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Undergraduate Prospectus Whakatairanga Ākonga RĀ TŌMENE OPEN DAY Come and see what learning and living is like at UC

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Kia ora Plan your degree Rainbow Diversity Support 2 UC7 80 Undergraduate study options 101 Double and conjoint degrees 103 Certificates and diplomas UC is proud to partner with Ngāi Tūāhuriri and Ngāi Tahu to uphold the mana and aspirations of mana whenua. Subjects 107 UC postgraduate qualifications 109 Whakapā mai | Contact us Published Kahuru-kai-paeka March 2021. 7 Accounting to Youth and Information is correct at the time of print but is subject to change. The University’s official regulations are at Community Leadership Kia ora Nau mai ki tēnei Whakatairanga Ākonga. Welcome to the Undergraduate Prospectus. We hope you’ll become part of the UC whānau. There’s a bunch of options for you to learn what you want – how you want. This guide contains all the information you need to help you decide on your degree, find the subjects that you’ll be passionate about, and learn how we can support you while you study at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha University of Canterbury. You’ll also find ways to develop other interests and make friends along the way.

Maeve Studying towards a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Relations and Sociology

www.canterbury.ac.nz 1 UC7 gives you a glimpse of what UC is like. Our students will tell you 7 there’s lots to discover. UC Ako | Learn UC is in the world’s top 1% of universities, known for its high-quality degrees, research-active teaching sta, and world-class facilities. ‘You can’t beat learning from the lecturers who write the text books and then having their support to go out and apply it practically, either through community work or legal practice. UC is always pushing to be innovative and that is cool to be a part of.’ — Briar, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History, and a Bachelor of Laws, and Master of Laws (International Law and Politics) with First Class Honours

UC Oranga | Wellbeing We provide a wide range of support services from the moment you arrive on campus. ‘Coming to uni is like a fresh start. At high school, if you’re different you’re weird. Here, if you’re different you’re cool – and everybody is different! At UC, you don’t have to be afraid to be yourself.’ — Devanshi, Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing and Management

2 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) UC Tikanga-rua Bicultural At Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha, we are committed to biculturalism and work with Ngāi Tahu, the tangata whenua in our region. ‘In high school, we studied the Treaty of Waitangi from the Pākehā side, but at UC we studied it from the Māori side. That really changed my perspective. I've learned the concepts of ako, manaakitanga, wānanga. They're not just words, they underpin my practice.’ — Axel, Bachelor of Teaching and Learning (Primary)

UC Tauhere | Connect Over the last few years, UC students have earned an international reputation for their community involvement. ‘UC’s clubs scene is a real point of difference as it creates a student culture unseen at any other uni in New Zealand. It creates a strong community feel and opportunities to make friends. At UC, there is a high focus on support for all aspects of your study life, and there is always something happening.’ — Maddy, Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Natural Resources Engineering

UC Auaha | Innovate A lot of learning takes place outside the classroom. If you have an idea, we have the resources to help you build it up. ‘By doing this degree it opens up so many pathways that you never thought were possible! The placements, practicums, and internships allow you to gain experience and contacts to people that you may not have otherwise.’ — Nicole, Bachelor of Sport Coaching in Performance Analysis Samuel Ngāpuhi Studying towards a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting

www.canterbury.ac.nz 3 UC Ira Matatū Global Citizen Our campus is a culturally diverse community with over 100 nationalities. [If UC was a musical style, what would it be?] ‘It would be the most mad, eclectic indie rock band you could imagine, reflecting people from all different backgrounds and cultures standing shoulder to shoulder. There’s an incredibly diverse range of people here and we all inspire each other.’ — Thomas, studying towards a Bachelor of Music with Honours in Performance

UC Tūhura | Explore There aren’t many places where you can access adventure so easily… UC is on the doorstep of a massive outdoor playground — combined with clubs and events, you’re up for a unique student experience. ‘Christchurch is great for the outdoors. You can finish class at 4 pm and be mountain biking in the hills or swimming at the beach half an hour later. The campus is open and green. There's always a spot to sit and enjoy fresh air between lectures.’ — Robert, studying towards a Bachelor of Laws with Honours

Uatifoti Studying towards a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting

4 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) Aratohu Kaupapa Subjects Aratohu Kaupapa | Subjects

7 Accounting 33 European and European 58 Painting 8 Adventure Sport and Environment Union Studies 58 Performance 8 Ancient Greek 33 Film 58 Performance Analysis 8 Antarctic Studies 34 Finance 59 Philosophy 9 Anthropology 34 Financial Engineering 59 Photography 10 Applied Immersive Game Design 35 Fine Arts 60 Physical Education 10 Art History and Theory 35 Forest Engineering 60 Physics 11 Astronomy 36 Forestry Science 61 Political Communication 12 Biochemistry 37 French 61 Political Science and 12 Bioinformatics 37 Freshwater International Relations 13 Biological Sciences 38 Geography 62 Population Health Data Science 14 Business and Sustainability 39 Geology 63 Primary Teacher Education 14 Business Economics 40 German 63 Product Design 15 Chemical and Process Engineering 40 Graphic Design 64 Professional and Community Engagement 15 Chemical Formulation Design 40 Health Education 64 Psychology 16 Chemistry 41 Health Sciences 65 Public Health 16 Chinese 42 History 65 Russian 17 Cinema Studies 42 Human Resource Management 66 Sculpture 18 Civil Engineering 43 Human Services 66 Secondary Teacher Education 18 Classics 44 Industrial Product Design 67 Social Work 20 Communication 44 Information Systems 68 Society and Policy 20 Communication Strategy and Practice 45 Innovation 68 Sociology 20 Computational Linguistics 46 International Business 69 Software Engineering 21 Computer Engineering 46 Japanese 69 Spanish 22 Computer Science 47 Journalism 70 Spatial Data Science 23 Criminal Justice 47 Latin 70 Speech and Language Pathology 23 Cultural Studies 48 Law 71 Sport Coaching 24 Data Science 49 Linguistics 72 Sport Science 24 Digital Humanities 49 Management 72 Sports Leadership and Management 25 Early Childhood Teacher Education 50 Māori and Indigenous Health 72 Statistics 26 Economics 50 Māori and Indigenous Studies 73 Strategy and Entrepreneurship 27 Ecosystem Health and Biosecurity 51 Marketing 74 Strength and Conditioning 27 Education 52 Mathematics with Nutrition 28 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 52 Mechanical Engineering 74 Sustainable Coasts 28 Engineering 53 Mechatronics Engineering 74 Tauwhitinga Māori: Māori 54 Media and Communication 29 English Communication Strategy and Practice 54 Medicinal Chemistry 30 English Language 75 Taxation and Accounting 55 Music 30 Environmental Change 76 Teacher Education 56 Musical Culture 31 Environmental Contamination 76 Te Reo Māori 56 Natural Resources Engineering 31 Environmental Hazards and Disasters 77 Tourism Marketing and Management 57 New Music 32 Environmental Health 78 Youth and Community Leadership 32 Environmental Science 57 Operations and Supply Chain Management Some courses are not offered every year. For semester information, entry requirements, and any changes to these course lists, see www.canterbury.ac.nz/courses

6 Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) Accounting Career opportunities The study of Accounting covers a wide As a specialist in accounting, you will range of accounting practices and theories be able to work in a variety of fields in a number of different contexts, providing throughout your career. The most common a solid foundation for a successful positions are: Chartered Accountant, professional career. Accounting Manager, Auditor, Consultant, Credit Analyst, Manager or Executive, and Accountants provide important financial Chief Financial Officer. and other information for key external groups such as owners, investors, and You can focus on a range of areas such regulators, as well as assisting managers as tax, audit, financial management, with insight that allows them to make investment analysis, business services, organisational decisions. Alongside company or treasury systems accountancy, this, accountants verify the accuracy government finance, or third sector and reliability of financial information development work. UC Accounting (auditing), assess risk, and ensure taxation graduates get work in a wide variety of roles laws and rules are adhered to. around the world. ‘A degree in Accounting The subject covers: Many Accounting major graduates go on to become chartered accountants, • financial accounting and reporting opens the door to several through Chartered Accountants Australia • cost and management accounting and New Zealand, or become members career paths, whether it be • auditing and assurance of CPA Australia, or the Association of as a small town Chartered • taxation Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). For Accountant or a top • other relevant areas, including membership of some of these professional sustainability reporting. bodies, your Bachelor of Commerce executive at a company. degree must include specific courses. For My time at UC provided Why study Accounting at UC? details refer to the website of the relevant professional accounting body. me with many • The Bachelor of Commerce Accounting major at UC is accredited by professional www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects opportunities to explore accounting bodies in industry, such as these dierent options.’ Chartered Accountants of Australia and Study Accounting at UC New Zealand (CA ANZ), CPA Australia, and • Certificate in Commerce (page 103) the Association of Chartered Certified Sara Accountants (ACCA), leading students • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and towards becoming a certified or chartered Information Systems Can study, but only as a minor accountant. Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) Accounting and Information Systems • At UC, you will study alternative • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) Assistant Professor of Accounting, University of perspectives on contemporary Texas at Austin, USA accounting. Students will learn about the • Bachelor of Science (page 94) modern, reflective role accountants can • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) play in many spheres such as public and private, social, environmental, economic, • Bachelor of Youth and Community political, and cultural. Leadership (page 100)

• UC experts will help you answer the Te Tari Kaute me te Pūnaha Pārongo question of how the nature of the Department of Accounting and accountant’s work differs Information Systems from other management and T: +64 3 369 3888 professional specialists, politicians, and E: [email protected] public officials. www.canterbury.ac.nz/study • You will also consider important topical /subjects/accounting issues, such as business ethics and corporate social responsibility, Māori as tāngata whenua and the role of the Crown, and the challenges presented by increasing globalisation. • UC is ranked in the top 200 universities in the world in Accounting and Finance (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2021).

www.canterbury.ac.nz 7 the ancient culture, such as in museums, Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of Adventure Sport academia and school teaching, art and Education, Health and Human Development and Environment T: +64 3 369 3333 language conservation, publishing, and See also Sport Coaching on page 71. E: [email protected] in many modern industries such as With a mix of practical and theory, the www.canterbury.ac.nz/health government policy, law, and library science. Adventure Sport and Environment minor www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects appeals to students with an interest in adventure and exploring Aotearoa. Ancient Greek Study Ancient Greek at UC In this minor, risk-taking, skill-learning, and Study of the Ancient Greek language • Certificate in Languages (page 103) environmentally and culturally responsive uncovers the origins of many words and • Diploma in Languages (page 106) practices are examined through hands-on ideas in our modern English language, experiences and contemporary theories. The such as within democracy, theatre, rhetoric, Te Rāngai Toi Tangata | College of Arts Adventure Sport and Environment minor and psychology. It also offers insights to T: +64 3 369 3377 includes courses in Tramping (Backpacking), contemporary concepts and global issues. E: [email protected] www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts Rock Climbing, Paddlesports, and the Knowledge of the language offers a richer Analysis of Expeditioning. understanding of Ancient Greece and its There is an emphasis on Te Tiriti o history of western politics, architecture, Antarctic Studies Waitangi Treaty of Waitangi, and Aotearoa literature, and philosophy that have had New Zealand’s bicultural history, with study such a huge influence on the world today. Of all places in the world, none holds the fascination and awe of Antarctica. Not only based around the nature of contemporary Students will also find studying this subject is Antarctica the highest, coldest, and most realities of Māori society and culture of the especially useful for postgraduate studies isolated continent, but it is so vast it affects land eg, tikanga and kawa, and te reo Māori. in Classics. the world's climate and ocean currents. If This minor can lead to careers in the areas Why study Ancient Greek at UC? the ice sheets were to melt, as is currently of tourism or outdoor instruction, outdoor predicted in many climate models, the sea education teaching via the Graduate • UC’s Classics language courses enhances would rise up to 70 metres above current Diploma in Teaching and Learning, and understanding of all aspects of these levels. The Antarctic and surrounding Te ancient societies, ranging from literature offers a strong pathway into the Master of Moana-tāpokopoko-a-Tāwhaki Southern to politics, daily life to philosophy. Sport Science. Ocean support a unique and complex • Students read major texts of Greek epic system of life that survives in an Career opportunities poetry, drama, philosophy, and more extreme environment. under the guidance of staff actively Adventure sport opens up career researching in these fields. However, Antarctica has not always been opportunities nationally and internationally. the cold, isolated, polar continent it is You will gain transferable skills that will • Students have access to the Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities which today. In the past, it has experienced enable you to work in a range of jobs contains artefacts of direct relevance to warmer climates and was linked to other including: sports and recreation; community the literary world of the Greeks. continents, most notably as part of health; outdoor education teacher (via • Internationally regarded Classics staff Gondwana. The fragmentation of that the Graduate Diploma in Teaching and include recipients of prestigious visiting supercontinent shaped the southern Learning); education management; policy fellowships to Oxford and Cambridge continents as we know them today. and planning; local government; sport Universities, UC Teaching Awards, and Many of Aotearoa New Zealand's and the development; and coaching. internal and external research awards, Southern Hemisphere's unique plants and www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects such as a major Marsden grant for the animals had their origins in Gondwana. ground-breaking study of Greek drama. Study Adventure Sport and Classics staff and students regularly Why study Antarctic Studies at UC? present at conferences all over the world. Environment at UC • Antarctic Studies courses are coordinated • The Classical Association of Christchurch, by Gateway Antarctica, the Centre for Can study, but only as a minor which is run by the UC Classics Antarctic Studies and Research at Te • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) Department, hosts guest speakers Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University from all over the world at public lectures • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) of Canterbury. Gateway Antarctica plays and events. • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) a leading role in the quest for knowledge • The active study club Classoc offers peer in a diverse range of national and • Bachelor of Science (page 94) language support for beginners and a international Antarctic research projects, • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) variety of social and academic events. in areas including engineering in extreme • Bachelor of Youth and Community environments; Antarctica as driver Leadership (page 100) Career opportunities of, and responder to, climate change; connections between Antarctica and Graduates of Ancient Greek will find Aotearoa; and human influences themselves fundamental to a variety of in/on Antarctica. professions needing in-depth knowledge of

8 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) Career opportunities technology expands its possibilities, or how they both might imperil ourselves and our An in-depth knowledge of Antarctic planet? Anthropology addresses all these issues can form a useful part of many and more. careers in science, politics, tourism, education, and law. There are a large Anthropology takes a comparative number of people who visit the Antarctic approach, through time, and across space. every year, many of whom are scientists Anthropologists explore human sociality in specialising in areas such as geology, a distinctive way by immersing themselves glaciology, biology, astronomy, and in the realities of lived experience – environmental management. an approach to research known as ethnography. To make their day-to-day operations run smoothly, a range of staff are employed Why study Anthropology at UC? by national Antarctic programmes – from engineers to plant technicians, finance • The kind of Anthropology taught at personnel to communication managers. UC is known as social and cultural Anthropology. This branch of Having a degree and some background Anthropology intersects with other knowledge in Antarctic Studies will give you academic disciplines taught at UC such ‘Anthropology and a greater opportunity to visit and work in as Geography, History, Sociology, Political Human Services are Antarctica. It provides you with information Science and International Relations, on global systems that is becoming Māori and Pacific studies, Philosophy, subject areas which do not fundamentally important in many non- Cultural Studies, and Fine Arts. take things for granted - Antarctic jobs such as science technicians, IT specialists, and law or policymakers. Career opportunities they make you question The important role the polar regions play Anthropology offers insights into many how you view the world, as drivers of the world's climate will be a of the social issues and problems and made me realise that major consideration in many careers in the facing Aotearoa and the world today. coming years. Anthropologists therefore have an the “otherness” which is www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects important role to play in areas of public placed upon those who are policy, international relations, foreign dierent to yourself can Study Antarctic Studies at UC affairs, and human rights. For professional anthropologists, there are also be placed on you Can study, but cannot major or minor employment opportunities in research, by them.’ • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) museum work, and university teaching, as • Bachelor of Science (page 94) well as in certain sectors of local and central Olivia government (eg, where research skills are Te Kura Aronukurangi | School of Earth Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and needed) and in Māori organisations and Human Services and Environment non-governmental agencies dealing with Bachelor of Arts with Honours in T: +64 3 369 0655 issues such as third-world development. Human Services E: [email protected] www.canterbury.ac.nz/science/schools-and- Anthropology will provide you with skills departments/earth-and-environment and expertise that can be utilised in a wide variety of employment situations, especially where sensitivity to people, an Anthropology appreciation of cultural diversity, and an Anthropology is fundamentally concerned ability to grasp alternative ways of seeing with the human condition, and explores the world are required. this in relation to human evolution, history, Recent graduates have also gained work ecology, and social life in all its diversity. in journalism and other branches of the Traversing the social sciences, humanities, media, public relations, social work, adult and natural sciences, it helps us understand education, museums and libraries, tourism, where we came from, who we are, and international agencies, human resources, where we might be headed. resource management, Māori development Are you interested in the development of and iwi organisations, and in a variety of civilisation, the diversity of languages and government departments. cultures, or the ways we organise collective www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects life? Perhaps you are curious about love, war, religion, or belonging? Would you like to explore how we each make a living, how

www.canterbury.ac.nz 9 Study Anthropology at UC Te Kura Hanga Otinga | School of • Certificate in Arts (page 103)) Product Design The major and minor in Anthropology is T: +64 3 369 4271 or +64 3 369 4272 currently not open to new enrolments E: [email protected] at undergraduate level, however you can www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering /product-design still include Anthropology courses in your degree studies.

Te Kura Mātāpuna Tangata | School of Art History and Language, Social and Political Sciences Theory T: +64 3 369 3377 We are constantly surrounded by objects E: [email protected] www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- and images: these things have meanings, departments/anthropology and affect our experiences. Art History and Theory helps you to find messages encoded within the visual world, and to think about Applied Immersive the effects they have in and on society. In ‘UC oers a unique degree Game Design our courses, we study a range of artworks which balances creative and objects – including paintings, moving See also Product Design on page 63. images, crafts, and everyday things – and thinking with technical In the Applied Immersive Game Design these provide insights into a variety of skills and the ability to major, you will acquire knowledge and skills places, histories, and cultures. manage and market a in creative and technical design, as well The ‘visual literacy’ Art History and Theory as business expertise within the gaming courses promote is an extremely useful skill business. I enjoy the Game industry. You will have opportunities to – highly applicable to many other subjects Design lecturers, who do a design and develop games that meet end- of study, and to a range of different career user needs for entertainment, education, paths. Studying Art History and Theory great job of teaching rehabilitation, and industrial applications. also offers students the chance to develop content while making the Not only will you learn the theory of idea expertise in how to look at things in detail, generation, game structure, and interface and to get the most out of what can be seen. learning fun. The fully design, you will also gain practical kitted-out games room in experience in prototyping for a range of Why study Art History and Theory the Product Design game engines and platforms with an at UC? emphasis on virtual, augmented, and • At UC, we take a particularly broad view building is so cool.’ mixed reality. of Art History and Theory as a subject; this is reflected in the variety of objects Shay Career opportunities we look at and the ways we discuss them. We also consider the mechanics Studying towards a Bachelor of Product Design The electronic entertainment and in Applied Immersive Game Design of the art world, as practices such technology sector is one of the biggest as collecting, display, patronage, art earners worldwide, with the gaming education, art criticism, and community industry in particular growing at an engagement all affect how we exponential rate. understand art and objects. Aotearoa houses more start-up developers • Our courses reflect the lecturers' per capita than any other country in the specialisms, which include contemporary world. Companies benefit from graduates art, East Asian art, and European art and with ‘all-round’ skills — from technical material culture. All our lecturers cultivate aspects through to marketing and research interests that extend beyond customer support — and a user-centred Art History and Theory and connect to other disciplines, ideas, and fields such as approach to game and software design, literature, cultural studies, aesthetics, and for example in the areas of entertainment, the history and philosophy of science. industrial, retail, tourism, education, This interdisciplinary aspect is woven behavioural intervention, robotics, and into a number of Art History and Theory medical and rehabilitation. courses at UC. www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects

Study Applied Immersive Game Design at UC • Bachelor of Product Design (page 93)

10 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) Career opportunities Why study Astronomy at UC? Graduates from Art History and Theory • UC is the only university in Aotearoa to often go on to work in museums, galleries, offer the study of Astronomy at all levels. auction houses, educational institutions, • Our students study the cutting-edge libraries, and heritage conservation. science of astrophysics, learning about things like our Solar System; distant However, many seek careers beyond the planetary systems; the evolution of art and heritage world, and professional stars, from formation to their violent possibilities are diverse (for example, in deaths; pulsars and black holes; galaxy industries such as publishing, journalism, formation and evolution; and cosmology, information services, marketing, tourism, from the Big Bang to the ultimate future and more). of the Universe. Careers across a range of sectors offer ample • A UC Astronomy degree is based on opportunities for our graduates to draw on Physics, the ultimate problem-solving skillsets developed by studying Art History science. Our graduates are equipped and Theory, such as aesthetic awareness, to enter all sorts of fields, from Science attention to visual cues and sources, through to Engineering and Finance. developed analytical and research skills, and ‘I loved learning about strong verbal and written communication. Career opportunities how the universe works www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects Students majoring in Astronomy acquire a wide range of skills, from the use of – from the structure of the Study Art History and Theory at UC spectroscopic and photometric detector universe down to systems (and the analysis of the data • Certificate in Arts (page 103) obtained), through electronics and subatomic particles, • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) optics, to computer skills for analysis and recognising the patterns Can study, but only as a minor interpretation of data. This produces a and learning all the graduate who is well equipped to undertake • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) employment not only in astronomy, but in dierent theories for why • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) any number of fields that require practical these things are the way • Bachelor of Science (page 94) experience or that involve analysis of they are.’ • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) real data. • Bachelor of Youth and Community Studying Physics and Astronomy equips Leadership (page 100) graduates with skills in problem- Jade solving, abstract thinking, evaluating, Ngāti Raukawa Te Kura Kete Aronui | School of Humanities communicating, and decision making. Bachelor of Science in Astronomy and Creative Arts It develops high levels of curiosity, T: +64 3 369 3377 inventiveness, and mathematical and E: [email protected] computer competencies. www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- departments/art-history-and-theory Graduates may follow traditional paths and work either as scientists, technicians, research assistants, engineers, astronomers, Astronomy patent agents, technical authors, or Astronomy and astrophysics are concerned even managers at an observatory or in with the study of the nature and distribution an institute. However, many Astronomy of matter and radiation throughout all time graduates move into other fields, and space in the Universe. particularly computing and information technology, management, and science Astronomers have always been keen to communication or media work. With some harness the latest technological advances additional study, graduates can become in their quest for ever more precise and meteorologists, geophysicists, material revealing observations. As a consequence, technologists, or medical physicists. astronomy in recent years has been one of the most rapidly expanding of all physical www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects sciences and many exciting and unexpected discoveries continue to be made. Study Astronomy at UC • Certificate in Science (page 104) • Bachelor of Science (page 94)

www.canterbury.ac.nz 11 Can study, but only as a minor Career opportunities • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) Biochemists are key members of drug • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) development teams in the pharmaceuticals • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) industry. Many work in government • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) departments (eg, in medicines regulation), diagnostic departments in hospitals, and • Bachelor of Youth and Community in research institutes studying subjects as Leadership (page 100) diverse as crop protection Te Kura Matū | School of Physical and and nanotechnology. Chemical Sciences You could find interesting graduate jobs T: +64 3 369 3100 and career progression with food E: [email protected] and beverage producers, agricultural www.canterbury.ac.nz/science/schools-and- organisations, manufacturing and departments/phys-chem/astronomy processing companies, the biotechnology industry, health and beauty care Biochemistry organisations, or science publishers. ‘A genuine enjoyment of Graduates with Biochemistry in their Biochemistry brings together a number degrees are also well equipped to teach science and a curious of branches of science with a view to biology, chemistry, and other science understanding the chemistry of life. Such mind is essential. If you subjects in secondary schools. a unique and privileged position at the aren’t sure if a degree in interface of the traditional sciences makes www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects Biochemistry is right for for a dynamic and exciting discipline. you, there is plenty of It provides basic insight into biological Study Biochemistry at UC processes such as enzyme action, drug • Certificate in Science (page 104) flexibility in your first year action, genetic engineering, photosynthesis, • Bachelor of Science (page 94) in terms of degree and colour vision. Can study, but only as a minor planning so you can test Biochemistry is at the cutting edge of contemporary science, research, and • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) the waters. Don’t be afraid industry. Biochemical innovation is critical • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) of taking risks.’ in adding value to Aotearoa New Zealand's • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) agricultural production, advancing medicine, • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) and understanding the fundamentals of the Caleb biological world around us. • Bachelor of Youth and Community Studying towards a Bachelor of Science in Leadership (page 100) Biochemistry Some knowledge of Biochemistry is useful in many areas of Chemistry and for any Te Kura Matū | School of Physical and student studying Biological Sciences. Chemical Sciences T: +64 3 369 3100 Why study Biochemistry at UC? E: [email protected] www.canterbury.ac.nz/science/schools-and- • The Biochemistry Centre at UC is a joint departments/phys-chem/biochemistry venture of Te Kura Matū | School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, and Te Kura Pūtaiao Koiora | School of Biological Sciences, which brings together award- Bioinformatics winning teachers in a coordinated See also Data Science on page 24. Biochemistry programme. Bioinformatics combines computer science • Te Pokapū Taunekeneke Rāpoi Ngota with genomics to collect and analyse large, Biomolecular Interaction Centre is a complex sets of biological data. collaborative research centre with state- This field of data science uses DNA of-the-art equipment that features direct ties to other universities and to industrial computer modelling for use in gene editing, research organisations. disease diagnosis, cellular evolution and mutation, medicine development, and many other applications in modern science. The Bioinformatics major at UC will give you practical experience using data for real industry research outcomes, and exploring the ethical and cultural ownership, management, and application of big data.

