Course details

Summary

The Bachelor of Arts (BA) is Otago's most flexible undergraduate degree programme, enabling students to study from a selection of more than 40 arts and social science subjects, as well as papers offered elsewhere in the University. Academic breadth is complemented by in-depth knowledge gained through majoring in one or two subjects with the option of minors in one or two others.

Students are taught by research-active scholars, are expected to undertake a diverse range of learning tasks and are challenged to develop their intellectual independence. Graduates of the programme are well-informed, versatile, independent thinkers with the information literacy, communication, research and interpersonal skills necessary for a career or further academic study. The completed BA is an entry qualification for the PGDipArts in the major subject of the degree.

Art History and Visual Culture

The Art History and Visual Culture teaching programme is designed to equip students with the concepts and language necessary for contemporary discussion of art, art history, art theory and art criticism. The special focus of the programme is the diversity of theory in the discourses of art.

Programme Requirements

100-level

Either two 100-level ARTV papers, or one 100-level ARTV paper and one 100-level HIST paper

200-level

• Two 200-level ARTV papers
• An additional paper that may be a 200-level ARTV paper, a 200-level HIST paper, or one of ASIA 201, CHIN 242, CLAS 240, ENGL 215, ENGL 218, EURO 202, GEND 205, JAPA 245, MFCO 201, MFCO 203, MFCO 213, MFCO 216, MUSI 261, MUSI 266, THEA 221

300-level

• Three 300-level ARTV papers
• An additional paper that may be a 300-level ARTV paper, a 300-level HIST paper, or one of CHIN 342, CLAS 343, ENGL 334, ENGL 342, EURO 302, EURO 304, GEND 305, JAPA 345, MFCO 314, MFCO 316, MFCO 318, MFCO 319, MFCO 320, MUSI 361, PACI 301, RELS 328, SPAN 343, THEA 325

Plus

198 further points; must include 54 points at 200-level or above. Up to 90 points may be taken from outside Arts.

Entry criteria

The minimum requirement for students is the completion of a high school qualification plus satisfactory completion of one year's study at an approved tertiary institution or successful completion New Zealand Foundation Year programme.

We also accept the following International qualifications: International Baccalaureate: IB Diploma with a minimum of 26 points; GCE Advanced Levels: minimum grade of 8.

English Language Requirements:

IELTS score of 6.0 in the academic module (with no individual band below 6.0); Internet-based TOEFL Score of 80 (writing 20); Paper-based TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of 550 (TWE 4.5); CIE Cambridge International Examinations Grade E or better in AS English; Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) - Overall score of 176 (with no individual band below 169); Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) - Overall score of 176 (with no individual band below 169); GCE 'A' Level or 'AS' Level English Language or English Literature - grade C or higher; GCE 'AS' Level General Paper (English) - grade C or higher; APIEL (Advanced Placement International English Language) Examination - grade 3 or higher; IB International Baccalaureate - English at Higher or Standard level in Language A: literature, Language A: language and literature, or at Higher level in Language B; Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic - Overall score of 58 with no communicative skills score below 50.