as • Bachelor of Arts • Opportunities to get involved in
central to biculturalism in Aotearoa as well • Bachelor of Commerce annual UC-wide competitions such as
as in our global multicultural society.
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours inter-university business challenges,
• Bachelor of Health entré for young entrepreneurs, and Te
What will my study involve? Pokapū Rakahinonga | UC Centre for
• Bachelor of Product Design
• Study a range of historical and contemporary Entrepreneurship that connects you with
• Bachelor of Psychological Science
issues that Indigenous people face such as local businesses.
their relationship to science and politics, • Bachelor of Science
• Add Marketing study to many of UC’s
public services, and material culture. • Bachelor of Social and
degrees to learn about customer
Environmental Sustainability
• Aotahi: School of Māori and Indigenous trends and experiences specific to your
Studies operates as a whānau to help you • Bachelor of Sport business interests.
explore the heritage of Aotearoa. • Bachelor of Youth and
Community Leadership Courses
• Take this subject as a minor in a wide
range of bachelor’s degrees so you Other pathways: First-year courses teach you the basics
can combine your other subjects with • Certificate in Arts of marketing theories and concepts.
mātauranga Māori. • Diploma in Arts Further study can include courses that
cover everything in creating and analysing
Courses marketing for different uses.
Courses in this subject are open to Marketing Topics can include:
everyone, even if you have not experienced • customer experience
Māori culture before. Topics will explore
• digital marketing
everything from cultural practice, colonial
history, racism, and inequality, through to • tourism, hospitality, and
world impact from media, sport, and music. events marketing
Topics can include: • consumer behaviour and
marketing research.
• philosophies and spiritual beliefs
[Link]
• Māori film
• representation in media
Career opportunities
• traditional and contemporary
A degree in Marketing prepares you
cultural practices.
for a career in a variety of industries
[Link] or professions that value creative
“Marketing is such a universal communicators, analytical thinkers,
Career opportunities degree, and it can take you in so and individuals driven by people and
Learning perspectives and history from many directions.” clients. With businesses and technologies
Indigenous peoples is an important and constantly evolving, a Marketing graduate
Charlotte will always be sought after.
rewarding skill to have, and is often looked
Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing
for in employees, particularly in countries Career pathways could include:
and Finance
like Aotearoa and USA as they have a strong • content creator
Indigenous presence. Marketing goes beyond advertising and • advertising consultant
Careers are opening in iwi and other Māori sales pitches — it analyses customer
needs to design and produce goods or • market trends analyst
organisations, public health, research,
teaching, government organisations, and services that match buyer expectations, • market research.
the wider community. or even convinces them to change their [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
Career pathways could include: buying habits.

• policy analysis and advisory UC’s Marketing degree is focused on Study Marketing:
building your practical skills and includes
• community development real-world marketing opportunities. • Bachelor of Commerce
• curator and collection management
• training and professional development.
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 As a Minor:
Learn in a bilingual, bicultural, whānau- Career opportunities
style atmosphere. This qualification is
• Bachelor of Arts Ko ngā pūkenga o te reo Māori me ōna
open to all who have a commitment to
• Bachelor of Commerce tikanga, me ngā mātauranga Māori ētahi
developing competence in te reo Māori
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours pūmanawa whakaharahara ki Aotearoa
me ōna tikanga. By the third year of the
nei, he tino taonga mā tātou katoa. Ko ngā
• Bachelor of Health degree, the delivery is level 1 (81+% te reo
raukura o tēnei tohu, e kaha kōrero Māori
• Bachelor of Product Design Māori immersion).
ana, me ngā pūmanawa o te kākanorua, e
• Bachelor of Psychological Science • He ako ā-rorohiko, ā-kanohi kitea hoki te kaha pīrangitia ana hei kaimahi ki Aotearoa
• Bachelor of Science momo ako, nā reira, ka taea te ako mai me te ao whānui, nā ngā mōhiotanga maha,
• Bachelor of Social and tawhiti. Heoi anō me matua tae ā-tinana me ngā hononga ki ngā iwi taketake o te ao.
Environmental Sustainability ki ētahi wāhanga o ia tau, he noho marae
Ko ngā māramatanga o ngā tikanga rua,
ki te hau kāinga o Kāi Tahu ia tau.
• Bachelor of Sport he tūāpapa pai mō ngā mahi kei ngā
• Bachelor of Youth and This is a mixed method style of delivery kaupapa here mātauranga, mahi kaitautoko
Community Leadership with content being available online, whakaako me ētahi atu kaupapa ki te
therefore you can learn from anywhere. poipoi i ā tātou tamariki, mokopuna.
Other pathways:
Kanohi ki te kanohi (face-to-face) delivery
• Certificate in Commerce Kaiako with skills in te reo Māori and
will also be included in the programme
• Diploma in Commerce mātauranga Māori are highly valued in
through scheduled block wānanga each
Aotearoa in both English medium and
year and two noho marae each year.
Māori medium settings.
Mātauranga Māori • Ko ngā wheako mahi ngaio, arā ngā
akoranga 'Mana Ako', kei rō whare
Bicultural knowledge and competence is
essential for work in educational policy,
kōhungahunga me ngā kura tuatahi
support services, and other fields that
Mātauranga Māori is taught every two years with the Māori he wāhanga matua kia mārama pū
next intake starting in 2027. involve working with and for people.
ki ngā āhuatanga o te horopaki ako me
Mā te ara Mātauranga Māori kei Te Kura ngā mahi o te kaiako. Career pathways could include:
Whakangungu Kaiako koutou e whai Professional Practice Exploration • kaiako (teacher)
mōhiotanga mō ngā mahi o te kaiako kei experiences may occur in whare • tumuaki (principal)
ngā whare kōhungahunga me ngā kura kōhungahunga (early childhood centres), • Māori language consultant
tuatahi, mai i te taumata reo 2 (51%+ te reo bilingual primary, and kura kaupapa
Māori). Ka oti tēnei tohu i a koe, kei a koe Māori settings throughout your degree. • culturally responsive pedagogies leader/
ngā pūkenga whakaako ki rō Kura Aunoa advisor.
/ Kura Auraki, kei reira e whakanuia ana te Ngā akoranga [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
reo Māori me ōna tikanga, ngā mōhiotanga
The Mātauranga Māori endorsement
o ngā take kākanorua rua me ngā ahurea Study Mātauranga Māori:
whakamana i te tipu mai o te tamaiti. is a part of an undergraduate teaching
qualification taught in the Kāi Tahu takiwā. • Ako: Bachelor of Teaching and Learning
The Mātauranga Māori Initial Teacher The programme will be initially delivered
Education pathway will equip you to work in bilingually and later in a fully immersive
whare kōhungahunga (early childhood) and/
or kura tuatahi (primary) settings working
te reo Māori environment to strengthen
competence and confidence to teach in and
Mathematical
at level 2 (51–80% te reo Māori immersion) through te reo Māori and embed tikanga Sciences Education
or higher. A graduate of the Mātauranga and mātauranga Māori in daily practice.
Māori programme has the ability to work
in bilingual English medium educational Topics can include: Mathematical Sciences Education enables
settings, where knowledge of te reo • te reo Māori, tikanga Māori and you to explore how mathematics, statistics,
Māori me ōna tikanga, bicultural practice, mātauranga Māori including and data can inform and change how our
and culturally empowering pedagogies te Maramataka society works.
are valued as a means to support child • Māori perspectives of wellbeing including In today's data-driven world, mathematics
development. all dimensions; tinana, wairua, hinengaro, is increasingly important in technical
whānau, and whakapapa analysis, policy making, education, health,
He aha ngā hua? • how to notice, celebrate, and support media, and decision making. Mathematical
• He ako kei rō horopaki ako reo rua, the unique skills and strengths of our Sciences Education allows you to balance
kākanorua, he ako ā-whānau. He tohu tamariki/mokopuna developing your technical expertise in
tēnei mā te hunga e ngākau nui ana ki mathematics with the critical skills of
• Professional Practice Exploration
te whakapākari i ā rātou mōhiotanga ki communicating and problem solving.
experiences in kura and
te reo Māori me ōna tikanga. Hei te tau whare kōhungahunga.
tuatoru o te tohu paetahi, he reo rumaki
[Link]
ngā akoranga katoa (81+ te reo Māori).

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What will my study involve? Study Mathematical Sciences Career opportunities
• Develop your maths and teaching Education: Because maths is used almost everywhere,
abilities with learning tools and methods a Mathematics major will open up
such as applied mathematics, computer- • Bachelor of Arts many different career options. Roles in
assisted learning, and modern maths. • Bachelor of Science information technologies, finance, business,
• Explore how maths, statistics, and data scientific research, law, teaching, and other
can inform and change how our society fields will make the most of your logical
works, such as in policy and social Mathematics reasoning skills.
contexts. Career pathways could include:
• Practical experiences tutoring in UC Mathematics is at the forefront of • technology and product design
courses, workshops, schools, and breakthroughs in science, technology, • research mathematician
community programmes. and finance. It has been around for over • actuary
• Prioritised pathway to becoming a 4,000 years and is still an innovative
• fraud investigator.
registered maths or statistics teacher subject with new ideas, techniques, and
through one-year graduate teaching theories constantly being created, tested, [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
degrees at UC. and explored.
Being a mathematician puts you one step Study Mathematics:
Courses ahead in preparing for the technological • Bachelor of Arts
This major will introduce you to the advances of the coming generation.
• Bachelor of Science
science and psychology of examining and As a Minor:
explaining complicated maths to others What will my study involve?
• Bachelor of Arts
and includes a selection of mathematics • Study topics such as pure and applied
topics each year of study so you can • Bachelor of Commerce
mathematics, modern mathematical
customise your knowledge. • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
theories, key uses, and breakthroughs in
• Bachelor of Health
Introductory courses are available for those mathematical history.
without a strong background in maths or • Bachelor of Product Design
• A wide range of mathematics courses
statistics study. to customise your study and gain skills • Bachelor of Science
Topics can include: towards particular career paths. • Bachelor of Social and
Environmental Sustainability
• communicating maths • Research projects within UC and in
connection with industry. • Bachelor of Sport
• how people learn
• Bachelor of Youth and
• statistics and social development Community Leadership
Courses
• tutoring practice.
First-year courses cover the basics of Other pathways:
[Link] advanced mathematics such as calculus • Certificate in Arts
and linear algebra with later courses • Certificate in Science
Career opportunities offering a wide range of topics to choose • Diploma in Arts
Your study can open career pathways in from, including mathematical philosophy, • Diploma in Science
fields needing graduates who can apply history, and culture.
mathematical theory to make critical We offer introductory maths courses for
changes and examine social issues in areas those who don’t have a strong background
such as policy, development, and research. in maths or statistics.
UC also offers a number of programmes Topics can include:
to set you towards registration as a
• mathematical modelling
professional teacher in Aotearoa schools.
• dynamic and non-linear systems
Career pathways could include:
• computational mathematics
• mathematics or statistics teacher
• cryptography and coding theory.
• data analyst
[Link]
• policy advisor
• statistics researcher.
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Mechanical Study Mechanical Engineering:
Topics can include:
• robotics
Engineering • Bachelor of Engineering with Honours • autonomous systems (eg, Unmanned
Aerial Vehicles (UAV))
Mechanical engineers design and develop
everything that moves or has moving Mechatronics • machine electronics and motion controls
• product design.
parts — from airplanes to wind turbines Engineering [Link]
to dishwashers.

What will my study involve? Career opportunities

• Practical courses designing, A Mechatronics Engineering degree
building, testing, and maintaining can open up careers in a wide range of
mechanical systems. industries including robotics, aerospace,
gaming, internet and computers, defence,
• Take part in a variety of Research and automotive, and manufacturing.
Development (R&D) projects with
industry sponsors, ranging from Career pathways could include:
industrial design manufacturing, • software engineering
biomedical applications, and Unmanned • machine manufacturing and testing
Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).
• industrial product design
• Check out clubs like UC Motorsport
• smart technologies.
and Motosoc if you are interested “Mechatronics is a subject of the
in mechanics. [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
future. It combines knowledge from
Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Study Mechatronics Engineering:
Courses Engineering and Computer Science
From your second year, you will learn to make smart products.” • Bachelor of Engineering with Honours
how to design parts or whole mechanical Peizhao
systems for different purposes, with later Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in
course options to study systems that Mechatronics Engineering Media and
interest you, for example robotics, energy
systems, and controls. Mechatronics Engineering combines sensors, Communication
Topics can include: software, electronics, and mechanical
motors to create innovative new devices.
• computer-aided design
Almost every system you see and use daily,
• movement design — aerodynamics, tyre
smartphones, cars, air conditioning units,
design, traction, suspension, etc
use a mechatronics system to operate and
• mechanical system design solve tasks on their own.
• materials science and reliability.
[Link] What will my study involve?
• Project-based programme, with hands-
Career opportunities on skills development and robotics
Mechanical engineers meet the challenges laboratories throughout the degree.
of our changing world by applying creativity, • Final-year project work includes real-world
scientific knowledge, and engineering skills research with UC’s industry partners,
to find solutions to technical problems. including commercial and industrial design. “Explore many different areas of
media such as mass media,
Your experiences will work well in a huge • Participate in mechatronics research work
journalism, new media, and
number of industries, from medical to through summer internships.
advertisement.”
building to transport to power generation.
Career pathways could include: Courses Kairi
Bachelor of Arts in Media and
• quality and test engineering From your second year, courses will
Communication with a minor in
• machine operations and safety cover the basics of creating automated
Cinema Studies
mechatronics systems, with advanced
• product manufacturing and design courses looking into designing and Communication shapes the world we live
• engineering consultancy. patenting products and newer technologies in — whether by media professionals, large
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers in the field such as micro and nano- organisations, or individuals.
electrical systems.

