Program Overview
With over 30 subjects to choose from, spanning the humanities, social sciences, languages, and creative arts, Bachelor of Arts (BA) students can follow their passion and gain valuable skills.
Over the three years of your degree, you will gain the critical thinking, creative problem solving, and communication skills that employers want. Unique practical experiences such as internships are on offer too.
You now have the option of following the traditional pathway to gain a major and a minor in the BA or to take the specialisation pathway with a set programme of courses.
Christchurch, New Zealand
36 Months
NZ$ 29,513
IELTS: 6 TOEFL: 80
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Take advantage of courses offering field trips, real-world case studies, performances, internships, and community projects.
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Choose from over 30 Arts subjects as your major and minor, double major, or specialisation.
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You have the option to study a minor from additional subjects across Arts, Commerce, Health Sciences, Science, Sport Coaching, and Youth and Community Leadership.
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Get involved with some of the many Arts related student clubs including Arts Society, JSoc, PolSoc, Classoc, Musoc, and many more.
The Bachelor of Arts is a highly flexible degree that allows a wide range of choices from major and minor subjects or specialisation pathways, as well as courses from other degrees.
See ‘How do I plan my degree?’ above for an example degree structure diagram.
Compulsory course
All students in the BA must complete two of the following courses:
- ARTS102 Problems, Questions, Evidence
- MAOR165 Tuakiri: Culture and Identity
- WRIT101 Writing for Academic Success
Note: If you started your studies before 2022, your BA will follow a different structure. Please see the UC Calendar Archive from the year you began for your degree requirements.
Major subjects
- Anthropology
- Art History and Theory
- Chinese
- Cinema Studies
- Classics
- Cultural Studies
- Economics
- Education
- English
- English Language
- European and European Union Studies
- French
- Geography
- German
- History
- Human Services
- Japanese
- Linguistics
- Māori and Indigenous Studies
- Mathematics
- Media and Communication
- Music
- Philosophy
- Political Science and International Relations
- Psychology
- Russian
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Statistics
- Te Reo Māori
- Specialisations
Specialisations include a set programme of courses centred on a broad theme. These allow you to develop expertise in more subjects than a major, as well as the opportunity to customise your study to your particular interests.
- Creative Industries and Contemporary Practice
- Cultural Heritage
- Global Societies and Cultures
- International Affairs
- Language, Brain and Behaviour
- Philosophy, Politics and Economics
- Society, Diversity and Change
- Minor subjects
- Accounting
- Adventure Sport and Environment
- Anthropology
- Art History and Theory
- Astronomy
- Biochemistry
- Biological Sciences
- Business Analytics
- Business and Sustainability
- Chemistry
- Chinese
- Cinema Studies
- Classics
- Computer Science
- Cultural Studies
- Digital Humanities
- Economics
- Education
- English
- English Language
- Entrepreneurship
- Environmental Science
- European and European Union Studies
- Finance
- French
- Geography
- Geology
- German
- Health Education
- History
- Human Resource Management
- Human Services
- Information Systems
- Innovation
- International Business
- Japanese
- Linguistics
- Māori and Indigenous Studies
- Marketing
- Mathematics
- Media and Communication
- Music
- Nutrition
- Operations and Supply Chain Management
- Performance Analysis
- Philosophy
- Physical Activity
- Physics
- Political Science and International Relations
- Professional and Community Engagement
- Psychology
- Public Health
- Russian
- Society and Policy
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Sport Science
- Statistics
- Strength and Conditioning
- Taxation
- Te Reo Māori
- Tourism Marketing and Management
- Youth and Community Leadership
Recommended preparation
All Arts subjects, including languages, can be started at first-year level without previous knowledge of the subject. A good standard of oral and written English is important.
Successful study to Year 13 is recommended for advanced Mathematics courses.
If you want to study towards a Bachelor Degree (excluding teaching degrees), Certificate of Proficiency, Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma, or Graduate Certificate or Diploma you must have one of the following:
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APPROVED ENGLISH TESTS |
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS |
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IELTS |
Academic with an average score of 6.0, with a minimum of 5.5 in reading, writing, listening and speaking |
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TOEFL iBT |
Total minimum score of 80, with at least 19 in reading, writing and listening. Please note UC only accepts TOEFL iBT scores from a single test date, not MyBest scores. |
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TOEFL PBT |
With a minimum score of 550 and TWE with a minimum score of 4.5 |
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CCEL EAP |
Level 2 with a minimum C+ grade |
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CAE or CPE |
minimum score of 169 with at least 162 in reading, writing, listening and speaking |
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Pearson Test of English (Academic) |
PTE with an overall score of 46 and no PTE communicative skills score below 36 |
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NZCEL |
Level 4 - Academic endorsement |
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FluentIQ |
Overall mark of 8/10 with nothing less than a 7 being scored in a single category. |
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LanguageCert |
B2 Communicator (LRWS) overall with High Pass |
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NZAPA |
English New Zealand Accredited Pathway Assessment Level 2 (with no skill lower than Level 1) |
This is an indicative fee - total tuition fee will be dependent on your course selection (banded) - $29,513
- Gain practical experience by adding an internship in your second or third year of study.
- Learn sought after workplace skills such as writing, critical and creative thinking, problem-solving, and communication.
- Graduates will be ready to work in media, politics, conservation, iwi organisations, tourism, heritage, international relations, and more.