12 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) Why study Bioinformatics at UC? Biological Sciences Out in the field • Practical learning in this major will see Teaching and research activities are Biology means the study of living things. you using state-of-the-art computer and greatly enhanced by access to field stations. molecular genetics labs, which includes Biologists investigate animals, plants, and Many undergraduate courses involve a the Canterbury Sequencing Facility and microbes in many different ways, and on a fieldwork component based at Cass in Kā Ancient DNA Laboratory. huge range of scales from molecules and Tiritiri-o-te-moana Southern Alps. Field trips • Many of our experts are carrying out cells to individual organisms, populations, allow students to apply techniques and breakthrough research in areas such and ecosystems. hypotheses they have learnt in lectures as breast cancer detection and stroke During the past few decades, the study of and to interact with staff in a more risk, and UC hosts research centres that biology has undergone rapid change and informal setting. specialise in bioinformatics for medical has had a significant impact on the way we and biotechnology projects, for example live. We are now able to produce antibiotics Career opportunities Te Pokapū Rangahau Koiora Pāngarau and vaccines, grow disease-resistant crops, Biomathematics Research Centre. Our graduates have gone on to positions transplant organs, and manipulate genes. as teachers, technicians, researchers, and • UC is ranked first in Aotearoa for research Biologists today are actively researching managers; and diverse other careers in in Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour (Te solutions to vital concerns such as Amorangi Mātauranga Matua | Tertiary agriculture, horticulture, veterinary and increasing world food supply, improving Education Commission 2018 PBRF medical science, freshwater and marine and protecting our environment, and assessment). fisheries, aquaculture, oceanography, conquering disease. entomology, soil biology, and food, Career opportunities We need to know how microorganisms, brewing, and pharmaceutical industries. plants, and animals work and how they A Bioinformatics degree gives you an Government agencies frequently target interact on land and in the sea and fresh understanding of genomics and molecular Biological Sciences graduates. Regular waters. Of increasing importance to us is biology, combined with professional, employers of our graduates include global climate change and how this affects interdisciplinary skills in statistics, computer Crown Research Institutes, government the living world. programming, and applying data to research ministries concerned with conservation, outcomes. the environment, agriculture, forestry and Why study Biological Sciences at UC? You will be prepared to work with current health, and regional and local councils. computational tools being used in the Our courses will help prepare you for a A Biological Sciences degree indicates you industry, and may go on to work with or career in biology, be it in biodiversity, have the ability to access, understand, even develop new emerging technologies in biosecurity, or biotechnology. Our lecturers analyse, and communicate complex the field. are all actively engaged in research on information. This is attractive to diverse and exciting topics. These range many employers. Our graduates will find their degree suited from those of practical and economic for drug and medicine development, importance to Aotearoa society, to those www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects agriculture, clinical health testing, forensics, probing the boundaries of fundamental, conservation and breeding programmes, interest-driven science. Study Biological Sciences at UC disease detection technologies, gene ethics • Certificate in Science (page 104) and research, software development, and Te Kura Pūtaiao Koiora | School of Biological • Bachelor of Science (page 94) any role that involves large amounts of raw Sciences has modern, well-equipped teaching and research laboratories with data processing. Can study, but only as a minor excellent technical support. The full suite www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects of molecular biology and biochemistry • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) equipment includes: • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) Study Bioinformatics at UC • a real-time polymerase chain reaction • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) machine (or DNA amplifier) • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) • an automatic DNA sequencer Te Kura Pāngarau | School of Mathematics • Bachelor of Youth and Community and Statistics • a confocal microscope Leadership (page 100) T: +64 3 369 2233 • tissue culture and image processing E: [email protected] facilities Te Kura Pūtaiao Koiora | School of Biological Sciences www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering/schools • controlled plant growth chambers /mathematics-statistics T: +64 3 369 5200 • an experimental garden and glasshouse E: [email protected] complex www.canterbury.ac.nz/science/schools-and- • an extensive computer network. departments/biological-sciences

www.canterbury.ac.nz 13 Study Business and Sustainability Business and at UC Sustainability Can study, but only as a minor Sustainability is about meeting the needs of today without adversely impacting the • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) needs of future generations. It involves • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) looking at the entire business process from • Bachelor of Science (page 94) manufacture to end user, whilst being • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) more efficient, using cleaner production • Bachelor of Youth and Community methods, and maximising resources and Leadership (page 100) minimising waste. For small businesses and large corporations, performance is no Department of Management, Marketing longer simply about economic profit – it and Entrepreneurship encompasses corporate social responsibility T: +64 3 369 3888 (CSR) activities that reflect society. E: [email protected] Firms recognise that customers are www.canterbury.ac.nz/study/subjects /business-and-sustainability choosing suppliers with environmental, ‘UC has a very good social, and cultural values and practices similar to their own. Organisations with Business Economics business programme that sustainability strategies not only save I could lean on and gain money but benefit from an improved Business Economics applies the tools image and reputation through their social and rigour of Economics to business the required skills to initiatives and corporate citizenship. situations. Students focus on a broad range break into a competitive of analytical and business skills, and take industry. My main focus Why study Business and Sustainability courses that apply economic reasoning and at UC? insight to problems in business or the non- of study at UC was profit sector. The focus is on managerial UC Business and Sustainability courses economics and informed decision making. Finance and Economics draw from various disciplines including and I apply the environmental economics, sustainable By incorporating valuable skills from tourism, operations and supply chain business disciplines in finance, accounting, foundations and core management, and corporate social or management, graduates with a major concepts learnt in these responsibility. Our expert lecturers focus on in Business Economics will enhance their modern notions of corporate performance work-readiness and ability to engage and topics in my job every day.’ (environmental, social, cultural), triple connect with the wider world. bottom line reporting, and understanding Alexander issues from ethical, global, and multicultural Why study Business Economics at UC? Bachelor of Commerce in Business Economics perspectives. • UC is the only Aotearoa university to offer and Finance a pathway that combines Economics with Business Finance Specialist, Vega Business Career opportunities at least one other commerce discipline in a formal major. This subject provides a background for any career which requires a detailed • The Business Economics major at UC combines knowledge of an academically understanding of sustainability and rigorous discipline with skills that strategic business decisions involving equip graduates to be work ready. For social accounting, corporate reporting, and example, the third-year capstone course stakeholder engagement. ECON 310 Economic Thinking for Business A minor in Business and Sustainability has a strong community engagement complements Commerce specialisations emphasis. It looks at the application of such as Accounting, Management, economics with regard to incentives, Operations and Supply Chain Management, opportunity cost, and constrained optimisation to actual business and real Strategy and Entrepreneurship, as well world problems. This sort of learning as any other discipline that involves ensures that graduates can demonstrate an organisation’s corporate social the use of skills that employers demand responsibility activities. and value. www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects • Students majoring in Business Economics can also take advantage of the Economics and Finance internship courses to further their work-ready skills in real businesses.

14 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) Career opportunities Chemical and Why study Chemical and Process Graduates in Business Economics are well Engineering at UC? prepared for employment in many areas Process Engineering • The Bachelor of Engineering with of government and business, where it is See also Engineering on page 28. Honours in Chemical and Process recognised that an economist's education A Chemical and Process Engineering degree Engineering offered by UC is fully is valuable training for a professional career, will train you to process raw materials into accredited by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) as well as Engineering as well as good preparation for marketable products that add value to the New Zealand. an executive, entrepreneurial, or world, in a way that directly correlates to administrative career. happiness, life-expectancy, and reducing • Class sizes of 60-70 and students emissions from economic output. from diverse backgrounds encourage The inclusion of a second business friendships and collaboration that will discipline gives breadth to a degree that You will tackle society’s greatest challenges: last the rest of your career. requires good analytical and problem- • converting natural resources to high- • UC is ranked in the top 300 universities in solving skills. value products the world for Chemical Engineering (QS Professional business economists are • supplying clean, safe drinking water World University Rankings by employed to conduct research and give • creating sustainable energy Subject, 2021). advice on economic matters in various • harnessing microbes to produce designer Career opportunities organisations such as government chemicals and pharmaceuticals ministries and state-owned enterprises • improving society’s health and wellbeing You will be able to find positions in areas of (eg, Treasury, Health, Social Development, renewable energy, biofuels, environmental • providing a sustainable food supply. Agriculture and Forestry, Foreign Affairs control, consulting, fermentation, waste and Trade). Graduates also find work in treatment, food production, biotechnology, Minors marketing organisations, Te Pūtea Matua pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, resource Reserve Bank, Tatauranga Aotearoa Bioprocess Engineering management, and manufacturing. Stats NZ, trading and merchant This minor prepares biologically-minded Our graduates are eligible for full banks, stockbroking, insurance, trade membership of both IChemE and commissions, local authorities, market engineers to meet industry demand for products such as medicines, vaccines, Engineering New Zealand after a period of research and other consultancies, and experience as a practising engineer. large businesses. beverages, vitamins, alternative fuels, and clean water. You will learn about harnessing www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects Those who are passionate about economics the natural power of bacteria and algae for and education can also go on to teaching creating new products and treating waste. Study Chemical and Process careers in schools or universities. Engineering at UC Energy Processing Technologies www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects • Bachelor of Engineering with Honours This minor prepares energy-focused (page 87) Study Business Economics at UC engineers to develop renewable and existing energy sources (such as hydrogen, Te Tari Pūhanga Tukanga Matū | Department Can study, but only as a major solar, wind, natural gas, and oil). of Chemical and Process Engineering • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) You will understand how natural resources T: +64 3 369 3784 www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering/schools/cape The major in Business Economics is not produce the power, fertilisers, and fuels currently open to new enrolments in 2021. that enable our society to function, and gain insight into electricity generation and Department of Management, Marketing storage, environmental issues, sustainable Chemical and Entrepreneurship engineering, and energy stewardship. Formulation Design T: +64 3 369 3888 See also Product Design on page 63. E: [email protected] Environmental Process Engineering www.canterbury.ac.nz/study/subjects Chemical, biological, pharmaceutical, food, This minor prepares environmentally- /business-economics nutraceutical, agricultural, and personal care minded engineers to meet society’s products need to be crafted in a sustainable growing commitment to improving way, using active ingredients, packaging the planet. material and labels that enable their practical You will learn about strategies, legal use, ensuring safety, efficacy, and quality. requirements, and appropriate mitigation For example, to create a moisturising skin and treatment methods for industrial lotion that would be an attractive product pollution control, sustainability measures, for the consumer, it would need to contain and cultural issues related to environmental moistening properties and other elements treatment technologies. We prepare you to create suitable viscosity, skin feel, and for designing, improving, and operating fragrance, and contain antimicrobial agents processes that treat contaminated water, to achieve the expected shelf life. You will air, and soil. explore innovative ways to better formulate

www.canterbury.ac.nz 15 these products, and to analyse existing Chemistry propels advances in modern • The majority of chemical research products and suggest improvements. society and has an important role to play in Aotearoa is done in universities, Crown Research Institutes, and private This subject, combined with others such in solving major global challenges such as laboratories. These institutions provide as Biochemistry, will help you understand energy sustainability, food supply, health, and the environment. Every day, we utilise chemical challenges equal to any in the total product design process — from the world. idea generation to commercialisation. products developed by experimental Other skills you will gain include practical chemists, such as plastics, fabrics, petrol, experience in product formulation and pharmaceuticals. Chemists are well trained in problem- prototyping, methods of analysis, solving and skilled at handling regulatory requirements, commercial Why study Chemistry at UC? information, which leads naturally into a production, testing, and process economics. • Te Kura Matū | School of Physical and diversity of job opportunities, including Chemical Sciences at UC carries out sales and management. Career opportunities research, teaching, and scholarship in all www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects of the traditional areas of the discipline – Graduates with this scientific background inorganic, organic, physical, theoretical, Study Chemistry at UC could pursue opportunities that lead to environmental, and analytical chemistry. a career in the personal care, agricultural, The School is also involved with the • Certificate in Science (page 104) pharmaceutical, and food industries. teaching of Biochemistry and provides • Bachelor of Science (page 94) service courses for engineers, biologists, Possible jobs are formulation scientist, Can study, but only as a minor quality manager, research and and foresters. • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) development chemist, laboratory • The School is equipped with excellent technician, product/marketing manager, facilities both in undergraduate • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) marketing analyst, portfolio analyst, laboratories and for research work. • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) Research activities include investigations business development manager, regulatory into such diverse topics as chemical • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) consultant, concept developer, and sales biology, synthesis, supramolecular • Bachelor of Youth and Community manager. Some qualified product designers chemistry, theoretical and computational Leadership (page 100) have chosen to start their own businesses chemistry, surface and electrochemistry, for new product lines that they developed trace elements in the environment, Te Kura Matū | School of Physical and during their studies. nanotechnology, and new materials. Chemical Sciences T: +64 3 369 3100 Study Chemical Formulation Design Career opportunities E: [email protected] at UC www.canterbury.ac.nz/science/schools-and- Aotearoa New Zealand's unique mix of departments/phys-chem/chemistry • Bachelor of Product Design (page 93) primary and secondary industries provides a wide choice of careers in chemistry. Te Kura Hanga Otinga | School of Expanding industries in Aotearoa, for Chinese Product Design example those related to new sources of T: +64 3 369 4271 or +64 3 369 4272 China is one of the world’s oldest energy and to the development of forestry E: [email protected] civilisations and is, in the 21st century, and dairy resources, are further increasing www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering the most heavily populated nation in the demand for qualified chemists. /product-design the world, with over 1.4 billion people. Aotearoa needs chemists in teaching, Mandarin Chinese is the most widely industry, health, and research. spoken first language in the world. For the Chemistry • Chemists are key members of last few years, China has been Aotearoa See also Medicinal Chemistry on page 54. developmental teams in the New Zealand's fastest growing market for Chemistry is the central science. It deals pharmaceutical industry. international visitors. with the composition, structure, and • Industry uses chemists in such areas By developing competency in the Chinese behaviour of the atoms and molecules that as research and development of language, students will gain insight and new products, monitoring product make up all forms of matter. Understanding access to Chinese culture. Understanding composition and quality, and the world at an atomic level is essential to the society and culture of this historic yet all areas of science. Chemistry interlinks environmental monitoring and regulation. modern nation is becoming increasingly and contributes to medicine, geology, important as China overtakes more • Hospitals and other health services materials science, molecular physics, traditional western nations in terms of biology, and astronomy. employ chemists in areas such as biochemical research, medical analysis, economic power, cultural relevance, and Its central role in science is emphasised and toxicology. international influence. by the fact that Chemistry merges • A degree in Chemistry is a good start to with Biological Sciences (the field of a teaching career with its emphasis on Why study Chinese at UC? biochemistry) at one extreme, and with laboratory work and its relevance to • The Chinese programme at UC provides Physics (physical chemistry and chemical other sciences. a wide range of courses in both the physics) at the other. language and the studies of Chinese

16 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) literature, thought, tradition, culture, and society. It is backed by a team of Cinema Studies staff specialising in language, literature, The cultural impact and influence of cinema philosophy, film, and culture. has been enormous. Film pervades many • The Chinese language courses at UC aspects of our daily lives and a critical aim to develop language competence awareness of its tools and techniques is in modern standard Chinese in both its essential for understanding contemporary spoken and written forms. culture and society. • The Confucius Institute at the University From its inception, cinema has been a of Canterbury (UCIC) is part of the global truly global phenomenon. It was the most CI network. CIUC is managed by the popular art form of the 20th century, and University of Canterbury, in collaboration continues to play an important role in the with Huazhong University of Science and Technology (China). It was the first such development of digital media. institute in Te Waipounamu South Island. Cinema Studies classes encourage students to view films critically and to reflect upon Career opportunities their own role as spectators and consumers Learning about influential languages and of cinematic images. ‘An Arts degree teaches cultures is advantageous for many careers around the world as graduates are increasingly Why study Cinema Studies at UC? you to use your required to be culturally competent, globally • Our courses reflect the global scope of film imagination, improve your aware, and ready to work internationally. history by covering a wide range of films and directors from the era of silent film grasp on language and Career opportunities for graduates in Chinese and the advent of sound (1896–1930s), the utilise a wide range of include teaching Chinese in Aotearoa heyday of Hollywood and international art schools, working in international trade, in cinema (1939–1980s), and the globalisation analytical and critical tourism and related industries, for Manatū of film and contemporary world cinema skills. It’s true that an Arts Aorere | Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, (1990s to the present). and other government departments. degree might not get you Recent UC graduates have become Career opportunities into one career but what’s interpreters/translators, TESOL teachers, A Cinema Studies graduate is ideally suited the fun in that? An Arts import/export brokers, secondary school for work in the creative and cultural sector, teachers, policy analysts, tourism marketing especially in the constantly evolving areas degree opens the door to officers, and travel agents. Others have gone of film and multimedia. The film industry so many diverse on to professions such as law, accounting, is not only limited to production but also engineering, and business in Aotearoa, encompasses screenwriting, exhibition, opportunities.’ China, and other Asian countries. promotion, preservation, programming, www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects and education. Imogen A critical knowledge of film culture is valued in Bachelor of Arts in English and Cinema Studies, with a minor in Media and Communication Study Chinese at UC festival programmers and organisers, curators, • Certificate in Arts (page 103) archivists, film historians, cultural planners, • Certificate in Languages (page 103) policymakers, and entrepreneurs. The visual and critical literacy skills acquired by a Cinema • Diploma in Languages (page 106) Studies graduate are also useful in the related • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) areas of television, interactive media (web design and video), advertising, and journalism. Can study, but only as a minor • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) Film is now offered as an integral part of secondary school education and specialised • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) teachers are in demand. • Bachelor of Science (page 94) www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) • Bachelor of Youth and Community Study Cinema Studies at UC Leadership (page 100) • Certificate in Arts (page 103) Te Kura Mātāpuna Tangata | School of • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) Language, Social and Political Sciences T: +64 3 369 3377 Can study, but only as a minor E: [email protected] • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) departments/chinese

www.canterbury.ac.nz 17 • Bachelor of Science (page 94) Minor in Water and water, geotechnical, transportation, fire, • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) Environmental Systems environmental, civil systems, • Bachelor of Youth and Community The world's current challenges are the and construction. Leadership (page 100) most complex ever faced: climate change, www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects ecosystem degradation, inequality, water Te Kura Kete Aronui | School of Humanities quality, food production, and public health. Study Civil Engineering at UC and Creative Arts To tackle these, we must take a unique • Bachelor of Engineering with Honours T: +64 3 369 3377 response that considers the system it's (page 87) E: [email protected] embedded in » understanding the link www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- between people, the built environment, and Te Tari Pūhanga Metarahi, Rawa Taiao departments/cinema-studies the natural environment. UC researchers are Department of Civil and Natural world leaders in many of these challenges. Resources Engineering A minor in water and environmental systems T: +64 3 369 3113 Civil Engineering www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering/schools/cnre See also Engineering on page 28. prepares you for this holistic thinking. Water and environmental engineers are the ones Civil engineers build cities and who integrate engineering, communities, communities. They tackle 21st century and the environment in a way that is ethical Classics challenges including sustainability, and effective. An understanding of the rich Classical past climate change, public health, resilience, gives students a keen lens through which and clean water. Why study Civil Engineering at UC? to view the modern world. Many issues confronting us now were experienced Civil engineers are: • UC is ranked 9th in the world for Civil in the ancient Mediterranean and • planners, designers, constructors, and Engineering (Academic Ranking of operators of the built environment World Universities, 2020), and in the top discussed with great insight by people of — the spaces where people live, and 100 universities in the world for Civil the time: questions of cultural identity; the infrastructure we depend on like and Structural Engineering (QS World abuses of political power and the rise of buildings, bridges, transportation, University Rankings by Subject, 2021). demagogues; the nature-nurture debate; drinking water and wastewater systems • World-class, high-tech laboratories the plight of refugees and asylum seekers; • kaitiaki (stewards of our natural on campus. the problematic nature of empire and environment) • Strong mentorship opportunities. colonialism; among others. • innovators and integrators of ideas, • Ability to build and compete in fun and The very words by which we know such people, and technology engaging programmes, such as the bridge important concepts as democracy, • managers of risk and uncertainty. competition within your second year. philosophy, theatre, rhetoric, and Civil engineers work in interdisciplinary • Close community of students psychology are Greek in origin, indicating teams and with communities, including and professors. that they are ancient Greek inventions. Likewise, the cultural legacy of Rome is mana whenua, to create cutting-edge and • The Bachelor of Engineering with creative approaches to solve complex and Honours in Civil Engineering is fully far-reaching, especially in architecture, large-scale challenges. accredited by Engineering New Zealand. administration, and law-making, in addition to its literature and art. Minors Career opportunities Study of pre-industrial cultures such as Civil engineers have extensive career ancient Greece and Rome affords many Minor in Structural Engineering opportunities, with a strong demand for insights into the lives and experiences of Bridges, buildings, skyscrapers, dams, and graduates in Aotearoa and around the world. indigenous peoples today. While differences towers are engineering structures that persist, important parallels in myths, Most new graduates are employed by improve our quality of life. New materials attitudes to warfare, and social structures consultants (who design and manage), and technologies allow us to design can also be recognised between ancient and contractors (who build and maintain), or exciting structures to resist both natural some contemporary indigenous cultures. central, regional, and local government and man-made hazards. (who develop policy and manage the Why study Classics at UC? The Ōtautahi Christchurch and Kaikōura infrastructure of countries, cities, and earthquakes demonstrated that there is still communities). These jobs often involve Breadth of learning much to learn to withstand these extreme flexible work, challenging problems, UC Classics teaches courses on: forces. UC researchers are world leaders and attractive salaries, along with many • the drama, poetry, and philosophy of in the design and assessment of steel, international opportunities in a diverse concrete, and timber buildings and bridges. writers like Homer, Euripides, Vergil, range of fields. and Plato (in both the original languages By taking this minor, you will learn state-of- Many civil engineers become experts in and translation) the-art approaches, and gain the expertise specialised fields to tackle the demand for • the artistic and architectural to work in Aotearoa and around the world climate-resilient infrastructure and support achievements of the Greeks and Romans in challenging and exciting large-scale a future global population of 10 billion including masterpieces such as the structural engineering projects. people. Expert areas include structural, Parthenon and Colosseum