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By studying Media and Communication,
As a Minor: Courses
you will learn how to analyse and produce
• Bachelor of Arts Good grades in chemistry are required for
communications and media, and how other
• Bachelor of Commerce entry into this subject. However, we offer
people understand it within their own
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours introductory chemistry courses for those
social worlds.
who don’t have a strong background from
• Bachelor of Health secondary school.
What will my study involve?
• Bachelor of Product Design Courses introduce you to chemical
• Explore how media builds community, • Bachelor of Psychological Science structures, processes, and their effects on
reinforces norms or drives social change, the body, and go on to projects designing
• Bachelor of Science
and how consumption of media affects and testing your own medicines.
culture, politics, and behaviour. • Bachelor of Social and
Environmental Sustainability Topics can include:
• Individual and group projects on multiple
• Bachelor of Sport • cellular biochemistry
platforms – digital, television, podcasts,
• Bachelor of Youth and • human biology
and more.
Community Leadership
• Create relationships with professional • clinical trials
Other pathways:
media guest speakers from industry and • drug discovery and development.
• Bachelor of Communication
benefit from presentations and seminars [Link]
from guest lecturers from around • Certificate in Arts
the world. • Diploma in Arts
Career opportunities
Courses There is a high demand for more medicinal
In your first year, you will learn the basics
Medicinal Chemistry chemists to create life-changing medicines.
As well as practical skills in pharmaceutics
of media and our society, including new
and microbiology, your non-laboratory
forms of communication such as the Medicinal Chemistry explores the design skills in project management, scientific
digital and social media space. Further and creation of new medicinal drugs for the communications, and marketing will
study can include practical internships in treatment and prevention of illnesses. prepare you for roles in both the science
various industries.
This major will take you through the and business side of creating medicines.
Topics can include: entire lifecycle of creating medicines, from Career pathways could include:
• social media discovering and isolating medicinal agents
• biomedical laboratories
• advertising and strategic marketing within natural and synthetic sources,
through to clinical trials, sustainable • pharmaceutical manufacturing
• news and political reporting production, patents, and sales. • commercial drug marketing
• media campaign management.
• drug regulatory authorities.
[Link] What will my study involve? [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
• Study how drugs affect the body,
Career opportunities synthetic and organic chemistry, and Study Medicinal Chemistry:
Media and Communication prepares you about the global pharmaceutical industry.
for a career in a communication industry or • Bachelor of Science
• Practical lab courses synthesising
any profession that values communication and testing drugs, including an Other pathways:
with people and clients, from the news introduction to intellectual property (IP) • Certificate in Science
media to marketing to government. for designing and patenting your own • Diploma in Science
Career pathways could include: medicinal products.
• communications and public relations • Opportunities to be involved in medicinal
chemistry research at UC like discovery
• social media and digital marketing
of bioactive molecules for therapies and
• web and app content creation therapeutic agents.
• journalism. • UC’s programme has a unique focus on
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers the bioactivity of Aotearoa and Polynesian
flora and fauna, traditional rongoā (Māori
Study Media and Communication: medicines), and healthcare issues specific
to our bicultural community.
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Mental Health Moving Image Career opportunities
and Addiction* Your works and experience throughout your
studies explore both technical and non-
technical aspects of film, television, and
*
subject to CUAP and TEC approval other creative visual industries.
Mental health is a critical global priority, Career pathways could include:
with rising rates of depression, anxiety, • film or TV directing
and substance abuse affecting diverse
• producing
populations. Learn how you can help meet
these urgent needs to reduce health inequity, • cinematography
and promote community resilience. • screenwriting.
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What will my study involve?
• Learn from academics experienced in Study Moving Image:
Counselling, Child and Family Psychology, “I managed to become part of • Bachelor of Fine Arts
Social Work, and Nursing. Whitebait’s online community of
• A focus on culturally responsive mental videographers. I make fun little films
health and addiction services. of my travels.”
Music
• You will be exposed to diverse cases, and Buddy
professional networking opportunities, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film
and clinical placement.. The music industry has changed a lot in the
Explore the world of moving images last 30 years with the explosion of digital
Courses through its history, critical discussions, technology and changes in society and culture.
contemporary artists, and technologies This has opened up new job possibilities for
In addition to core knowledge of health and while developing your own portfolio. music professionals, alongside teaching,
community wellbeing, this specialisation conducting, leadership, and performing.
will cover topics such as social services in
What will my study involve? At UC, we have a number of ways you can
Aotearoa, foundations of mental health and
addictions, behaviour change, and work • Studio work and group projects to follow your interest in Music.
experience. develop your skills as a filmmaker.
[Link]/courseinfo • Use on-campus lighting and greenscreen What will my study involve?
stages, sound studios, editing suites, • With a Bachelor of Music you can major
Career opportunities and gain 24-hour access to the film in Composition, Performance, Music
studio spaces. Studies, or Creative Music Technologies.
This subject will enhance your problem-
solving abilities by exposure in real-world, • Take other courses of interest alongside • You can study Music as a major or minor
often complex scenarios, and assist to your studies, such as Psychology, Music, in other degrees.
build your confidence and employability by and History. • Enjoy the unique learning spaces in our
providing supervised, practical experience. Te Matatiki Toi Ora | Arts Centre campus.
Courses • Connect with the community through
The Mental Health and Addictions major is a
major step in becoming accredited with the After your first year introduces you to studio internships, performances, and
Drug and Alcohol Practitioners’ Association practice and the broader fine arts industry, your collaborative projects.
Aotearoa New Zealand (DAPAANZ) as an Moving Image courses will take you through
applied addictions professional. the process of developing and executing a film Courses
project — writing, filming, location scouting,
Career pathways could include: Most Music courses are available without
directing, editing, and more.
• peer support and where relevant, lived any prior experience.
Topics can include:
experience advisor Courses in your first year will introduce you
• film studio projects to the basics of music terminology, including
• front line health worker and other roles
in specialist Mental health and Addiction • international cinema reading, writing, and performing songs, and
services • documentaries and ethical storytelling a first look at the global music industry.
• Mental health related policy analysis • new film technologies — cameras, editing Topics can include:
• health promotion. software, CGI, digital music. • song writing
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers [Link] • musical culture and performing arts
• audio and recording technologies
Study Mental Health and Addictions: • performing music through singing
• Bachelor of Health Sciences or instrument.
[Link]
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Career opportunities Courses What will my study involve?
The wide range of courses you take during First year Music Studies is designed to • Gain experience in understanding
your degree will set you up with skills to give you a range of courses to choose and re-imagining sustainable
perform, create, and critically engage with from depending on your interests – from engineering practices.
music and the music industry. game audio production to orchestra • Benefit from world-class, high-tech
Career pathways could include: arrangements to Kapa Haka performances. laboratories on campus, and mentorship
• orchestras, choirs, and opera houses Topics can include: opportunities with experts in this
• musical technologies developing field.
• festival management
• composition and songwriting • Fun and engaging programmes, involving
• journalism and radio
field trips and camps.
• digital production. • world music
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers • acoustics and recording. Courses
[Link] After a general first year where you will learn
Study Music: the foundations of engineering study, you
Career opportunities can then choose courses towards Natural
• Bachelor of Music
Music Studies can teach you technical skills Resources Engineering from second year.
As a Major:
in music alongside necessary skills such as Topics can include:
• Bachelor of Arts
communication, project management, and
• climate change
As a Minor: leadership.
• sustainable urban design
• Bachelor of Arts Career pathways could include:
• Bachelor of Commerce • ecological engineering
• festival planning
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours • renewable energy.
• arts administration
• Bachelor of Health [Link]
• journalism
• Bachelor of Product Design
• Bachelor of Science
• music teaching. Career opportunities
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers Natural Resources engineers are highly
• Bachelor of Social and
Environmental Sustainability sought after and there are plenty of exciting
Study Music Studies: careers including research and academic
• Bachelor of Sport
• Bachelor of Youth and • Bachelor of Music opportunities in Aotearoa and globally.
Community Leadership Career pathways could include:
Other pathways: • consulting
• Certificate in Arts Natural Resources • city and regional planning
• Diploma in Arts
Engineering • government policy
• research and development.
Music Studies Note: Natural Resources Engineering is not open to
enrolments. See UC’s Civil Engineering programme
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with a minor in Water and Environmental Systems
Engineering. Study Natural Resources Engineering:
Music is an essential part of all Sustainability is the focus of Natural
cultures globally. A degree in Music Studies • Bachelor of Engineering with Honours
Resources engineers — that means protecting,
allows you to investigate music from social and improving, and maintaining natural resources
political perspectives, examining the role and such as soil, water, and the atmosphere.
importance of music now and through history. This involves renewable energy, regenerative
agriculture, and carbon positive cities.
What will my study involve?
Natural Resources engineers work alongside
• You will learn about topics such as communities and mana whenua to create
popular music, musical philosophy, solutions for complex and large-scale crises
music of the world, and musical heritage like climate change, housing, and poverty.
of the western world.
• Opportunities to take part in internships
and collaborative projects throughout
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Neuroscience Career pathways could include: Career opportunities
• behavioural counselling
and Cognition • healthcare
Professional knowledge around metabolism
and healthy eating, nutrient timing, and
• clinical research nutritional supplements will enable you to
Neuroscience and Cognition is the interplay pursue a rewarding career helping others
• neuroscience research. with their health and wellbeing goals, and
between how our brain functions and our
psychological processes - understanding [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers to achieve their best athletic performance.
how we think, feel, perceive, remember, Career pathways could include:
and behave. Study Neuroscience and Cognition
• fitness coach
We can study our brains to understand • Bachelor of Psychological Science • nutritional advisor/nutritionist
many interconnected things, including our
• health educator
experiences and personalities, neurological
conditions, ageing, and recovering after Nutrition • corporate wellness consultant.
brain injuries. [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers

What will my study involve? Good nutrition is important to maintain Study Nutrition:
everyday wellbeing and to reach peak
• Investigate the brain, its structure, and As a Minor:
sporting performance.
function, to see how we become the way
During your studies, you will learn how • Bachelor of Arts
we are and behave the way we do, and
why this changes over time. to educate and work with clients to meet • Bachelor of Commerce
nutritional goals and prescribe health and • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
• Practical components include an
sport-specific programmes. • Bachelor of Health
introduction to visualising, analysing,
and interpreting brain imaging data, • Bachelor of Product Design
neuroscience techniques, and lab work. What will my study involve? • Bachelor of Psychological Science
• Identify nutritional practices for athletes, • Bachelor of Science
Courses recreational exercisers, and groups with • Bachelor of Social and
specific nutritional needs. Environmental Sustainability
You will learn the science behind how we
think, and the mental processes of the brain • Learn the effects of nutritional • Bachelor of Sport
that ultimately shape our experiences and supplements on anatomy and • Bachelor of Youth and
behaviours. As your studies progress, you sporting performance. Community Leadership
will learn more about cognitive processes, • Become part of UC's recognised expertise
neuroscience methods, brain disorders in nutrients and supplements and their
and neurological conditions, and brain effects on mental health disorders
imaging data. and wellbeing.
Topics can include:
• physiological basis of behaviour Courses
• understanding sensation and visual These courses will introduce you to our
perception growing knowledge around food science
and mental wellbeing. You will learn how to
• treatment for neurodegenerative disorders
evaluate clients' personal needs and prescribe
• cognitive psychology. diets, supplements, and other nutrients to
[Link] help enhance fitness performance, injury
recovery, and overall health.
Career opportunities Topics can include:
With the brain at the centre of everything • nutrition and exercise prescription
we do, your studies can lead to a wide range • anatomy
of career pathways to help prevent, treat, or
• recovery monitoring
predict future outcomes – from developing
new health services, to analysing emerging • performance nutrition.
technologies, to statistical trends in [Link]
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Operations and Supply Courses Pacific Studies
Chain Management First year will cover a range of management,
economics, accounting, and information
systems courses. The Pacific region makes up one third of the
earth’s surface, with diverse communities
Topics can include:
strong in innovation, Indigenous
• management decision making knowledge, resilience and identity.
• supply chain management You will navigate through the history of
• strategic operations the Pacific Ocean and into contemporary
issues of politics, climate change, and
• micro and macroeconomics.
sustainability across the region, including
[Link] the transnational nature of Pacific
communities.
Career opportunities
You will learn to focus on the details What will my study involve?
of processes and use skills like cross- • Study a range of historical and
communication, collaboration, time contemporary issues that reflects
“It has taught me time management,
management, and planning to efficiently Aotearoa New Zealand's place in the
organisation, efficiency, and
deliver value to customers. world as part of the Pacific region.
accuracy are key, as well as
adaptability and forward thinking.” With these skills, you will be able to take • Discover and analyse transnational power
on a wide range of roles from logistics to dynamics, security, and geopolitics.
Tanisha risk management.
Ngāti Raukawa • Learn about the rich diversity and
Bachelor of Commerce in Operations and Career pathways could include: contemporary issues of the Pacific.
Supply Chain Management, Strategy and • operations management
Entrepreneurship, and Management • production and distribution Courses
Operations and Supply Chain Management • risk forecasting These courses introduce you to all
involves bringing together organisational • procurement analysis. aspects of Pacific culture, from navigating
resources (people, money, materials, and the Pacific through to relations with
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers neighbouring nations and foreign policies.
buildings) for the production of goods
or services. Fundamentally, supply chain These courses explore contemporary issues
Study Operations and Supply Chain faced by Pacific peoples locally, regionally,
management is about matching the supply Management:
of resources and goods with the demands and around the world.
of the marketplace. • Bachelor of Commerce Topics can include:
Operations and supply chain managers • history, politics and international
make sure the processes are smooth, As a Minor:
relations
efficient, and sustainable, and are always • Bachelor of Arts
• identity, cultures and languages
thinking of ways to make improvements. • Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours • climate change, resilience and
sustainability
What will my study involve? • Bachelor of Health
• Pacific diaspora communities.
• Courses focus on issues such as • Bachelor of Product Design
operations strategy, performance • Bachelor of Science [Link]
management, procurement and • Bachelor of Social and
distribution, product and process design, Environmental Sustainability Career opportunities
and inventory management. • Bachelor of Sport Aotearoa has strong connections with
• Investigate answers to questions such • Bachelor of Youth and the Pacific islands and our political and
as: how do you make sure that people, Community Leadership multicultural identity is also changing as a
money, materials, and buildings are used result, so there are many different careers
efficiently across the whole organisation? this study can lead you to.
How can we ensure that our organisation Career pathways could include:
is successful in achieving its goals?
• community development
• diplomacy
• education
• archive curation and conservation.
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 Study Pacific Studies: Career opportunities Topics can include:
You will learn skills beyond the processes of • performance
As a Minor: painting. Gain critical analysis, teamwork, • chamber choir
• Bachelor of Arts communication, and organisational skills • ensemble
• Bachelor of Commerce that will help you in your future career.
• art of accompaniment.
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours Career pathways could include:
[Link]
• Bachelor of Health • professional artist
• Bachelor of Product Design • art conservation Career opportunities
• Bachelor of Psychological Science • art consulting People with strong musical talents are
• Bachelor of Science
• art gallery management. always highly sought after by event
• Bachelor of Social and
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers organisers and arts businesses.
Environmental Sustainability
• Bachelor of Sport Career pathways could include:
Study Painting: • choirs and orchestras
• Bachelor of Youth and
Community Leadership • Bachelor of Fine Arts • musical theatre
• music therapy

