Course details

Summary

Further your study and enhance your career potential with advanced courses and supervised research alongside some of New Zealand’s leading scholars.

Programme overview

You can take the one-year Bachelor of Arts (Honours) as a qualification in its own right after a Bachelor of Arts, or as a pathway to a one-year Master of Arts.

Postgraduate study is a unique opportunity to deepen your study of an academic area that you find intellectually rewarding and personally meaningful.

As well as deepening your knowledge in small classes with some of New Zealand’s leading scholars, you can hone advanced skills that will be an advantage in any career.

Development Studies

Development Studies engages you in the critical issues of social change which are transforming global society.

Our postgraduate programme in Development Studies provides a supportive environment for open, critical debate of leading development issues both in New Zealand and abroad. You can take both critical and applied approaches and design your own cross-disciplinary course of study.

Development Studies was ranked 23rd in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2015. This makes us the highest ranked programme at the University of Auckland and the best place in New Zealand to get a postgraduate degree in Development Studies

Postgraduate careers

A qualification in Development Studies can prepare you for employment in local, national and international organizations involved in development.

Programme structure

120 points

Advanced taught courses (75 or 90 points)

A small research project such as a dissertation (usually 30 or 45 points)

You may be able to include up to 30 points from other subjects

Further study options

• Master of Arts
• Master of Conflict and Terrorism Studies
• Master of Heritage Conservation
• Master of Indigenous Studies
• Master of Public Policy
• MTESOL

Other Bachelor of Arts (Honours) subjects: Ancient History; Anthropology; Art History; Asian Studies; Chinese; Criminology; Drama; Economics; Education; Employment Relations and Organisation Studies; English; French; Gender Studies; Geography; German; Greek; History; Italian; Japanese; Languages and Literature; Latin; Linguistics; Logic and Computation; 毛利 Studies; Mathematics; Media, Film and Television; Museums and Cultural Heritage; Music; Pacific Studies; Philosophy; Politics and International Relations; Psychology; Screen Production; Sociology; Spanish; Statistics.

Entry criteria

Applicants must have completed a BA (or equivalent) with a major in Anthropology or Anthropological Science. They must have an average grade of B or higher in 45 points above Stage II in the major. IELTS 7.0; TOEFL (iBT) 100; TOEFL (paper-based) 600; CAE or CPE 185; PTE 65; MELAB 90.