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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons))

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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.

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Subject Information

The degree may be awarded in any one of the subjects, or in any approved combination of the subjects, listed below:

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Programme requirements

Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Anthropology

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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Biblical Studies

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  • BIBS 490  Dissertation

  • Three further 400-level BIBS papers

    One 400-level CHTH, MINS, PAST or RELS paper may be substituted for one 400-level BIBS paper.

    Prerequisites: 36 points of either Greek or Hebrew language (or other combinations of papers comprising one year of Greek or Hebrew language study)

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 Economics

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  • ECON 480  Dissertation

  • Four of the following, including at least one of ECON 410 and 411, and at least one of ECON 412 and 413:
    • ECON 402  Growth, Institutions and Development
    • ECON 403  Monetary Economics
    • ECON 404  International Economics
    • ECON 405  The Economics of Natural Resources and Public Choice
    • ECON 406  Labour and Population Economics
    • ECON 407  Special Topics in Advanced Economics
    • ECON 410  Advanced Microeconomic Theory
    • ECON 411  Advanced Macroeconomic Theory
    • ECON 412  Macroeconomics
    • ECON 413  Microeconomics

    Prerequisites:
    ECON 375  Econometrics
    ECON 377  Mathematical Economics
    two further 300-level ECON paper
    one further 300-level paper

Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Education

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  • Either EDUC 411  Conceptualising and Designing Quality Educational Research or EDUC 412  Research Design and Methodology: Evidence-based Practice in Education

  • Three further 400-level EDUC papers

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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  • HIST 490  Dissertation

  • HIST 452  Rethinking History

  • Two further 400-level HIST papers

  • One other relevant 400-level paper (which may include MAOR 407 Presenting Pacific Histories) may be substituted for one 400-level HIST paper, with approval from the Head of Programme, History.

Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Indigenous Studies

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Note: 400-level papers selected should be consistent with interdisciplinary choices at 300-level. Approved papers may be drawn from those offered by other Divisions.

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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MUSI 490   Dissertation

80 further points from:

Prerequisites:
One of MUSI 223, MUSI 268, MUSI 269, MUSI 301, MUSI 323, MUSI 368, MUSI 371, MUSI 386, MUSI 369

Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Philosophy

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  • PHIL 490  Dissertation

  • Three further papers from 400-level PHIL papers or CLAS 440  Advanced Studies in Socrates and Plato

    Prerequisites: One of PHIL 105  Critical Thinking, or PHIL 222  Introduction to Formal Logic, or equivalent

Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics

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  • One of:

  • Three further 400-level ECON, PHIL, POLS papers

    • No more than 100 points may be from any one of the component disciplines. CLAS 440 may be substituted for one 400-level PHIL paper.

Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Psychology

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Or, for students granted provisional admission to PGDipClPs

Prerequisites:
At least five 300-level papers including:
PSYC 311  Quantitative Methods
and four from PSYC 313, PSYC 315, PSYC 317, PSYC 318, PSYC 319, PSYC 321, PSYC 323, PSYC 324, PSYC 325, PSYC 326, PSYC 327, PSYC 328, PSYC 329, PSYC 330, PSYC 331

Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Religious Studies

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  • RELS 490 Dissertation

  • RELS 415  Method and Theory in the Study of Religion

  • Two further 400-level RELS papers

    An approved paper may be substituted for one 400-level RELS paper

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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Prerequisites:
STAT 362  Probability and Inference 2
STAT 380  Statistical Computing
Two further 300-level STAT papers
MATH 202  Linear Algebra
MATH 203  Calculus of Several Variables

Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Theatre Studies

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An approved paper at 400-level or above may be substituted for one 20-point THEA paper

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Regulations for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons))

  1. Admission to the Programme

    1. Admission to the programme shall be subject to the approval of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Humanities).
    2. Every applicant shall have fulfilled one of the following conditions:
      1. 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;
      2. have been admitted with the status of one who is entitled to proceed to the degree;
      3. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Structure of the Programme

    1. Every programme of study shall satisfy the requirements for the subject concerned as listed above.
    2. With the permission of the Heads of Departments concerned, a candidate may substitute a paper of another subject for one of the required papers.
    3. A student who has obtained the degree in one subject may become a candidate for the degree in any other subject.
    4. The research report must be submitted by 1 June or 1 November of the semester in which the programme is completed.

  4. 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).

  5. Duration of the Programme

    1. A full-time candidate shall normally complete the requirements for the degree within one academic year of commencing the programme;
    2. A part-time candidate shall normally complete the requirements for the degree within two academic years of commencing the programme.

  6. Level of Award of the Degree

    1. 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.
    2. Should a candidate fail to obtain Honours, the papers passed may be credited towards a Postgraduate Diploma.
    3. 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.

  7. 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.

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