Use technology and creativity to solve the complex challenges of our time, and learn to think outside the box with the Bachelor of Creative Technologies.
The Bachelor of Creative Technologies is New Zealand’s most innovative bachelor’s programme. It’s designed for this fast-moving digital era that recognises we need to think creatively about the application of technology in society. You’ll learn to identify new opportunities and creative approaches to guide the transformation of industries and businesses that this era requires.
The programme is organised around projects and challenges. You’ll learn existing and new technologies, creative processes and strategies to collaborate with others to tackle the complex challenges of our time. You could apply your skills to a wide range of fields, from developing a new creative audio or visual artform to solving one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
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International student entry requirements
Design (Practical Art), Design and Visual Communication, Digital Technologies, Technology, Processing Technologies, Construction and Mechanical Technologies, Drama, Media Studies, Music, Mathematics, Science, Statistics, Calculus.
Courses cover a wide variety of topics, including digital fabrication and the future of making, creative approaches to audio, systemic approaches to innovation, and how digital technology is changing and enhancing our physical world.
You’ll become an innovative problem solver who can respond to the challenges and opportunities of our changing world.
Skills you develop include:
You’re introduced to key concepts of creative technologies and develop these through diverse studio projects. Projects will vary and you’ll learn how to express your ideas in a variety of digital and physical media – whether it’s through video, sound, mechatronics, games or smart objects.
You have more choice of studio projects. Each semester has a number of themes that provide a degree of focus, but you’re encouraged to develop your studio projects in creative, unexpected or provocative ways. We encourage you to work in teams or with people outside AUT.
You also choose two more courses from the options above or from any other AUT degree as approved by the programme leader.
You work on more complex projects in the studio. Projects may be developed in consultation with industry partners.
You also choose two more courses from the options above or from any other AUT degree as approved by the programme leader.
Add an additional major or a minor to your bachelor’s degree and study another area that interests you. You can choose from a wide range of additional majors or minors.
Additional majors and minors for bachelor’s degrees
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Additional majors, minors and elective courses within the Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies
Enrolment in courses is subject to meeting all requirements and availability of courses.
Check out the School of Future Environments website to see examples of student projects that experiment with appropriate technological tools and collaborative strategies to tackle challenges that go beyond conventional ideas.
The information on this page was correct at time of publication. For a comprehensive overview of AUT qualifications, please refer to the Academic Calendar.