Overview
The Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) degree is an academically demanding programme.
The aim of the Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) is to help students become highly skilled, versatile, independent thinkers with the research experience, information literacy, communication and interpersonal skills necessary for an advanced professional career or further academic study at the Master's or PhD level.
Subject Information
The degree may be awarded in any one of the subjects, or in any approved combination of the subjects, listed below:
- Anthropology
- Art History and Theory
- Biblical Studies
- Chinese
- Christian Thought and History
- Classics
- Communication Studies
- Computer Science
- Economics
- Education
- English
- Film and Media Studies
- French
- Gender Studies
- Geography
- German
- History
- Indigenous Development/He Kura Matanui
- Information Science
- Japanese
- Linguistics
- Māori Studies
- Mathematics
- Music
- Pacific Islands Studies
- Philosophy
- Philosophy, Politics and Economics
- Politics
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Statistics
- Theatre Studies
Programme Requirements
Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Anthropology
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Art History and Theory
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Biblical Studies
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours BA(Hons) in Chinese
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) majoring in Christian Thought and History
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Classics (including Classical Studies, Greek and Latin)
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) majoring in Communication Studies
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Computer Science
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Design Studies *
* No new enrolments will be accepted for this subject for BA(Hons); available as a minor subject for ordinary bachelors' degrees.
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| 1st stage | DESI 111 DESI 121 90 further points | 18 18 90 |
| 2nd stage | DESI 212 or DESI 213 DESI 217 DESI 221 DESI 222 or DESI 223 DESI 227 36 further points | 18 18 18 18 18 36 |
| 3rd stage | DESI 321 Four further 300-level DESI papers, including at least one of DESI 315, DESI 325, DESI 335 36 further points | 18 72 36 |
| 4th stage | DESI 490 Research Project DESI 419 Strategic Design DESI 429 Special Topic in Design Studies DESI 433 Interdisciplinary Design Studio DESI 436 Design Collaboration | 48 18 18 36 24 |
Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Economics
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Education
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in English
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Film and Media Studies
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in French
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Gender Studies
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Geography
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in German
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in History
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Indigenous Development / He Kura Matanui
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Information Science
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Japanese
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Linguistics
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Māori Studies
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Mathematics
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Music
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Pacific Islands Studies
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Philosophy
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Politics
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Psychology
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Religious Studies
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Sociology
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Spanish
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Statistics
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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Theatre Studies
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Regulations for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons))
Admission to the Programme
- Admission to the programme shall be subject to the approval of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Humanities).
- Every applicant shall have fulfilled one of the following conditions:
- have been admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, majoring in the subject or subjects of study proposed with an average grade of at least B+ for the appropriate 300-level papers;
- have been admitted with the status of one who is entitled to proceed to the degree;
- have a qualification acceptable to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor and produce evidence acceptable to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of ability to proceed to the degree.
- A student enrolled for a postgraduate diploma programme may not be admitted retrospectively and transfer to an Honours programme unless he or she would have been eligible for admission at the commencement of the programme and the structure and duration of the postgraduate diploma programme are identical to those for the Honours programme.
Subjects of Study
The degree may be awarded in any one of the subjects, or in an approved combination of subjects (Combined Honours), listed above.
Structure of the Programme
- Every programme of study shall satisfy the requirements for the subject concerned as listed above.
- With the permission of the Heads of Departments concerned, a candidate may substitute a paper of another subject for one of the required papers.
- A student who has obtained the degree in one subject may become a candidate for the degree in any other subject.
- The research report must be submitted by 1 June or 1 November of the semester in which the programme is completed.
Prerequisites, Corequisites and Restrictions
Every programme of study shall satisfy the requirements for prerequisites, corequisites and restrictions set out in the Prescriptions (published in the Guide to Enrolment).
Duration of the Programme
A candidate shall complete the requirements for the degree in one academic year of full-time study following admission to the Honours programme.
Level of Award of the Degree
- The degree may be awarded with First Class Honours, with Second Class Honours (Division I), with Second Class Honours (Division II), or with Third Class Honours.
- Should a candidate fail to obtain Honours, the papers passed may be credited towards a Postgraduate Diploma.
- A candidate who fails to obtain Honours may not resit all or part of the Honours programme in a subsequent year, unless the Senate has determined that his or her performance in those examinations was seriously impaired.
Variations
The Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Humanities) may in exceptional circumstances approve a course of study which does not comply with these regulations.
Note: The due date for applications for enrolment in the programme is 10 December. Late applications will be considered.