Painting Performance
• event management.
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Painting studies explores a range of Music studies in Performance develops Study Performance:
techniques through different styles, creative ideas and expression through
tools, and practice, both traditional • Bachelor of Music
all styles of music. With rapid growth
and contemporary. and cultural shifts in the music industry,
You will discover different materials and
learn about the role emotion and meaning
professional artists need the skills to be
flexible and adaptive performers. Performance Data
plays for both the painter and the viewer. Developing your musical abilities at UC Analysis
is a unique opportunity to learn from
What will my study involve? professionals and connect with other
musicians and the local arts scene. Performance Data Analysis examines
• Create a body of work and reflect critically statistical data captured during sporting
on the development of your own style. Performance Music is based in the UC
events to develop game plans and winning
• Enjoy 24-hour access to your own Arts city campus located in Te Matatiki Toi
strategies.
personal studio space from second year. Ora | Art Centre of Christchurch.
In this subject, you will learn how to use
• Work in purpose-built studios, tracking tools and capture software to
workrooms, darkrooms, and computer
What will my study involve?
observe matches and find ways to improve
labs, and have access to technician • Learn through individual lessons and performance.
workshops and the Ilam Campus Gallery. group classes in a wide range of musical
instruments and voice. What will my study involve?
Courses • Take advantage of opportunities to join
• Learn how to gather data to forecast
The first year of the degree introduces you large and small ensembles and the UC
results, identify patterns, and track
to studio practice and critical thinking of Chamber Choir, Consortia.
strengths and weaknesses of the
fine arts. Courses towards the Painting • You will have plenty of opportunities opposition.
major begin in your second year and allow to perform publicly, with 100+ concerts
• Use 3D performance capture technology
you to develop your painting technique hosted on campus each year.
and other sport science and computer
with many self-directed projects. lab equipment within UC's Performance
Topics can include: Courses Education and Training Centre.
• practice and theory of painting Your first year will teach you essential • Internship experiences within
• art criticism skills such as sight-reading music and professional sporting teams so you can
understanding rhythm and tempo, as well learn first-hand about implementing
• art and revolution as working with an accompaniment and in advanced tactics and improving
• contemporary art. small or large groups. You will also develop performance.
[Link] in-depth technical and performance
• Earn accreditation using performance
knowledge of your instrument or voice.
analysis software.

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Courses Philosophy Career pathways could include:
Study the basics of sport science and • environmental advisory
monitoring athletes using different • video game design
technology so you can go on to developing Philosophy teaches you how to
think rationally and carefully about • ethics policy
training methods and gameplay
techniques. complex questions such as: are drone • research management.
strikes immoral? What about genetic [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
Topics can include:
engineering? Should rich countries give
• data analysis software substantially more in overseas aid? Is time Study Philosophy:
• biomechanics and physiology travel possible?
These skills are of real value in the • Bachelor of Arts
• game plans and strategy
workplace and help you to look at a • Bachelor of Science
• sport psychology.
problem from all angles and find out-of- As a Minor:
[Link] the-box solutions.
• Bachelor of Arts
Career opportunities What will my study involve?
• Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
Performance analysis is a key part of sports • You can choose to specialise in areas such
and fitness industries to help make profits • Bachelor of Health
as ethics, bioethics, philosophy of science
from winning matches and competitions. and technology, cognitive science and the • Bachelor of Product Design
Career pathways could include: mind, artificial intelligence, and language. • Bachelor of Psychological Science
• performance analyst • There are specialised courses on • Bachelor of Science
famous figures such as Plato, Descartes, • Bachelor of Social and
• sport coach
Wittgenstein, and Turing. Environmental Sustainability
• exercise scientist • Bachelor of Sport
• Choose to add an internship to your
• sports commentator. • Bachelor of Youth and
study, gain work experience, meet
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers potential employers, and build your CV. Community Leadership
Other pathways:
Study Performance Data Analysis: Courses • Certificate in Arts
First-year courses cover a broad range of • Certificate in Science
• Bachelor of Sport
topics to get you thinking critically about • Diploma in Arts
As a Minor:
the world we live in. • Diploma in Science
• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Commerce Topics can include:
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
• Bachelor of Health
• the meaning of life and other
big questions
Philosophy, Politics
• Bachelor of Product Design • ethics, values, and morality and Economics
• Bachelor of Psychological Science • science and religion
• Bachelor of Science • artificial intelligence and human If you like to think about the problems
• Bachelor of Social and philosophy – consciousness, identity, and complexities of society, then consider
Environmental Sustainability free will. this combination of subjects to develop a
• Bachelor of Sport [Link] multidimensional way of seeing things.
• Bachelor of Youth and You will learn about political institutions
Community Leadership Career opportunities and economic systems, while exploring
Other pathways: philosophical fundamentals of ethics and
The intellectual skills that Philosophy
• Certificate in Sport Coaching technology, and their impact on individuals
teaches leads to success in many different
and the wider public.
careers. Many sectors increasingly require
people who can think independently
and creatively, write clearly, apply What will my study involve?
logic, solve abstract problems, and • Pick from a variety of courses and
communicate precisely. customise your study, with examples
such as political parties and elections,
environmental policy, humanitarian
intervention, science and technology
policy, and international security and
international relations.

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• Complete an internship or practical Courses Courses
project in your final year reflecting your
First year courses will teach you the basics of Throughout your studies, you will be
specific interest topics.
studio practice and fine arts. In the second year, introduced to the biomechanics of
you will move onto examining different devices, exercises, explore the benefits of physical
Courses materials, techniques, and historical influences. activity on the body, and delve into the
Each year of the degree, you will be able Topics can include: sociology and culture of sport.
to choose your study focus based on your Topics can include:
• photography practice
interests in politics and justice, ethics and
• photos in history and art revolution • exercise physiology theory and practice
morality, and economic systems.
• editing software and • nutrition programme development
Topics can include:
photography hardware • injury prevention, treatment,
• global economy
• film and theory. and management
• humanitarian politics and justice
[Link] • anatomy science.
• international trade policies
[Link]
• black markets and international policing.
Career opportunities
[Link]
Photography studies give you unique Career opportunities
abilities in communicating information; Studying Physical Activity is a great choice
Career opportunities finding details; and working with a range of for anyone wanting to help with common
This study provides you with vital skills for people, technologies, and projects. health issues and attitudes to fitness. You
many national and international political Careers could include: will gain technical knowledge of exercise
institutions that make decisions about and movement science, as well as the
• photography
our world economy, from energy supply to management and teaching skills to support
imported goods to sustainability. • art gallery management people in their wellbeing.
Career pathways could include: • photojournalism Career pathways could include:
• non-profit organisations and charities • documentary production. • health promoter
• policy advisory [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers • physical educator
• parliament • sports programme coordinator
Study Photography:
• city councils. • community support worker.
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers • Bachelor of Fine Arts [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers

Study Philosophy, Politics and Study Physical Activity:

Economics: Physical Activity
As a Minor:
• Bachelor of Arts • Bachelor of Arts
Studying Physical Activity in Health • Bachelor of Commerce
Sciences focuses on developing the skills
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
Photography and knowledge needed to help people and
• Bachelor of Health
communities make healthier choices and
become more physically active. • Bachelor of Product Design
Explore photography as a device for • Bachelor of Science
communicating information, ideas, What will my study involve? • Bachelor of Social and
personal insights, and the basic materials Environmental Sustainability
• Choose from a variety of health and
and processes of photographic practice. • Bachelor of Sport
sport courses such as nutrition, injury
and rehabilitation, sporting culture, and • Bachelor of Youth and
What will my study involve? team coaching. Community Leadership
• Explore photographic techniques, and • Complete your studies through lectures, Other pathways:
create your own body of work. practical workshops, assessments in labs, • Certificate in Health Sciences
• From second year, you will have access to your and in the field. • Diploma in Health Sciences
own personal 24-hour access studio space. • This subject can be studied as a minor
• Use darkrooms, computer labs, under many different degrees and can be
workshops, and the Ilam Campus Gallery. combined with your other study interests.
• You can follow up your studies
with a one-year teaching degree to
become a qualified health or physical
education teacher.

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Physical Activity Career pathways could include: Physics explores the behaviour between
matter and energy — from subatomic
• sports coordinator
and Wellbeing • personal trainer
particles to the scale of the universe.
Technology and physics go hand-in-hand,
• health educator
and they improve our lives massively. From
Physical Activity and Wellbeing studies in • sports psychologist. computers, architecture to agriculture,
the Bachelor of Sport teaches you how to
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers modern life is built using the understanding
inspire people to move more and improve
of physics.
their physical and mental health.
Study Physical Activity and Studying this field will prepare you to
Explore ways of helping others make Wellbeing contribute to major advances in technology
healthy choices and improve opportunities
now and in the future.
and access to sports and physical activities. • Bachelor of Health
• Bachelor of Sport
What will my study involve?
What will my study involve? As a Minor:
• Bachelor of Arts • Lab experiments, fieldwork, and
• Learn how to educate others on caring for
computing skills in our state-of-the-art
their physical health and the benefits this • Bachelor of Commerce
facilities including a nano lab, super
has on the body and mind. • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours conduction magnet lab, cloud chamber,
• Develop methods in motivating ourselves • Bachelor of Health and cryogenics lab.
to engage in recreational exercise, outdoor • Bachelor of Product Design • UC has contributed much to the field
adventure, training regimes, and more. • Bachelor of Psychological Science with alumnus like Ernest Rutherford
• Study the wider implications of healthy, • Bachelor of Science and Beatrice Tinsley, with current
physical lifestyles on other aspects of • Bachelor of Social and research including Medical Physics,
society, including relationships, mental Environmental Sustainability Nanotechnology, and Cosmology.
health, skill-building, and cultural impact.
• Bachelor of Sport
• Gain practical experiences working with • Bachelor of Youth and Courses
diverse groups throughout your degree and Community Leadership Your first year will give a broad foundation
in encouraging more inclusive and equitable
in modern physics and expand in
practices in sporting and health industries. Other pathways:
the following years with training in
• Certificate in Health programming, lab skills, scientific writing,
Courses • Diploma in Health and mathematics.
Learn how exercise and movement benefits • Certificate in Sport Coaching Good grades in physics and calculus
our health, and also how wellbeing affects are required for entry into this subject.
us on a wider scale — our environment, However, we offer introductory courses for
sociology, economy, and culture. Physics those who don’t have a strong background
Topics can include: in physics or maths.
• anatomy Topics can include:
• Māori health perspectives • space and time
• nutrition • materials science — thermodynamics,
• sports psychology — teamwork, electromagnetism, and nanotechnology
perseverance, management. • quantum mechanics
[Link] • experimental physics and astronomy.
[Link]
Career opportunities
Alongside skills in managing, coaching, and
educating others on physical wellbeing,
this study also gives you the tools to work
towards promoting a healthier Aotearoa on “UC caters to many areas of Physics
a wider scale. and Mathematics so if you are also
This kind of expertise could lead to a wide curious and want to explore more of
range of careers working with everyday the physical world then studying those
exercises through to professional athletes, subjects is a great place to start.”
or even with sporting or health industry Toby
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Career opportunities What will my study involve? Political Science
Understanding how almost everything
works opens up job opportunities in many
• Lead your own industry project or
internship within the community.
and International
industries, ranging from experimental • Choose courses that shape your Relations
research to scientific consulting to building communications skills and
new technology. political knowledge, for example in
Career pathways could include: international politics and relations, Political Science and International Relations
economics, and languages. is the study of our communities and
• IT and electronic industries how we make decisions collectively as
• aerospace • Gain training in ethical media practice, governments, why we behave as we do as
including engaging communities, citizens, and how we make choices and
• science centres/museums
advocacy campaigns, and data analytics. changes for the future.
• research and development.
• Learn from UC’s internationally
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers renowned experts in political science, What will my study involve?
especially in areas such as humanitarian
Study Physics: • Analyse how social change happens and
rights and intervention, EU and
how power and resources are allocated,
European politics, Chinese politics, and
• Bachelor of Science with issues such as development, human
crisis communications.
As a Minor: rights, environment, nationalism, and
foreign policy.
• Bachelor of Arts Courses
• Bachelor of Commerce • Study topics are grouped into four areas;
First year will give you a broad introduction international relations, comparative
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours to media and communication. From
• Bachelor of Health politics (the study of other nations),
second year, your courses will focus on public policy (how we make choices as
• Bachelor of Product Design communicating politics and learning how communities), and political thought.
• Bachelor of Science media can impact public opinions.
• Work with lecturers that are
• Bachelor of Social and Topics can include: internationally recognised for
Environmental Sustainability • media and politics their academic research and
• Bachelor of Sport teaching strengths.
• disaster and crisis communication
• Bachelor of Youth and • Study a Political Science and
Community Leadership • cross-cultural and international media
International Relations minor alongside
Other pathways: • campaign project.
several degrees.
• Certificate in Science [Link]
• Diploma in Science Courses
Career opportunities
First year courses cover a wide variety of
Skills in communicating complex
Political information, analysing opinions, and
topics across Aotearoa and international
politics designed to introduce you to
Communication researching important topics will
prepare you well for roles in government,
analysing political systems and societies.
After the first year, you will choose the
non-profit, corporate, and creative direction of your political science studies
Political Communication is about how communication industries. with courses on economic and social
we gather, analyse, and translate data Career pathways could include: development, international relations,
on political topics such as international • political journalism philosophy, and more.
relations, public health risks, economical Topics can include:
change, and foreign crises, in order to pass • campaign management
• data analysis • public policy
key information along to the public and
other stakeholders. • communications. • Aotearoa international relations
This major is ideal if you want to be a [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers • political revolts and uprisings
direct part of the political process and help • global politics and issues (aid, climate
advance social change. Study Political Communication: change, humanitarianism).
[Link]
• Bachelor of Communication