18 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) • the world of politics, warfare, and Career opportunities government of leaders like Pericles, Julius Caesar, and the Roman emperors Classics students can conduct internships as part of their studies, for example • Ancient Greek and Latin languages on material from the Logie collection, • ancient sport, slavery, sex and gender, enhancing research skills and developing daily life, and ancient views of art. skills central to areas in museums, The Logie Collection and the Arts Centre curatorship studies, and arts management. The UC Classics Department hosts the The successful study of Classics cultivates James Logie Memorial Collection of Greek highly desirable skills employers want and Roman artworks – one of the finest in the 21st century: critical and rigorous collections of antiquities in the Southern thinking, evaluating evidence, constructing Hemisphere – located in the Teece Museum arguments, reasoning, analysis, and a well- of Classical Antiquities in the Arts Centre. formed awareness of others’ viewpoints The collection spans more than 2,500 and cultural identity. years from about 2,000 BCE, and includes Many students who have majored in hundreds of artefacts from Bronze Age Classics have gone into teaching and cultures onwards. academic careers, while others have ‘The Bachelor of Students studying most courses in branched off into other professions such Communication is a broad Classics will have an opportunity to work as art conservation, museum curatorship, approach to bettering with many high-quality artefacts ‘up close’, music, law, administration, public policy, including research projects based on items library science, and business. Manatū communications skills, from the collection. Aorere | Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of while also incorporating The Classics Department is located in Te Internal Affairs, and Kaitohutohu Kaupapa courses that distinctly Matatiki Toi Ora | Arts Centre. This location Rawa | Treasury are always on the lookout focus on a student’s area of amid 19th century neo-Gothic buildings is for good graduates in Classics. right in the heart of town, close to Hagley interest. The courses Park, the Canterbury Museum, and Art www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects Gallery, as well as numerous cafés, bars, and within the BC provide me shops, making for an enriched experience Study Classics at UC with an ideal learning of student life. The Centre provides a • Certificate in Arts (page 103) environment where social hub for students combined with top • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) research facilities and resources. my learning can be Can study, but only as a minor assessed as well as The UC Classics community • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) UC and Ōtautahi Christchurch enjoy a • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) meaningfully applied.’ rich Classical-oriented community. • Bachelor of Science (page 94) This features: Spencer • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) • Internationally regarded Classics staff Studying towards a Bachelor of Laws include recipients of prestigious visiting • Bachelor of Youth and Community and a Bachelor of Communication in fellowships to Oxford and Cambridge Leadership (page 100) Communication Strategy and Practice Universities, UC Teaching Awards, and English Tutor, NumberWorks‘nWords internal and external research awards Te Kura Kete Aronui | School of Humanities such as a major Marsden grant for the and Creative Arts ground-breaking study of Greek drama. T: +64 3 369 3377 Classics staff and students regularly E: [email protected] present at conferences all over the world. www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- departments/classics • Classoc, the student club, organises social and academic events like toga night, the annual quiz night, and meet- and-greets with Classics staff and students. Classoc also offers Latin and Greek support for beginners. • The Classical Association of Christchurch hosts guest speakers from all over the world at public lectures and events.

www.canterbury.ac.nz 19 Career opportunities economics, science, health, and technology; Communication advertising a product; explaining corporate Communication graduates who emerge See also Media and Communication on page 51. goals; assessing risk and reputational with critical thinking and analysis skills Communication is the core of how society communication for an organisation; in new and emerging media will be in functions, from the sharing of information and creating material for media such as demand by the industry. Those who are and ideas, to bringing people together as websites, apps, and brochures. knowledgeable in bicultural contexts, can audiences or as the public, to advocating for engage with wider communities, and use The Bachelor of Communication is an change in society. As part of the Bachelor data are also highly valued. applied skills degree where students of Communication (BC), this subject do real-world projects to develop their In Aotearoa, graduates with extensive will explore how communication can be communications skills, and learn through a experience in biculturalism, project used in public, corporate, and creative variety of media technologies. communication projects. management, and corporate communication will be well suited to You will study how communication is Career opportunities roles in business management and produced in a variety of creative media, strategy. Global employers also constantly With real-world experiences in a variety of business, and social climates, and have seek graduates with skills as public strategic communication fields, graduates many opportunities to create your own communicators who can also engage with will be well-suited to a wide range of projects. This subject will give you an wider communities. roles where strong communicators are insight into communication as core to needed in both public-facing and internal Graduates are employed as culture, politics and business, and as a situations. Graduates will be particularly communications advisors and managers, catalyst for social change. suited to business management and journalists, content writers, digital marketing, advertising, non-profits, Subjects marketing executives, publishers and start-ups, government, and client-focused • Communication Strategy and Practice editors, business development executives, organisations. (page 20) and account managers. Their skills in written communications, • Journalism (page 47) www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects public conferences, marketing imagery and • Political Communication (page 61) Study Communication at UC video, social media, and editing can lead • Tauwhitinga Māori: Māori to work as consultants, advisors, internal Communication Strategy and Practice • Bachelor of Communication (page 83) business communicators, stakeholder (page 74) engagement coordinators, project or Te Kura Mātāpuna Tangata | School of events managers, technical writers, editors, Why study Communication at UC? Language, Social and Political Sciences T: +64 3 369 3377 publishers, content creators, and within • UC is known for its teaching experts in E: [email protected] customer service. Media and Communication, and our www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- academic staff have actively researched www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects departments/media-and-communication and participated in the communication field in Aotearoa New Zealand, in Study Communication Strategy and areas of journalism, social change and Practice at UC activism, crisis communication, health Communication • Bachelor of Communication (page 83) communication practice, Pacific and Strategy and Practice alternative media, and critical analysis of See also Communication on page 20. Te Kura Mātāpuna Tangata | School of media in Aotearoa. Language, Social and Political Sciences • The Bachelor of Communication Media and communication have a powerful T: +64 3 369 3377 is the only degree in Aotearoa that impact on business reputation, consumer E: [email protected] offers a major specialisation in Māori behaviour, and social action. Without www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- communication strategy. professional communicators to devise departments/media-and-communication • Students will have opportunities to add communication strategies and manage practical components to their degree relationships, organisations are weaker through internships, industry projects, and vulnerable. Accessible, appealing, and Computational and community campaigns with local well-planned communication are at the organisations and media. heart of effective business, government, Linguistics See also Data Science on page 24. • With links to international partners and community. Studies in Computational Linguistics at in journalism and media studies, and Students in the Communication Strategy UC will give you applied skills in computer a close relationship with our partner and Practice major will learn how to modelling language, speech processing, universities, UC is able to offer seminars produce content for a range of platforms, and guest lectures from global experts psycholinguistics, and machine learning for how to plan and manage campaigns, and each semester. Recent fellows came from use in language technologies. how to evaluate risks. They will learn how Cardiff University, George Washington Computational Linguistics has a wide University, University of Florida, to communicate complex information range of applications in industry – from University of Helsinki, and the Danish to the wider public community, for School of Media and Journalism. example translating data or research in analysing public opinion on social media

20 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) platforms, to creating speech-recognition Computer Why study Computer Engineering at UC? interactions with smart systems, to • The Bachelor of Engineering with developing multi-translation tools. Engineering Honours in Computer Engineering brings More research and practical knowledge is Computers are at the heart of most together the learning of circuit theory needed in this field as language becomes modern products, transforming them and digital electronics from the Electrical increasingly digitised, and human-machine into devices capable of sensing, making and Electronic Engineering degree, and interactions continue to evolve. intelligent decisions, and taking computer programming, systems, and collaborative actions. The Bachelor of networking covered in the Computer Science degree. This provides students Why study Computational Linguistics Engineering with Honours in Computer with the knowledge and expertise to at UC? Engineering brings together elements of create the next era of reliable smart • Practical learning in this major will see electronics and software, giving you the electronic embedded devices. knowledge and expertise to create the next you using state-of-the-art computer • UC has world-class engineering and software labs, human-computer era of powerful smart electronic devices. facilities including a futuristic interaction spaces and equipment, and This will involve building technical augmented reality lab. an on-campus speech-language knowledge on sensors, controllers, research clinic. • Te Rāngai Pūkaha | College of Engineering processors and machine intelligence, has specially-designed computer • UC hosts a range of research centres with and creativity, with a strong emphasis on laboratories and software, as well as a studies on computational linguistics, application-specific design to solve specialist Te Puna Pūkaha me te Pūtaiao such as Te Kāhui Roro Reo | New Zealand real-world problems. Engineering and Physical Sciences library. Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour, Hangarau Tangata, Tangata Portable electronics, autonomous robotics, Hangarau | Human Interface Technology biomedical devices, household electronics, Career opportunities Lab NZ (HIT Lab NZ), and Human telecommunications, manufacturing and With approximately 50% of the ICT Computer Interaction and Multimedia infrastructure, and high-performance industry in Aotearoa located in the Waitaha Lab (HCI Lab). supercomputers are all associated with Canterbury region, Ōtautahi Christchurch • UC is ranked in the top 100 universities Computer Engineering. is the ideal location for such a programme, in the world for Linguistics (QS World offering abundant opportunities for work University Rankings by Subject, 2021). Minor in Communications and experience and excellent employment Network Engineering opportunities for graduates. Career opportunities If you have an interest in the Internet, There are plenty of exciting job This major will prepare you to work and specifically in the "Internet of opportunities locally, nationally, and on the forefront of new and Things", the design and deployment internationally for computer engineers, emerging technologies. of computer networks, and in a wide as they are in high demand. Many find Programming and psycholinguistic range of communications, the minor in employment with companies that create knowledge could lead you into intensive Communications and Network Engineering devices with embedded systems such as research fields, or into technology would be a good choice to complement Tait Electronics, Allied Telesis, Fisher & development in areas such as speech your Computer Engineering degree. Paykel, Dynamic Controls, and Trimble. recognition, accessibility tools, text-to- Aotearoa has a large number of Internet www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects speech, live interpreting, translation, service providers, communication and assistive devices, speech/language therapy, network equipment manufacturers, and Study Computer Engineering at UC social media or web analysis, artificial infrastructure providers — spanning both • Bachelor of Engineering with Honours intelligence, conversational agents, and major exporters and smaller companies, (page 87) many other forms of machine learning. a number of which are based in Ōtautahi www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects Christchurch. Currently, there is a need Te Tari Pūhanga Hangarau | Department of to increase the number of graduates Electrical and Computer Engineering Study Computational Linguistics at UC with skills in both Computer and T: +64 3 369 3366 or +64 3 369 4419 www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering/schools/ece • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) Network Engineering to fulfil these roles. Employment opportunities for graduates Te Kura Pāngarau | School of Mathematics in this field are extensive, especially in the and Statistics overseas marketplace. T: +64 3 369 2233 E: [email protected] www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering/schools /mathematics-statistics

www.canterbury.ac.nz 21 Computer Science Career opportunities When people think of Computer Science There is a strong demand for graduates they often just think of programming or who are qualified in Computer Science, coding, but there are many more aspects particularly those who combine technical to the field, including human-computer skills with good communication skills and interaction, communication and networks, teamwork ability. Waitaha Canterbury's software design, computer security, leading-edge IT sector is facing a shortage of machine learning, computer graphics, qualified graduates, meaning that Computer operating systems, educational systems, Science graduates are in high demand. artificial intelligence, and systems ("small Many employment opportunities exist with computers" embedded into everyday organisations that run large computer- devices such as mobile phones, cars or based systems, such as finance companies, home appliances). All of these areas are airline industries, government departments, experiencing rapid growth both in Aotearoa state-owned enterprises, consulting and internationally, and there is a strong companies, and computer organisations demand for Computer Science graduates. themselves. Work with these organisations ‘Computer Science is Computer Science is about helping often involves international travel challenging but I like people work efficiently and effectively by opportunities. Many of our students start analysing their needs and constructing up their own software companies, and end that we learn how to appropriate solutions. It goes way beyond up being employers rather than employees. tackle dierent problems. programming, as it is about knowing Many employment opportunities exist with I get to learn new skills how to design software systems that are organisations that run large computer- fast, usable, reliable, secure, and scalable. based systems, such as finance companies, like programming in Computer Science is also concerned about airline industries, government departments, dierent languages. making a positive impact on society and state-owned enterprises, consulting our environment. companies, and computer organisations With my degree, Computer Science students learn themselves. Work with these organisations techniques to tackle challenges in diverse often involves international travel I wish to go into a career domains such as agriculture, health, opportunities. Many of our students start that relates to human- avionics, finance, or education. up their own software companies, and end computer interaction or up being employers rather than employees. Why study Computer Science at UC? www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects artificial intelligence.’ • UC is located in Waitaha Canterbury – the 'Silicon Plains' of Aotearoa, where there Study Computer Science at UC Kelly are dozens of large, hi-tech companies • Certificate in Commerce (page 103) Studying towards a Bachelor of Science in employing UC graduates. Further afield, • Certificate in Science (page 104) Computer Science and Psychology our graduates are in demand overseas and many come up with an idea for a • Bachelor of Science (page 94) product while studying, going on to Can study, but only as a minor become business owners and employers themselves. • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) • UC is acknowledged as a leader in • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) Computer Science education in Aotearoa. • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) It is the home of the award-winning • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) Computer Science Unplugged project and the internationally recognised Intelligent • Bachelor of Youth and Community Computer Tutoring group. Several Leadership (page 100) members of staff have awards for their work as computer science educators. Te Tari Pūhanga Pūmanawa Rorohiko Department of Computer Science and • We have a vibrant student community Software Engineering that encourages meeting up with T: +64 3 369 2777 like-minded students through clubs, E: [email protected] including CompSoc and Women in www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering/schools/csse Technology clubs. There is a good interface with industry, including an annual careers fair where students meet a host of employers.

22 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) Criminal Justice Career opportunities Criminal Justice looks at the criminal justice You will find a degree in Criminal Justice process and the treatment of offenders will prepare you for careers in all aspects of and victims. It is a multi-disciplinary field criminal justice, in particular, roles within of study which seeks to draw together Ngā Pirihimana O Aotearoa | New Zealand elements of many areas, including: Police, Tāhū o te Ture | Ministry of Justice, • policing and Ara Poutama Aotearoa | Department • developmental and behavioural of Corrections. psychology Your Criminal Justice degree is also likely • criminal law and procedure to be applicable to working in many • sentencing and the treatment of governmental areas, including prisons, convicted offenders. probation and parole, in criminal justice policy, forensics, customs, or public and Criminology, which forms a subset of topics private investigation and security. within Criminal Justice, primarily focuses on the theory and sociology of crime and www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects is often less concerned with practical issues. The Bachelor of Criminal Justice Study Criminal Justice at UC ‘I enjoy discussing the (BCJ), however, builds on academic theories • Certificate in Criminal Justice (page 103) power of cultures, and of crime, its causes, and the research that • Bachelor of Criminal Justice (page 84) thinking about the underpins those theories, before going on to assess the criminal justice process itself; Te Kura Ture | UC School of Law spectrum of intersectional the law, policies, and institutions that make T: +64 3 369 0406 influences that mould us up this system. E: [email protected] www.canterbury.ac.nz/law as individuals. At honours Why study Criminal Justice at UC? level, you begin to discover • The three-year Bachelor of Criminal more complicated theories Justice degree is the first qualification Cultural Studies of its kind in the country, and so the In Cultural Studies, ‘culture’ is understood that assist you to focus on opportunities presented to students very broadly, but with a strong emphasis one particular subject are unique and help give graduates an on local everyday life. Cultural Studies does edge in the Aotearoa crime and justice not follow traditional distinctions between for master’s.’ sectors, as well as in an area of growing ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture; for example, a Lorde international popularity. music video becomes a significant cultural Siobhan • The innovative degree programme draws text alongside a classical opera. Waikato Tainui on UC’s internationally recognised Cultural Studies analyses many popular Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Cultural Studies expertise in Sociology, Criminal Law, cultural forms: film and television, comics Kaiāwhina, UC Māori Development Team Human Services, and Psychology. Director, Smooshie NZ and graphic novels, advertising, art, new • UC enjoys close links with employers in the media, music, fashion, sport, and leisure to crime and justice fields and has received name just a few. These domains are shown enthusiastic support from Ngā Pirihimana O Aotearoa | New Zealand Police, Tāhū o te to be extremely powerful political forces in Ture | Ministry of Justice, and Ara Poutama shaping our societies and our identities. Aotearoa | Department of Corrections. The contemporary theories of culture Teachers and tutors will challenge you to view it as something dynamic, living, and interpret legislation, examine what works changeable. This leads to questions of well with current policies, and identify how culture is produced; how we interpret opportunities for reform. culture; how culture can be preserved • Due to the vocational nature of the or destroyed; and how new commodity degree, there is the potential to study models, communications and information while employed in the area to increase technology, and globalisation affect professional competencies. our culture. • An active student club, CRIMSOC, dedicated to all things criminal justice.

www.canterbury.ac.nz 23 Why study Cultural Studies at UC? Career opportunities Te Kura Kete Aronui | School of Humanities The Cultural Studies programme at UC is and Creative Arts Graduates of Data Science will find their the only such interdisciplinary programme T: +64 3 369 3377 knowledge is in high demand, as there is a in Aotearoa. More than ten departments E: [email protected] global shortage of expertise to support the across Te Rāngai Toi Tangata | College of www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- steady growth in data collection Arts teach into this subject, giving students departments/cultural-studies and digitisation. exposure to different perspectives and You can find employment in business and theories, and the opportunity to study a Data Science technology sectors as a data scientist, range of contemporary cultural domains data advisor, data/analytics consultant, and texts. Our aim is not to simplify culture Data is used by organisations of all sizes to and insight analyst. With this degree, or try to unify it, but rather to embrace make better decisions. In this degree, you you will build a background in project its complexity. will learn how to analyse and interpret implementation, research, critical analysis, The programme specialises in four data to inform decision-making and problem-solving, and communication skills pathways of study: forecast trends. in discussing and explaining data findings, • gender and sexuality You will learn the importance of data all of which are useful skills in a number security, ethics, and strategy. You will • Aotearoa New Zealand studies of careers. learn skills in programming, mathematics, www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects • popular and visual culture and statistics from experts in biology, • human-animal studies. computing, geography, linguistics, and Study Data Science at UC However students may choose not to many other fields. As a result, you will be • Certificate in Science (page 104) specialise and opt for a more diverse able to contribute your diverse skillset programme of study. across many cross-disciplinary fields. • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) With such a wide range of industry Te Kura Pāngarau | School of Mathematics Career opportunities applications and career opportunities, Data and Statistics You can construct a degree that is Science has been identified as one of the T: +64 3 369 2233 quite generalised (perhaps suited for a most essential and employable skills of the E: [email protected] teaching career) or relatively specialised 21st century. www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering/schools (eg, film and media; sexuality and gender; /mathematics-statistics Majors places, spaces, and technologies; bicultural studies; cultural identity and • Bioinformatics (page 12) politics; environmentalism; and human- • Computational Linguistics (page 20) Digital Humanities animal studies). • Data Science Digital Humanities (DIGI), enables Cultural Studies leads to careers in • Population Health Data Science (page 62) students to develop knowledge of digital technologies, and their role in society fields where a wide analytic grasp of • Spatial Data Science (page 70) contemporary culture is required eg, the and culture. media industries, journalism, publishing, Why study Data Science at UC? Students will learn to apply digital tools and methods in their studies, while writing, website design, advertising, • A number of research centres at UC museology, public relations, teaching and utilise data science, including Toi understanding the possibilities and education, advocacy, policy analysis, and Hangarau | Geospatial Research Institute, limitations of the digital world and arts management. Hangarau Tangata, Tangata Hangarau our knowledge economy (including Because of the breadth and flexibility of a HIT Lab NZ, Te Pokapū Rangahau Ahokore ethical issues related to information graduate's understanding of culture, they are Wireless Research Centre, Te Kāhui Roro technology). Using digital tools in the Reo | NZ Institute of Language, Brain also able to move among such fields easily. study of humanities and social science and Behaviour, and Te Pokapū Aronui prepares students to think critically about www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects ā-Matihiko | UC Arts Digital Lab. technology in society broadly, and offers • Project work in your final year will essential skills for success in today’s Study Cultural Studies at UC give you real world experience in digital workplace. • Certificate in Arts (page 103) applying data science to create • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) workplace solutions. Why study Digital Humanities at UC? • Ōtautahi Christchurch is home to a • UC is the only Aotearoa university where Can study, but only as a minor number of computing technology and you can specialise in the rapidly growing • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) innovation industries, with many start- area of Digital Humanities. As well as up companies searching for skilled • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) the DIGI minor, we offer honours and graduates from UC. • Bachelor of Science (page 94) postgraduate certificate programmes, and supervise internships with a • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) digital focus. • Bachelor of Youth and Community Leadership (page 100)

