Elective courses
You can study an elective as part of many AUT qualifications. An elective can be taken from almost any subject area at AUT and counts towards your qualification, but not towards your major, minor or specialisation.
What you can study
Use the dropdown below to view electives from a specific study area, or see all your options. If your programme includes the option to study an elective, you could choose courses from any of the subjects listed below.
In some AUT programmes you can also choose between different courses within your programme. These will be listed on the web page for your chosen programme, and could also be called optional courses.
Level 5
- ACCT502 Accounting Essentials
- FINA502 Finance for Hospitality, Tourism and Events – A Practical Approach
Level 6
- ACCT605 Accounting Legal and Regulatory Framework
- ACCT607 Sustainability Accounting and Reporting
- FINA609 Financial Decision Making for the Hospitality, Tourism and Events Industries
Level 7
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Level 6
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Level 5
Level 6
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Level 6
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Level 5
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Level 5
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Level 7
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Level 5
- BUSS512 Accounting and Information Systems
- BUSS513 Economics and Finance: Understanding Markets
- BUSS514 Marketing and Global Business
- BUSS515 Responsible Management
- ENTR501 Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- SUSE501 Sustainability Leadership
Level 6
Level 8
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Level 5
Level 6
Level 7
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Level 5
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Level 5
- CHIN501 Introduction to Chinese 1
- CHIN502 Introduction to Chinese 2
- CHIN504 Write Chinese I
- CHIN511 Speak Chinese I
Level 6
- CHIN605 Contemporary Chinese Society
- CHIN607 English-Chinese Translation I
- CHIN610 Integrated Chinese I
Level 7
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Level 5
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Level 5
- COMM505 Text, Image and Sound
- COMM512 Communication Ethics
- COMM513 Media, Technology and Society
- COMM514 Intercultural Communication
- COMM515 Media, Politics and Citizenship
- COMM516 Media Production Foundations
- COMM518 Selected Topic in Communication Studies
- COMM570 Academic Communication: Conventions and Expectations
- DIGD507 Collaborative Practices | Mahitahi
- DIGD507 Mahitahi | Collaborative Practices
Level 6
- COMM605 Global Media Giants
- COMM606 Media Impacts and Effects
- COMM607 Communication for Social Change
- COMM608 Global Crises and Communication
- COMM611 Voice Production
- DIGM603 Visual Communication
Level 7
- COMM711 Environmental Communication
- COMM713 Power, Communication and Networks
- COMM714 Media Issues in Aotearoa
- COMM715 Social Change Internship
- COMM715 Sustainable Development Communication
- COMM716 Directing Professional Performance
- COMM717 Professional Performance for Camera
- DIGM712 Online Strategies
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Level 5
- COMP500 Programming Concepts and Techniques
- COMP501 Computing Technology in Society
- COMP503 Object Oriented Programming
- COMP504 Networks and Internet
- COMP507 IT Project Management
- COMP508 Database System Design
- COMP517 Data Analysis
Level 6
Level 7
- COMP718 Information Security Management
- COMP718 Management of Cybersecurity
- COMP719 Applied Human Computer Interaction
- COMP728 Internet of Things and Applications
- INFS704 Service Innovation and Design
Level 8
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Level 5
Level 6
Level 7
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Level 5
- ENBU501 Construction Design and Implementation
- ENBU502 Construction Technology I
- ENBU503 Introduction to Construction Materials
- ENBU504 Principles of Law for Construction
- ENBU505 Measurement and Estimation
- ENBU506 Construction Organisation and Practice
Level 6
- ENBU600 Construction Materials
- ENBU602 Quantity Surveying
- ENBU603 Introduction to Building Construction
- ENBU604 Construction Engineering Management I
- ENBU607 Human Factors Engineering
- ENBU614 Reflective Work Practice
- ENBU615 Innovation, Advanced Construction Systems and Sustainability
- ENBU616 Safety Engineering and Site Operations
Level 7
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Level 6
- CTEC601 Synthetic Realities
- CTEC601 Synthetic Realities
- CTEC602 Interactive Technology and Systems
- CTEC602 Interactive Technology and Systems
- CTEC603 Digital Fabrication
- CTEC605 Creative Audio
- CTEC606 Experimental Imagery
- ENTR680 Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Level 7
- COMP770 Virtual and Immersive Environments
- COMP770 Virtual and Immersive Environments
- CTEC700 Space, Image and Sound
- CTEC702 Emerging Practices