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Career opportunities What will my study involve? Power Engineering
You will gain a variety of skills that can be • Complete workshops using data science
applied in a wide range of careers both within technologies, and a final-year project
politics and in more diverse areas such as law, working alongside local organisations on
business, education, and journalism. public health issues.
Career pathways could include: • Access to state-of-the-art computer and
• policy analysis software labs with UC’s connections
with Manawa Health Hub and research
• parliamentary office
centres such as Te Taiwhenua o te
• foreign affairs Hauora | GeoHealth Laboratory.
• diplomacy.
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers Courses
You will begin your studies learning the
Study Political Science and basics of data science and geomapping
International Relations: software, and investigate the ways “The EPE Centre organises annual
environment and population can affect field trips to either the North or
• Bachelor of Arts health and wellbeing of communities.
As a Minor: South Island to visit parts of the
Topics can include: power industry. It provided me with
• Bachelor of Arts
• origin, distribution, and patterns valuable knowledge and insight to
• Bachelor of Commerce the industry early on in my studies.”
in disease
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
• Bachelor of Health • emergency and risk modelling Danny
• spatial data technologies Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in
• Bachelor of Product Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering with a
• Bachelor of Science • economic, social, and cultural processes.
minor in Power Engineering
• Bachelor of Social and [Link]
Environmental Sustainability Power Engineering explores power
• Bachelor of Sport Career opportunities distribution and use. You will learn about
different forms of power, specialised
• Bachelor of Youth and Data scientists are in demand as it is an systems such as renewable energy, and how
Community Leadership area of work that faces significant skills power is created.
Other pathways: shortages globally. Study in Population
• Certificate in Arts Health Data Science provides you with a
strong foundation in health sciences with
What will my study involve?
• Diploma in Arts
data science methodologies. • Practical courses learning about
distributing power, building electrical
With environmental and economic
Population Health changes affecting the globe, your
devices, and testing system safety.
• Projects studying, creating, and testing
Data Science skills in this degree will help combat
our rising health challenges and electrical systems like electric go-karts.
environmental contamination. • Field trips and research projects through
Population Health Data Science explores Career pathways could include: UC’s Electric Power Engineering Centre
the relationships between the physical (EPECentre).
• health researcher
environment and our health by using data
• intelligence advisor
to find patterns and potential solutions to Courses
health problems. • data scientist
Your study covers the basics of how power
This includes using geomapping health • disaster response advisor. is created, stored, and distributed through
data for air quality in urban areas, mapping [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers devices, and explores new renewable energy
disease outbreaks in cities, and calculating technologies. Your Power Engineering
traffic accidents. Study Population Health courses begin in the second year.
Data Science: Topics can include:
• Bachelor of Data Science • high voltage testing
• bulk electrical energy
• power and analogue electronics
• circuits and thermal management.
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Career opportunities What will my study involve? Curriculum Studies
Power engineers will find a lot of work • Learn how to teach the Primary curriculum, These include all curriculum subjects that
opportunities because of their expertise in including mathematics, English, science, you will be expected to teach:
both power and energy engineering. Their technology, social studies, health and PE, • English
skills are used in many industries related to art, music, dance, drama, and languages.
• art
the electric power industry. • Develop your teacher identity and the
• music
Career pathways could include: skills to be advocates, leaders, and creators
of knowledge in the Primary sector. • drama and dance
• power transmission and
distribution companies • Bicultural focus interweaving Māori and • health and physical education
• electrical manufacturing Western knowledge and Māori teaching • mathematics
practices, including a noho marae • science
• government entities and regulators
experience and Te reo Māori me onā tikanga
• electricity service providers. courses that will be taught in each year. • technology
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers • Mentored professional learning • social studies
experience in primary schools around • learning languages.
Study Power Engineering: Aotearoa so you can work with teachers, Courses will also provide opportunities to
meet principals, and teach students. design cross-disciplinary and project-based
• Bachelor of Engineering
with Honours in Electrical and learning experiences.
Electronic Engineering
Courses
Our Primary qualifications have four Te Mana o Te Tiriti o Waitangi
basic components: Courses will focus on obligations to Te Tiriti
Primary Teaching Professional Studies and Education
o Waitangi. This includes year-long courses
to learn te reo Māori and tikanga Māori
This is where you learn about teaching, for teaching.
including professional codes and [Link]
standards; assessment; ethics; theories and
approaches; fostering positive relationships Career opportunities
and learning environments; and the
A Primary Teaching degree opens
political, social, cultural, and historical
up teaching and management job
contexts of primary education.
opportunities in primary, intermediate,
You will focus on learners as members middle, and area schools.
of whānau and communities; bicultural
You will also have transferable skills to roles
education and culturally responsive and
outside of teaching that involve knowledge
sustaining practice; learner development
of education and learning as well as
and inclusive education.
working with young people.
“The degree gave me the theoretical Professional Practice Career pathways could include:
knowledge I needed to get through • primary teaching
Working in a classroom helps you develop
my three years of study, but also the
your planning, teaching, and relational • education policy
practical experience.”
skills. Professional Practice introduces • community and youth work
Thomas you into the complexities of the teacher’s
role within the classroom, the school, • advocacy.
Bachelor of Teaching and Learning (Primary)
and the wider community. The first year [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
Teaching and learning is founded on of Ako:BTchLn includes a block teaching
meaningful interactions. Primary teachers placement in Semester 2. The second Study Primary Teacher Education:
work with tamariki in Years 1–8 (ages 5–13) and third year include a block teaching
in primary, intermediate, middle, and area placement in both semesters. You will • Ako: Bachelor of Teaching and Learning
schools. Primary Teaching allows you to spend approximately eight hours a day • Graduate Diploma in Teaching
encourage and discover children's lifelong working alongside an experienced teacher. and Learning
potential and make a real difference to • Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching
In the Graduate Diploma in Teaching and
their lives. and Learning
Learning, there are there are 16 weeks
of placement, made up of two 8-week • Master of Teaching and Learning
blocks, one per semester. You will spend
approximately eight hours a day working
alongside an experienced teacher during
these periods..

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Professional Psychological Career opportunities
and Community Wellbeing By learning about the science behind
wellbeing, developmental disorders, and
Engagement the impact of cultural and environmental
This subject delves into health-related factors on wellbeing, you will be able to
behaviours, developmental disorders, and 'see' a person beyond just their symptoms,
Professional and Community Engagement and offer practical solutions to improve
the science and practice of wellbeing and
(PACE) courses are all about applying what their life.
professional psychological practice.
you learn in your studies to a non-academic Career pathways could include:
“real-world” setting. You will take a holistic view of wellbeing
based on latest research, so you can help • counselling
PACE is an ideal complement to your people and communities thrive. • statistical or clinical research
degree – take it as a one-off course or as
a minor in your degree programme. PACE • clinical psychology
courses provide an opportunity to give you
What will my study involve?
• government and healthcare agencies.
confidence in the workplace. • Explore the behavioural science and
stressors behind our mental health and [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
What will my study involve? wellbeing issues and how we respond to
Study Psychological Wellbeing
them.
• Half of PACE courses are held as
workshops where you can develop • Examine and critique the latest research • Bachelor of Psychological Science
professional skills and half in the on emerging disorders, assessments,
workspace where you can put that diagnosis, and treatments.
knowledge to use. • Gain observation and lab Psychology
• You will be matched with your internship experimentation skills, including a
based on your studies and your interests. final-year project course in a real-world
Past internships include media and context.
communications, event organisation, • Learn about the intersection of culture
marketing, health, and policy analysis. and psychological wellbeing and examine
the impact of your own culture, values,
Courses beliefs, and assumptions on professional
practice.
From second year, you can add a workplace
project or an internship to your studies.
Courses
Topics can include:
Your courses will focus on understanding
• internship projects (based on your
current psychological models and research
degree subject)
on holistic wellbeing and how these are
• project management process used by psychologists to help people make “Psychology makes you realise how
• career development portfolio and positive changes in their lives. incredibly complex and intricate but
CV building You will also learn about current research also how fragile our brains are, and
• presentation skills. into developmental patterns, disorders, how much impact one change
[Link]
and treatments, and distinguishing can have.”
evidence-based theories from popular
Cameron
misconceptions about mental health.
Career opportunities Bachelor of Science in Psychology,
Topics can include: Master of Science in Psychology
PACE students have an edge over other
graduates. Learning to identify the strengths • psychological models of wellbeing
Psychology is the scientific study of
you bring to the workplace and understanding • the professional role of psychologists
behaviour and associated biological,
how your degree has prepared you to work (including ethical and legal
cognitive, and social processes in humans
with local and international communities responsibilities within development,
and other animals.
will give you the confidence you need to treatment, and prevention in mental
enter your new career. health) Studying Psychology will explore how
the brain works, and looks into theories
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers • self-reflection and experiential learning
to gain an understanding of behaviour in
of your own practice.
individuals and groups.
Study PACE: [Link]
PACE can be taken as a one-off course in many
degrees, or studied as a minor in some degrees.
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What will my study involve? As a Minor: Courses
• Explore a range of psychopathologies such • Bachelor of Arts Your studies will focus on the intersection
as anxiety, depression, and addiction with • Bachelor of Commerce between behavioural science and our
leading experts and researchers. • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours wider environment, developing a strong
• Practical lab work where you will be able foundation on personal and socio-cultural
• Bachelor of Health
to perform physical assessments. factors and how they influence thoughts
• Bachelor of Product Design and behaviours. You will also gain
• UC has a Psychology Clinic where • Bachelor of Science professional skills through projects and
you can receive training, and has
• Bachelor of Social and practical assessments.
working relationships with Te Whatu
Environmental Sustainability Topics can include:
Ora Health | New Zealand Waitaha
• Bachelor of Sport
Canterbury, and Ara Poutama • principles of behaviour change
Aotearoa | Department of Corrections, • Bachelor of Youth and
Community Leadership • promoting healthy habits and mental
offering opportunities for research and health awareness
clinical internships. Other pathways:
• Certificate in Arts • macro-scale issues and global wellbeing
• Psychology can be studied in many like climate change, national identity,
bachelor’s degrees, can be customised • Certificate in Health Sciences
social movements
to your specific preferences, and • Certificate in Science
• social media influence.
complement your other studies. • Diploma in Arts
• Diploma in Health Sciences [Link]
Courses • Diploma in Science
Begin your studies with the basics of
Career opportunities
psychology — the science of the brain Your knowledge of physical and mental
and personality. Later you will learn more Psychology for health trends across large groups and
in-depth topics in psychology and develop
your data and analytical skills.
Common Good communities will make you especially
useful in roles that work towards
creating awareness through research and
Topics can include:
programmes at personal and higher levels -
• biological psychology Be introduced to the psychology behind
including global efforts for change.
environmental, social, and cultural
• social change and learned behaviours Career pathways could include:
behaviours that influence us as a collective,
• neurodiversity and learn how to change them. • counselling
• forensic and criminal psychology. Your study will explore a range of • government consulting and research
[Link] behaviours including interactions • advocacy
through social media platforms, stress,
• strategy and policy work.
Career opportunities psychopathology, relationships through an
Aotearoa lens and wider worldviews. [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
Studying Psychology at UC will open up
careers in many different fields due to
the unique set of skills you learn. Further
What will my study involve? Study Psychology for Common Good:
postgraduate study can lead to professional • Explore factors that change how people • Bachelor of Psychological Science
registration as a child and family feel and interact with the world — from
psychologist or clinical psychologist. personal health and environment to
Career pathways could include: global effects such as economics,
and politics.
• police, corrections, and other
public sectors • Learn how we can create solutions
to large-scale issues that affect our
• district health boards collective psychological wellbeing, such
• public relations and marketing as exposure to social media and online
• social service agencies. culture, climate change, and security.
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers • Use psychological practice and research
to find ways to support quality of
Study Psychology: life changes, such as promoting
healthy habits, coping with stress, and
• Bachelor of Arts advocating for vulnerable communities.
• Bachelor of Health • Gain real-world experience through
• Bachelor of Science a final-year project addressing a
community issue.