24 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) • A key part of the DIGI programme is Te Pokapū Aronui ā-Matihiko | UC Arts Te Kura Kete Aronui | School of Humanities Digital Lab, where our specialist team and Creative Arts offer support for digital projects, skills T: +64 3 369 3377 training, and placements for summer E: [email protected] scholars and internship students. The www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- Arts Digital Lab has developed many departments/digital-humanities successful projects, most notably the UC CEISMIC Canterbury Earthquake Digital Archive. Early Childhood • The Digital Humanities programme is co- Teacher Education taught by staff from Digital Humanities, See also Teacher Education on page 76. Computer Science, Hangarau Tangata, Tangata Hangarau | HIT Lab NZ, and a Working in early childhood education will variety of specialty subjects in Te Rāngai offer you a challenging and rewarding Toi Tangata | College of Arts, and includes career. You will enhance the lives of tutorials with interactive technologies infants, toddlers, and young children, by such as robotics and 3D printing. working with and alongside whānau and community. The early years of a child’s ‘I loved the noho marae Career opportunities life have a critical impact on their lifelong and the professional UC Digital Humanities students have the development; high-quality learning opportunity to engage in work-integrated experiences within those years lay the placements, and the experiences throughout their studies, foundations for all later learning. lecturers are friendly, where they learn how to scope and manage Now is a particularly good time to get into helpful, and supportive. a project, collaborate in teams, manage early childhood teaching as there are many stakeholders, and communicate effectively; scholarships for students enrolling in Early Many of the courses were all attributes that are highly valued in Childhood Teacher Education programmes. knowledge workers. www.teachnz.govt.nz enjoyable and provided Graduates with digital practice experience rich learnings. Child have a blend of transferable and 21st Career opportunities Development in first year century applied skills, making them well Working in early childhood places you suited to work in all new media and digital in the middle of the fun, challenging, was incredible, I learned industries, but especially ones requiring a and ultra-important world of caring for so much from that course.’ blend of analytical and technical aptitude. infants, toddlers, and children. This is an Graduates can find work in research, interactive and collaborative profession Lauren relationship management, business where teamwork is highly valued, which can Ngāi Tahu analysis within the creative and cultural enhance your job satisfaction too. Bachelor of Teaching and Learning heritage sector, digital archiving, project Early childhood teachers who graduate (Early Childhood) management, and the mainstream (non- from UC are highly respected and find roles Early Childhood Teacher, Amberley Community Preschool and Prep School digital) creative and cultural heritage in early learning centres, childcare centres sectors. You will be particularly suited (public and private), kindergartens, kōhanga to policy analyst positions related to reo, hospitals, and government agencies. technology and culture, and any position Our graduates leave with first-rate teaching that requires communication across skills that have been tried and tested technical and non-technical teams. in various settings while on placement www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects throughout their studies. The applied knowledge of different teaching strategies, Study Digital Humanities at UC learning styles, and knowledge of Te • Certificate in Arts (page 103) Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, prepares skilled graduates who will succeed Can study, but only as a minor in facilitating the development and learning • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) of infants, toddlers, and young children in • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) their vital years. • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects • Bachelor of Science (page 94) • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) • Bachelor of Youth and Community Leadership (page 100)

www.canterbury.ac.nz 25 Study Early Childhood Teaching at UC • UC is ranked in the top 250 universities in the world for Economics and • Bachelor of Teaching and Learning (Early Econometrics (QS World University Childhood) (page 98) Rankings by Subject, 2021). • Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning (Early Childhood) Career opportunities Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of Graduates in Economics find employment Education, Health and Human Development in many areas of government and business, T: +64 3 369 3333 where it is recognised that an economist's E: [email protected] education provides valuable specialist www.canterbury.ac.nz/education training for a professional career as well as good general preparation and background for an executive, entrepreneurial, or Economics administrative career. Economics is the study of how people The increasingly large volume of behave; every day, people and society are information available to decision makers confronted by choices. Should you go to has created a demand for people with well- ‘I have always found university or start a career? What should developed quantitative analysis skills, such economics interesting you do with your next dollar? Should the as those developed in econometrics. government raise the minimum wage, or Professional economists are employed because you look at how not? How do we address the big issues in to conduct research and give advice on people react to changes, the world, such as poverty and economic matters in various organisations climate change? and in economics they such as government ministries and make it very clear how the Choices involve trade-offs where we state-owned enterprises (eg, Kaitohutohu are choosing between two things. The Kaupapa Rawa | Treasury, Manatū Hauora average consumer will outcomes of choices have both costs and Health, Te Manatū Whakahiato Ora react to a certain change. benefits to consider. Economics is the study Social Development, Manatū Ahu Matua of how people and societies make such Primary Industries, and Manatū Aorere It’s cool when you start to decisions in the production, exchange, Foreign Affairs and Trade). Graduates also distribution, and consumption of goods find work in marketing organisations, Te understand the underlying and services. Pūtea Matua | Reserve Bank, Tatauranga causes of what is currently Aotearoa | Stats NZ, trading and merchant Why study Economics at UC? banks, stockbroking, insurance, trade happening in the world • At UC, students can specialise in commissions, local authorities, market around us.’ Economics or study it alongside other research and other consultancies, and disciplines. As an Economics major large businesses. can be studied as part of an Arts, George Commerce, or Science degree, you can Those who are passionate about economics Bachelor of Commerce in Economics and Finance decide which combination suits your and education can also go on to teaching personal strengths and interests best. careers in schools or universities. Common combinations include studying www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects Economics with Finance, Political Science and International Relations, Psychology, Study Economics at UC and Mathematics. • Certificate in Arts (page 103) • There is a 'compact study route' available, which is a pathway for students looking • Certificate in Commerce (page 103) to combine Economics with another • Certificate in Science (page 104) major or another degree but who have • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) little interest in postgraduate study in the subject. Visit the Department of • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) Economics and Finance website for more • Bachelor of Science (page 94) information on this route. Can study, but only as a minor • The Department of Economics and Finance operates a consultancy project • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) and internship programme where • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) students have the opportunity to gain • Bachelor of Youth and Community real world experience that enhances Leadership (page 100) the valuable work-ready skills that an Economics degree provides.

26 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) Study Ecosystem Health and • Social and Cultural Studies in Education: Department of Economics and Finance Biosecurity at UC examine the broader social context in which T: +64 3 369 3888 educational systems operate, looking at • Bachelor of Environmental Science with E: [email protected] factors such as history, politics, social class, Honours (page 87) www.canterbury.ac.nz/study/subjects/economics ethnicity, gender, disability, and inequality, and their impact on education. Te Kura Aronukurangi | School of Earth Ecosystem Health and Environment Career opportunities T: +64 3 369 0655 and Biosecurity Bachelor of Arts graduates with a major E: [email protected] See also Environmental Science on page 32. www.canterbury.ac.nz/science/schools-and- in Education have many and varied career Major studies in Ecosystem Health and departments/earth-and-environment opportunities available to them including Biosecurity investigates the impact of work in government (particularly in policy), change and human activity on the natural the education sector (public and private), processes of our ecosystems; a complex Education commercial enterprises, social service network of living organisms interacting See also Teacher Education on page 76. agencies, health and rehabilitation, museums, counselling, and voluntary organisations. with the physical environment. Learning is something that we do every day, Disturbances to our natural resources, and it can be in applied in settings ranging A major in Education can open the door such as air quality, food pollination and from classrooms to the workplace to sport to postgraduate research in Counselling, production, soil nutrients, and clean and gaming. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Health Sciences, Child and Family Psychology, and water in turn affects the health of other Students gain a thorough understanding to Teacher Education programmes. connected ecosystems, including our own of human development across the whole mental and physical wellbeing. lifespan and of teaching and learning www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects This programme allows you to learn about processes. A breadth of study takes the interconnection of the natural world and you from discussion on sociological Study Education at UC methods to manage and sustain these, with perspectives and social justice issues in • Certificate in Arts (page 103) opportunities to get out into the field and education to the exploration of inclusive • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) work directly with affected communities. education, adult learning, adolescent wellbeing, and more. Can study, but only as a minor Why study Ecosystem Health and If you wish to study to become a • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) Biosecurity at UC? registered teacher, check out our Teacher • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) • Course choices throughout the programme Education qualifications. • Bachelor of Health Sciences (page 90) allow you to specialise in a particular area • Bachelor of Science (page 94) of ecology; from marine biology or forestry Why study Education at UC? through to climate change or evolution. • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) UC is ranked in the top 250 universities in • Many of UC’s research centres, such as • Bachelor of Youth and Community Te Taiwhenua o te Hauora | GeoHealth the world for Education and Training (QS Leadership (page 100) Laboratory, Toi Hangarau | Geospatial World University Rankings by Subject, 2021). Research Institute, and Centre for Our intellectually challenging courses are Te Rōpū Takawaenga | UC Liaison Integrative Ecology specialise in designed to introduce students to in-depth, T: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) ecological health projects for industry. discipline-based knowledge of the social E: [email protected] world as it applies to education. There are www.canterbury.ac.nz/education Career opportunities three broad streams of educational study We rely heavily on the natural world offered at UC: providing for our survival, health, and • Learning: using the findings of economic wellbeing. The dynamic nature of behavioural science, cognitive science, our ecosystems demonstrates that we need and new research into how the brain professionals with expertise on how these works, you will address questions such function, and in finding tangible solutions as how we learn, and what the necessary to maintain their health and integrity. conditions for learning are. You will find your knowledge suited to a • Child and Adolescent Development and variety of areas: law and policy, conservation Health: explore the theory, concepts, and processes of infant, child, and adolescent and restoration efforts, resource management, development within multiple contexts. urban and civil planning, pest control and It also considers the impact of health on biosecurity, business sustainability, ongoing children and adolescents. research, and in consultancies, advisories, and public education to help inform communities of better practices. www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects

www.canterbury.ac.nz 27 Electrical and Career opportunities Engineering Electronic UC Electrical and Electronic Engineering Engineering is a challenging and exciting graduates are well equipped to join the field that uses physical science and Engineering technological and information revolution, mathematics to solve complex problems. See also Engineering on page 28. with a wide range of career options. These Engineers must enjoy design work, thinking Electrical and Electronic Engineers harness include an electronics design engineer, creatively and analytically, working as part one of the core forces of the universe to biomedical engineer, embedded systems of a team, and communicating their ideas enable a sustainable future for our world engineer, consulting engineer, entrepreneur, to others. and to effectively combat climate change. or an educator/researcher in industry, school, or university. If you are interested in developing new, They create systems to provide efficient innovative technology to improve the and clean energy solutions for homes Now, and especially in the future, electrical quality of our lives and provide solutions to and industry, design the hardware that and electronic engineers have the meet the needs of our modern world, then transfers information between computers, opportunity to develop innovative systems Engineering is for you. and develop the smart, internet-enabled, such as: Engineers understand the underlying miniaturised devices we increasingly see • new and sustainable ways of generating mechanisms of how things work, ensuring around us. power from wind, hydro, and solar that almost everything that underpins Digital television, unmanned aerial vehicles, • more precise and smarter medical our society functions effectively, safely, devices, instruments, and scanners robotics, medical imaging, and space and efficiently. They are responsible for exploration have all been possible in large • more efficient ways of using electric designing, analysing, and improving basic part because of electrical and electronic power and intelligent systems, such infrastructure; water resource management; engineering innovation. as autonomous cars or search-and- telecommunications systems; and the rescue robots generation and distribution of electricity. Minor in Power Engineering • new nano-scale devices and materials Engineers improve the operation of Efficient and sustainable power generation • better ways of gathering information processing plants and factories, and design and transmission is highly important in through sensor networks to help new medical technology, digital systems, our modern world. Studying the Power businesses make accurate decisions and electronics. Engineering minor will allow you to • new ways of controlling the After your first year of studying Engineering investigate electric power generation, administration of medicines or the at UC, you will go on to specialise in one of motion of rockets distribution, and usage. Systems such as the following areas: generators, transformers, and motors are • faster, cheaper, and more reliable • Chemical and Process Engineering widely used across different industries, and ways of sending information through (page 15) therefore need graduates with the expertise communication networks. • Civil Engineering (page 18) to create and improve these. www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects • Computer Engineering (page 21) You can find employment power generation companies, consultancies, transmission Study Electrical and Electronic • Electrical and Electronic Engineering companies, contractors, energy retailers, Engineering at UC (page 28) equipment suppliers, and distribution • Bachelor of Engineering with Honours • Forest Engineering (page 35) companies. You may also find the (page 87) • Mechanical Engineering (page 52) knowledge gained through this minor • Mechatronics Engineering (page 53) useful in transport industries that deal with Te Tari Pūhanga Hangarau | Department of • Natural Resources Engineering (page 56) the design of electrical railways, aircraft, Electrical and Computer Engineering and electric motors. T: +64 3 369 3366 or +64 3 369 4304 • Software Engineering (page 69) www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering/schools/ece Some of these Engineering disciplines also Why study Electrical and Electronic offer a minor option: Engineering at UC? • either Bioprocess Engineering, • UC hosts Te Hiranga Pūhanga Hiko Environmental Process Engineering, or Electric Power Engineering Centre, which Energy Processing Technologies, under coordinates a field trip for undergraduate Chemical and Process Engineering students to visit electricity infrastructure • Communications and Network throughout Aotearoa. Engineering, under Computer Engineering • UC is ranked in the top 300 universities • either Water and Environmental Systems in the world for Electrical and Electronic Engineering, or Structural Engineering, Engineering (QS World University under Civil Engineering Rankings by Subject, 2021). • Power Engineering, under Electrical and Electronic Engineering • Biomedical Engineering, under Mechanical Engineering.

28 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) There is also the option to study a Diploma Career opportunities in Global Humanitarian Engineering Throughout their degree, students take part alongside the Bachelor of Engineering with in practical work experience, on-campus Honours, in any engineering discipline events, careers fairs, and industry talks, (page 106). giving them multiple opportunities to make Why study Engineering at UC? industry contacts. Engineering students work on final year As a UC Engineering student, you will have projects as part of their degree, many access to some of the best engineering staff sponsored by industry, which increases and resources in the world. professional capability and encourage • UC is ranked in the top 100 universities leadership, teamwork, and innovation. in the world for Civil and Structural Engineering, and in the top 300 for Our graduates find work on projects of Electrical and Electronic Engineering social, economic, and environmental and Chemical Engineering (QS World significance to society. Many UC engineers University Rankings by Subject, 2021). UC progress into management or consultancy. is also ranked 9th in the world for Civil www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects ‘I love words. I love how Engineering (Academic Ranking of World they connect, and spread, Universities, 2021). Study Engineering at UC • UC Engineering students have access to • Diploma in Global Humanitarian and communicate. I love state-of-the-art labs and facilities in all Engineering (page 106) how you can form a engineering departments after a $163 million investment in infrastructure, • Bachelor of Engineering with Honours relationship between an including the Engineering Core space (page 87) author and reader that for students. • UC has world-class engineering Te Rāngai Pūkaha | College of Engineering can defy time, space, facilities including a futuristic T: +64 3 369 4271 or +64 3 369 4272 augmented reality lab. E: [email protected] even reality.’ www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering • UC Engineering has connections with a Toby number of international universities, and Engineering students can do a semester Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Arawa abroad as part of a UC Exchange English Bachelor of Arts in English and Te Reo Māori programme, adding an international Do you enjoy reading and writing? flavour to your studies. Novels, plays, short stories, poetry, and • We have specially-designed computer non-fiction help shape and reflect our laboratories and software as well as a individual identities and collective culture. specialist Te Puna Pūkaha me te Pūtaiao Studying literature opens up worlds and Engineering and Physical Sciences Library. times beyond our experience. It also • There are numerous scholarships helps us understand – and question – our available to Engineering students own social, natural, and technological throughout your studies, many of which environments. are industry-funded and include summer Students of English develop skills employment opportunities. in research, interpretation, analysis, • We host clubs such as ENSOC, Women formulating an argument, and writing in Engineering, and Engineers Without clearly and precisely. This skillset is useful Borders NZ, which provide tutoring, for a huge range of occupations, such mentoring, industry networking, as journalism, law, communications, community engagement opportunities, and many social activities throughout publications, and creative writing. the year. Why study English at UC? • Our programmes are accredited by Engineering New Zealand. An Engineering • UC is ranked in the top 250 universities degree from UC is internationally in the world for English Language and recognised, allowing graduates to work Literature (QS World University Rankings overseas upon gaining their degree. by Subject, 2021). • All first year Engineering students have • In addition to teaching the core areas of access to peer mentoring opportunities our discipline – the novel, theatre, 20th and a schedule of engineering events. century literature – the Department of English offers courses in exciting new fields such as children's literature,

www.canterbury.ac.nz 29 human-animal studies, digital literary Study English Language at UC studies, and popular fiction (including English Language • Certificate in Arts (page 103) science fiction, horror, and fantasy Are you curious about how the English fiction). We also have a variety of courses language works? Are you fascinated by the • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) that teach writing, both academic and changes that have taken place in the English Can study, but only as a minor creative, both fiction and non-fiction. language over centuries of time? Or even • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) how individuals vary their use of English Career opportunities from one day to the next, depending on • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) A degree in English can take you to social situation or communication medium? • Bachelor of Science (page 94) surprising places. The skills learned in Ever thought about how a person’s early • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) studying English – the close reading experience of English shapes them? Or • Bachelor of Youth and Community and careful analysis of texts; the ability how and why New Zealand English differs Leadership (page 100) to write clearly, concisely, and creatively; from the language spoken in other English- and the skill to both make and critique speaking countries? Department of Linguistics and arguments – are essential to success not English Language studies aim to satisfy English Language only in education, but also in a wide range these curiosities and illuminate even T: +64 3 369 3377 of work environments. further; focusing on the structure, E: [email protected] www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- functions, and contexts of use of English. Among our graduates are an Aotearoa departments/linguistics ambassador; a former chief political Students will learn about the sound reporter for TVNZ; a political commentator systems and grammatical systems of for a national newspaper; prize-winning English, and they will come to understand Environmental novelists (including Eleanor Catton of Man how English varies in different historical, Booker fame); a prize-winning film-maker; a geographical, and social contexts. Change museum curator; a cultural event organiser See also Environmental Science on page 31. for Te Papa; an art gallery manager; a Why study English Language at UC? Climate change is one of the most prevalent theatre director; a number of publishers' • UC is ranked in the top 250 universities issues of our time. Human exploitation and editors; members of parliament; and policy in the world for English Language and activity have affected the environment in advisors in Kaitohutohu Kaupapa Rawa Literature (QS World University Rankings ways that show alarming long-term effects Treasury, the Education Ministry, and the by Subject, 2021). that are not yet fully understood, from State Services Commission. • The study of languages is an eroding and shifting landscapes to extinct What these people learned in their English interdisciplinary field of study that bridges species, and from rising temperatures to degree impressed employers looking for the sciences, the social sciences, and the extreme weather events. humanities. The Department of Linguistics people who could read, write, speak, and We need environmental scientists with and English Language is internationally think clearly, effectively, and creatively. renowned for its research work on the knowledge on how these different systems www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects linguistics of English. This reflects UC’s work and repair, so that we can manage established staff expertise in this area. ongoing environmental issues as the world Study English at UC • Te Kāhui Roro Reo | New Zealand Institute adapts and evolves. • Certificate in Arts (page 103) for Language, Brain and Behaviour is a research centre at UC, where researchers Why study Environmental Change • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) from different departments at the at UC? Can study, but only as a minor university reflect on the foundations of • Develop applied skills in observation and language as an integrated, multimodal, • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) data analysis with a strong focus on field- statistical system operating in a social, based coursework in UC’s field stations. • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) physical, and physiological context. • Courses in this major utilise UC’s • Bachelor of Science (page 94) expertise in areas such as disaster • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) Career opportunities management and response, agricultural • Bachelor of Youth and Community This subject provides a foundation for contamination, civil and urban Leadership (page 100) any career which requires advanced development, and Antarctic research. communication skills and/or a detailed Department of English understanding of the English language, Career opportunities T: +64 3 369 3377 such as teaching, management, marketing, Become a part of the solution to the E: [email protected] the media, research, and publishing. biggest issues our Earth has ever faced. www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- departments/english An English Language degree is an i Graduates with knowledge around earth deal preparation for training in teaching systems will find roles in consultancy, English as a second language, which law and policy, government, research, is a popular career and offers excellent education, and media where they can travel opportunities. help inform society about the potential www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects hazards and consequences that will arise

30 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) from exploiting our natural resources. essential to helping combat ongoing You will be on the forefront of educative, damage to our natural world. innovative, and sustainable movements, This major will prepare you for work in and help us become kaitiaki protectors of border security, disaster response and the environment. management, Health and Safety (H&S) www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects process, planning, and investigation for at-risk work environments, environmental Study Environmental Change at UC law and policy, consultancy, research, water • Bachelor of Environmental Science with and infrastructure planning, agriculture, Honours (page 87) forestry, and health services. www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects Te Kura Aronukurangi | School of Earth and Environment Study Environmental Contamination T: +64 3 369 0655 at UC E: [email protected] www.canterbury.ac.nz/science/schools-and- • Bachelor of Environmental Science with departments/earth-and-environment Honours (page 87) ‘I love the field work and Te Kura Aronukurangi | School of Earth Environmental and Environment the people. The field work T: +64 3 369 0655 is great, and helps to teach Contamination E: [email protected] See also Environmental Science on page 32. www.canterbury.ac.nz/science/schools-and- actionable skills, develop a departments/earth-and-environment Environmental Contamination is the deeper understanding of science of prevention, mitigation, and the topics, and see the treatment of contaminants and invasive organisms in our unique ecosystems. Environmental issues in person. My More skilled graduates are needed to Hazards and lecturers are all very assess natural threats to our environmental Disasters passionate, which makes biosecurity, public health, and trade See also Environmental Science on page 32. you want to actively learn economies. These issues can range from Environmental Hazards and Disasters toxicology in water, pests harming our examines the earth science systems that and take part, and my local flora and fauna, diseases affecting our lead to natural disaster events, and the classmates and clubmates agricultural produce, and many other risks. issues caused by sudden, extreme changes This major offers practical learning in to the environment. all want to see the world identifying chemical and biological Students in this major will learn about become a better place.’ contaminants and their source, analysing the processes, causes, and potential their impact, and developing strategies to results of natural hazards and disasters, Alice prevent further exposure. and gain practical experience in assisting Studying towards a Bachelor of Science in management response plans to help Environmental Science and Geography Why study Environmental forecast and lessen their impact. Assistant GIS Technical Consultant, Integrated Contamination at UC? Consultancy Limited • The Environmental Contamination major Why study Environmental Hazards and takes advantage of hands-on learning Disasters at UC? using UC’s field stations around Waitaha Canterbury, and a dedicated microscopy • UC’s unique position in Te Waipounamu facility and microbiology lab on campus. South Island and as a centre for research excellence in disasters will allow you to • A number of research hubs at UC are see hazard management and response in investigating environmental hazards action, with field study a key focus in and harmful organisms, for example this major. the Centre for Integrated Research in Biosafety (INBI). • Our disaster risk degree programmes have won awards for its innovative content and delivery modes, including Career opportunities from the International Association of Contamination risk is high due to Emergency Managers (IAEM). increasing infrastructure, transportation, and natural resource use. Environmental scientists with specialist knowledge in microbiology and contamination are

www.canterbury.ac.nz 31 Career opportunities Study Environmental Health at UC • specialisation in a huge variety of subjects. Disaster management programmes need • Bachelor of Health Sciences (page 90) more experts who understand the science • UC operates field stations at Cass (in the Waitaha Canterbury high country) and behind natural disasters, and have the Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of Education, Health and Human Development Kawatiri Westport that are particularly practical means to respond and prevent well equipped for Environmental Science fallout to human society and other T: +64 3 369 3333 E: [email protected] teaching and research. surrounding ecosystems. www.canterbury.ac.nz/health • UC is ranked in the top 300 universities Roles suited to this degree include hazard in the world for Environmental Sciences management, crisis and emergency (QS World University Rankings by response, urban resilience planning, Environmental Subject, 2021). geospatial mapping, computational and statistical modelling, government Science Career opportunities Environmental Science is an policy, crisis communications, and further Environmental Science is a growth area interdisciplinary approach to the study of environmental science research in this for employment. Graduates with strong the environment, examining its structure, evolving field. technical and communication skills are functions, and interactions with humans www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects needed to help identify, monitor, and and other ecological systems. contribute to solving a variety of problems Study Environmental Hazards and This scientific field is growing exponentially associated with the environment and with Disasters at UC as we learn more about how the natural the use and allocation of resources. world is effected by our actions, and • Bachelor of Environmental Science with www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects Honours (page 87) graduates with holistic and scientific knowledge of the environment are in Study Environmental Science at UC Te Kura Aronukurangi | School of Earth demand to better our society, particularly in and Environment biosecurity, sustainability, natural disaster • Bachelor of Environmental Science with T: +64 3 369 0655 response, and global climate change. Honours (page 87) E: [email protected] Environmental Science is an integrative • Bachelor of Science (page 94) www.canterbury.ac.nz/science/schools-and- subject that builds on a strong disciplinary departments/earth-and-environment Can study, but only as a minor base in subjects such as Biological Sciences, • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) Chemistry, Geography, Geology, and Physics. • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) Environmental Majors • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) Health • Ecosystem Health and Biosecurity • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) (page 27) See also Health Sciences on page 41. • Bachelor of Youth and Community The Environmental Health major provides • Environmental Change (page 30) Leadership (page 100) grounding in the fundamental sciences • Environmental Contamination (page 31) that underpin an understanding of the • Environmental Hazards and Disasters Te Kura Aronukurangi | School of Earth environmental risk factors that affect (page 31) and Environment health and wellbeing and the methods used T: +64 3 369 0655 • Freshwater (page 37) E: [email protected] to assess them. This encompasses: • Sustainable Coasts (page 74). www.canterbury.ac.nz/science/schools-and- • the geographical distribution of disease departments/earth-and-environment • exposure to key risk factors and methods Why study Environmental Science used to minimise exposure at UC? • the context of government legislation • The Bachelor of Environmental Science aimed at creating and maintaining with Honours is the only degree of its healthy environments. kind in Aotearoa. • The Environmental Science major in the Career opportunities Bachelor of Science is combined with a Graduates of Environmental Health second Science major of choice, will potentially find employment as preparing you to make a difference in environmental health officers (requires your unique interests. additional qualification), laboratory roles • The Environmental Science minor is in health laboratories, in local and national available in a wide range of UC’s degrees, environmental health roles, or progress to which will provide you with an awareness postgraduate research in environmental and understanding of sustainability and climate issues alongside your major health science. www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects

