From 2027, eight core papers for the Bachelor of Sustainability (BSust) programme will use the SUST paper code prefix. Students enrolling in the BSust for 2027 will see the SUST papers (SUST 101, SUST 102, SUST 111, SUST 204, SUST 211, SUST 280, SUST 311, SUST 337) listed as core requirements when selecting papers in eVision.

No changes to papers MAOR 202 or MAOR 204 for 2027.

Current students who wish to change their programme of study to the Bachelor of Sustainability (BSust), and have completed any of the core papers under their existing paper codes, will be able to credit these towards the core requirements for the BSust through the course variation process.

Core papers

Every Bachelor of Sustainability programme must include the core papers listed below or the equivalent SUST coded papers, as well as the required papers for the major subject.

(NOTE: The core paper requirements table will be updated to show SUST paper codes once the approval process has been finialised.)

</p><p>
LevelPapersPoints
100‑level ENVI 111 Environment, Society and Sustainability 18
GEOG 101 Physical Geography 18
GEOG 102 Geographies of Sustainable Futures 18
200‑level ENVI 211 Environmental Change and Sustainability in Aotearoa New Zealand 18
GEOG 280 Engaging with People and Place Through Social Science Research 18
Either MAOR 202 Māori and Tikanga or MAOR 204 Te Tiriti o Waitangi 18
MATS 204 Treasure or Trash: Sustainability of Materials 18
300‑level ENVI 311 Environmental Sustainability: Science, Society and Practice 18
MANT 337 Organisations and Sustainability 18
</p><h3>Sustainable Energy major papers</h3><p>In addition to the core Bachelor of Sustainability papers, the Sustainable Energy major has the following programme requirements.</p><table id="table04726" summary="BSc Sustainable Energy"><tbody><tr style="height: 18px;"><th class="degreelevel" style="width: 120px; height: 18px;" scope="col" id="table04726r1c1">Year</th><th style="height: 18px; width: 538.672px;" scope="col" id="table04726r1c2">Papers</th><th class="degreepoints" style="height: 18px; width: 49.3281px;" scope="col" id="table04726r1c3">Points</th></tr><tr style="height: 36px;"><td style="height: 90px; width: 120px;" rowspan="3" headers="table04726r1c1"> 100-level </td><td style="height: 36px; width: 538.672px;" headers="table04726r1c2"> One <a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/papers?prefix=PHSI&amp;level=1">100-level PHSI paper</a> (<a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/papers?papercode=PHSI132">PHSI 132</a> Fundamentals of Physics II recommended) </td><td class="degreepoints" style="height: 36px; width: 49.3281px;" headers="table04726r1c3"> 18 </td></tr><tr style="height: 18px;"><td style="height: 18px; width: 538.672px;" headers="table04726r1c2"><a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/papers?papercode=MATH130">MATH 130</a> Fundamentals of Modern Mathematics 1 </td><td style="height: 18px; width: 49.3281px;" headers="table04726r1c3"> 18 </td></tr><tr style="height: 18px;"><td style="height: 18px; width: 538.672px;" headers="table04726r1c2"><a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/papers?papercode=MATH140">MATH 140</a> Fundamentals of Modern Mathematics 2 </td><td style="height: 18px; width: 49.3281px;" headers="table04726r1c3"> 18 </td></tr><tr style="height: 18px;"><td style="height: 54px; width: 120px;" rowspan="3" headers="table04726r1c1"> 200-level </td><td style="height: 18px; width: 538.672px;" headers="table04726r1c2"> ENRG 201 Engineering Thermodynamics I </td><td class="degreepoints" style="height: 18px; width: 49.3281px;" headers="table04726r1c3"> 18 </td></tr><tr style="height: 18px;"><td style="height: 18px; width: 538.672px;" headers="table04726r1c2"> ENRG 204 Renewable Energy Technologies </td><td style="height: 18px; width: 49.3281px;" headers="table04726r1c3"> 18 </td></tr><tr style="height: 18px;"><td style="height: 18px; width: 538.672px;" headers="table04726r1c2"><a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/papers?papercode=PHSI243">PHSI 243</a> Environmental Physics </td><td style="height: 18px; width: 49.3281px;" headers="table04726r1c3"> 18 </td></tr><tr><td headers="table04726r1c1">&nbsp;</td><td headers="table04726r1c2"> (<a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/papers?papercode=MATH203">MATH 203</a> Calculus of Several Variables recommended) </td><td headers="table04726r1c3">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="height: 18px;"><td style="height: 144px; width: 120px;" rowspan="3" headers="table04726r1c1"> 300-level </td><td style="height: 18px; width: 538.672px;" headers="table04726r1c2"> ENRG 301 Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer </td><td class="degreepoints" style="height: 18px; width: 49.3281px;" headers="table04726r1c3"> 18 </td></tr><tr style="height: 18px;"><td style="height: 18px; width: 538.672px;" headers="table04726r1c2"> ENRG 308 Engineering Thermodynamics II </td><td style="height: 18px; width: 49.3281px;" headers="table04726r1c3"> 18 </td></tr><tr style="height: 54px;"><td style="height: 54px; width: 538.672px;" headers="table04726r1c2"><p>Two papers from 300-level <a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/papers?prefix=PHSI&amp;level=3">PHSI</a>, <a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/papers?papercode=CHEM301">CHEM 301</a>, <a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/papers?papercode=CHEM302">302</a>, <a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/papers?papercode=CHEM303">303</a>, <a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/papers?papercode=CHEM305">305</a>, <a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/papers?papercode=CHEM306">306</a> , <a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/papers?papercode=MATH304">MATH 304</a>, <a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/papers?papercode=COMO303">COMO 303</a>, <a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/papers?papercode=ENRG310">ENRG 310</a>, <a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/papers?papercode=GEOL363">GEOL 363</a>, GEOL 376, <a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/papers?papercode=GEOG388"> GEOG 388 </a> , <a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/papers?papercode=GEOG389">389</a>, <a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/papers?papercode=GEOG392">392</a>, <a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/papers?papercode=GEOG397">397</a>, <a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/papers?papercode=PMAN401"> PMAN 401 </a> , <a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/papers?prefix=FINC&amp;level=3">FINC 302-310</a>, <a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/papers?papercode=MANT303">MANT 303</a>, <a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/papers?papercode=ENVI312">ENVI 312</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/papers?papercode=BIOC351">BIOC 351</a> (<a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/papers?papercode=PHSI365">PHSI 365</a> and <a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/papers?papercode=PHSi381">PHSI 381</a> recommended)</p><p><small><em>Notes: (i) Students should check the prerequisites for 300-level papers when selecting 200-level papers.&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) INFO 304 will be offered up to the end of 2027 and replaced in 2028 with DATA 301.</em></small></p></td><td style="height: 54px; width: 49.3281px;" headers="table04726r1c3"> 36 </td></tr><tr style="height: 36px;"><td style="height: 36px; width: 120px;" headers="table04726r1c1"> Plus </td><td style="height: 36px; width: 538.672px;" headers="table04726r1c2"> 18 points from recommended papers </td><td class="degreepoints" style="height: 36px; width: 49.3281px;" headers="table04726r1c3"> 18 </td></tr><tr class="degreetablesummary" style="height: 18px;"><td style="height: 18px; width: 120px;" colspan="2" headers="table04726r1c1 table04726r1c2"><strong>Total</strong> (including core papers) </td><td class="degreepoints" style="height: 18px; width: 49.3281px;" headers="table04726r1c3"><strong>360</strong></td></tr></tbody></table>" />
Red X iconGreen tick iconYellow tick icon
Skip to main content Skip to side navigation