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Public Health Career opportunities Courses
This subject prepares you with the skills Our language courses teach elementary-
needed to work in the public health sector level Russian through to advanced level.
or community development, and be part of From second year, you can begin classes
multidisciplinary teams. that explore the social, political, and
Career pathways could include: cultural history of Russia, such as the Space
Race and aerospace engineering.
• public health advisor
If you know some Russian, then you may be
• National public health service
given direct entry into second-year courses.
• Māori and Pacific health organisations
Topics can include:
• public health analyst.
• World War history
• [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
• the Tsardom of Russia
Study Public Health: • Stalinism
• Russia and 21st century politics.
“If you’ve got a lot of ambition then • Bachelor of Health Sciences
definitely give Health Sciences a go!” As a Minor:
[Link]
Romana • Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Health Sciences in Public Health
Career opportunities
• Bachelor of Commerce
and Policy By learning a second language, you open
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
yourself up to a wide variety of careers
Public Health is the study of human health • Bachelor of Health
within Aotearoa and abroad. Russian in
and wellbeing, specifically in how we • Bachelor of Product Design particular presents a unique opportunity
promote health within populations and • Bachelor of Psychological Science to be a part of one of the most populous
protect them from risks. • Bachelor of Science European countries that continues to make
• Bachelor of Social and world history.
What will my study involve? Environmental Sustainability Career pathways could include:
• Gain a strong foundation in health • Bachelor of Sport • translation and interpreting
sciences, with detailed knowledge • Bachelor of Youth and • international relations
in public health, including impact Community Leadership
and ethics. • foreign policy
Other pathways:
• Take a look at how health programmes • Certificate in Health Sciences • journalism.
are delivered through an internship • Diploma in Health Sciences [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
course in your final year.
• On successful completion of your Study Russian:
degree, you will meet the Aotearoa Russian • Bachelor of Arts
New Zealand competencies for public
health, and health promotion (endorsed As a Minor:
by Rūnanga Whakapiki Ake i te Hauora Russian is spoken by over 150 million • Bachelor of Arts
o Aotearoa | Health Promotion Forum of people, and is one of the six official • Bachelor of Commerce
New Zealand). languages of the United Nations. The • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
opening of Eastern Europe and the former • Bachelor of Health
Courses Soviet Union since the Cold War has seen
• Bachelor of Product Design
growth opportunities in independent
First year courses will introduce you to trade, the entertainment industry, and • Bachelor of Science
the global health challenges we face. You international business. • Bachelor of Social and
will learn about health and development, Environmental Sustainability
environmental change, chronic conditions,
and infectious diseases.
What will my study involve? • Bachelor of Sport
• Bachelor of Youth and
Topics can include: • Learn Russian and take courses in
Community Leadership
Russian history from the middle ages to
• global health the present day, including literature, film, Other pathways:
• health systems and policy and culture. • Certificate in Arts
• environmental and occupational health • Study the only major in Russian in • Certificate in Languages
Aotearoa, or combine a minor in Russian • Diploma in Arts
• health planning.
with a wide variety of bachelor’s degrees. • Diploma in Languages
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Screen Sound Study Screen Sound:
Topics can include:
• dramatic writing techniques like
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours foreshadowing and cliffhangers
Sound is a core element for a range of As a Minor: • adapting novels, biographies, and more
media, from film to video games and • Bachelor of Arts
everything in between. Sound effects, voice, • subverting genre and tropes
• Bachelor of Commerce
and digital music all work together to • world-building and lore.
enhance and make your story memorable. • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
[Link]
• Bachelor of Health
Studying Screen Sound will include hands-
on experience with industry standard audio • Bachelor of Product Design Career opportunities
equipment to learn about recording audio, • Bachelor of Science
Your studies will develop your writing
post-production processes, and techniques • Bachelor of Social and
skills so you can cross genre and media
for sound mixing. Environmental Sustainability
platforms, and have the adaptability to
• Bachelor of Sport work with other industry professionals.
What will my study involve? • Bachelor of Youth and
Career pathways could include:
• Learn the processes behind recording, Community Leadership
• screenwriting
sourcing digital music, and editing sound
for films, television, and video games. • advertising and copy writing
• Work with the latest industry standard Screenwriting • creative producing
software, studio equipment, and • creative consultancy.
recording hardware. A good story leaves a lasting impression, [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
• Work on projects throughout your degree and can even transform the way we view
and graduate with your own portfolio our own lives. Having the ability to write Study Screenwriting:
of works. engaging characters, riveting plotlines, and
complex worlds is one of the most creative • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
• You will have access to sound recording
studios, sound stages, voice-over and skills we can have. As a Minor:
dubbing studios, and other facilities. Screenwriting studies will teach you to • Bachelor of Arts
create your own screenplays, from structure • Bachelor of Commerce
Courses and formatting to tying elements of a • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
Screen Sound courses will introduce the story together. • Bachelor of Health
technical skills around audio technologies • Bachelor of Product Design
for recording and mixing sound, as well as What will my study involve? • Bachelor of Science
the theory behind sound for digital media, • Develop your own scripts and • Bachelor of Social and
such as psychoacoustics and dramatic effect. screenplays, including structure, Environmental Sustainability
Topics can include: character development, storyboarding, • Bachelor of Sport
lore, and world-building. • Bachelor of Youth and
• character themes and sound motifs
• The final year of study is dedicated to Community Leadership
• foley work, dubbing, and other post-
creating a commercial quality creative
production sound editing
project for the digital screen.
• on-set audio recording
• You will have access to a range of filming, Sculpture
• effects, dialogue, and ambience. design, and computer lab spaces for you
[Link] to collaborate with other students on
creative projects. With Sculpture studies, you will explore time,
space, and context behind crafted objects.
Career opportunities
Your studies will prepare you for operating Courses Build your artistic practice through the use
of different materials, processes, theories,
in multiple different sound environments Your courses first teach you how to
and contemporary techniques.
and media. You will also be able to keep up construct short screenplays with story
with the latest trends in the industry such as 3D structure and development, character
recording, editing software, and audio hardware. arcs, and themes. Throughout the rest of What will my study involve?
Career pathways could include: the degree, you will learn how to write • Create your own body of works and
feature-length stories, adaptations, sculptural projects.
• foley recording episodic series, game cutscenes, and entire • From second year, you will have 24-hour
• production sound mixing cinematic worlds. access to your own studio space where
• digital music creation you are able to explore your personal and
• sound editing. academic creativity.
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• Make use of purpose-built studios, and Learning (Secondary endorsement) in Curriculum Studies
workrooms, technical workshops, and the Technology and Te Reo Māori. .
Courses focus on the essential learning areas
Ilam Campus Gallery.
of the New Zealand Curriculum, including
What will my study involve? curriculum statements, subject assessment
Courses • Key skills in managing a classroom, standards and practices, teaching
You will start your degree learning the presenting lessons, and supporting the approaches, and curriculum resources. They
basics of fine arts theory and studio different ways people learn. also focus on contemporary curriculum
practice, before beginning Sculpture from • Focus your teaching on your intended developments and approaches for integrated
second year and learning to use different secondary school subject from a wide teaching and learning across subjects.
materials and processes. range of options — art to chemistry to You will hone your skills for teaching,
Topics can include: te reo Māori. including communication and presentation
• sculpture practice • Mentored professional learning skills, design for learning, managing
experience in secondary schools around positive learning environments, and use of
• great sculptural works in history technology in education and e-learning.
Aotearoa so you can work with practising
• technical workshop hardware
teachers, meet principals, and teach
• audience observation and influence. directly to students. Te Mana o Te Tiriti o Waitangi
[Link] • Bicultural focus interweaving Māori and Courses will focus on obligations to Te Tiriti
Western knowledge and Māori teaching o Waitangi. This includes year-long courses
Career opportunities practices, including a noho marae to learn te reo Māori and tikanga Māori
experience and Te Reo Māori me onā for teaching.
Along with experience and technical skills
working with different tools and materials, tikanga courses.
Secondary Teacher Education – teaching
university studies in Sculpture gives you an subjects
opportunity to make industry connections, Courses
For our secondary teacher qualifications,
explore art spaces, and grow your practice UC’s secondary teaching degrees include
you will need to choose a teaching subject
in new ways. professional teaching practice, learning
(refer to the list below) and have an academic
Career pathways could include: methods, NCEA assessment standards,
background in this subject to 300-level. If
and teacher preparation in your specialised
• sculpting you have study in another teaching subject
teaching subject.
• designing area (to 200-level), you can include this
Secondary Teacher Education is made up of as an additional teaching subject in the
• art gallery management courses in the following areas of study: qualification. If you do not have study in
• art consulting. a second teaching subject area, we offer a
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers Professional Studies and Education range of courses that you can select from to
This is where you learn about teaching, meet qualification requirements.
Study Sculpture: including professional codes and We offer the following teaching subjects:
standards, assessment, ethics, theories and • Art
• Bachelor of Fine Arts approaches, fostering positive relationships
and learning environments, and the • Biology
political, social, cultural, and historical • Chemistry
Secondary Teacher contexts of secondary education. You will • Classical Studies
Education focus on learners as members of whānau
and communities; bicultural education
• Commerce
and culturally responsive and sustaining • English
Secondary Teacher Education offers you an practice; learner development and • Geography
exciting and rewarding career teaching and inclusive education. • Health
creating a positive impact on the youth
Professional Practice • History
of Aotearoa, in subjects of your choosing.
Secondary teachers work with young adults The school-based requirement of the • International Languages
in Year 7-13, ages 11-18 years. To complete programme is where you’ll gain skills and • Mathematics
this subject, you will need to already have experience in the classroom. • Music
an Aotearoa New Zealand bachelor’s degree. In the Graduate Diploma in Teaching and • Outdoor and Environmental Education
Upon graduation, you will be able to apply Learning, there are there are 16 weeks
for teacher registration. • Performing Arts
of placement, made up of two 8-week
blocks, one per semester. You will spend • Physical Education
Alternative Entry Pathway approximately eight hours a day working • Physics
UC also offers an alternative entry pathway alongside an experienced teacher during • Te Reo Māori
into the Graduate Diploma in Teaching these periods.
• Technology