- CTEC704 Transmedia Narratives
- CTEC705 Creative Workflows
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Level 5
- CLSY502 Intercultural Competence
- MAOR511 Waiata – The practice of expressing mātauranga Māori through voice, music and sound
- NZSL502 An Introduction to the Deaf World
Level 6
Level 7
- CLSY731 Eat, Love, Click: Food, Popular Culture, and Social Identities
- HIST771 The World of Luxury Goods, Popular Trends, and Social Identities
- NZSL700 Special Topic (Deaf Studies)
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Level 5
Level 6
Level 7
- DIGM750 Applied Media III
- DIGM751 Making Digital Media III
- TVSP709 Story Lab
- TVSP711 Evolving Modes of Screen Production
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Level 5
- BUSS511 Introduction to Programming for Business Analytics
- ECON505 Business Economics and Data Analysis
- ECON520 Principles of Microeconomics
- ECON521 Principles of Macroeconomics
- ECON522 Economics for Social Impact
- ECON523 Money, Banking, and Global Financial Markets
Level 6
- ECON622 Introduction to Econometrics
- ECON623 Behavioural Economics
- ECON624 Strategy and Competition
- ECON625 Data, Deception, and Decisions
Level 7
Level 8
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Level 5
- EDUC503 Critical Questions in Education
- EDUC504 Places and Learning
- EDUC505 Understanding Children
- EDUC506 Pathways to Careers and Employability
- EDUC507 Children and Learning: Preparing the Future
- EDUC511 Introduction to Social Education Practice
- EDUC512 Social Education: An Inquiry Approach
- EDUC516 Creative Learning Inquiries
- EDUC517 The Child in Aotearoa New Zealand
Level 6
- EDUC605 Learning, Diversity and Culture
- EDUC606 Learning and Social Media
- EDUC607 Education, Resistance and Social Justice
- EDUC608 Gender, Sexualities and Education
- EDUC609 Childhood and Youth Studies
- EDUC611 Understanding Diversity through Children’s Literature
- EDUC612 Children and the Arts
- EDUC613 Curiosity in Science
- EDUC615 Inclusive Education in the Community
- EDUC616 Exploring Global Citizenship
- EDUC620 Weaving Solutions for Social Justice
- EDUC621 Education and Popular Culture
Level 7
- CLSY719 Foundations in Research
- EDUC710 Futures Thinking in Education
- EDUC711 Education, Globalisation, and International Development
- EDUC712 Alternatives in Education
- EDUC715 Children’s Ways of Thinking
- EDUC716 Empowering Learning for Sustainability and Global Citizenship
- EDUC717 Childhood and Youth Voice: Participation and Agency
- EDUC718 Learning the Past for the Future
- EDUC719 Community Leadership for Social Change
- EDUC722 Pacific Talanoa: People, Places & Education
Level 8
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Level 5
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Level 5
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Level 5
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Level 5
- ENGE500 Introduction to Sustainable Engineering Design
- ENME502 Engineering Materials I
- ENME505 Statics and Equilibrium
- ENME506 Engineering Mechanics-Dynamics
Level 6
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Level 6
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Level 6
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Level 6
Level 7
- ENTR701 Social Entrepreneurship: Inspiring Innovation and Impact
- ENTR702 Business Models for Commercialising Innovation
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Level 5
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Level 5
Level 6
Level 7
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Level 7
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Level 5
- FINA501 Introduction to Finance
- FINA503 Financial Analysis
- FINA504 Introduction to Financial Management for Māori Business
Level 6
Level 7
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Level 6
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Level 7
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Level 5
Level 7
Level 8
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Level 5
- HIST500 Introduction to New Zealand History
- HIST501 The Holocaust: Its Causes, Character, and Legacy
- HIST504 Gender and Development in Asia and the Pacific since WWII
- HIST505 Introduction to Pacific History
Level 6
- HIST690 Te Tiriti O Waitangi: The Treaty of Waitangi
- HIST691 Tā Moko: Marks of History and Identity
- HIST692 Our People, Our Stories: Contemporary New Zealand Oral Histories
- HIST693 Tāmaki Makaurau from 1100 to 1900
- HIST694 Auckland in the Twentieth Century
- HOSP608 Eating History: Exploring Food and Hospitality in Aotearoa New Zealand
Level 7
- HIST701 Nostalgia and Utopianism in New Zealand History
- HIST706 Gods, Heroes and the Rest of Us in Theatre and Performance
- HIST707 He Wānanga mō te Reo Māori: History of the Māori Language
- HIST709 Gender and Culture
- HIST710 Special Topic in History
- HIST711 Historical Methods
- HIST770 Popular Monsters
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Level 5
- FOOD501 Food and the Senses