32 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) destination for those wishing to further European and their study in the area or utilise specialist Film European Union study resources at UC. See also Fine Arts on page 35. Studies UC students have a number of exchange Introductory film studies is directed options with European institutions. towards gaining a deeper critical Studying Europe from afar has a number of understanding of film and how it is advantages – of perspective, comparative Career opportunities currently being expanded by contemporary analysis, and of isolation from short-term film-makers and artists. Students will look trends. Europe provides an important cultural Graduates with knowledge of Europe at seminal examples from early cinema, and linguistic reference point to Aotearoa are well placed to work in foreign affairs, formative and contemporary practice. in an increasingly global community. The international trade and development, The first-year course is a balance of European Union (EU) is Aotearoa's most government service, the business sector, contemporary film practice alongside significant bilateral partner after Australia tourism, law, non-government and not- teaching basic procedures of moving image and China, and is one of the world's leading for-profit organisations, and in private through industry skills. political and trading blocs, with 27 member multinational companies such as Fonterra states and over 500 million people. where European interests are significant. Advanced studies begin introducing the processes and skills associated with European and European Union Studies aims Amongst our alumni are diplomats film production, and lead to a practical tooffer a broad-based, interdisciplinary working for Manatū Aorere | Ministry of consideration of action, narrative, and programme that embraces the studies of the Foreign Affairs and Trade, government performance in contemporary institutional, legal, political, economic, and departments, practitioners at a number of moving image. social aspects of the integration process of the non-governmental organisations dealing EU as well as the languages and cultures of with international issues, journalists, Career opportunities Europe. The programme encourages the study and teachers. of European languages within this framework. Our alumni are also employed by a number Film graduates have gained employment of international bodies (eg, Antarctica as film and television directors and Why study European and European Secretariat, other countries’ embassies), producers, journalists, consultants, art Union Studies at UC? and by a number of leading universities in critics, documentary makers, art historians, UC offers two main areas of study under Europe, Aotearoa, and around the world. lecturers, and media arts teachers. this subject, which you can pursue www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects throughout your three years of study. • EU studies: if you want to know about Study European and European Union Study Film at UC modern-day Europe, this track gives you Studies at UC • Bachelor of Fine Arts (page 88) insight into the political, economic, and • Certificate in Arts (page 103) social integration of modern Europe; Te Kura Kōwaiwai | Ilam School of Fine Arts the EU as a major global actor, and its • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) T: +64 3 369 3377 international relations. Within this track, E: [email protected] Can study, but only as a minor you can learn how Aotearoa currently www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- interacts with the EU, including legal and • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) departments/school-of-fine-arts economic relations. • Bachelor of Science (page 94) • Cultures and languages of Europe: if • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) you are interested in learning about the • Bachelor of Youth and Community diverse languages and cultures of Leadership (page 100) Europe, there are a number of courses where you can explore Europe’s varied Department of Global, Cultural and histories, traditions, narratives, and Language Studies cultures; the importance of Europe for T: +64 3 369 3377 Aotearoa; and the lessons we can learn E: [email protected] from different cultures and languages www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts living in a global environment. /schools-and-departments/global-cultural- The National Centre for Research on Europe and-language-studies A number of courses within the programme are taught by members of the UC-based National Centre for Research on Europe (NCRE). The Centre is Aotearoa's only research centre devoted to the study of Europe and the EU. It fosters research on the EU that is regionally relevant. The Centre attracts visiting academics from all over the world and is an important national

www.canterbury.ac.nz 33 www.canterbury.ac.nz/business/what- Finance can-i-study/finance Finance is a rapidly growing discipline that examines the acquisition and allocation Career opportunities of financial resources. Where financial Today it would be rare for a person to rise accounting measures past performance, to the position of chief financial officer Finance as a discipline is forward focused. (CFO) without a strong grounding in both It is largely about future planning for firms Accounting and Finance. or investors. There are also many other career Finance consists of three interrelated opportunities for Finance graduates, subject areas: including financial analyst, money market • corporate finance studies how firms raise and foreign exchange dealer, loan analyst, and efficiently utilise funds obtained equity analyst, risk analyst/manager, from lenders and shareholders portfolio manager, financial planner, • financial markets and institutions investment banker, and small-business explores how the financial system manager. facilitates the transfer of funds from ‘Having a passion or a savers and lenders to borrowers www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects strong reason as to why • investment analysis studies how investors choose securities and asset Study Finance at UC you are choosing a classes for their investment portfolios. • Certificate in Commerce (page 103) Business degree is crucial. All of these areas assess the trade-off • Certificate in Science (page 104) I also believe that UC between risk and reward and the valuation • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) oers a strong programme of financial and capital assets. • Bachelor of Science (page 94) in business.’ Why study Finance at UC? Can study, but only as a minor UC is ranked in the top 200 universities in • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) Mark the world for Accounting and Finance (QS • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) Studying towards a Bachelor of Commerce in World University Rankings by Subject, 2021). • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) Finance and Management The Finance programme prepares students • Bachelor of Youth and Community for a variety of jobs in the financial Leadership (page 100) sector and business community. Extra opportunities while studying this subject at Department of Economics and Finance UC include: T: +64 3 369 3888 E: [email protected] • internships at a variety of organisations www.canterbury.ac.nz/business/departments • participation in case competitions such /department-of-economics-and-finance as the CFA (Chartered Financial Analysts) Institute Research Challenge • preparation for the CFA exams. The Financial Finance major at UC is part of the CFA Certified Financial Institute University Engineering Recognition Program. This means our Want to understand the complexity of degree programme incorporates at least capital markets? How to manage different 70% of the CFA Program Candidate Body types of risks? of Knowledge (CBOK). This provides Financial Engineering is a cross-disciplinary students with a solid grounding in the CBOK and positions them well to sit field combining financial and economic for the CFA exams to obtain the CFA theory with the mathematical and qualification. The CFA Program provides computational tools needed to design a strong foundation of advanced and develop financial products, portfolios, investment analysis and real-world markets, and regulations. Financial portfolio management skills that will give engineers manage financial risk, identify you a career advantage market opportunities, design and value • the option to obtain the PRM financial or actuarial products, and optimise (Professional Risk Manager) qualification. investment strategies. Risk management skills are highly Similar to other professional degrees at UC, sought after, particularly since the global in your first year of the Bachelor of Science financial crisis. in Financial Engineering we will teach you

34 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) technical skills and knowledge across the expanding industries in these areas. Other Te Kura Pāngarau | School of Mathematics key disciplines of finance and economics, Fine Arts graduates have access to a wide and Statistics mathematics and statistics, and computer T: +64 3 369 2233 range of vocations within an expanding art science and software engineering. E: [email protected] world both in Aotearoa New Zealand and www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering/schools overseas. Numerous exhibitions and events Why study Financial Engineering at UC? /mathematics-statistics are organised by Te Kura Kōwaiwai | Ilam • This is the only programme targeted School of Fine Arts throughout the year, towards this career in Aotearoa and allowing students to showcase their work echoes trends in the UK, USA, and Europe. Fine Arts to multiple audiences. This subject was created in response Recent graduates have gained employment to employer demand and international Why study Fine Arts at UC? as professional artists, art gallery directors, growth in Financial Engineering and photojournalists, commercial photographers, related fields like the wider actuarial and Te Kura Kōwaiwai | Ilam School of Fine Arts business analytics industries. at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University film directors, designers, consultants, art of Canterbury provides a stimulating conservators, illustrators, fashion designers, • The Bachelor of Science (BSc) major art critics, art historians, graphic designers, offers students a cross-disciplinary environment that will allow you to flourish pathway across commerce, science, creatively. The first art school in Aotearoa, it lecturers, and art teachers. and engineering subjects, and utilises is one of the oldest in the English-speaking www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects expertise from all these areas of strength world. Te Kura Kōwaiwai | Ilam School of at UC. Fine Arts staff are a highly qualified and Study Fine Arts at UC experienced community of artists, film- • Bachelor of Fine Arts (page 88) Career opportunities makers and designers of international This is a technical degree leading to flexible standing. Te Kura Kōwaiwai | Ilam School of Fine Arts career opportunities. Upon graduation, you UC graduates have been accepted into T: +64 3 369 3377 will be ready for the global workplace in prestigious Fine Arts postgraduate E: [email protected] the finance industry and related fields. You programmes overseas and many, such as www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- departments/school-of-fine-arts will also be well prepared for further study photographer Boyd Webb; artist Bill Culbert; in this field in order to attain positions at film-maker and screenwriter Vincent Ward; higher technical levels. and painters Rita Angus, Shane Cotton, Forest Engineering Employers range from private industries, Seraphine Pick, and Dick Frizzell, have made notable contributions to Aotearoa's artistic See also Engineering on page 28 and Forestry such as banking, investment, capital Science on page 36. industries, security, data analysis, risk and cultural life and achieved acclaim internationally. Forest engineering is a hybrid of management and insurance, to the public engineering, forestry, and management. It Fine Arts students at UC work in purpose- sector, such as Te Pūtea Matua | Reserve requires people who can combine skills to built studios, workrooms, darkrooms, Bank, Kaitohutohu Kaupapa Rawa | Treasury, solve engineering problems in the natural and computer labs, and have access to or regulatory bodies. environment, with a focus on balancing technician workshops and the Ilam Campus Other cross-disciplinary career possibilities economic, societal, and environmental Gallery. Fine Arts programmes revolve include investment brokers, actuaries, requirements. statisticians, and data scientists. around basic teaching disciplines which are divided up into five specialisations: Forest engineers construct and evaluate the Previous graduates have been employed by operational systems that make the forest • Film (page 32) Macquarie Capital, Deloitte, BNY-Mellon, industry ‘work’. This can include: • Graphic Design (page 38) First NZ Capital, Te Pūtea Matua | Reserve • designing and building new roads Bank, Vero Insurance, Wynyard Security • Painting (page 55) • developing or modifying Group, and many government agencies • Photography (page 56) forestry equipment like Kaitohutohu Kaupapa Rawa | Treasury, • Sculpture (page 62). Tatauranga Aotearoa | Stats NZ, and • planning harvest operations Hīkina Whakatutuki | Ministry of Business, Career opportunities • optimising transport logistics Innovation and Employment. • integrating new technologies Alongside the creative and practical skills • supervising employees and contractors www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects learned, Fine Arts graduates develop excellent skills in organisation and time • ensuring safety standards Study Financial Engineering at UC management during their four years of are maintained. • Certificate in Science (page 104) self-motivated study. These skills prepare Forest engineers work with public and Fine Arts graduates for a wide range of governmental agencies. They look after As a major only employment opportunities. the environment, and may steer projects • Bachelor of Science (page 94) In particular, graduates who have taken through the resource consent process. courses in Photography, Film, and Graphic Forest engineering graduates know the Design have clear career prospects in rapidly forest environment and forest products and processes, and they provide the

www.canterbury.ac.nz 35 essential link between the forest and the commercial forestry, conservation and final product. restoration ecology, research, or policy and planning in Aotearoa or overseas. Why study Forest Engineering at UC? If you care about the management of • The Forest Engineering programme at UC natural resources and are interested in is the only one of its kind in Australasia. being part of a huge worldwide industry, of • Studying Forest Engineering includes particular national relevance to Aotearoa, courses and expertise taught through then forestry could be for you. Te Kura Ngahere | School of Forestry and Te Tari Pūhanga Metarahi, Rawa Why study Forestry Science at UC? Taiao | Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering. • UC is the only Aotearoa university to offer a professional degree in Forestry. • There is a real focus on 'hands-on' engineering practices, with many field • UC is located near plantations and trips to expose students to real-world native forests, which are used for both engineering problems and opportunities. teaching and research, and students are able to visit other forestry organisations throughout the country. ‘I hate to stay in front of a Career opportunities • The School has exchange programmes computer screen all day, Forest engineers have a wide skillset with the University of British Columbia in Forest Engineering is one that provides work opportunities both at Canada, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute home and abroad. Graduates can take up and State University in the USA, which of the most interesting employment in the forest industry, but allow students to complete one or two and active engineering because of the multidisciplinary nature of semesters of their BForSc studies at those forest engineering, job opportunities are universities while paying UC fees. degrees, in terms of also available in areas including general • The BForSc equips you with a broad outdoor activities.’ engineering consultancy, local and regional understanding of natural resource councils, government agencies, resource management issues. During the course of management, and research. your studies you can specialise in a range Tony of areas including forest engineering, Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Careers in these organisations are wood science, forest management, Forest Engineering challenging, creative, stimulating, and offer forest science, forest marketing and Forest Consultant, PF Olsen, Rotorua great scope for advancement. finance, commerce, and conservation www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects management. • Small class sizes make the BForSc a Study Forest Engineering at UC friendly and social programme, and the • Bachelor of Engineering with Honours Forestry Students' Society (FORSOC) (page 87) organises social functions throughout the year. Te Kura Ngahere | School of Forestry • UC Forestry students may be eligible for T: +64 3 369 3500 forestry industry scholarships. For more E: [email protected] information, contact Te Kura Ngahere www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering School of Forestry. /schools/forestry • You may also enrol for both Forestry and Commerce, or Forestry and Science degrees, at the same time (double Forestry Science degree), or complete a Commerce degree See also Forestry Engineering on page 35. with a strong Forestry emphasis. The Bachelor of Forestry Science (BForSc) Research and fieldwork is a professional degree offered by Te Te Kura Ngahere | School of Forestry has Kura Ngahere | School of Forestry. It is an excellent teaching and research facilities, interdisciplinary degree that prepares our and opportunities to work in the field are graduates for managing forest resources maximised. UC's field stations located near by combining the study of core science Arthur's Pass and at Kawatiri Westport are courses with management, commerce, used for Forestry teaching and research. and technologies. Staff are actively engaged in research on Forestry Science graduates are highly forest management, conservation and sought after by employers and follow restoration ecology, biology, silviculture, exciting and rewarding career paths. As biosecurity, geospatial applications, a graduate, you can choose a career in tree and forest modelling, tree breeding,

36 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) economics, harvesting and transport, French Study French at UC timber processing, and marketing. • Certificate in Arts (page 103) Knowing a second language increases one's Te Kura Ngahere | School of Forestry is part employability in a global environment. • Certificate in Languages (page 103) of Te Rāngai Pūkaha | College of Engineering, French is a good choice, being one of the • Diploma in Languages (page 106) and has strong links with Te Rāngai Umanga few truly international languages, and is me te Ture | College of Business and Law, • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) useful in travel, culture, trade, science, and and Te Rāngai Pūtaiao | College of Science, sport on several continents. Can study, but only as a minor which ensures that students receive a broad • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) education and graduate with a wide range of French culture is influential and its history career options. fascinating. Studying French will offer • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) students insight into the Francophone • Bachelor of Science (page 94) Career opportunities world, which unites diverse cultural, • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) linguistic, socio-political, and religious The degree is very well supported by • Bachelor of Youth and Community groups: from Canada and the Caribbean, to employers in Aotearoa. Students are able to Leadership (page 100) our neighbours New Caledonia and Tahiti, make employer contacts through Te Pūtahi as well as many French-speaking nations Ngāherehere o Aotearoa | New Zealand Department of Global, Cultural and in Africa. Institute of Forestry meetings and lectures Language Studies on campus. These contacts can also provide T: +64 3 369 3377 Why study French at UC? E: [email protected] summer work opportunities. The French programme at UC offers courses www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- Some of the biggest companies in Aotearoa departments/french to 300-level in French language, as well as hire UC graduates and many students courses in French and Francophone culture, obtain work overseas. Of those choosing French society, French and Francophone to enter the workforce, the majority of our literature, as well as French, Francophone, Freshwater graduates are employed by the time they and European film. Courses are suitable See also Environmental Science on page 32. finish their degree. for those who cannot read or speak a word Explore the lifecycle of freshwater Possible careers include forest management of French, and for those who have studied ecosystems that make up only 3% of or consultancy (plantation and native forests), French at school. water on earth’s surface, and the conservation, harvesting, wood processing, trickle effect these have on the Flexible learning in the French programme planning, policy, forest science, timber surrounding environment. at UC makes it easy to include language appraisal, biosecurity, forest economics, studies within your degree. This major will prepare you with theoretical sustainability, and land management. and applied skills in hydrological science and If you are enrolled in our French www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects sustainable management, for areas such programme, you can study one semester as water treatment, systems infrastructure or one year of your UC degree in France Learning Forestry Science at UC engineering, marine life, and ethical and by taking part in a student exchange sustainable use of freshwater resources. • Bachelor of Forestry Science (page 89) programme with one of the following institutions: The programme also has a unique focus on Te Kura Ngahere | School of Forestry • Sciences-Po, Paris the cultural philosophies and science of Ki T: +64 3 369 3500 Uta Ki Tai | From the Mountains to the Sea E: [email protected] • IEP, Aix-en-Provence – the journey of water as it travels over the www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering • Université de La Rochelle. /schools/forestry landscape to the ocean, and the effect it has on other ecological systems along the way. Career opportunities French as a discipline extends beyond the Why study Freshwater at UC? learning of the language itself and can • A focus on field-based learning takes enhance a range of careers in teaching, advantage of the varying landscape diplomacy, foreign trade, or the tourism of Waitaha Canterbury – beaches, industry. Many UC students combine the mountains, snow fields, forests, and study of French with another degree in wetlands only a short drive away Law, Science, Commerce, or Engineering to from campus. enhance their career opportunities. • The degree incorporates Mātauranga Graduates of French take up a wide range Māori worldviews of nature, with studies on Aotearoa New Zealand’s unique of occupations, from the public service to cultural history, legal policies, and banking or journalism, translation, or work relationship with bodies of water and in research-based institutions. freshwater resources. www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects

www.canterbury.ac.nz 37 • This major will utilise teaching and research from Waterways Centre for Geography Freshwater Management, a research Geography is an exciting and distinctive centre co-based at UC and Te Whare discipline at the interface between Science Wānaka o Aoraki | Lincoln University. and Arts. Its focus is on putting various types of knowledge together to find Career opportunities innovative solutions to problems faced by Freshwater is one of our most precious society such as climate change, poverty, resources, with only a small number sustainability, health, and inequality. We of catchments over the globe that are aim to provide courses and learning that easily accessible for our use. Graduates will enable you to make a difference in your in this area will be able to help ensure chosen career path after university. a sustainable future for this limited Studying Geography will allow you to take resource through understanding of the an informed and analytical view of our water lifecycle, and by protecting from changing world, and of your place in it. exploitation, contamination, and The relationship between people and their hazardous threats. environment is a key geographical theme, You will find work in a variety of roles as is the way in which this relationship can ‘The ability to do both related to freshwater, for example water be made more sustainable for the future. Geography and treatment and drinking-water sanitation, This puts Geography at the core of many Environmental Science fisheries, wastewater and stormwater important current debates. For example, systems, disaster management, and geographers are able to examine the issue together means I have the research on contamination, pollution, and of climate change holistically by looking skill set to not only invasive species. at both the physical factors that affect the understand what is You many find work in governmental problem and also the human responses to bodies, regional councils such as Kaunihera the challenges created. happening in the Taiao Ki Waitaha | Environment Canterbury, environment but how to and research centres or consultancies that Why study Geography at UC? specialise in water resources, for example • UC is ranked in the top 200 universities work with the community Taihoro Nukurangi | National Institute of in the world for Geography (QS World to help combat negative Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), University Rankings by Subject, 2021). changes occurring.’ Te Reo O Te Taiao | Forest & Bird, and Fish & • The undergraduate programme is Game New Zealand. structured around four curriculum Ashley www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects pathways: physical geography, human geography, geographic information Ngāi Tahu Study Freshwater at UC systems (GIS), and resource and Studying towards a Bachelor of Science in environmental management. Environmental Science and Geography • Bachelor of Environmental Science with • Learning through community Honours (page 87) engagement occurs in a number of courses within Geography. It is a key Te Kura Aronukurangi | School of Earth feature of GEOG 110 Human Geography: and Environment People, Process, Place; and of GEOG 309 T: +64 3 369 0655 Research for Resilient Environments and E: [email protected] Communities, which involves students www.canterbury.ac.nz/science/schools-and- working with local communities to departments/earth-and-environment address important real-world issues.