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For queries about study pathways and • Customisable major so you can • Become a leader in social and community
suitable teaching subjects, please contact follow your interests on global or settings to drive social change in local,
our Faculty Student Advisors at: local social issues, communities, and national, or international communities.
[Link]/study/academic-study environmental problems. • Customise your degree with courses in
/education/contact-education other subjects so you can prepare to tackle
Courses the social issues you care about most.
Career opportunities Choose from a variety of courses that • Act now with off-campus and hands-on
After completing one of our programmes, introduce you to sustainability issues and projects and internships about climate
you will be eligible to apply for provisional how to create solutions to these, whether change, youth health and wellbeing, human
registration as a secondary school teacher through official channels, media awareness, trafficking, and the Rainbow community.
and can apply for teaching positions in community engagement, or beyond.
Aotearoa New Zealand schools and in many Topics can include: Courses
countries around the world.
• environmental and human health The courses in this pathway will introduce
A teaching degree also prepares you for roles you to the powerful effects of community
• policy
in school leadership, business management, action, volunteering, policy, and media
and services that involve training and • international aid
awareness towards social issues, and give
working with youth and other people. • global sustainability campaigns. you opportunities to learn about Aotearoa
Some career pathways could include: [Link] and global-scale movements.
• Secondary teaching Topics can include:
• Public sector Career opportunities • Aotearoa politics
• Human services Awareness of global issues, and skills • media impact on public opinions, politics,
in project management, leadership, and history
• Industry training.
communication, and critical analysis will
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers • social transformation
equip you to make real and meaningful
changes to our environmental and human • global powers and processes.
Study Secondary Teacher Education: systems, and empower others. [Link]
• Graduate Diploma in Teaching Career pathways could include:
and Learning • politics Career opportunities
• Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching • non-profit sector Finding solutions, advocating for others, and
and Learning actioning change are all unique abilities that
• human services
• Master of Teaching and Learning this study will train you to have.
• humanitarian aid programmes.
Career pathways could include:
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
• human rights advocacy
Social Action, • community engagement
Study Social Action, Community
Community and and Global Development: • political campaigner
Global Development • Bachelor of Social and • lobbyist.
Environmental Sustainability [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
Help solve some of the major issues
Study Social Activism:
we are facing globally with studies on
environmental, social, and political change. Social Activism • Bachelor of Youth and
Learn how to create campaigns that deal with Community Leadership
problems caused by the ways we interact with Social Activism uses your passions and • Certificate of Youth and
the environment, from the hunger crisis to experiences to make positive changes for Community Leadership
global poverty, renewable energy to pollution, others. Studying this pathway will teach you
city development to climate change. how to recognise inequality and inequity,
to help those who are disadvantaged or Social
What will my study involve? mistreated, and to raise awareness on
issues that need more support at a higher
Entrepreneurship
• Develop real social movements and
awareness projects through an internship. political level.
• Study a wide range of optional courses This pathway is the perfect option if you wish
from sociology and psychology, politics,
What will my study involve? to make an impact on social needs through
international relations, media, geography, • Explore social issues like ethnicity, gender, entrepreneurship. You will develop leadership
environmental studies, and community sexuality, and class that can lead to skills paired with key insights in marketing,
development. inequities in education, political power, management, and social entrepreneurship.
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What will my study involve? Social Work You may go on to working directly with
affected people, or on to social sector policy
• Learn leadership skills and how to create
and make changes within the overall system.
a product, business, service, or campaign
idea that will make positive changes to Social workers help people to overcome Career pathways could include:
our communities. personal and institutional barriers to • social work
wellbeing and achieve their full potential.
• Act now with off-campus and hands-on • policy analyst
They work with individuals, families,
projects and internships so you can start • community development
groups, and organisations in a wide range
making change while studying (e.g.,
of contexts. • youth work.
addressing topics such as climate change,
young people’s health and wellbeing, Studying Social Work is a great option to [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
human trafficking, and planning events consider if you are interested in working
for the Rainbow community). in a people-focused career. Professionally Study Social Work:
trained people are needed in increasing
• Connect with Te Pokapū Rakahinonga | UC • Bachelor of Social Work with Honours
numbers to work in the social services,
Centre for Entrepreneurship to get
nationally and internationally.
mentoring, resources, and contacts in
creating your business ideas.
What will my study involve? Society, Diversity
Courses • Learn about a wide variety of topics such and Change
as mental health, child welfare, criminal
The first year in this pathway introduces you
justice, ageing, violence and abuse, and
to leadership and management skills, as Society, Diversity and Change focuses
gender and sexuality.
well as looking at case studies in Ōtautahi on the complex issues that form around
Christchurch of how volunteering and • Small, interactive classes so you can work
closely with staff and other students. community, identity, and social revolutions.
community-led projects have made a real
difference. There are many course options to • Practical learning throughout the degree, Studying this subject will challenge your
focus your degree towards your ideal career with 75% of your final year in fieldwork thinking about the world and the people
in social entrepreneurship. placements within social service agencies who live in it, and equip you to create
around Aotearoa. positive changes.
Topics can include:
• The Bachelor of Social Work with Honours
• community activism
is recognised by Kahui Whakamana
What will my study involve?
• markets, consumers, and • Understand how issues such as
Tauwhiro | New Zealand Social Workers
sustainability practices education, social status, ethnicity, and
Registration Board (SWRB) and
• business management internationally so you can work overseas. gender relate to and affect equity in
• global business ethics. society with UC’s research speciality in
[Link] Courses services, activism, and youth work.
The first year of the Social Work degree will • Develop actionable skills to improve local
Career opportunities introduce you to Social Work services and and global movements and challenges of
practices in Aotearoa. The later years of the your choice with a final-year internship
Alongside business knowledge, an placing you in the workplace.
degree will go into more complex topics
awareness of social campaigns,
so you can analyse and debate on current
sustainability goals, and ethical values of Courses
issues within Aotearoa such as welfare
consumers and communities will make you
systems, discrimination, domestic abuse, Through the courses in this programme,
a unique leader in the corporate industry.
and mental health. you will be able to explore diversity and
Career pathways could include:
Topics can include: equity outcomes that affect you or best
• advocacy suit your interests. The final year also
• social services
• campaign and event management presents an opportunity to gain real-world
• social policy experience through an internship.
• entrepreneur
• realities that current youth face Topics can include:
• business consulting.
• work placements and social • equality vs equity
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers work practice.
• online spaces and homogenised culture
[Link]
Study Social Entrepreneurship: • youth and developing identities
• Bachelor of Youth and Career opportunities • poverty and the increasing wealth gap.
Community Leadership The combination of theory and practice sets [Link]
• Certificate of Youth and you up with the values, knowledge, and skills
Community Leadership needed to work in the social work profession.

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Career opportunities • Flexible course options so you can study
a field of Sociology that suits your
Software Engineering
Your studies will help you learn how we can
specific interests.
improve equity outcomes by generating
social transformation. This can lead to a • Courses are hands-on and you will
variety of career options working with and have the opportunity to do meaningful
on behalf of others, from human services to research, to create and analyse evidence,
advocacy to politics. and to draw your own conclusions.
Career pathways could include:
Courses
• civil services
First year Sociology courses are designed to
• youth work and development
explore people and society and introduce
• professional training and education you to the process of analysis.
• non-profit sectors. Topics can include:
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers • history of gangs in New Zealand
• global society “Software engineering is so open to
Study Society, Diversity and Change: the imagination. It's a constantly
• crime and justice
• Bachelor of Arts changing field.”
• ethnicity, racism, and history.
[Link] Sarah
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in
Sociology Career opportunities Software Engineering

The broad skills gained from a Sociology Our society heavily relies on software or
major such as research, writing, critical software-based systems, for example in
thinking, and communication are all highly transportation, telecommunications, health,
valued by employers. You will be able to and avionics.
apply your core Sociology learnings to Software systems can have a high degree
different aspects of life and work. of complexity, often consisting of millions
Career pathways could include: of lines of code produced by large teams
of software engineers or developers. We
• human resources
critically depend on timely and cost-
• marketing, media, and public relations effective completion of software systems,
• policy analysis and on their reliable and efficient operation.
• social research. To meet all these goals, a disciplined
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers approach is needed to design, create,
“Completing a social science degree operate and deliver software systems under
has exposed me to the world and now Study Sociology: real-world constraints (economical, ethical,
I have a craving to explore it further.” technical, legal).
MahMah • Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and What will my study involve?
As a Minor:
Sociology, Bachelor of Arts with Honours in • Work on challenging team-based projects,
Anthropology, PhD in Anthropology • Bachelor of Arts
sometimes with industry.
• Bachelor of Commerce
Take a look at the modern world and how • Benefit from our specially-designed
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
it came to be the way it is. Sociologists computer laboratories and software as
• Bachelor of Health
investigate the structure of societies, well as access to a specialist Te Puna
Bachelor of Product Design
organisations, groups, and everyday lives. Pūkaha me te Pūtaiao | Engineering and
• Bachelor of Psychological Science Physical Sciences library.
This subject can cover a range of social • Bachelor of Science
contexts including the intimacy of families,
criminal gangs, activities at a rugby game
• Bachelor of Social and Courses
Environmental Sustainability
or rock festival, through to divisions of You will study a range of foundational
• Bachelor of Sport
ethnicity, gender, and class. courses in Computer Science and
• Bachelor of Youth and Engineering, and carry out practical work
Community Leadership
What will my study involve? through a series of projects.
• Take courses as diverse as crime and Other pathways:
justice, religion, health, gender and • Certificate in Arts
sexualities, death, and migration. • Diploma in Arts

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Topics can include: Courses Spatial Data Science
• foundations in computer science, No prior knowledge is needed to study
including machine learning Spanish at UC. You can start with
and cybersecurity elementary Spanish in your first year, then Spatial Data Science is an emerging field
• human-computer interaction, including advance from there. that combines art and science to explore
augmented and virtual reality spatial geographical data through visual
Spanish courses will give you an insight
and computational technologies to
• operating systems and into the mix of old and new traditions that
understand why activities and events occur
embedded systems form Spanish-speaking cultures.
in certain environments or spaces.
• software development and processes. If you know some Spanish already, then you
You will gain knowledge in Geographic
[Link] may be given direct entry into second-year
Information Science (GIS) including using
Spanish courses.
digital cartography, remote sensing,
Career opportunities Topics can include: geomapping, and other visual data interfaces
• film and music to interpret and analyse insights from the data.
Software engineering is a widely applicable
This can be helpful in conducting search and
discipline — graduates are not only • different cultures of the Spanish-
rescue operations, predicting potential disaster
needed in software companies, but also in speaking world
outcomes, planning smart cities, and more.
many industries whose products involve • conversation
significant amounts of software, such as
finance, agriculture, health, education,
• civilisation and culture. What will my study involve?
and more. Due to the advancing field of [Link] • Gain skills in spatial thinking and
Software Engineering, you will be able to reasoning, analysis using computation
work anywhere in the world. Career opportunities tools, advanced programming and coding,
Career pathways could include: Through your studies you will learn skills and in using geographic data software.
• software engineer and developer in intercultural communication, as well as • You will have access to computer and
growing your understanding of the way software labs, and conduct fieldwork at
• software architect
global interactions shape society. UC’s field stations in Cass and Kawatiri
• game developer Westport, or climate stations in Kā
Career pathways could include:
• IT consultant. Tiritiri-o-te-moana Southern Alps and
• interpreting and translation
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers throughout Te Waipounamu South Island.
• international law
• Benefit from our research centres
Study Software Engineering: • policy analysis that utilise spatial data sciences,
• journalism. with specialist centres including Toi
• Bachelor of Engineering with Honours Hangarau | Geospatial Research Institute,
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
and Te Pokapū Pūhanga Wāhi | Spatial
Engineering Research Centre.
Spanish Study Spanish:
• Bachelor of Arts Courses
As a Minor: First-year courses will introduce you to the
Spanish is as universal as English with the
largest concentrations of speakers in Spain, • Bachelor of Arts processing, analysis, and visualisation of
Latin America and the USA. • Bachelor of Commerce spatial data.
Learning Spanish will not only open you up • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours Topics can include:
to their beautiful cultures, but also to job • Bachelor of Health • digital maps and 3D visual data
opportunities in many parts of the world. • Bachelor of Product Design • prediction and forecasting
• Bachelor of Science
• remote sensing for unmanned vehicles
What will my study involve? • Bachelor of Social and eg, drones, self-driving cars
• Staff will work closely with you in your Environmental Sustainability
• social and physical effects on the
language and Hispanic culture classes. • Bachelor of Sport
earth’s surface.
• Option to do an exchange with a Spanish • Bachelor of Youth and
Community Leadership [Link]
university where you can practise
your language and culture skills by
studying abroad.
Other pathways: Career opportunities
• Certificate in Arts
• You can study Spanish within a range There is a high demand for graduates
• Certificate in Languages with data science skills. Spatial Data
of different bachelor’s degrees, or you
• Diploma in Arts Science is utilised throughout government
can also add a certificate or diploma
in Spanish language alongside your • Diploma in Languages organisations and industry sectors
other studies. including finance, retail, construction, and
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You can apply the knowledge and practical that hinder quality of life. The following What will my study involve?
skills you gain through this major to years of the degree go more in-depth with
• Practical studies developing your
social and health services, government, these topics and more.
coaching practice – from teaching sports
transportation, research, marketing, and Topics can include: to training techniques to game strategy.
many more areas.
• speech, hearing, and swallowing • Choose your sport to focus on, including
Career pathways could include:
• communication and language learning team and individual sports.
• space matter analyst
• voice disorders • Experiences throughout study with field
• smarter cities planner trips, placements, and internships within
• clinical placements.
• endangered species migration mapping sporting organisations and educational
[Link] programmes.
• search and rescue operations.
• Pathway to registering as a physical
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers Career opportunities education or health education teacher at
The skills you gain in this degree will primary and secondary schools through a
Study Spatial Data Science:
set you on a career helping others with one-year graduate teaching degree.
• Bachelor of Data Science their wellbeing, either directly as a
clinician, or through administration and Courses
research, or even in creating new assistive
Your studies will focus on developing your
Speech and communication devices.
coaching abilities to instruct others on
Career pathways could include:
Language Pathology • speech-language therapist
fitness, skills, and practice.
You will also get to explore sports and
• audiologist sporting culture in Aotearoa, such as health
Speech and Language Pathology studies • paediatrics education, inclusivity and accessibility, and
human communication, how it develops, emerging technologies in sport.
and the many differences and difficulties • rest home care.
Topics can include:
that children and adults experience. [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
• nutrition
Speech-language therapists/pathologists
work with premature infants, children who Study Speech and • physiology
have difficulty communicating and learning, Language Pathology: • health education
and adults who have lost their ability to • Bachelor of Speech and Language • biomechanics.
communicate through stroke, brain injury, Pathology with Honours
degenerative disease, or other reasons. [Link]
• Diploma in Science
What will my study involve? Career opportunities
• A hands-on qualification, where you Sport Coaching and This degree prepares you for coaching at
all levels, from young children discovering
will work with real patients of all ages,
through clinical experience at speech- Physical Education sport through to professional teams and
language clinics, hospitals, retirement athletes competing on the world stage.
homes, and schools around Aotearoa. Career pathways could include:
Sport Coaching and Physical Education
There are also opportunities for overseas • sport coach
studies gives you the opportunity to
and clinical placements.
lead and inspire others in their learning • fitness instructor
• UC has its own speech-language clinics, development, sporting activities, and • physical education teacher
giving you experience with clients right towards their greatest potential.
on campus. • team manager.
You will develop a strong understanding
• The degree is Aotearoa New Zealand’s [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
of pedagogy (the practice of teaching
most established, having trained most and training) and how people learn, and
of the country’s speech-language consider sport and health from sociological
Study Sport Coaching and Physical
pathologists and being the first to be Education:
perspectives to see how gender, age,
accredited by Te Kāhui Kaiwhakatikatika ethnicity, and geography can change and • Bachelor of Sport
Reo Kōrero o Aotearoa | New Zealand challenge experiences. Other pathways:
Speech-language Therapists’ Association.
• Certificate in Sport Coaching
Courses
The degree starts by giving you the basics
of human anatomy for throat and hearing
mechanisms, as well as how people develop
their communication skills and disorders

