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.

European Studies

European Studies covers the remarkable political, economic, social and cultural transformations resulting from advanced European integration, which is the project of building the European Union. By focusing the academic programme on advanced European integration, students will gain substantive knowledge of critical aspects of contemporary Europe along with language training in Spanish, German and French. You will explore the issues emerging for the 340 million citizens of the new Europe.

Programme Requirements

100-level

• EURO 101 Introduction to European Studies
• HIST 108 From Medieval to Modern Europe

One of:

• FREN 132 Introductory French 2
• GERM 132 Introductory German 2
• SPAN 132 Introductory Spanish 2

May be replaced with an approved 200- or 300-level FREN, GERM or SPAN paper

200-level

• EURO 202 The Culture of the European City
• One of ARTV 202, ARTV 203, ARTV 204, CHTH 202, CLAS 232, CLAS 238, ENGL 214, ENGL 215, ENGL 218, FREN 243, GERM 242, GERM 243, MUSI 223, MUSI 261, SPAN 242, SPAN 243
• One of HIST 217, HIST 223, HIST 225, PHIL 221, PHIL 226, PHIL 227, PHIL 228, POLS 216

300-level

• EURO 304 Europe: Ideas and Nations
• One of ARTV 302, ARTV 303, ARTV 304, ARTV 308, ARTV 309, CHTH 302, CLAS 337, CLAS 343, ENGL 311, ENGL 312, ENGL 313, ENGL 314, ENGL 315, ENGL 317, ENGL 319, ENGL 335, FREN 341, FREN 342, FREN 343, GERM 341, GERM 342, GERM 343, MFCO 314, MFCO 316, MUSI 323, MUSI 361, SPAN 342, SPAN 343, SPAN 347, SPAN 348
• One of HIST 301, HIST 307, HIST 325, PHIL 321, POLS 301, POLS 310, POLS 312, POLS 315, POLS 325
• One further 300-level paper from the lists above

Plus

180 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.