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Bachelor of Arts overview
Overview
Programme code: AK3704
Level: 7
Points: 360
Duration: 3 years full time / equivalent part time
Venue: City Campus North Shore Campus for some papers in Psychology
Starting date: 27 February 2012 / 16 July 2012
AUT encourages early application. This qualification will remain open until all places have been filled.
The following majors will not have a midyear intake: Chinese, Sign Language and Deaf Studies, Sign Language and English Interpreting.
Entry requirements
- University Entrance
- An interview may be required for Interpreting and Translation applicants
- Interpreting and Translation applicants must demonstrate a high level of proficiency in English and one other language
Students and their career objectives are diverse. The AUT Bachelor of Arts is a BA with a difference.
This is a flexible degree that enables students to choose areas and disciplines that will support their individual interests and career aspirations.
Students construct a broad and varied degree with a single major and choose from a wide range of minors, or they can do a double major. In the final year, students will integrate the learning from their core and major subjects in a workplace project.
Majors within the the Bachelor of Arts
School of Social Sciences and Public Policy
- Chinese Language
- Chinese Studies
- Creative Writing
- English and New Media Studies
- International Studies
- Interpreting
- Japanese Language
- Japanese Studies
- Sign Language and Deaf Studies
- Sign Language and English Interpreting
- Translation
Majors in other schools
- Event Management - Offered by the School of Hospitality and Tourism.
- Māori Development - Offered by Te Ara Poutama, the Faculty of Māori Development
Additional majors and/or minors
Students undertaking the Bachelor of Arts may choose a second major, either from those available above within their degree (double major) or from the list of additional majors from outside their degree. Minors are also available in these subjects.
The availability of additional majors and minors will depend on timetabling and some subject restrictions, and in some cases, choosing an additional major or minor may require students to undertake extra points to complete their degree.
Minors and electives in the Bachelor of Arts
To complement their core papers and chosen major(s), students can choose from minors as well as elective papers grouped into areas of emphasis in a wide range of subject areas across AUT.
A minor is 60 points (generally each paper is worth 15 points) in a specific area.
Check the "Additional Majors and Minors Schedule" on page 439 of The AUT Calender 2011 
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- Asian Studies
- Digital Media
- Employment Relations
- English Studies
- English Language/Literature
- English Language Teaching
- International Business
- Human Resource Management
- Māori Development (including Te Reo)
- Marketing
- Media Studies
- Multimedia
- Psychology
- Public Relations
- Sign Language
- Spanish
- Te reo Māori
- Tourism
Conjoint degrees
The Bachelor of Arts can be taken as a conjoint degree either with the Bachelor of Business or the Bachelor of Computer and Information Sciences.
Core papers
The following rage of core papers provides a framework for acquiring a broad foundation of skills and knowledge in writing, research, digital technology and communication.
Students will be able to express ideas coherently, work with a variety of research methods, communicate effectively and gain practical skills. These papers provide the catalyst for cross disciplinary reflection and inquiry. Students take one core paper from each of the areas listed and a minimum of 30 points from the Co-operative Education papers.
Writing
145713 Writing
165108 iWrite
165600 Undergraduate Writing for Academic Purposes
915002 Ki te Whaiao: Introduction to Maori Society
Digital Technologies
215414 Information Technology for Event Management
166109 iReflect
955203 Communication and Presentation Systems
Research
916401 Te Rangahau
285104 Research and Analysis
167100 iResearch
Communication
146734 Communicating
166110 iCommunicate
Cooperative Education/Practicum
287901 Cooperative Education
167908 NZSL Interpreting Practicum Experience I: Observations
167909 NZSL Interpreting Practicum Experience II: Professional Practice
947001 Cooperative Education I:Project Literature Review
947002 Cooperative Education II:Project Report