Resources and fieldwork Te Kura Aronukurangi | School of Earth and Environment is committed to close contact between students and our staff. 100-level students have their own laboratory, and the School's learning centre and computer labs are available to students for quiet study, group work, and research. Fieldwork in various places is an integral part of many courses. The School operates climate stations in Kā Tiritiri-o-te-moana Southern Alps and elsewhere in Te Waipounamu South

38 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) Island, and utilises the University's field Career opportunities stations at Cass and Kawatiri Westport. Geology Aotearoa, on the active margin of the Pacific A career in Geology offers a very wide The School hosts Te Tai Whenua o te with its volcanoes, earthquakes, dramatic spectrum of work environments and Hauora | GeoHealth Laboratory, Toi geomorphology, and 500 million years of employment opportunities. Hangarau | Geospatial Research Institute, geological history, is one of the best places Geology graduates find positions as and also Gateway Antarctica, with staff and on Earth to study geological processes. research scientists, policy analysts, graduate students often making summer Our position in mid-southern latitudes exploration geophysicists, mining and visits to Scott Base in Antarctica. and relative proximity to Antarctica means exploration geologists, practitioner Career opportunities that Aotearoa is a key location for climate engineering geologist with consultancies, change research. natural hazard analysts and consultants, Recent graduates have found work all over Geologists are directly involved in the coal and petroleum geologists, teachers, GIS Aotearoa and the world, from Tāmaki- monitoring, prediction, and assessment of specialists, environmental impact officers makaurau Auckland to Melbourne, hazards such as volcanoes, earthquakes, and consultants, hydro-geologists, seismic California to Antarctica. Many have found landslides, and tsunamis. The geologist has interpreters, resource advisors, research careers in the public service, the tourism an important role in land planning processes technicians, soil technicians and research industry, private companies dealing with and in assessing environmental impact. assistants, museum curators, and more. geographic information systems (GIS) and They are employed in the mining and global positioning systems (GPS), the police, Geologists have developed one of the petroleum industries, national and local local authorities, and in education. most exciting scientific theories of the 20th century – plate tectonics – which government, planning and conservation The Resource Management Act has explains the origin and locations of all organisations, university teaching and created a lively market for geographers the major geological features and Earth research, secondary teaching, museums in consultancy and in regional and local building processes of the planet. Geologists and science centres, energy companies, government. Those who gain technical also search for the natural resources that consulting and engineering firms, research expertise in areas such as GIS and remote sustain our technological society, not least institutes, and exploration firms. sensing are also in demand from both the of all, water. The construction of buildings, www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects public and private sectors. In addition, bridges, roads, dams, and reservoirs requires research and policy positions in central, geological expertise. Study Geology at UC regional, and local government are popular. • Certificate in Science (page 104) Some graduates find work overseas for Why study Geology at UC? • Bachelor of Science (page 94) Manatū Aorere | Ministry of Foreign Affairs • Te Kura Aronukurangi | School of Earth and Trade, development agencies, and the and Environment at UC is one of the Can study, but only as a minor United Nations, or in positions that are top geoscience research departments • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) particularly people-focused, like the union in the country and, not surprisingly, we • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) movement, teaching, or personnel, where are leading the world in our studies of communication skills are critical. earthquakes. First-year students have • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects their own laboratory for practical classes • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) and teaching staff are readily contactable. • Bachelor of Youth and Community Study Geography at UC • Field sciences are a distinctive feature Leadership (page 100) of the subjects offered at UC and are • Certificate in Arts (page 103) supported through a range of field Te Kura Aronukurangi | School of Earth • Certificate in Science (page 104) facilities at Cass and Kawatiri Westport. and Environment • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) Field studies are carried out in the T: +64 3 369 0655 locations and environments around these • Bachelor of Science (page 94) E: [email protected] field stations. www.canterbury.ac.nz/science/schools-and- Can study, but only as a minor • UC is ranked in the top 150 universities departments/earth-and-environment • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) in the world for Earth and Marine Sciences (QS World University Rankings • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) by Subject, 2021). • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) • Bachelor of Youth and Community Leadership (page 100)

Te Kura Aronukurangi | School of Earth and Environment T: +64 3 369 0655 E: [email protected] www.canterbury.ac.nz/science/schools-and- departments/earth-and-environment

www.canterbury.ac.nz 39 German Career opportunities Graphic Design The German language is a leading world A knowledge of German and a familiarity See also Fine Arts on page 35. with the cultures of Austria, Germany, and language, mother tongue of almost 100 Initial studies in this subject deal with the Switzerland can enhance a wide range of million speakers. The German-speaking pragmatic processes and components of career options. People who demonstrate an countries – Germany, Austria, Switzerland, graphic design, with a focus on typography. open and informed attitude to the world and Liechtenstein – form the largest Advancing studies become more self- are rightly preferred for many business language area in Central Europe. It is an motivated as students define areas of and governmental positions, and skills important language of trade, with research that interest them. Seminars given in German are likely to prove particularly Germany being the third largest economy by staff, visiting professionals, and other attractive as Aotearoa's trade and tourism in the world. students address current issues in graphic relations with Europe continue to grow. Germany's influence has been growing design and help students locate their steadily since the fall of the Iron Curtain Diplomatic service, teaching, journalism, interests within the tradition and trajectory in 1989. German is a commonly used and library and information services are of contemporary design. further areas in which German has proved language in Eastern European countries, Students are introduced to current technology to be a highly useful course of study. and its influence has increased since the throughout their courses. Alongside digital enlargement of the EU. There are about 17 The exchange programmes with the processes and artefacts, students are also million learners of German in the world – universities of Konstanz and Freiburg encouraged to investigate other more you could be one of them. provide an excellent opportunity to study at traditional processes, such as screen printing. Knowledge of German can be vital to a German university and to plan ahead for a international work in the areas of science, career in a German-speaking country. Career opportunities engineering, business, and tourism. www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects Students majoring in Graphic Design German also holds the key to a deeper have positions as graphic designers, understanding of where our modern world Study German at UC professional artists, consultants, has come from and where it might be • Certificate in Arts (page 103) illustrators, publishers, marketers, going. Through its authors, philosophers, • Certificate in Languages (page 103) advertisers, lecturers, and art teachers. composers, painters, and scientists, • Diploma in Languages (page 106) www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects German-speaking Europe has not only been • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) at the crossroads of history for the past 800 Study Graphic Design at UC years, but promises to remain one of the Can study, but only as a minor most important world cultures in • Bachelor of Fine Arts (page 88) • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) the future. • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) Te Kura Kōwaiwai | Ilam School of Fine Arts T: +64 3 369 3377 Why study German at UC? • Bachelor of Science (page 94) E: [email protected] • The German programme has a distinctive • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- focus of embedding German culture • Bachelor of Youth and Community departments/school-of-fine-arts and language in a context of European Leadership (page 100) studies. German language courses are based on an interesting mix of distance Department of Global, Cultural and Health Education and on-campus studies. The latest Language Studies See also Health Sciences on page 41. e-learning tools are used in German T: +64 3 369 3377 The Health Education major prepares language courses. E: [email protected] • UC has study exchange programmes www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- graduates with the knowledge, skills, and with the University of Konstanz and the departments/german understanding to work with individuals University of Freiburg. and groups in a range of health settings. Students develop extensive facilitation • UC hosts the National Centre for Research on Europe (NCRE). The Centre is Aotearoa skills and gain confidence in presenting to a New Zealand's only research centre range of people. devoted to the study of Europe and the Experiential learning in a variety of EU. It fosters research on the EU that is contexts (eg, mental health, sexuality, regionally relevant. The Centre attracts and nutrition) supports your ability to visiting academics from all over the world recognise the factors that influence health and is an important national destination and the consequences for wellbeing. for those wishing to further their study in the area or utilise specialist study You will develop an extensive toolbox of resources at UC. pedagogical strategies that can be used to enhance wellbeing at the personal, interpersonal, and community level.

40 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) You will engage in debate and critical diseases, Māori and indigenous people’s reflection on a range of contemporary health, health through the life-span, and health issues. Through this, you will develop evidence-based policy and decision making. an in-depth understanding of ethical issues Many Health Sciences courses may also and principles, a respect for the autonomy be taken as part of a Bachelor of Arts or and choice of both individuals and groups, Bachelor of Science. and cultural competency in collaborative Those studying the Bachelor of Health and consultative ways of working. Sciences will also choose from the Career opportunities following majors: • Environmental Health (page 32) Career options for students who major in Health Education include employment in • Health Education (page 40) health-related institutions and agencies • Māori and Indigenous Health (page 50) such as community and public health • Psychology (page 64) (in nutrition, sexuality, health promoting • Public Health (page 65) schools, and mental health teams), drug • Society and Policy (page 68). ‘My overall goal is to be and alcohol agencies, Family Planning, Mental Health Foundation, nutrition Why study Health Sciences at UC? able to have a positive advisories, and Red Cross. • BHSc graduates are increasing in demand influence on other people’s Students can also apply to complete a from Te Poari Hauora ō Waitaha health and wellbeing further year of study in the Graduate Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB), Diploma of Teaching and Learning to primary health organisations and other through encouraging become a qualified primary or secondary regional and further afield organisations. healthy eating, exercising school teacher. • The BHSc includes a wide variety of www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects courses, allowing you to keep your and engaging in physical options open and learn about many activity, and having a Study Health Education at UC different areas before embarking on your career. healthy and positive image • Bachelor of Health Sciences (page 90) • UC is ranked first in Aotearoa for of themselves to lead a Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of research in Public Health (Te Amorangi happy life.’ Education, Health and Human Development Mātauranga Matua | Tertiary Education T: +64 3 369 3333 Commission 2018 PBRF assessment). E: [email protected] • Some BHSc majors offer the opportunity Alice www.canterbury.ac.nz/health for practical placement and skills Bachelor of Health Sciences in Health Education development in health-related workplaces. Business Manager and Receptionist, The Alpha • It provides a broad foundation for Omega Clinic Health Sciences working in the wider health sector, Health is an enduring issue for society; it pursuing postgraduate opportunities for concerns everybody at every stage in life. a specific health career, or future work as Health Sciences at UC prepares students a health and wellbeing researcher. to contribute in a meaningful way to the • Te Kura Mātai Hauora | School of Health health issues that face our communities. Sciences is well equipped for conducting a wide range of research and projects. Health Sciences students have the • Involved and attentive academic staff opportunity to develop a comprehensive will look for ways to help you to achieve overview of health and health care, your goals. inclusive of a range of approaches • Students who complete the Public Health and understandings, and the practical major for the BHSc will be able to meet application of knowledge and skills in the generic public health competencies health settings. and the health promotion competencies The non-clinical, multidisciplinary Bachelor for Aotearoa. of Health Sciences degree programme covers important and timely topics such as mental health and wellbeing, sexual health promotion, environmental health, communicable and non-communicable

www.canterbury.ac.nz 41 Career opportunities Tāhuhu Kōrero | Department of History History places great importance on training Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai History is more than the study of the past; students in research, writing, digital skills, te iwi. it is a living creative act. History explores and oral presentation. These are the general Improving the health of populations past events in order to inform us about skills employers most want. requires the efforts and contributions of who we are and what is happening today. History graduates enjoy a wide variety many. Non-clinical roles have a critical role History gives us our cultural roots. It helps of career destinations including those to play, and make up about one third of the us understand ourselves, our neighbours, in the media (such as journalism and total health workforce in Aotearoa. our nation, other cultures, and the world, broadcasting), government, Tiriti o Waitangi enabling us to become truly global UC’s undergraduate Health Sciences Treaty of Waitangi affairs, international citizens. We learn a lot from history, and courses provide an essential foundation relations, arts, culture, heritage, archives, this knowledge helps us to avoid the for those seeking non-clinical health sector politics, public policy, writing, editing, PR, mistakes of the past and make better roles. Depending on the major(s) taken, communications, conservation, tourism, decisions for the future, just as we learn people with an interdisciplinary teaching, community development, digital from our own experiences. non-clinical Health Sciences degree have industry, publishing, design, business high prospects of employment in such Studying History supplies students with the innovation, and advertising or marketing areas as health promotion, environmental skills to analyse complex evidence, present www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects health, health psychology, community evidence-based arguments, and put things health, Māori and iwi health, behaviour in perspective. Such skills developed from Study History at UC change, health policy, administration, studying History can be applied in many health education, health technology careers, as well as to all walks of life. • Certificate in Arts (page 103) assessment, and health research. History is a big subject, at the very heart of • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) These courses will also help experienced the humanities. Everything has a history, Can study, but only as a minor health professionals to extend their and every history can be challenged by • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) knowledge and skills, and to prepare for a fresh mind. Some types of history and new career opportunities. historical evidence are also part of the • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects social sciences, such as Political Science and • Bachelor of Science (page 94) International Relations, and Sociology, and • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) Study Health Sciences at UC Law (which is a form of 'applied history'). • Bachelor of Youth and Community • Bachelor of Health Sciences (page 90) The study of languages and literature is Leadership (page 100) enhanced by knowing about their cultural Not a major or a minor subject and historical contexts. Historians, too, Tāhuhu Kōrero | Department of History • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) often use techniques and results from T: +64 3 369 3377 other disciplines. History is a supremely E: [email protected] • Bachelor of Science (page 94) interdisciplinary subject. www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- departments/history Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of Education, Health and Human Development Why study History at UC? T: +64 3 369 3333 • Tāhuhu Kōrero | Department of History at E: [email protected] UC has received a James Cook Research Human Resource www.canterbury.ac.nz/health Fellowship, two Marsden Fund research Management awards, and an early career researcher Human Resource Management (HRM) is the award in recent years. science of people and organisations. It is • Our Arts Internships programme about attracting, developing, and managing champions work-based experience, staff, to create high-performing workplaces enabling History students to apply where people want to give their best. their knowledge and skills in real-world situations and further their career goals. The HRM programme aims to create leaders who shape the way people act in Career opportunities organisations. It covers topics such as team leadership, communication, leading change, History graduates leave university with a sustainability, and learning and development. distinctive mix of skills which are useful in almost any job involving discovery, analysis, Why study Human Resource interpretation, independent thought, and Management at UC? communication. Studying History allows you to practise making balanced and • HRM is taught by staff from around impartial judgements, considering multiple the world, who bring their experience into classes. perspectives and materials.

42 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) • The learning is innovative, using new, engaging ways to equip you with leading Human Services knowledge and skills. Human Services is referred to as the study • The courses involve applied assignments of the professions. Human Services (HSRV) and activities that address real-world programmes and courses are now being business issues. taught at universities internationally, with • Our close links with the local business allow human services among the fastest growing you to learn from experienced leaders. fields of employment. At UC, we offer the • Students can work on consulting projects only Human Services programmes and dealing with current challenges in a courses in Aotearoa. variety of industries. Studying Human Services gives you the • Our programme links with the opportunity to learn research skills and competencies required for becoming choose courses in particular areas of study, a professional HR practitioner in maximising your ability to develop more the Human Resources Institute of focused career directions within your degree. New Zealand (HRNZ). Students majoring in subjects such as • UC is ranked in the top 250 in the Psychology, Criminal Justice, Political ‘I choose a BA majoring in world for Social Sciences and Science and International Relations, Health Management (QS World University Sciences, Law, Education, Management, Human services and Rankings by Subject, 2021). and Sociology also have the opportunity to minoring in Māori and Career opportunities strengthen the human service component of their studies by including HSRV courses. indigenous studies UC graduates are found in every kind because it is giving me of organisation. Why study Human Services at UC? real-life skills. I have As a human resources practitioner, you may We offer five exciting study pathways within work primarily in human resources teams the Human Services programme at UC: learnt about society, and consulting companies, both in Aotearoa • Healthy lives/lifestyles, space, and bodies culture, professionalism, and overseas. HR professionals can choose a – this pathway offers the opportunity and gained insight into generalist career, or specialise in areas such to explore understandings of health, as recruitment and retention, performance or wellbeing, and sport across diverse social, how these will work talent management, staff pay and rewards, political, cultural, and economic contexts. together to prepare me for learning and development, performance, • Violence, crime, and deviance – this coaching, and organisational change. pathway is designed to encourage critical the workforce. I chose Careers as management consultants are thinking about various forms of, and papers that interested also possible and graduates, particularly responses to, violence, crime, and deviance. those with postgraduate degrees, may find • Local and global communities – this me, which is why the BA this path very rewarding. pathway explores how we critically think was so appealing, due to about 'community' space, including how www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects we construct and negotiate belonging, its flexibility.’ identity, creativity, politics, and resources. Study Human Resource Management at UC • Work and organisations – this Jessica pathway enables you to develop in- Studying towards a Bachelor of Arts in Human • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) depth knowledge about workers and Services with a minor in Māori and Indigenous workplaces. Courses critically explore Studies, and a Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Can study, but only as a minor changing contexts and structures of Learning (Primary) • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) work; how work and the organisation of • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) work impact people and communities. • Bachelor of Science (page 94) • Youth/young people and their worlds – • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) this pathway offers the opportunity to explore the social construction of youth • Bachelor of Youth and Community and the worlds they inhabit. Leadership (page 100)

Department of Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship T: +64 3 369 3888 E: [email protected] www.canterbury.ac.nz/study/subjects /human-resource-management

www.canterbury.ac.nz 43 Career opportunities Industrial designers are problem solvers. They are critical and imaginative, express Information Systems Human Services courses are designed for artistic and practical skills, are able We live in an ‘Information Age’ where students wanting to pursue careers within to communicate and work well under access to information, information systems, fields such as education, law enforcement, pressure, are open to criticism, and can sell and digital technology play a major role in health, community, and other social an idea to any client. organisations. With information systems, service/support organisations including we can change how we work, how we international organisations. Career opportunities communicate, and how we do business. Graduates may find roles in policy analysis, Graduates will be able to deliver creative Information Systems (IS) is about how research, administration, management, product designs while also leveraging businesses use information technology to supervision, community development, youth their knowledge of related sciences and become smarter, better, faster, and achieve work, and various types of support work. engineering disciplines, in parallel with their strategic goals. IS enables businesses www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects practical and commercial business skills. to create value, provide solutions to business problems, and use technology to Combining engineering and science with Study Human Services at UC innovate and create new opportunities. The creative design and business will help you subject of Information Systems addresses • Certificate in Arts (page 103) to forge a vibrant career with unlimited the design, development, and delivery of • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) possibilities, as industrial designers can solutions to business problems; and the work across many different industries Can study, but only as a minor management of IS projects, IS personnel, and sectors. You can work globally in the and IS resources. • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) design departments of large manufacturing • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) companies, product design or engineering Information Systems takes a business • Bachelor of Science (page 94) consultancies, or have the possibility to be perspective compared with Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Computer • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) self-employed with your own company. Engineering. For example, it examines how Other example areas include furniture • Bachelor of Youth and Community organisations may use and benefit from IT, design, toy design, electronics, packaging Leadership (page 100) and considers the role of new technologies in design, medical design, consumer goods, internet business and social media. Some IS Department of Human Services and digital design, automotive industries, design courses focus on business issues such as IT Social Work research, and recreational sports equipment. T: +64 3 369 3377 management, business process design and www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects E: [email protected] improvement, and how big data is analysed www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- to deliver insights and drive change. Study Industrial Product Design at UC departments/human-services Students completing an Information Systems • Bachelor of Product Design (page 93) major will take courses across a range of business disciplines, including Accounting, Te Kura Hanga Otinga | School of Industrial Product Economics, and Management. These courses Product Design Design T: +64 3 369 4271 or +64 3 369 4272 help IS graduates gain a broad understanding See also Product Design on page 63. E: [email protected] of the world of business. Thus they will be both 'business-savvy' and 'tech-savvy'. This The products that we use in everyday www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering mix of skills means that IS graduates are life, such as mobile phones, mobility /product-design well prepared to become business analysts devices, espresso coffee machines, sports and project managers, as well as software equipment, toys and games, microwave developers. IS graduates have a choice of ovens, or bicycles, all share elements in highly paid and exciting careers. both design and usability. This major will teach you how to design and deliver Why study Information Systems at UC? suitable products that solve problems and generate consumer interest. • At UC, you can get work experience while you study – internships with local You will also develop key skills in product companies and group projects allow design such as design, sketching and students to work on real-life projects and computer-aided design, fluid flow, power gain practical experience. and energy, and materials selection that • IS students have their own computer is ergonomic, functional, appropriate, lab to study and work together on and appealing. You will gain a practical assignments and projects. understanding of the product design • Our programme offers great flexibility lifecycle – from idea generation through to to combine the study of IS with other prototyping and commercialisation. subjects. There are three pathways you could consider for potentially different future career opportunities: a major or minor in Information Systems; a BCom

44 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) double major in Information Systems Career opportunities and another Commerce subject (eg, Innovation Accounting, Management, or Strategy Innovation is the key to successful Innovation graduates will be among Aotearoa and Entrepreneurship); or a Bachelor of business, government, and society, where New Zealand’s leaders for innovative change, Commerce/Bachelor of Science double generating new ideas for improvement is a and have the opportunity to lead the nation degree combination – see page 101 for continuous goal. in the future global market. Innovation offers double degrees. a highly multidisciplinary skillset suitable Employers have long recognised innovators for a range of industries, particularly in areas Career opportunities as highly valued members of their of business, technology, entertainment, industries. Being able to anticipate the product production, iwi development, and Information Systems is one of the fastest socioeconomic, cultural, environmental, growing areas for study and employment. government, which are in continuous need for and political factors that lead to an innovative thinkers. It is on the long-term skill shortage list for innovative solution is a skill sought after Aotearoa New Zealand and there is also across the world. With their key skills in problem-solving and a global shortage in this area, ensuring generating ideas, graduates of this subject high demand and salaries for graduates. IS Through Innovation studies at UC, students may be suitable as consultants, project graduates with a good mix of business and will learn about the development and managers, risk evaluators, stakeholder technical skills and knowledge would be commercialisation of new ideas, with direct managers, product designers, marketers, well-placed to take up these opportunities. input from local organisations. Students communicators, and political advisors, will use real-world examples to identify among many other occupations. For IS majors, there are many exciting career opportunities for innovation, learn how to options: business analyst, IT project manager, recognise the impact their ideas will have, www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects user experience (UX) designer, business and also have the chance to implement intelligence professional, systems analyst, IS these within an organisation. Study Innovation at UC implementation consultant, IS manager. • Certificate in Commerce (page 103) IS expertise is marketable worldwide and Why study Innovation at UC? Can study, but only as a minor can open the door to even more exciting • Through UC’s award-winning business • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) and challenging careers. Many of our experts, students will gain insight to the graduates are now in key positions all current global market, the different levels • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) around the world including the UK, USA, of business, from family-owned to large • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) Hong Kong, and Australia. corporations, and the latest technologies • Bachelor of Science (page 94) changing the face of the corporate world. If you take Computer Science/Software • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) • The flexible programme allows students Engineering with IS, your options also • Bachelor of Youth and Community include: solutions architect, software to combine their Innovation subject with courses from a range of other subjects, to Leadership (page 100) engineer, applications developer, gain a competitive edge with expertise in programmer/analyst, database key areas, such as technology, business, Department of Management, Marketing administrator, and website education, policy, and society. and Entrepreneurship designer/developer. T: +64 3 369 3888 • At second and third year, Innovation www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects E: [email protected] students complete team consulting www.canterbury.ac.nz/study projects with real-world organisations /subjects/innovation Study Information Systems at UC to demonstrate their comprehensive • Certificate in Commerce (page 103) knowledge. They also have the opportunity to complete a practical • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) project implementing economic, social, and/or business solutions for Can study, but only as a minor an organisation. • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) • UC is also home to Te Pokapū • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) Rakahinonga | UC Centre for • Bachelor of Science (page 94) Entrepreneurship – where budding • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) entrepreneurs can join a community of like-minded students and staff, access • Bachelor of Youth and Community useful resources, learn how to set up a Leadership (page 100) new business venture, gain experience, or take on an internship. Te Tari Kaute me te Pūnaha Pārongo Department of Accounting and • Ōtautahi Christchurch is home to a Information Systems number of computing technology and T: +64 3 369 3888 innovation industries, with many start- E: [email protected] up companies searching for skilled www.canterbury.ac.nz/study/subjects graduates from UC. /information-systems

www.canterbury.ac.nz 45 departments, banks, import/export International corporations, multinational manufacturers, Business consulting firms, international non- Aotearoa organisations are becoming governmental organisations, electronics increasingly globalised and need well- and transportation companies, and tourism prepared graduates able to operate with and hospitality organisations. confidence in the international business www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects environment. This subject provides the opportunity to Study International Business at UC gain skills relevant for conducting business • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) in a global, multicultural economy. Can study, but only as a minor Why study International Business at UC? • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) You will study activities and transactions • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) that involve: • Bachelor of Science (page 94) • the crossing of borders both from the • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) ‘I love the fact that my viewpoint of a firm and the individual • Bachelor of Youth and Community degree is gearing me up to • decision making and management in Leadership (page 100) work in an evolving and cross-cultural settings • how firms can configure their activities Department of Management, Marketing increasingly international to achieve their owners' objectives in an and Entrepreneurship evolving operating environment T: +64 3 369 3888 business environment. E: [email protected] • the strategic and cross-cultural aspects www.canterbury.ac.nz/study UC’s focus on shaping its involved in international business /subjects/international-business • the market for foreign exchange, currency graduates to be more risk, and hedging bicultural and globally • the viewpoint of a country, the Japanese aware was a big drawcard reasons for and the welfare effects of Japan is one of the most influential nations international trade, and trade policies in the Asia-Pacific region – culturally, for me to come here.’ such as tariffs and export subsidies. diplomatically, and economically. It is You will also study an approved foreign a key player in Aotearoa New Zealand's Sam language and/or culture course. import and export, tourism, and education Bachelor of Commerce in International Business International Business students are markets, and continues to be an attractive Bachelor of Arts in Chinese and Political Science encouraged to spend a semester studying destination for graduates. and International Relations at an overseas partner university. This Aspects of Japanese culture have become provides a great opportunity to learn popular in much of Asia, Australasia, and about a different culture, gain insight America. These include animation, video into different business environments and games, fashion, art, sport, and spirituality. practices, and form new contacts. Learning the Japanese language helps Career opportunities you to do business with Japanese people and multinational companies, equips Graduates will have completed coursework you for a job in Japan and opens up an covering financial accounting, marketing, understanding of a proud people with a microeconomics, and international long history and fascinating culture. management. They will have specialised knowledge and an understanding of the Why study Japanese at UC? international business environment. • The Japanese programme at UC offers Graduates' advanced theoretical and a wide range of courses in Japanese practical knowledge in International language and related subjects up to Business will prepare them well for higher- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) level. level employment opportunities or for entry • It is supported by a strong team of staff into advanced research degrees. specialising in linguistics, literature, Typical job opportunities include import/ theatre, society, tradition, and export agent, foreign currency investment modern culture. advisor, foreign sales representative, and international management consultant. Frequent employers include government

