Bachelor of Arts
Overview
Programme Code: AK3704
Level:7
Points: 360
Duration: 3 years full time / equivalent part time
Venue: City Campus /North Shore Campus
Starting date: 2 March 2009 / 20 July 2009
AUT encourages early application. This programme will remain open until all places have been filled.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
- University Entrance
- An interview may be required for Interpreting and Translation applicants
- Interpreting and Translation applicants must demonstrate a high level of proficiency in English and one other language
The Bachelor of Arts is a flexible degree and enables students to choose areas and disciplines that will support their individual interests and future career aspirations. Students may choose to construct a broad and varied degree with a single major and choose from a wide range of minors, or a double major. In the final year, the Co-operative Education paper lets students apply and develop knowledge and skills gained throughout the degree programme in a work-based setting.
The Bachelor of Arts can be taken as a conjoint degree either with the Bachelor of Business or the Bachelor of Computer and Information Sciences.
Majors within the Bachelor of Arts
- Chinese Language
- Chinese Studies
- Conflict Resolution
- Creative Writing
- Criminology
- Interpreting
- Japanese Language
- Japanese Studies
- Māori Development
- Psychology
- Social Science
- Translation
Minors in the Bachelor of Arts
To complement their core papers and chosen major(s), students can choose from minors and elective papers in a wide range of subject areas across AUT. A minor is 60 points (generally each paper is worth 15 points) in a specific area. Some of the areas in which minors can be chosen are listed in the next column.
- Advertising
- Asian Studies
- Business Economics
- Chinese Language
- Chinese Studies
- Conflict Resolution
- Creative Writing
- Criminology
- Digital Media
- Employment Relations
- English Studies
- English Language/Literature
- English Language Teaching
- International Business
- Interpreting
- Japanese Language
- Japanese Studies
- Human Resource Management
- Māori Development (including Te Reo)
- Marketing
- Media Studies
- Multimedia
- Psychology
- Public Relations
- Sign Language
- Social Sciences
- Spanish
- Tourism
- Translation
Core Papers
Throughout the three years of the BA, students take core papers that provide the necessary skills in writing, research and IT capability to prepare them for academic work and their working life.
The range of core papers are:
Undergraduate Writing for Academic Purposes
Introduction to Culture and Society
iWrite
Writing
iResearch
Research and Analysis
Te Rangahau I
Communication and Presentation Systems
iReflect
Communicating
iCommunicate
Ta Te Ao Māori
Cooperative Education
Cooperative Education II: Project Report
For an outline of what each BA major covers please refer to the individual major pages that follow.