- HOSP507 International Hospitality Management
- HOSP510 Hospitable Communities
Level 6
- HOSP609 Hospitality Innovation and Change
- HOSP611 Critical Hospitality Perspectives
- HOSP612 Cruise Ship Management
- HOSP614 Cruise Experience Management
- HOSP615 Service Design Thinking
Level 7
- HOSP715 Holistic People Management for Hospitality and Tourism
- HOSP718 Global Cruise Industry
- HOSP719 Micro-volunteering for Hospitality
- HOSP720 Hospitality and Human Rights
Level 8
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Level 5
- HOSP501 Applied Food and Beverage Management (Kitchen)
- HOSP502 Applied Food and Beverage Management (Restaurant)
- HOSP508 Hospitality Management Development
- HOSP509 Hospitable Social Enterprise
Level 6
- HOSP601 Service Management for Hospitality
- HOSP602 Hospitality Career Development
- HOSP603 Facilities Development and Design
- HOSP605 International Food and Beverage Management
- HOSP606 Rooms Division Management
- HOSP607 Beverage Production, Practice, Rituals and Management
Level 7
- HOSP702 Hotel Management Simulation
- HOSP704 Strategic Perspectives for Hospitality and Tourism Organisations
- HOSP705 Contemporary Issues in Hospitality
- HOSP708 Hospitality Entrepreneurship
- HOSP709 Hospitality Employment Relations
- HOSP714 Special Topic
- HOSP716 Hospitality Innovation Competition
- SOSC701 Sociology of Food
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Level 5
Level 7
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Level 6
- HOSP604 Hospitality Human Resource Management
- HRMG601 Human Resource Management
- HRMG650 Te Ara Pou Leadership
Level 7
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Level 5
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Level 5
Level 6
Level 7
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Level 5
Level 6
Level 7
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Level 6
Level 7
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Level 5
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Level 6
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Level 5
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Level 5
- ENGL500 Contemporary Language Studies
- ENGL501 Critical Media Studies
- MAOR505 Te Mānutanga Beginners Māori Language 1
- NZSL510 New Zealand Sign Language I
- NZSL520 New Zealand Sign Language II
Level 6
- NZSL600 New Zealand Sign Language Discourse
- NZSL610 New Zealand Sign Language III
- SPAN610 Spanish Language in Practice I
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Level 6
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Level 5
Level 7
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Level 6
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Level 5
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Level 5
Level 6
- BSYS604 Operations Management
- EMPL601 Employment Relations
- HRMG602 Learning and Development
- MGMT602 Small and Medium Enterprise Management
- MGMT603 Leadership for Change
- MGMT604 Māori Indigenous Management and Marketing
Level 7
- BSYS704 Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- EMPL702 Workplace Health and Safety
- EMPL704 The Dynamics of Employment Regulations
- HRMG703 Global Mobility
- MGMT704 Management for Social Impact
- MGMT705 Wellbeing and Stress in Organisations
- MGMT707 Risk Management
- MGMT708 Contemporary Issues in Work and Workplaces
- MGMT721 Leadership Principles, Perspectives and Practice
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Level 5
- MAOR507 Te Matariki
- MAOR508 Ngā mahi a Rēhia: Contemporary Performing Arts
- MAOR510 Māori in Popular Culture
- TIKA500 International Noho Marae: Indigenous Encounters of a Māori Kind
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Level 5
- MAOR504 Treaty of Waitangi: Resistance and Repair
- MAOR506 Te Ekenga Waka Beginners Māori Language 2
- MAOR514 Te Ao Māori: The Māori Worldview
Level 6
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Level 5
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Level 5
Level 7
- HOSP703 Hospitality Sales and Marketing
- MKTG716 Consumer Behaviour and Sports Branding
- MKTG717 International Sales Management
- MKTG718 Retailing in an Omnichannel World
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Level 5
- MATH502 Algebra and Discrete Mathematics
- MATH503 Mathematics for Computing
- MATH504 Introductory Mathematics for Science
- MATH505 Algebra and Calculus I
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Level 5
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Level 5
- ENMS501 Alternate Realities: Games, Play, and Culture
- TVSP591 Media Production: A te ao Māori perspective
Level 6
- DIGM601 Moving Image Communication
- DIGM602 Online and Interactive Communication
- PACS601 Indigenous Media Approaches
- PACS602 The Pacific in Popular Culture
- TVSP690 Kaupapa Māori Content Creating
Level 7
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Level 5
- CLSY513 Organisation and Human Behaviour
- CLSY513 Social Intelligence at Work
- HOSP503 Organisation and Human Behaviour Perspectives