46 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) • In language classes, equal emphasis is Study Journalism at UC placed on the four key language skills of Department of Global, Cultural and • Bachelor of Communication (page 83) reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Language Studies Communicative and cultural competency T: +64 3 369 3377 Te Kura Mātāpuna Tangata | School of in Japanese is developed through regular E: [email protected] Language, Social and Political Sciences interaction with native speakers and www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- T: +64 3 369 3377 practice communicating in a range of departments/japanese E: [email protected] real-life situations. www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- • Courses in the programme are departments/media-and-communication complemented by a number of Journalism specialised courses on Japanese history, See also Communication on page 20. art, political science, and music offered As news media embrace different forms Latin through various schools in Te Rāngai Toi of reporting and storytelling and new Latin is one of the oldest languages in the Tangata | College of Arts. digital platforms, there is a growing need western world, and many modern European for graduates who are up to date with new languages such as Italian, Spanish, Career opportunities technologies, multimedia skills, audience Portuguese, French, and English share A degree in Japanese can lead to a variety of needs, and the ethical issues produced in a their origins with this ancient language. career options. fast-moving digital media space. We aim to An understanding of Latin thus greatly produce highly competent and multi-skilled Some graduates have been awarded improves one’s command of spelling and professionals who think critically about prestigious Monbukagakusho (Japanese grammar of English, as well as of these their work and care about the communities Ministry of Education) Scholarships for other European languages. study and research in Japan. Many have they report on and for. Studying Latin investigates social and joined the Japanese Government's Japan This major sits within the Bachelor of political concepts, as well as the society and Exchange and Teaching Programme. Communication and offers applied practice culture of Ancient Rome, whose political Others have been employed by the in journalism and media production. You and legal institutions have profoundly Japanese Embassy or Consular Office, will receive intensive training in media influenced the modern world today. Manatū Aorere | Ministry of Foreign ethics and law, newsgathering and writing, Affairs and Trade, and the Government research and analysis. You will also develop With Latin still widely used in modern Communications and Security Bureau in Te a range of multimedia skills, including terminology, students intending on Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. photography, video, audio, and social and careers in medicine, linguistics, science, or law will benefit from knowledge of the There is a demand for teachers of Japanese online media production. Latin language. in secondary schools, and some graduates Journalism students will also have have joined the teaching staff of Japanese opportunities to complete professional Students will also find studying this subject departments at tertiary institutions. internships as part of their degree, through especially useful for postgraduate studies in Classics. Other graduates enter banking, UC’s partnerships with national and local newsrooms, and other media industries. import/export, and legal industries, or Why study Latin at UC? find jobs in multinational companies that have links with Japan. Some become Career opportunities • UC’s Classics language courses enhances freelance translators or enter the tourism Journalism graduates will be well prepared understanding of all aspects of these ancient societies, ranging from literature and travel industry. for work in modern newsrooms, both to politics, daily life to philosophy. www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects in Aotearoa and overseas, due to their extensive multimedia skills and ability to • Students read major texts of Latin epic independently investigate and report news poetry, history, oratory, and more under Study Japanese at UC the guidance of staff actively researching for online newsroom platforms, television, • Certificate in Arts (page 103) in these fields. radio, and newspapers. • Certificate in Languages (page 103) • Students have access to the Teece Graduates will also be suited to work • Diploma in Languages (page 106) Museum of Classical Antiquities in other roles in the communication which contains artefacts – including • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) and creative industries, such as a inscriptions – of direct relevance to the communications advisor/manager, literary world of the Romans. Can study, but only as a minor producer, social media manager, content • Internationally regarded Classics staff • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) creator, editor, or publisher. include recipients of prestigious visiting • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects fellowships to Oxford and Cambridge • Bachelor of Science (page 94) Universities, UC Teaching Awards, and • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) internal and external research awards such as a major Marsden grant for the • Bachelor of Youth and Community ground-breaking study of ancient drama. Leadership (page 100) Classics staff and students regularly present at conferences all over the world.

www.canterbury.ac.nz 47 • The Classical Association of commentators on the law. Many Law Christchurch, which is run by the UC teachers maintain close contact with the Classics Department, hosts guest legal profession and local professionals speakers from all over the world at public contribute to the School's curriculum. lectures and events. International visitors to the School • The active study club Classoc offers peer provide specialist courses on a regular language support for beginners and a basis, and students are able to attend variety of social and academic events. guest lectures by Supreme Court Judges. The Law School environment Career opportunities Te Kura Ture | School of Law is housed in a Graduates will have advanced knowledge of modern building with a specially designed language origins and use in industries such Moot Court room, which is regularly as government, policies, law, medicine, used for client interviewing, witness and a variety of science fields. Occupations examination, mooting, and concerned with the study of the Ancient negotiation competitions. Mediterranean, such as academia and school teaching, publishing, museums, Law students enjoy the collegial ‘I particularly enjoy and archaeology will also benefit from atmosphere within the School, where they the flexibility of the graduates of Latin. get to know each other and the staff well. • LAWSOC, the Law Students' Society, has UC graduates will also find their studies in Law degree at UC. over 800 members and is very active, Latin a good background for further studies organising academic support, social Alongside Law and legal in European languages. activities, a range of competitions, and systems, my studies also www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects other events eg, the Law Revue, the Law touch on Criminal Ball, and the Leavers' Dinner. Study Latin at UC • The Māori Law Students' Association, Justice and International • Certificate in Languages (page 103) Te Pūtairiki, provides a supportive Relations, providing me environment, fostering academic • Diploma in Languages (page 106) excellence among Māori Law students with practical skills on and organising cultural and social events. Te Rāngai Toi Tangata | College of Arts top of gaining T: +64 3 369 3377 • The UC Pasifika Law Students’ relevant knowledge.’ E: [email protected] Association is a society dedicated to www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts providing support and fostering networks for Pasifika Law students, both on Rachel campus and with other campuses. Bachelor of Laws Law • UC Women in Law encourages young women studying law to thrive in their As a Law student, you will learn how to future careers and at law school, and think critically, analyse complex facts and fights to minimise the gender gap in issues, and persuade by logical argument. current Aotearoa law firms. The society You will gain a comprehensive grounding encourages the spirit of inclusiveness, in working with statutes, cases, and other equality and intersectionality, and legal materials, and understand about welcomes everyone. the law in its wider social, political, and • Law for Change UC, a club which is historical contexts. passionate about public interest law, that is, legal practice in the service of Why study Law at UC? otherwise unrepresented or under- represented people or interests. This • UC's Te Kura Ture | School of Law is covers areas such as access to justice, an internationally recognised and environmental issues, criminal defence, professionally relevant, community human rights, law and social policy. focused Law School in Aotearoa. We have been producing outstanding legal Community and international partnerships graduates for over 140 years. • There are numerous scholarships, prizes, • UC is ranked in the top 200 universities and overseas exchange opportunities, in the world for Law and Legal Studies including an internship to the United (QS World University Rankings by States Congress. Subject, 2021). • Law firms and other employers come to • The School's lecturers are respected the School each year to recruit summer internationally, write important clerks and graduates. textbooks, and act as public

48 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) • Many Law students choose to become Naturally, you will also become familiar active in groups like Women's Refuge or Linguistics with many different languages and cultures, Amnesty International. Linguistics is the scientific study of and as a result, develop important cross- • The Director of Clinical Legal Studies language. It addresses questions relating cultural skills. to the structure of language, how and at UC supervises internships and Linguistics is often a training ground for community placement opportunities for why languages differ and change, how those who chose teaching English as a UC Law students, making sure students humans acquire and process language, the second language, which is a popular career are work-ready when they graduate. relationship between language and society, and offers excellent travel opportunities. and the systems of speech sounds that Career opportunities underlie the words and utterances that we www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects Law degrees are popular because of the speak and hear. Study Linguistics at UC value placed on core legal skills and the For example, studying linguistics can help career opportunities available to graduates. us to understand how children can easily • Certificate in Arts (page 103) UC Law graduates can be found among learn to speak both English and te reo • Certificate in Science (page 104) the judiciary and at all levels of the legal Māori, why Aotearoa New Zealanders sound • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) profession, across Aotearoa and the world. different from Australians, why the words • Bachelor of Science (page 94) Employers are increasingly seeking work- ‘air’ and ‘ear’ rhyme for some people but ready graduates. Law students at UC have not for others, and why ‘sweet as’ isn’t Can study, but only as a minor the opportunity to participate in a variety just ‘slang’. • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) of internships and community placements Given the unique nature of language, • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) which will satisfy this requirement. Linguistics is an inherently interdisciplinary • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) field that bridges the sciences, the social UC graduates can become a practice • Bachelor of Youth and Community solicitor, in-house lawyer, or a self- sciences, and the humanities. It has links Leadership (page 100) employed barrister. Recent UC graduates with, among other fields, Anthropology, have also found roles as research counsel, cognitive science, Computer Science, Department of Linguistics and judge’s clerk, policy analyst, and Māori Education, Engineering, evolutionary biology, English Language development advisor. language study, neurology, Philosophy, T: +64 3 369 3377 Psychology, and Sociology. It is therefore an E: [email protected] Legal skills of research, writing, analysis, ideal complementary field of study. www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- and reasoning are highly prized in many departments/linguistics professions such as politics, policy, Why study Linguistics at UC? public service, foreign affairs, journalism, publishing, immigration, and business. • UC is ranked in the top 100 universities in the world for Linguistics (QS World Management www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects University Rankings by Subject, 2021). Management involves creating organisational performance. People in a variety of roles Study Law at UC • Many disciplines are represented at UC’s Te Kāhui Roro Reo | New Zealand Institute practise management. Some are line • Bachelor of Laws (page 91) of Language, Brain and Behaviour, where managers and executives who manage researchers study the foundations of teams and systems, others manage specific Te Kura Ture | UC School of Law language as an integrated, multimodal, functions or processes in an organisation. T: +64 3 369 0406 statistical system operating in a social, Studying management explores how E: [email protected] physical, and physiological context. www.canterbury.ac.nz/law organisations function, and how you can Career opportunities influence their performance. The subject is broad and you will cover a range of Linguistics provides the foundation topics, including leadership, business for a wide range of jobs and careers strategy, organisational behaviour, people including teaching, education, translation/ management, operations management, interpreting, marketing, publishing, change, and innovation. journalism, law, medicine, information technology, speech and language therapy, Why study Management at UC? social research, and international relations. • UC is ranked in the top 300 universities in In fact, studying Linguistics will help the world for Business and Management prepare you for any profession that requires Studies (QS World University Rankings by skills in analytical thinking, problem Subject, 2021). solving, argumentation, critical thinking, • Our courses are closely linked with data collection and analysis, and written business, and taught by leading experts and oral expression. in their fields. • Our programme is strongly applied and so you will gain both knowledge and skills related to managing.

www.canterbury.ac.nz 49 • Students can work on consulting projects • Te Ao Hauora – Working with health dealing with current challenges in a professionals: promoting students' variety of industries. understanding of the multiple disciplines and roles involved in delivering health Career opportunities care to Māori, including clinicians (eg, pharmacists, doctors, physiotherapists, and Management graduates are found in every psychologists), the cultural/community/ kind of organisation. They start their careers clinical interface, and interprofessional/ in a wide range of roles such as trainee interdisciplinary collaboration managers, coordinators of functions, • Ngā Ratonga Hauora – Working with health marketing, or market research roles, services and health systems: providing and advance into positions as business students with a thorough grounding in consultants, strategic business analysts, sociohistorical health developments and and senior managers in the commercial, current health system structures, including public, and not-for-profit sectors. Māori and iwi community-based health and www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects social services. Career opportunities Study Management at UC ‘All the theories that we • Certificate in Commerce (page 103) Career options for students who major in Māori and Indigenous Health include learn are beyond just As a major only research and policy analysis or advice, sitting in our books but • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) health promotion, and community health liaison roles in non-governmental actually become Department of Management, Marketing organisations focused on health and applicable and profitable and Entrepreneurship wellbeing, Māori and iwi health and T: +64 3 369 3888 development organisations, District Health in real business. Not only E: [email protected] Boards, and local government. does it expand my mindset www.canterbury.ac.nz/study /subjects/management Students interested in progressing to of innovation and postgraduate study will be well prepared as a result of this major, particularly in entrepreneurism but also Māori and relation to Māori and Indigenous Studies, grants you with practical Indigenous Health and/or Health. opportunities to propose www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects See also Health Sciences on page 41. and implement your E ngā mana, e ngā reo, nāia te reo pōwhiri ki Study Māori and Indigenous Health business schemes.’ a koutou. Tēnā koutou katoa. at UC The purpose of the Māori and Indigenous • Bachelor of Health Sciences (page 90) Colin Health major is to prepare culturally Bachelor of Commerce in Management competent graduates who are able to use, Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of and Marketing apply, and integrate Māori, bicultural, and Education, Health and Human Development indigenous knowledge and practices in T: +64 3 369 3333 their chosen health and social services E: [email protected] related careers. www.canterbury.ac.nz/health The holistic Māori view of health and wellbeing is an important component of Māori and the major that includes knowledge and skills in the following areas: Indigenous Studies • Te Ao Tangata – Engaging with See also Te Reo Māori on page 76. Māori: understanding, respect, te Māori and Indigenous Studies is a broad reo, interpersonal and cross-cultural subject that seeks to understand the communication/dialogue, and Māori culture, knowledge, and philosophies of health-based experiences Māori and indigenous peoples and their economic, political, and social realities. These studies are increasingly seen as central to education, public policy, and cultural competency in Aotearoa’s bicultural and multicultural landscape.

50 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) Why study Māori and Indigenous The broad skills gained from a Bachelor • Students are encouraged to get involved Studies at UC? of Arts include research, writing, critical in annual UC-wide competitions, such as entré for young entrepreneurs, • The Māori and Indigenous Studies thinking, and communication; and are and communities such as Te programme is very flexible, allowing highly valued by employers and can Pokapū Rakahinonga | UC Centre for students the chance to pursue particular enable employment opportunities in Entrepreneurship. Students regularly interests. Students majoring in other diverse careers. enter and succeed in inter-university subject areas often take Māori courses to www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects business challenges too. All these support their chosen field of study. opportunities allow Marketing students • We offer courses on Te Tiriti o Waitangi Study Māori and Indigenous Studies to build their new product and service Treaty of Waitangi, contemporary political at UC development, planning, project issues, Māori and indigenous knowledge • Certificate in Arts (page 103) management, and teamwork skills, as systems and the relationship with well as gain real-world experience and science, Māori and iwi development, • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) make connections with businesses and Māori and indigenous health, Kaupapa the community. Māori and critical theories, human Can study, but only as a minor • Internships and company-related projects rights, Aotearoa New Zealand and Māori • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) taken as part of your studies count histories, colonisation, Māori film, • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) towards your degree and help enhance kapahaka, material culture, and more. • Bachelor of Science (page 94) your résumé. Students have worked with Aotahi: School of Māori and • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) a diverse range of organisations, such as Indigenous Studies Animates, Burgerfuel, Creatrix Ltd, Deep • Bachelor of Youth and Community South Ice Cream, Golden Eagle Brewery, Many students come to Aotahi: School of Leadership (page 100) Harvey Cameron, Riccarton House, Top Māori and Indigenous Studies to find and Hi-Fi, and others. explore their identity as Aotearoa Aotahi: School of Māori and New Zealanders. Students from international Indigenous Studies Career opportunities backgrounds can also gain a greater T: +64 3 369 3377 The marketing and business skills acquired understanding of local culture and practice. E: [email protected] www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- at UC are relevant globally. A Bachelor Our staff in Aotahi: School of Māori and departments/aotahi-school-of-maori-and- of Commerce majoring in Marketing Indigenous Studies operate as a whānau indigenous-studies will open the door to an exciting, varied, and we pride ourselves on being accessible and fast-paced career in anything from in and out of classes in order to provide advertising and promotion, brand support and guidance for students. Staff Marketing management, product management, teaching in Māori and Indigenous Studies Our continuous exposure to advertising market research, retail management, engage with a number of research kaupapa and sales pitches leads us to believe that marketing and communications, strategic that focus on the advancement of Māori marketing activities begin only when goods marketing, direct marketing and sales, and development and knowledge. or services have been produced. But that merchandising. Most of these jobs require is only the tip of the iceberg. Marketing is a mix of quantitative, communication, and Career opportunities concerned with the analysis of customer interpersonal skills. Career paths are opening up as a result needs and securing information needed to Marketing careers provide lots of variety, of the increasing role of Māori culture as design and produce goods or services that since the roles and functions of marketers a defining element of national culture. match buyer expectations. are constantly evolving as the business Changing demographics, government Strategic research methods, advertising environment changes and a huge number policies, and social attitudes will continue and promotion, merchandising, sales, and of industries and organisation types the to see employment opportunities in the management of products and services world over require marketers. future for those with indigenous knowledge are utilised in the process, which applies Graduates may enter the profession as and competencies. to profit-oriented firms as well as not-for- marketing executives, officers, assistants, Careers are increasing in iwi and other profit organisations. or coordinators, with good graduates Māori organisations, public health, research, progressing to advisors, specialists, teaching, government organisations, and Why study Marketing at UC? and managers within a few years. Many the wider community. • UC is ranked first in Aotearoa for research marketing-trained staff end up in senior Recent UC graduates have found work as in Marketing and Tourism (Te Amorangi organisational roles of senior manager, community development workers, city Mātauranga Matua | Tertiary Education director, chief officer, president, or working council liaison officers, policy analysts, Commission 2018 PBRF assessment) and independently as a consultant. journalists, archivists, museum education our lecturers are regular recipients of teaching awards at UC. www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects officers, conservation workers, secondary school teachers, librarians, lawyers, development advisors, and police officers.

www.canterbury.ac.nz 51 Study Marketing at UC Why study Mathematics at UC? Can study, but only as a minor • Certificate in Commerce (page 103) • UC is known internationally for its • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) involvement in Mathematics and • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) Statistics education and research. Several • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) Can study, but only as a minor members of staff have awards for their • Bachelor of Youth and Community • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) work in this area. Our research expertise informs our teaching. Leadership (page 100) • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) • We welcome visiting scholars on the • Bachelor of Science (page 94) Te Kura Pāngarau | School of Mathematics Erskine Fellowship Programme. Students and Statistics • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) benefit greatly from their teaching and T: +64 3 369 2233 • Bachelor of Youth and Community the diverse perspectives they offer. E: [email protected] Leadership (page 100) • We actively support undergraduate www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering/schools research through summer projects /mathematics-statistics Department of Management, Marketing and honours dissertations, with and Entrepreneurship some of our recent budding scholars T: +64 3 369 3888 heading to Oxford, Harvard, and Yale for Mechanical E: [email protected] postgraduate work. www.canterbury.ac.nz/study • We have a thriving culture that Engineering /subjects/marketing encourages meeting up with like-minded See also Engineering on page 28. students through clubs. Mechanical engineers design and develop everything that is moving or has moving Mathematics Career opportunities parts – from airplanes to wind turbines to Our modern society is underpinned by One of the most important quality a dishwashers, as well as everything from many mathematical insights. Mathematics Mathematics graduate develops is the ability macroscopic (large) down to nanoscopic is a living subject with ideas, techniques, to reason logically and in depth. Mathematics (very small). They are systematic thinkers and theorems constantly being created, is a creative, collaborative pursuit. with a sense of social responsibility that tested, and explored. leads them to constantly seek better ways Mathematics graduates are highly of doing things. Mathematicians are at the forefront of employable in computing, finance, breakthroughs in science, technology, and commerce, insurance, scientific institutions Many mechanical engineers specialise in finance. Did you know: (such as Crown Research Institutes), law, areas such as materials, dynamics and • Money is kept secure when using internet teaching, and many other fields. controls, product design, manufacturing, banking protocols based on mathematical energy and thermodynamics, and Employment opportunities are particularly cryptography and prime numbers. mechanics. Others cross over into other good for people who combine qualifications disciplines, working on everything from • Medical images such as MRI are in Mathematics with qualifications reconstructed using mathematical artificial organs in bioengineering to in other disciplines such as Physics, tools that were first developed in the enhancing the field of nanotechnology. early 1800s. Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Management, and Economics. The mechanical engineer may design • The mathematics of wavelet a component, a machine, a system, Previous graduates have been employed by transformations helps us to understand or a process, and analyse their design Macquarie Capital, Deloitte, BNY-Mellon, seismic activity, which may one day assist using the principles of work, power, and us with the prediction of earthquakes. First NZ Capital, Te Pūtea Matua | Reserve energy to ensure the product functions Bank, Vero Insurance, Wynyard Security • Mathematicians can find solutions to safely, efficiently, reliably, and can be Group, and many government agencies equations that govern the universe to manufactured economically. Central to a help us understand physical phenomena, like Kaitohutohu Kaupapa Rawa | Treasury, mechanical engineer's role is the design without the need for expensive Tatauranga Aotearoa | Stats NZ, and and the use of information technology. experiments. Hīkina Whakatutuki | Ministry of Business, • Mathematical modelling can help Innovation and Employment. Minor in Biomedical Engineering with the protection of our native flora www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects There is a growing need for life-changing and fauna. engineering solutions that restore Mathematical thought is one of the Study Mathematics at UC function and aid in diagnosis, monitoring, greatest human achievements, and has • Certificate in Arts (page 103) rehabilitation, and delivery of care. been around for over 4,000 years. In all • Certificate in Science (page 104) Biomedical Engineers will develop current these millennia, mathematicians have been and emerging devices, such as prosthetics, • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) one step ahead and are already preparing implants, heart-rate monitors, mobility for the technological advances of the • Bachelor of Science (page 94) equipment, medical imaging scanners, and coming generation. assistive technologies.