Bachelor of Sustainability (BSust) majoring in Sustainable Energy

From 2027, eight core papers for the Bachelor of Sustainability (BSust) programme will use the SUST paper code prefix. Students enrolling in the BSust for 2027 will see the SUST papers (SUST 101, SUST 102, SUST 111, SUST 204, SUST 211, SUST 280, SUST 311, SUST 337) listed as core requirements when selecting papers in eVision.

No changes to papers MAOR 202 or MAOR 204 for 2027.

Current students who wish to change their programme of study to the Bachelor of Sustainability (BSust), and have completed any of the core papers under their existing paper codes, will be able to credit these towards the core requirements for the BSust through the course variation process.

Core papers

Every Bachelor of Sustainability programme must include the core papers listed below or the equivalent SUST coded papers, as well as the required papers for the major subject.

(NOTE: The core paper requirements table will be updated to show SUST paper codes once the approval process has been finialised.)

LevelPapersPoints
100‑level ENVI 111 Environment, Society and Sustainability 18
GEOG 101 Physical Geography 18
GEOG 102 Geographies of Sustainable Futures 18
200‑level ENVI 211 Environmental Change and Sustainability in Aotearoa New Zealand 18
GEOG 280 Engaging with People and Place Through Social Science Research 18
Either MAOR 202 Māori and Tikanga or MAOR 204 Te Tiriti o Waitangi 18
MATS 204 Treasure or Trash: Sustainability of Materials 18
300‑level ENVI 311 Environmental Sustainability: Science, Society and Practice 18
MANT 337 Organisations and Sustainability 18

Sustainable Energy major papers

In addition to the core Bachelor of Sustainability papers, the Sustainable Energy major has the following programme requirements.

YearPapersPoints
100-level One 100-level PHSI paper (PHSI 132 Fundamentals of Physics II recommended) 18
MATH 130 Fundamentals of Modern Mathematics 1 18
MATH 140 Fundamentals of Modern Mathematics 2 18
200-level ENRG 201 Engineering Thermodynamics I 18
ENRG 204 Renewable Energy Technologies 18
PHSI 243 Environmental Physics 18
  (MATH 203 Calculus of Several Variables recommended)  
300-level ENRG 301 Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer 18
ENRG 308 Engineering Thermodynamics II 18

Two papers from 300-level PHSI, CHEM 301, 302, 303, 305, 306 , MATH 304, COMO 303, ENRG 310, GEOL 363, GEOL 376, GEOG 388 , 389, 392, 397, PMAN 401 , FINC 302-310, MANT 303, ENVI 312, BIOC 351 (PHSI 365 and PHSI 381 recommended)

Notes: (i) Students should check the prerequisites for 300-level papers when selecting 200-level papers.  (ii) INFO 304 will be offered up to the end of 2027 and replaced in 2028 with DATA 301.

 36
Plus 18 points from recommended papers 18
Total (including core papers) 360
Back to top