A Minor subject is a lesser specialisation in a subsidiary subject, complementing the major subject in a degree programme and generally involving a separate set of papers worth a total of 90 points.
It is possible to have a minor subject specified for the degrees of:
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Performing Arts
- Bachelor of Theology
- Bachelor of Science
- Bachelor of Applied Science
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Entrepreneurship
- Bachelor of Health Sciences
- Bachelor of Arts and Commerce
- Bachelor of Arts and Science
- Bachelor of Commerce and Science
Most of the subjects listed below can be specified as a minor subject for any of the degrees. In most programmes a specified minor is not compulsory and other combinations of papers may be more appropriate for your particular circumstances.
Minor subjects
- Accounting
- Agricultural Innovation
- Anatomy
- Anthropology
- Applied Geology
- Aquaculture and Fisheries
- Asian Studies
- Biblical Studies (Not available as a minor subject for BTheol)
- Biochemistry
- Bioethics
- Botany
- Buddhist Studies
- Business Analytics
- Chemistry
- Chinese
- Christian Thought and History (Not available as a minor subject for BTheol)
- Classical Music (Not available as a minor subject for MusB or BPA)
- Classics
- Communication Studies
- Community Health Care
- Computational Modelling
- Computer Science
- Consumer Food Science
- Criminology
- Dance (Not available as a minor subject for BPA)
- Ecology
- Economics
- Education
- Electronics (no new enrolments will be accepted for this subject)
- Energy Management
- English
- Entrepreneurship
- Environment and Society (Not available as a minor subject for BAppSc)
- Environmental Management
- Environmental Toxicology
- Ethnomusicology (Not available as a minor subject for MusB or BPA)
- European Studies
- Exercise and Sport Science
- Film and Media Studies
- Finance
- Food Science
- Food Service Management (no new enrolments will be accepted for this subject)
- French
- Gender Studies
- Genetics
- Geographic Information Systems
- Geography
- Geology
- German
- Greek
- History
- Hospitality
- Human Nutrition
- Human Resource Management
- Human Services Law
- Indigenous Development/He Kura Matanui
- Information Science
- Irish Studies
- Japanese
- Land Planning and Development
- Latin
- Linguistics
- Management
- Māori Health
- Māori Studies
- Marine Science
- Marketing
- Mathematical Statistics
- Mathematics
- Microbiology
- Music (Not available as a minor subject for MusB or BPA)
- Music Technology (Not available as a minor subject for MusB or BPA)
- Neuroscience
- Nutrition Communication
- Oceanography
- Pacific and Global Health
- Pacific Islands Studies
- Pastoral Studies (Not available as a minor subject for BTheol)
- Pathology
- Pharmacology
- Philosophy
- Physical Activity and Health
- Physics
- Physiology
- Plant Biotechnology
- Politics
- Popular Music (Not available as a minor subject for MusB or BPA)
- Psychology
- Public Health
- Religious Studies
- Science Communication
- Science of Religion
- Sociology
- Software Engineering
- Spanish
- Sport and Exercise Nutrition
- Sport Development and Management
- Sports Technology
- Statistics
- Supplementary Nutritional Science (BAppSc only)
- Telecommunications
- TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
- Theatre Studies (Not available as a minor subject for BPA)
- Theology (Not available as a minor subject for BTheol)
- Tourism
- Writing
- Zoology