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Sport Management Study Sport Management:
different topics in general management and
marketing, as well as specific topics related to
As a Minor: sports leadership and business opportunities.
Sport managers need to have a varying • Bachelor of Arts Topics can include:
set of skills and be aware of best practices • Bachelor of Commerce • organisational behaviour
for the management of people, club and
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours • marketing and management
sporting events.
• Bachelor of Health • promotions, sponsors, and fundraising
The Sport Management minor aims to
upskill your other studies with specific • Bachelor of Product Design • sport, business, and governance.
knowledge around managing business • Bachelor of Psychological Science
[Link]
processes in the sports industry. • Bachelor of Science
• Bachelor of Social and Career opportunities
What will my study involve? Environmental Sustainability
• Bachelor of Sport This degree will expand your sporting
• Learn end-to-end business processes in knowledge with business skills so you can
the sports industry, from financing to • Bachelor of Youth and
go into professional leadership positions,
recruitment to creating a team brand. Community Leadership
from leading a club all the way up to a
• Develop strategies in management, team Other pathways: national sport organisation.
structure, and game theory to motivate • Certificate in Sport Coaching There is an increasing need for more graduates
your team towards success. at all levels with knowledge of marketing
• Gain business knowledge of behind-the- and management in the sports industry.
scenes processes, such as connecting Sport Marketing Career pathways could include:
with sponsors and coordinating games
and major events. and Management • team manager
• brand manager
• Work experiences and an internship in
your final year leading real sports teams. Sport Marketing and Management study • events coordinator
explores the business of sport and how it • sports executive.
Courses has grown into a massive profit-making [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
Your studies will explore the management industry across the world.
side of sport and recreation. This Gain insight into all the inner workings of Study Sport Marketing
involves planning, organising, leading the sporting industry, including recruiting and Management:
and controlling projects, events and athletes, merchandising, events and
promotions, and more. Other pathways:
organisations in sport-related settings.
• Certificate in Sport Coaching
Topics can include:
• sport, business and governance
What will my study involve?
• management and leadership
• Learn end-to-end business processes in
the sports industry, from financing to
Sports Studies
• organisational behaviour and human recruitment to creating a team brand.
resource management
• Develop strategies in management, team Sports Studies is a great opportunity to
• sport coaching and leadership. structure, and game theory to motivate combine your passion for sports with your
[Link] your team towards success. other studies. This flexible minor allows
• Gain business knowledge of behind-the- you to focus on any aspect of sports and
Career opportunities scenes processes, such as connecting physical activity, and includes practical
with sponsors and coordinating games experiences and internships.
This subject will expand your degree with
business skills related to the sport and and major events.
recreation sectors.
What will my study involve?
• Work experiences and an internship in
Career pathways could include: your final year leading real sports teams. • Study all things sports, from history,
science, strength and conditioning to
• recreation manager marketing and management, nutrition
Courses
• fitness manager and performance data analysis.
Your courses begin with an overview of
• athletic director • Choose your topics and focus on sports
sports as a business model, and the basics
• sport agent. of managing people, projects, and creating of your choice, including team and
a marketable brand. individual sports.
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As you continue in the degree, you will have • Minor in non-sport degrees so you can focus
more flexibility to focus your studies on on your sporting interests in combination
with many other fields of study.

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Courses What will my study involve? Study Statistics:
Our courses cover a range of themes in sport • Learn statistical processes and
including health promotion, business and techniques, including collecting • Bachelor of Arts
marketing, psychology, and te ao Māori. data, choosing methods, and • Bachelor of Science
Topics can include: communicating results.
As a Minor:
• sport coaching and leadership • Take part in research and projects while • Bachelor of Arts
working with visiting experts, research
• biomechanics and anatomy • Bachelor of Commerce
centres, and potential employers.
• nutrition and exercise • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
• Study Statistics in a wide range of
• marketing and consumer behaviour. • Bachelor of Health
degrees to add data knowledge to your
[Link] other interests. • Bachelor of Product Design
Your first-year courses are introductory • Bachelor of Psychological Science
Career opportunities and will teach you the basics of • Bachelor of Science
statistics, including maths and computer • Bachelor of Social and
Your study could lead to many different
programming. You will get to choose your Environmental Sustainability
careers working with clients or athletes
in the gym, field, classroom, competitive courses in the later years from a range of • Bachelor of Sport
stage, and the great outdoors. topics from algorithms to interpreting • Bachelor of Youth and
datasets to completing your own statistics Community Leadership
Career pathways could include: work projects. Other pathways:
• sports coordinator Topics can include: • Certificate in Arts
• gym and fitness instructor • software training (eg, R, Python, and Julia) • Certificate in Science
• youth coach • computer modelling • Diploma in Arts
• personal trainer. • prediction and probabilities • Diploma in Science

Study Sport Studies: • sampling and survey methods.

As a Minor:
[Link] Strategy and
• Bachelor of Arts Career opportunities Entrepreneurship
• Bachelor of Commerce
Statistics opens up career possibilities
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours in many industries such as finance and Strategy and Entrepreneurship focuses on
• Bachelor of Health insurance, business, government, and the overall development of businesses,
• Bachelor of Product Design research. These institutions and companies involving the process of identifying
• Bachelor of Psychological Science are looking for people able to collect the objectives, developing plans to achieve
• Bachelor of Science relevant data, model it, and communicate these, and allocating resources in order to
the results. grow business.
• Bachelor of Social and Environmental Career pathways could include:
Sustainability • epidemiologist What will my study involve?
• Bachelor of Youth and • Learn to recognise opportunities and
• GIS expert
Community Leadership develop core business skills in planning,
• data analyst
project management, and teamwork.
• risk surveyor.
Statistics [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
• Explore business at all levels, including
individually-owned small businesses,
social enterprise, high-tech startups, and
Statistics makes sense of data using large corporations using innovation to
mathematical modelling to explain gain advantage.
what is observed and to predict what is • Gain real-world experience and make
yet unknown. connections with businesses and
There are many areas in which statistics the community through business
helps us to understand what is going on case competitions.
and to predict what is likely to happen in • UC is home to Te Pokapū Rakahinonga
the future, from climate change to the UC Centre for Entrepreneurship — join a
economy to medicine. community of like-minded students and
staff, access useful resources, learn how
to set up a new business venture, gain
experience, or take on an internship.

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Courses Strength and Study Strength and Conditioning:
Courses will introduce you to core business
skills, decision-making, and organisational
Conditioning As a Minor:
processes, with opportunities to tailor • Bachelor of Arts
your studies towards international Strength and Conditioning will teach you • Bachelor of Commerce
markets, social endeavours, and becoming to train and help people achieve health and • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
an entrepreneur. performance goals. • Bachelor of Health
Topics can include: Develop strength and conditioning training • Bachelor of Product Design
• adapting business to change programmes that boost performance and • Bachelor of Psychological Science
• managing innovation recondition athletes and teams towards • Bachelor of Science
their best. • Bachelor of Social and
• Aotearoa business sector on the
global stage Environmental Sustainability
What will my study involve? • Bachelor of Sport
• founding a business or product idea.
• Measure athletic performance, • Bachelor of Youth and
[Link] test training methods, and plan Community Leadership
injury recovery. Other pathways:
Career opportunities • Practice developing your skills in our • Certificate in Sport Coaching
With a real-world focus on internships, new Performance Education and Training
competitions, entrepreneurship, and Centre, which includes a specialised
community involvement, you will have the
skills needed to work in a wide range of sectors.
strength and conditioning facility and 3D Structural Engineering
performance capture technology.
Strategy planning is the highest skill level of • Internships with sport organisations
management and is usually performed by and athletes. Structural Engineering explores how
an executive team in an organisation, which buildings and other structures endure
• Gain the knowledge and skills required
demonstrates just how far you can get with disasters, like earthquakes, fires, and storms.
to sit the National Strength and
this degree in the corporate world. With big issues like climate change,
Conditioning Association (NSCA)
Career pathways could include: accreditation exams. structural engineers need to create resilient
• entrepreneur infrastructure and specialised solutions,
Courses whilst juggling the demands of aesthetics,
• marketing specialist environment, cost, and materials.
• management consultant The courses in this programme will train
you to work with anyone developing their
• business analyst. What will my study involve?
fitness and wellbeing, including people
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers with specific needs or injuries, professional • Practical coursework designing,
athletes, and everyday clients. building, testing, and analysing
Study Strategy building structures, including research
Topics can include:
and Entrepreneurship: project work.
• injury rehabilitation
• Bachelor of Commerce • Use UC’s Structural Engineering Lab (SEL)
• technologies for measuring performance the most modern educational facility in
As a Minor:
• nutrition seismic testing, including seismic loadings
• Bachelor of Arts on structures and soils in real-time.
• Bachelor of Commerce • physiology.
[Link] • Learn from world renowned leaders in the
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours design and performance assessment of
• Bachelor of Health steel, concrete, and timber buildings and
• Bachelor of Product Design
Career opportunities bridges in seismic events.
• Bachelor of Science Helping others to achieve their peak
• Bachelor of Social and athletic performance is a rewarding career, Courses
Environmental Sustainability and is in demand within sporting, military,
and protective service industries. This minor is available alongside the
• Bachelor of Sport Bachelor of Engineering with Honours
Career pathways could include: in Civil Engineering. You will study the
• Bachelor of Youth and
• strength and conditioning coach properties of different building materials,
Community Leadership
• personal trainer and how to analyse, test, and design large-
Other pathways:
scale building projects.
• Certificate in Commerce • rehabilitation advisor
• Diploma in Commerce • sport scientist.
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Topics can include: • Customisable major so you can follow Sustainable Coasts offers study in the
• structural materials testing your interests in particular sustainability diverse ecosystems, functions, and dynamic
issues and industry. changes of coastlines and ocean life.
• architectural design
• earthquake engineering Courses What will my study involve?
• sustainable materials and lifecycle analysis. The first year allows you to choose from a • Explore the biological, geographical, and
[Link] range of introductory business courses so social effects of coasts and surrounding
you can learn the fundamentals of running urban and natural environments, and
Career opportunities a business and study sustainability issues find sustainable solutions for their
that interest you. preservation and ongoing use.
Global disasters show us that there is
still much to be done to withstand these Topics can include: • Examine long-term effects on
extreme forces. Your degree will prepare you • environmental economics coastal climates, including rising
for designing, building, and maintaining any sea levels, erosion, over-fishing, and
• business organisation
kind of structure to withstand these events, debris pollution.
from bridges to dams to skyscrapers. • natural resources and supply
• Practical work including field trips to UC’s
chain management
Career pathways could include: field stations, and work experience in
• media and marketing. your final-year of studies where you apply
• consulting
[Link] your learning as part of your degree.
• contracting
• The Bachelor of Environmental Science
• local, regional, and central government Career opportunities with Honours is accredited by the
• management. Every industry needs to find more Environment Institute of Australia
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers sustainable practices, and there are few and New Zealand (EIANZ) to deliver
people in the current job market with environmental practitioners for roles in
Study Structural Engineering: knowledge of both business economics and industry, government, education and
environmental science to help achieve this. research, and the community.
• Bachelor of Engineering with Honours Your problem-solving skills will help lead
in Civil Engineering us to better corporate responsibility and Courses
sustainable consumption of goods. First year courses give you an introduction
Sustainable Career pathways could include: to biology, ecology, and geographic
sciences. From second year, you will take
• management
Business, Enterprise • business analysis and consulting
courses towards your major, learning about
marine biology, ecology and human history
and Economics • marketing with coasts.
• entrepreneurship. Topics can include:
With businesses expanding across the [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers • marine biology
globe, we need more people with the skills • beach, sea, and shore biospheres
to help manage economic growth with Study Sustainable Business,
Enterprise and Economics: • urban coastal regions
environmental issues like pollution and use
of natural resources. • natural hazards and disasters.
• Bachelor of Social and
This major covers everything from [Link]
Environmental Sustainability
sustainable products, production, shipping,
and marketing, through to influencing Career opportunities
changes in customer spending habits.
Sustainable Coasts Sustainable Coasts graduates are in demand
due to the range of environmental issues
What will my study involve? we are facing as a result of climate change,
• Get hands-on experience creating With more than half of the world’s pollution, and loss of biodiversity. Completing
sustainable business solutions through population living in coastal zones, many this degree will give you the knowledge to
an internship. nations are dependent on the ocean to help solve these environmental issues.
sustain life and economy. In this subject, In addition, you will have developed a
• Learn business basics of management,
you will learn how to manage our coastal range of skills including collecting and
economics, accounting, marketing, or
and marine resources. analysing data, developing mitigation
communications with how these affect our
views and treatment of the environment. Aotearoa as an island nation has a unique plans, and evaluating and responding to
history and cultural narrative with its environmental policies and plans.
• Opportunities to create your own
coastal settlements and marine resources,
business with UC's mentors, business
and is a living laboratory for learning how
connections, and a Makerspace.
to live sustainably.

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Career pathways could include: Career pathways could include: Topics can include:
• environmental scientist • power suppliers • Māori transformation in modern society
• field technician • operations and site management • campaign messaging and advertising
• resource management officer • renewable energy and sustainability • television and film industry
• disaster management and response. • energy analyst. • Māori as changemakers and trendsetters.
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Study Sustainable Coasts: Study Energy Career opportunities

Processing Engineering:
• Bachelor of Environmental Science Bicultural practice and expertise are in high
with Honours • Bachelor of Engineering with Honours demand in many industries. You will be
in Chemical and Process Engineering particularly good at advising or creating
content for iwi, government, creative,
Sustainable education, or business communication.

