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Bachelor of Arts

University of Canterbury, New Zealand
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Course Overview

With over 30 subjects to choose from, spanning the humanities, social sciences, and languages, Bachelor of Arts (BA) students can follow their passion and gain valuable skills.

Over the three years of your degree, you will gain the critical thinking, creative problem-solving, and communication skills that employers want. Unique practical experiences such as internships are on offer too.

You now have the option of following the traditional pathway to gain a major and a minor in the BA or to take the specialisation pathway with a set programme of courses.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Course Modules

Compulsory courses

  • Launch your BA

Plus complete two of the following courses:

  • Problems, Questions, Evidence

  • Tuakiri: Culture and Identity

  • Writing for Academic Success

Specializations

Specialisations include a set programme of courses centred on a broad theme. These allow you to develop expertise in more subjects than a major, as well as the opportunity to customise your study to your particular interests.

  • Creative Industries and Contemporary Practice

  • Cultural Heritage

  • Global Societies and Cultures

  • International Affairs

  • Language, Brain and Behaviour

  • Philosophy, Politics and Economics

  • Society, Diversity and Change

Language Requirement

The IELTS score for international applicants is 6.0 (with no less than 5.5 in each component).

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