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Level 5
Level 6
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Level 5
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Level 6
Level 7
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Level 5
Level 6
- CLSY602 The Popular Imagination
- CLSY603 Popular Comics: Blood, Memory, and Beauty
- CLSY604 Cult Film Genres: Fantasy, Sci-Fi and Horror
Level 7
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Level 5
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Level 6
- PUBL602 Public Relations Practice and Specialisms
- PUBL603 Power and Persuasion
- PUBL604 Strategic Messaging
- PUBL605 Reputation Management
Level 7
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Level 6
- RADC601 Radio Production: Context and Creativity
- RADC603 Web Media for Radio
- RADC604 Sound Production: Podcasting
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Level 6
Level 8
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Level 5
- BMED500 Introduction to Biomedical Science
- CONS500 Biodiversity
- EASC500 Our Dynamic Earth
- FOOD503 Food Technology
- GESC500 Mapping Our Environment
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Level 5
Level 6
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Level 5
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Level 5
- SPOR520 Tauherea taiao ki ngā hunga
- SPOR520 Tauherea taiao ki ngā hunga
- SPOR521 Movement: Theory into Practice
- SPOR524 Sport, Health and Physical Activity in Education
- SPOR525 Introduction to Sport Management and Marketing
- SPOR526 Sport for Social Change
- SPOR527 Nutrition and Physical Activity Fundamentals
- SPOR528 Outdoor Learning for Wellbeing
- SPSC502 Exercise Physiology I
- SPSC503 Applied Anatomy
Level 6
- SPOR631 Health and Physical Education: Curriculum in Action
- SPOR632 Skill Acquisition
- SPOR633 Sport Entrepreneurship and Events
- SPOR634 Marketing for Sport
- SPOR635 Sport Operations in Practice
- SPOR635 Sport Operations in Practice
- SPOR636 Nutrition and Physical Activity Behaviour
- SPOR637 Blue Spaces: Connecting to Our Place
- SPOR638 Innovative Practices in Outdoor Learning
- SPOR639 Youth Sport Development
- SPSC607 Performance Psychology
- SPSC608 Sport Performance Analysis
- SPSC609 Sports Insights and Visualisation
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Level 5
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Level 5
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Level 6
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Level 5
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Level 5
Level 6
Level 7
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Level 6
- TVSP602 Studio Production
- TVSP603 Screen Theory in Action
- TVSP604 Short Film Production
- TVSP605 Screen Production Management
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Level 5
- TOUR501 Introduction to Tourism
- TOUR502 Visitor Attractions and Activities
- TOUR503 Maori and Tourism in Aotearoa
- TOUR505 Customer Service and Interpersonal Skills
- TOUR506 Product Development
- TOUR510 World Geography
- TOUR511 Global Issues and Tourism
- TOUR512 Tourism and Sustainability
- TOUR513 Adrenaline Tourism
Level 6
- TOUR601 Tourism and Cultures of the World
- TOUR602 Ecotourism
- TOUR604 Travel Distribution Management
- TOUR606 Marketing for Tourism, Hospitality and Events
- TOUR607 International Spa Contemporary Issues
- TOUR608 Air Transport Operations and Management
- TOUR609 Tourism and Sustainability
- TOUR610 Ethics for Global Tourism
- TOUR611 Tourism and Natural Environment Management
- TOUR612 Responsible Tourist Behaviour
- TOUR613 Tourism Destination Field Study
Level 7
- TOUR701 Urban Tourism
- TOUR702 Tourism and Indigenous Peoples
- TOUR704 Sustainable Destinations
- TOUR705 Contemporary Issues in Travel and Tourism
- TOUR706 Tourist Behaviour
- TOUR707 Tourism Research
- TOUR709 Wellbeing in Tourism Destinations
- TOUR710 Tourism, Hospitality and Events in the Digital Age
- TOUR711 Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Tourism, Hospitality and Events
- TOUR713 Global Tourism Challenge
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Level 5
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Level 5
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How to choose your electives
Keep the following in mind when thinking about electives:
- Subject(s) you’re interested in
- The level of the course – the first number in the course code shows the level of the course (for example, HIST500 is a level 5 history course)
- Prerequisites – level 5 courses generally don’t have prerequisites, but many level 6 and 7 courses do
Add an additional major or minor instead
Want to learn more about a particular subject? You may also be able to include an additional major or minor as part of the programme you’re studying at AUT.
How to enrol in your courses
Follow our step-by-step process to enrol in your courses and classes, and build your timetable for your next semester or year.
Level 5
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