Energy Engineering Tauwhitinga Māori: You may even find work internationally
Māori Communication in places where experience in Indigenous
communications and engagement are
Sustainable Energy Engineering explores Strategy and Practice especially needed, for example in Australia,
Canada, and the USA.
how we generate and store energy from
sources such as natural gas, oil, and solar, Career pathways could include:
Māori communication is very important
and produce products such as electrical • marketing analysis
for businesses in Aotearoa, as they are
power, fuels, and batteries. • media content creation
increasingly looking for ways to include
You will also learn about environmental Māori culture and heritage in their • public outreach and relations
issues and moves towards sustainable media, advertising, communications, and
engineering and renewable energy. • campaign management.
everyday practices.
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This major is ideal for anyone looking
What will my study involve? to bring about social change, and help
Study Tauwhitinga Māori:
• Practical lab work learning how to industries engage strongly with our
improve various kinds of energy. bicultural nation. • Bachelor of Communication
• Identifying opportunities to reduce
energy demand. What will my study involve?
• Individual and group design and • Specialised knowledge as this is the Taxation
research projects. only major of its kind in Aotearoa on
Māori communication strategy and
and Accounting
Courses Kaupapa Māori (values and goals) in
professional workplaces. Taxation is about more than creating and
Courses start with the basics of energy creation
and thermodynamics, then investigate • Learn to create public-facing content charging taxes — it distributes money to
energy supply and demand, sustainability representing Māori, from print to public goods and services, and can be a tool
issues, and new energy technologies. television to social media. to influence behaviour.
Topics can include: • Internship projects during your degree This study involves many different subject
will place you within iwi businesses, areas, including law, economics, and even
• chemical reactions and energy generation psychology to help us understand the
communication agencies, and other local
• fossil fuel conversion UC contacts. impact of taxation on society.
• processing plant design • This major can be studied alongside
• new and emerging energy sources (like other courses such as Te Reo Māori, What will my study involve?
hydrogen and ultraclean fuel). History, and Geography. • Take a range of courses from legal,
[Link] accounting, and practical perspectives
Courses that prepare you for a professional career
in taxation and accounting.
Career opportunities Specific courses for this major begin in the
second year of the degree, where you can • Apply your learning through internships
Knowledge of energy management will
advance your communication skills through and international study options.
prepare you to meet the increasing demand
in industries, ranging from wind to solar to Māori media channels, and explore how • By taking specific courses in this major,
carbon power generation. You will also be a Māori values and traditions can adapt to you can gain external qualifications
great source of expertise in environmental media and cultural shifts. and membership with CPA Australia,
effects and sustainable engineering practice.

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 Chartered Accountants Australia and
New Zealand (CA ANZ), the Association of
Te Ao Hākinakina Study Te Ao Hākinakina:
Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), • Bachelor of Sport
and other professional accounting Te Ao Hākinakina studies explores the world
bodies internationally. of Māori sports, including its history and As a Minor:
• Complete a minor in Taxation or strong influences on our extensive and • Bachelor of Arts
Accounting within a range of bachelor’s unique sporting culture in Aotearoa. • Bachelor of Commerce
degrees to add understanding of tax and • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
policy to your other studies. What will my study involve? • Bachelor of Health
• Learn about Indigenous health and • Bachelor of Product Design
Courses wellbeing, sporting culture, and physical • Bachelor of Science
You will be introduced to the whole taxation education, and find ways to incorporate
• Bachelor of Social and
process and legal systems around tax, Kaupapa Māori into your training and
Environmental Sustainability
and go onto advanced courses examining teaching methods.
• Bachelor of Sport
taxation and accounting in many contexts • Explore current barriers to help improve
including retail, tourism, and farming. • Bachelor of Youth and
access and outcomes in the sports industry
Community Leadership
Topics can include: for Māori and Indigenous athletes.
• government and service tax • Develop confidence engaging with bicultural Other pathways:
• international taxation communities and industry through sport • Certificate in Sport Coaching
and health education, including the
• tax avoidance, evasion, and investigation opportunity to learn basic te reo.
• income taxation (property sales,
employment, stocks, etc).
• Practical experiences throughout Te Reo Māori
study working with bicultural sports
[Link] organisations, educational programmes,
and communities. Learning te reo Māori enables us to explore
Career opportunities our identity as New Zealanders and pass
Courses on our passion to others and future
Study in taxation will set you up with generations.
the skills and knowledge needed to work Courses in this programme will explore
as a taxation specialist or as a chartered Te Reo Māori is a highly recommended
cultural and inclusive practices for sport and
accountant in Aotearoa or internationally. study option for those who might work
industry, as well as practical experiences
with Indigenous people or industries, or
Career pathways could include: developing your communication skills
in education, public, or communications
(including in te reo), teaching, motivating,
• finance manager roles that require bicultural and
and engaging with players and athletes.
• business analyst multicultural competency.
Topics can include:
• tax consultant or auditor
• wero - Māori health issues and What will my study involve?
• forensic accountant. opportunities
• Develop your reo skills and learn about
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers • kapa haka and traditional sports language revitalisation, bilingual/
• coaching and training immersion education, reo history, and
Study Taxation and Accounting: contemporary language.
• equity, privilege, and access to
• Bachelor of Commerce professional sports. • Take part in wānanga reo (language
As a Minor: [Link] immersion field trips) to local marae.
• Bachelor of Arts • Be a part of our whānau at Aotahi:
• Bachelor of Commerce Career opportunities School of Māori and Indigenous Studies
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours with support and guidance in and out
By reflecting on and critiquing bicultural of classes.
• Bachelor of Health practices in the sports and health industries,
• Bachelor of Product Design you will learn to create meaningful changes • Complete a minor in Te Reo Māori
and engage with organisations that within many bachelor’s degrees to
• Bachelor of Science
support Indigenous athletes. combine language skills with your other
• Bachelor of Social and study interests.
Environmental Sustainability Career pathways could include:
• Bachelor of Sport • outreach coordinator Courses
• Bachelor of Youth and • kaiārahi
Community Leadership No previous experience of te reo Māori
• sports educator is required for first year courses, with
• health promoter. later courses advancing you through to
fluency level.
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If you know some te reo Māori already, then
you may be given direct entry into second-
Tourism Marketing Career pathways could include:
• destination management and marketing
year te reo Māori courses. and Management • events coordination and marketing
Topics can include:
• guiding and interpretation
• contemporary reo language This subject has a strong focus on the • tourism and hospitality
• oral and written traditions management and marketing of tourism, operations management.
• kapa haka and performance including destination marketing, impacts of
tourism on the environment and local culture, [Link]/life/jobs-and-careers
• film, music, and media. Māori and Indigenous tourism, and specialised
[Link] marketing in the hospitality and events sectors. Study Tourism Marketing
and Management:
You will also focus on sustainable and
Career opportunities resilient tourism operations, how to • Bachelor of Commerce
Careers are opening up with the increasing responsibly develop tourism, and finding As a Minor:
role of Māori as a defining element of our the balance between ‘overtourism’ • Bachelor of Arts
national culture. Te Reo Māori skills are and ‘undertourism’. • Bachelor of Commerce
sought after in health, media, government, • Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
tourism, social services, and many What will my study involve? • Bachelor of Health
other industries. • Option for a final-year internship. You can
• Bachelor of Product Design
Career pathways could include: also go on an international exchange with
• Bachelor of Science
• community leadership one of UC’s global partners.
• Bachelor of Social and
• journalism • A focus on cultural and natural resources Environmental Sustainability
management and tourism issues
• heritage and cultural organisations • Bachelor of Sport
in Aotearoa.
• interpreting and translation. • Bachelor of Youth and
• Choose courses that develop your Community Leadership
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers expertise in an area that interests
you such as foreign policy, languages,
Study Te Reo Māori: entrepreneurship, or digital marketing.
Water and
• You will learn from lecturers with
• Bachelor of Arts
As a Minor: expertise in marketing and tourism Environmental
• Bachelor of Arts
research, and industry experience.
Systems Engineering
• Bachelor of Commerce
Courses
• Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
Courses will introduce you to principles Population increase, urbanisation, natural
• Bachelor of Health hazards, and climate change are leading to
of marketing, marketing research, and
• Bachelor of Product Design tourism management. complex challenges in how we manage our
• Bachelor of Psychological Science limited water resources and environment.
Topics can include:
• Bachelor of Science Studying this subject will train you to
• tourism, hospitality, and events marketing integrate the built environment with the
• Bachelor of Social and
Environmental Sustainability • sustainable tourism and destinations natural environment to help supply clean,
• Bachelor of Sport • marketing research quality water to households, agriculture,
• Bachelor of Youth and and industry, and process wastewater in a
• hospitality marketing and management.
Community Leadership less environmentally damaging way.
[Link]
Other pathways:
• Certificate in Arts What will my study involve?
Career opportunities
• Certificate in Languages • Courses with a project focus and industry
Your studies will set you up with collaboration, including built systems
• Diploma in Arts
applied skills like project management, and laboratory testing.
• Diploma in Languages behavioural change, bicultural competence,
• Linking with local communities,
marketing research and communication,
including mana whenua, to find
and sustainable tourism benchmarking
solutions for water and environmental
and monitoring.
systems problems.
In particular, your experience in Aotearoa
• Mentoring from world leading
tourism will be highly valued in the industry,
lecturers who are active in industry and
which needs managers with bicultural
as advocates.
expertise to grow our economy and smaller
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Courses What will my study involve? Youth and Community
The courses in this minor begin in your
second year of study alongside the Civil
• Explore common psychological trends
and experiences at the workplace,
Leadership
Engineering programme. burnout, stress, recognition, and
Topics can include: the research behind causes, effects,
and solutions.
• drinking and wastewater treatment
• Learn how to work with individuals and
• ecological engineering
groups in the workplace to support their
• groundwater and surface water engineering growth and wellbeing.
• fluid mechanics for water supply and • Learn to identify and apply methods and
natural water systems. tools used in organisational psychology.
[Link] • Through a final-year professional practice
course, labs, and self-reflection, you can
Career opportunities work on your emerging professional skills.
Expertise in water and environmental
systems engineering will give you a Courses
“The landscape of the world is
range of career options including water You will be introduced to the theory and changing so quickly and is heading in
infrastructure design and management, practice of organisational psychology, a direction where we have to be
quality and security issues, recycling, supply and business culture, and explore the link adaptable, and the BYCL prepares you
operations, and environmental compliance. between employee perceptions, behaviours, to have this versatility.”
Career pathways could include: and performance.
Ella
• consulting Topics can include:
Bachelor of Youth and Community Leadership
• city and regional planning • mental health at the workplace
• personality, strengths, and skills Youth and Community Leadership explores
• government policy
assessments national and global challenges that impact
• research and development. today’s youth and our communities, and
• supporting outcomes and worker
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers looks at ways to create meaningful change
satisfaction
through leadership.
Study Water and Environmental • navigating organisational changes.
You can study a range of issues like social
Systems Engineering: [Link] justice, sustainability, policy, and equity. You
• Bachelor of Engineering with Honours can also focus on communities that you
in Civil Engineering Career opportunities want to make a difference in.
Studies on business culture and psychology
will make you highly valued in every sector, What will my study involve?
Workplace as we spend large quantities of our daily • Work closely with UC’s active student
lives at the workplace.
Psychology Your knowledge around cause and effect on
community who have led efforts in natural
disaster relief, social causes, wellbeing,
people's wellbeing will also prepare you for sustainability, and cultural diversity.
Apply psychological practice to the roles in coaching others, managing changes • Connect with community through noho
workplace to understand to understand and strategies, and working with a diverse marae, volunteering with Te Hunga
employee needs and the impact of their culture of people. Tūao | Student Volunteer Army, and work
attitudes, and behaviours on organisational Career pathways could include: with Te Mātāpuna Mātātahi | Children’s
performance and behaviours on University.
• industrial and organisational psychology
organisational performance. • On completion of the recommended
• management
You will also examine multiculturalism courses for youth work and development,
• human resources you can apply for membership to Korowai
in the workplace and learn how to build
diverse teams and working relationships. • professional training and development. Tupu, the Professional Association for
[Link]/life/jobs-and-careers Youth Work in Aotearoa.
• Act now with off-campus and hands-
Study Workplace Psychology on projects and internships so you can
start making change while studying (eg,
• Bachelor of Psychological Science addressing topics such as climate change,
young people’s health and wellbeing,
human trafficking, and planning events for
the Rainbow community).

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Courses Youth Work Career opportunities
First-year courses introduce you to your
role in youth and community leadership.
and Development Supporting and inspiring youth from a
place of knowledge and understanding
This involves building self-awareness leads to many rewarding work roles.
and engaging with mātauranga Māori The Youth Work and Development pathway Training in youth work opens up career
perspectives. You will also learn about is the perfect option for you if you want to possibilities in social and human services,
youth work as a professional practice make an impact in the lives of youth and iwi, and educational spaces connecting
in Aotearoa. their whānau. Working with young people directly with Aotearoa youth, or through
Topics can include: is an immensely rewarding career where making positive changes at a higher level
• group leadership you mentor and lead young people to reach to the systems that affect their rights
their full potential. and wellbeing.
• community engagement
Career pathways could include:
• cultural activism What will my study involve? • youth worker
• social justice and globalisation. • Learn about the expectations and • community development worker
[Link] challenges of growing up in today’s
society, and develop leadership skills to • programme coordinator
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