52 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) Students will carry out practical work The degree programme at UC has a in biomechanics, ergonomics, usability, strong focus on engineering design and concept design, prototyping, and testing. professional relevance. The programme The programme also examines bioethics and is internationally accredited, and our medical regulatory compliance, and includes graduates have gone on to excel in leading an introduction to intellectual property. technical innovation in many sub-fields. www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects Why study Mechanical Engineering at UC? • Our students take part in a variety Study Mechanical Engineering at UC of research and development (R&D) • Bachelor of Engineering with Honours projects with industry sponsors, ranging (page 87) from industrial design manufacturing, biomedical applications, UAVs, and more. Te Tari Pūhanga Pūrere | Department of • UC hosts Te Puna Pūhanga Koiora | Centre Mechanical Engineering for Bioengineering, which collaborates T: +64 3 369 2229 with industry to conduct innovative www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering research in biomedical and bioengineering /schools/mechanical ‘Studying Mechanical areas which are adopted internationally. Engineering deals with a • The Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Mechanical Engineering Mechatronics combination of theory, is fully accredited by Engineering New Zealand. Engineering modelling and design. It See also Engineering on page 28. demands not only your Career opportunities Mechatronics is the field behind the "Smart intellect but also your Mechanical Engineering graduates are Products and Systems" that increasingly creativity.’ well equipped to meet the challenges dominate many aspects of our lives. It sits of a rapidly changing world by applying at the intersection of mechanical, electrical, their creativity, scientific principles, and and computer engineering, and combines Danny engineering skills to find solutions to sensors, software, and motors to create Studying towards a Bachelor of Engineering with technical problems. Mechanical engineers innovative and amazing new devices. Honours in Mechanical Engineering may work in areas such as: These mechatronic systems can be found • product design – design and analysis of manipulating the smallest bits of matter, in tools, toys, sporting equipment, domestic spacecraft, as well as throughout your home appliances, computer-aided design, finite and town. From smart phones and TVs, to element analysis, environmental lifecycle smart energy grids to smart cars and smart of products medical care and devices. They are everywhere, • power generation – wind and water making life better, greener, healthier, more turbines, internal combustion engines, productive, and more interesting. fuels, alternative energy sources During the coming decades, we will see • transport vehicles – cars, ships, aircraft, an explosion of these automated systems trains, unmanned vehicles further aiding our lives. Robots are widely • medical technology – medical devices for used to automate manufacturing processes operating theatres, implants, for productivity benefits, quality consistency, insulin control and reduction/elimination of physically hard • building services – heating, ventilation, and/or hazardous labour. Mobile machines, air conditioning, energy use analysis, such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), water treatment plant Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), • manufacturing – design of and Autonomous Ground Vehicle (AGV), are manufacturing equipment, robots, deployed to operate in such environments. design of assembly plants, industrial The vast discipline of Mechatronics engineering, Industry 4.0, intelligent Engineering does not stop at the visible manufacturing, production management, minimisation of waste, world. Micro and nano electro-mechanical vibration, and noise systems (MEMS/NEMS) are an ever increasing branch of mechatronics research • controls – automatic control of industrial plant, instrumentation, hydraulics, and technology for applications such as pneumatics atom-scale microscopy and spectroscopy, micro and nano fabrication, big data • materials – metallurgy, composites, polymers, structural failure, recycling. storage, sensor technology, medical drug delivery, and many more.

www.canterbury.ac.nz 53 Why study Mechatronics Engineering build community, reinforce gender norms, advisors, digital marketing executives, at UC? drive social change by holding the powerful publishers/editors, web and app designers, • Mechatronics studies at UC is a project- accountable, and much more. The subject business development executives, account based programme, with hands-on skills provides an important perspective on managers, and entrepreneurs. development and robotics laboratories politics and culture, and on the operation of www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects throughout the degree. business and management. • Final-year project work includes real- Study Media and Communication world research with UC's industry Why study Media and Communication at UC at UC? partners, including commercial and • Certificate in Arts (page 103) industrial design. • The spectacular growth of Media and • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) • The Bachelor of Engineering with Communication at UC reflects the Honours in Mechatronics Engineering robust growth of media as a profession Can study, but only as a minor is fully accredited by Engineering and the strength of our internationally • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) New Zealand. recognised staff. • Our curriculum balances critical and • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) Career opportunities applied courses, making sure students • Bachelor of Science (page 94) Graduates with a Mechatronics Engineering have a broad set of skills they can use to • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) contribute to society. degree can take up careers in a wide spectrum • Bachelor of Youth and Community of industries, including the robotics, • Te Tari Mātai Pāpāho | Department of Media Leadership (page 100) aerospace, chemical, gaming, internet/ and Communication maintains close relationships with professional media, cloud/software, defence, automotive, and Te Kura Mātāpuna Tangata | School of which ensures numerous visits by guest Language, Social and Political Sciences manufacturing industries. Mechatronics speakers from the industry and associated graduates also work in businesses that T: +64 3 369 3377 industry organisations. Internationally E: [email protected] require extensive computer infrastructure and renowned professors from all over the world www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- algorithms, such as banking and commerce. visit the department every semester, giving departments/media-and-communication Within these industries, Mechatronics public presentations, research seminars, Engineering graduates could be design and guest lectures. Some recent fellows engineers, software engineers, project planners, came from Cardiff University, University of Florida, George Washington University, Medicinal product designers, or project managers. University of Helsinki, University of Chemistry www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects Bradford, and the Danish School of Media See also Chemistry on page 15. and Journalism. Study Mechatronics Engineering at UC Medicinal Chemistry explores the design Career opportunities and creation of new medicinal drugs for the • Bachelor of Engineering with Honours treatment and prevention of illnesses. (page 87) Media and Communication courses are This major will take students through an excellent preparation for a career in a the entire lifecycle of creating medicines, Te Tari Pūhanga Pūrere, Pūhanga communication industry or profession, from discovering and isolating medicinal Kōhikohiko | Department of Mechanical from the news media to marketing or Engineering, Mechatronics Programme agents within natural and synthetic government communication. While many T: +64 3 369 2166 sources, through to clinical trials, ethical Media and Communication graduates enter www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering and regulatory approvals, and sustainable careers directly related to their studies, some /schools/mechatronics production and sales. graduates tend to initially enter careers that seek university graduates of any discipline, UC’s programme also includes introductory Media and but which offer ample opportunity to use courses in business and commercial their knowledge, skills, and perspectives on opportunities, such as intellectual Communication communication in society. properties and patents of new medicines. See also Communication on page 20. Many organisations place a high value The pharmaceutical industry is growing Communication shapes the world we on people who can develop relationships globally, and there is a high demand for live in – whether by media professionals, between media and the public as well as more medicinal chemists to create life- companies, or individuals on social media. manage internal communications. These changing medicines. In Media and Communication, you will same skills are also valued by government learn how to analyse, produce, and harness departments and agencies, both in liaising Why study Medicinal Chemistry at UC? the power of communication media. with the public and in developing policy. • Te Kura Matū | School of Physical and You will study how communication is Media and Communication graduates are Chemical Sciences is equipped with produced in television, social media, employed as journalists/reporters, social excellent facilities, both in undergraduate laboratories and for research work. and in organisational life, and how it is media editors, broadcasting presenters/ interpreted by people within their own producers, public relations officers, policy • Students in the later years of the social worlds. You will explore how media analysts/advisors, communications major will be able to get involved in the School’s research endeavours, with

54 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) current research interests focused on the discovery of bioactive molecules for Music therapies and therapeutic agents. The music industry is a dynamic • UC’s programme has a unique focus employment market, offering paid work to on the bioactivity of Aotearoa and a vast array of practitioners around the Polynesian flora and fauna, world. Music is an art form that has traditional rongoā Māori medicines, prevailed across all cultures and societies and healthcare issues specific to our throughout history. bicultural community. Much of the rapid development of the • Final year courses give an introduction music industry has occurred very recently in to the drug production and business the last 25 years as a result of the explosion marketing process, preparing students for of digital technology and re-definition work in the pharmaceutical industry or even patenting their own products. of social communities and culture. This has opened up new areas of expertise for Career opportunities music professionals, alongside the more traditional roles of teaching, conducting, Medicinal Chemistry students will have music leadership, and performing. practical experience in synthetic and ‘It’s really fun doing a organic chemistry, pharmaceutics, and Why study Music at UC? MusB and a BSc! Getting microbiology, as well as non-laboratory skills in project management, scientific Te Kura Puoro | School of Music offers an to combine theory-based communication, commercial marketing, exciting range of courses at all levels in Science courses and and collaboration with a variety of other performance, composition, songwriting, scientific and business fields. digital music, music history, and practical Music courses musicianship, as well as internships and They will find a variety of rewarding roles collaborative projects. creates variation in what within the global pharmaceutical industry, you study and opens up as well as in hospital clinics, private The Bachelor of Music degree offers laboratories, biomedical companies, Crown pathways for students and a broad range unique job opportunities Research Institutes, universities, and of career opportunities for aspiring in the future. In Music among many therapeutic and healthcare professional musicians. The three majors services. Graduates may also be interested focus on: even the non-performance in reviewing global compliance guidelines • Musical Culture (includes music theory, courses aren’t exam-based and new drug applications, with regulatory musicianship analysis, music history, and involve a substantial bodies such as the US Food and Drug internships, and community music) page 53 Administration (FDA). amount of practical work, • New Music (including composition, The major will also prepare graduates for songwriting, and digital music) page 53 and in Psychology I get to further postgraduate research studies in learn about how and why modern medicine and healthcare. • Performance (features include weekly lessons, group classes, and master the brain works.’ www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects classes) page 55. Music courses are open to students Study Medicinal Chemistry at UC Antonia across the University, providing a wide • Certificate in Science (page 104) Studying towards a Bachelor Music in choice of high-quality courses for Music Performance and a Bachelor of Science majors, and for those studying other As a major only in Psychology qualifications who wish to include music • Bachelor of Science (page 94) studies in their degree.

Te Kura Matū | School of Physical and Choosing your degree programme Chemical Sciences T: +64 3 369 3100 The Bachelor of Music is a specialist degree E: [email protected] for those who want to concentrate most www.canterbury.ac.nz/science/schools-and- of their studies on Music, majoring in departments/phys-chem/medicinal-chemistry Performance, New Music, or Musical Culture. The Bachelor of Arts major or minor in Music offers flexibility to combine Music study with other subjects. BA students studying other majors or minors can also choose from a wide selection of Music courses.

www.canterbury.ac.nz 55 Music can also be taken as a minor within the Musical Culture Natural resources engineers are: Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Science, • planners, designers, constructors, and See also Music on page 52. Bachelor of Sport Coaching, and Bachelor of operators of the built environment Youth and Community Leadership. Music is an integral part of contemporary (the spaces where people live and our Double degrees, for example a BA and MusB culture globally. This major investigates communities’ infrastructure systems) combination, are another option. histories and contents of music-making, • kaitiaki (stewards of our natural locally and internationally. environment) Career opportunities Topics include popular music, musical • innovators and integrators of ideas, Music graduates are found in a wide range philosophy, musics of the world, musical people, and technology of occupations including positions in: heritage of the western world, and music in • managers of risk and uncertainty the community. • performing contexts such as orchestras, • leaders in discussions and decisions choirs, opera houses, and ensembles shaping public policy pertaining to the Career opportunities built environment and our community. • educational contexts such as conservatories, universities, and schools Majoring in Musical Culture will position you well for many vocations. The breadth Why study Natural Resources • leadership contexts such as arts Engineering at UC? administration and management. of understanding you will gain through the degree will provide you with a wide array • Civil and Natural Resources Engineering UC Music graduates also work in fields of skills necessary as a music teacher in at UC is ranked 9th in the world in Civil such as journalism, television and radio schools, music researcher and journalist, Engineering (Academic Ranking of World (planning and production), publishing, festival organiser, arts administrator, and Universities of Academic Subjects, 2020), and in technical areas such as recording, music leader in the community. and in the top 100 universities in the digital music, sound engineering, and world for Civil and Structural Engineering music technology. www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2021). People with musical talent are sought by Study Musical Culture at UC festival organisers and arts organisations. • UC is the only university in the world that • Bachelor of Music (page 92) offers this programme. www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects • World-class, high-tech laboratories Te Kura Puoro | School of Music on campus. Study Music at UC T: +64 3 369 4411 • Strong mentorship opportunities. • Certificate in Arts (page 103) E: [email protected] www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- • Ability to build and compete in fun and • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) departments/school-of-music engaging programmes, such as the 3rd • Bachelor of Music (page 92) and 4th year South Island field trip, and the 2nd year camp. Can study, but only as a minor Natural Resources • Close community of students • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) and professors. • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) Engineering See also Engineering on page 28. • The Bachelor of Engineering with • Bachelor of Science (page 94) Honours in Natural Resources Natural resources engineers protect, • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) Engineering is fully accredited by improve, and maintain the sustainability of Engineering New Zealand. • Bachelor of Youth and Community the natural resources we depend on. These Leadership (page 100) resources include land, soils, water, the air Career opportunities and atmosphere, renewable energy, and Te Kura Puoro | School of Music Natural resources engineers are sought biological resources (including agriculture T: +64 3 369 4411 after for their unique expertise. They and horticulture). E: [email protected] are scarce in the professional workplace www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- Natural resources engineers consider the and there are plenty of exciting careers, departments/school-of-music interconnectedness of human and natural including research and academic systems. They work in interdisciplinary opportunities in Aotearoa and all around teams and partner with communities, the world. including mana whenua, to come up with Recent graduates have found positions with creative approaches to solve the complex professional engineering consultancies, and large-scale challenges facing our local and regional councils, primary communities, like their development, food industry companies, central government production, and the conservation and departments, and Crown Research Institutes. management of our natural resources. www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects

56 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) Study Natural Resources Engineering at UC Operations and • Bachelor of Engineering with Honours Supply Chain (page 92) Management How do you make sure that people, Te Tari Pūhanga Metarahi, Rawa Taiao | Department of Civil and money, materials, and buildings are used Natural Resources Engineering efficiently across the whole organisation? T: +64 3 369 3113 How can you as a manager/planner ensure www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering/schools/cnre that your organisation is successful in achieving its goals? These are big questions and it is obvious that a broad number of New Music skills are involved in such an important See also Music on page 52. business role. A broad range of courses offer opportunities Operations and Supply Chain Management to engage with music technologies, (OSCM) is applicable to most organisations notated composition, songwriting, and is concerned with the design, planning, recording techniques, computer music, and and management of all facilities, processes, ‘I’ve always been collaborative projects. and activities required to transform interested in how things resources into goods and services. go from nothing to How to apply Operational managers control more than For entry into first-year composition and 70% of organisational resources (people, something, the processes songwriting courses, a short application is money, materials, and buildings) used in surrounding this and how required. Applications should be made to the production of goods or in providing Te Kura Puoro | School of Music by services. Successful operations managers they can be improved. I 31 January 2022. also need knowledge of marketing, human chose my majors so I get resource management, and finance. an overall picture of the Career opportunities Why study Operations and Supply process and could learn Majoring in New Music will give you Chain Management at UC? significant hands-on experience writing more about strategy and music for instruments, voice, creating • UC’s OSCM courses focus on issues such innovation in a music with computers, and working with as operations strategy, performance management, supply chain performers and improvisers. Careers could management context. I management, procurement, product include sound design, film composition, design, process design, planning, wanted to make the world songwriting, and recording. inventory management, project a better place through You will also be well placed to move into management, quality management, and training as a school music teacher or other continuous improvement. e¡ciency and innovation.’ educator, working with younger musicians • OSCM is beneficial for students who who are developing their own music. study disciplines such as Marketing, Tanisha www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects Human Resource Management, Finance, Ngāti Raukawa Information Systems, and Engineering. Bachelor of Commerce in Operations and The flexibility of the Bachelor of Study New Music at UC Supply Chain Management, Strategy and Commerce makes double majors, as well Entrepreneurship, and Management • Bachelor of Music (page 92) as double degrees, possible. By adding Account Champion, Mainfreight Ltd OSCM to your studies, you can broaden Te Kura Puoro | School of Music your education and enhance the prospect T: +64 3 369 4411 of progress in your chosen career. E: [email protected] www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- Career opportunities departments/school-of-music Every organisation, whether a company or a not-for-profit organisation, has some operations function to it, so the skills learnt in OSCM courses are widely applicable. Operations and Supply Chain Management provides graduates with the skills and understanding to enable them to function as supply chain managers, production planners, operations managers,

www.canterbury.ac.nz 57 quality managers, project managers, consultants, art conservators, art critics, art procurement managers, business analysts, historians, lecturers, and art teachers. Performance and management consultants. Many www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects Analysis graduates are expected to rise to senior See also Sport Coaching on page 71. management levels. Study Painting at UC Performance Analysis is about collating real Students in other disciplines often find it • Bachelor of Fine Arts (page 88) data to provide accurate information about valuable to include some OSCM courses performance and forecasting of future results. in their degree programme, as exposure Te Kura Kōwaiwai | Ilam School of Fine Arts As well as collating statistics, students are to the principles of OSCM has become an T: +64 3 369 3377 taught to gather performance data, analyse, assumed part of the training of quantitative E: [email protected] and identify significant patterns eg, decipher social scientists as well as accountants, www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- a SWOT Analysis (strengths, weaknesses, computer specialists, and engineers. departments/school-of-fine-arts opportunities, and threats) to understand For examples of jobs in this area, visit the strengths of your own athletes as well as www.cips.org and for further career Performance those of your competitor. information, please go to See also Music on page 52. You will learn to communicate this data www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects effectively, in the form of written and verbal For proficient performers, UC offers reports to managers, athletes, and coaches. Study Operations and Supply Chain individual lessons and group classes in a You will then be able to support and advise Management at UC wide range of musical instruments and on the analysis of skill performance in team voice, alongside opportunities to join large • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) and individual settings, using a range of and small ensembles and the UC Chamber equipment and analytical tools. Can study, but only as a minor Choir, Consortia. • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) Classes are also offered in Conducting for all Career opportunities • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) Bachelor of Music students at 300-level. Rewarding careers can be gained in • Bachelor of Science (page 94) professional and community sport How to apply • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) coaching, administration and strategic Entry into the Performance major is limited management, as well as physical education, • Bachelor of Youth and Community Leadership (page 100) and based on an application. Applications primary teaching, and coach and athlete for Performance courses should be made to development. Department of Management, Marketing Te Kura Puoro | School of Music as soon as www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects and Entrepreneurship possible (no later than 20 September). Early T: +64 3 369 3888 auditions begin the weekend of 22 August. Study Performance Analysis at UC E: [email protected] www.canterbury.ac.nz/study/subjects Career opportunities • Bachelor of Sport Coaching (page 97) /operations-and-supply-chain-management Majoring in Performance will provide Can study, but only as a minor you with essential experience as a soloist • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) and ensemble performer, participating • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) Painting regularly in public performances in Ōtautahi See also Fine Arts on page 35. • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) Christchurch city and beyond. Many UC Initial studies in Painting proceed from graduates have gained professional positions • Bachelor of Science (page 94) a mix of traditional and contemporary in orchestras, choirs, musical theatre, and • Bachelor of Youth and Community painting practice. Students are encouraged broadcasting. Other career paths include Leadership (page 100) to develop a sound grasp of the rationale music education, music therapy, and arts belonging to such practices and a practical administration and leadership. Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of knowledge of the basic formal issues that Education, Health and Human Development People with strong musical talents are guide them. T: +64 3 369 3333 highly sought after by event organisers and E: [email protected] Advanced studies are designed to arts businesses. www.canterbury.ac.nz/education encourage students to deal with more www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects recent painting practice in depth so that, by the time their studies have completed, Study Performance at UC they are able to maintain a high level of personally-directed activity consistent with • Bachelor of Music (page 92) established practice in their field. Te Kura Puoro | School of Music T: +64 3 369 4411 Career opportunities E: [email protected] Graduates in Painting will find careers as www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- professional artists, art gallery directors, departments/school-of-music

58 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) Philosophy Career opportunities Photography Are killer drones immoral? What about The intellectual skills that Philosophy See also Fine Arts on page 35. teaches lead to success in many different genetic engineering? Should rich countries Studies in Photography begin with careers. Philosophy graduates are sought give substantially more in overseas aid? a comprehensive introduction to after by industry, government, education, Are there objective moral truths? Does God photographic principles, an exploration of and the financial sector. Many sectors exist? Could we survive death as computer photography as a device for communicating increasingly require people who can think uploads? What is consciousness? Can information, ideas and personal insights, independently and creatively, write clearly, machines think? What is the difference and an introduction to the basic materials apply logic, solve abstract problems, between science and myth? Why do we and processes of photographic practice. enjoy art? Is time travel possible? These are and communicate precisely. This is what Philosophy students learn to do. Further studies involve an examination a few of the questions that are studied in of the procedures which are distinctive to Internationally, Philosophy has been UC Philosophy classes. photography and how these procedures can recognised as providing excellent Philosophy teaches you how to think be used for documentary and preparation for careers in medicine, about such questions rationally, carefully, artistic expression. business, and law. and clearly. These skills are of real value Advanced studies are individually Recent UC graduates in Philosophy have in the workplace, and also when dealing constructed; they focus on projects become policy analysts, lawyers, web with more theoretical aspects of other concerned with expressive aspects of the developers, teachers, environmental disciplines, including professional subjects medium, and are encouraged to see their and sustainability advisors, research such as Law, Nursing, and even Engineering. work and to examine it critically within its managers, popular science writers, claims historical and sociological context. Why study Philosophy at UC? analysts, video game designers, e-learning • UC offers world-class expertise in executives, engineers, film-makers, doctors, Career opportunities specific areas of Philosophy and a business analysts, publishers, editors, broad-based degree. The Department is a science journalists, software engineers, Photography students gain careers tight-knit group who go the extra mile to technical writers, university administrators, as professional artists, art gallery help students. and university lecturers. directors, photojournalists, commercial photographers, consultants, art critics, art • The Philosophy degree is flexible, Many of our graduates have gone on to historians, lecturers, and art teachers. allowing students to pursue very further study in Aotearoa or overseas. different pathways. This flexibility also www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects allows students majoring in other www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects subjects to add Philosophy courses to Study Photography at UC their degree, and this distinctiveness Study Philosophy at UC • Bachelor of Fine Arts (page 88) gives an edge in the job market. • Certificate in Arts (page 103) • Areas of specialisation in Philosophy • Certificate in Science (page 104) Te Kura Kōwaiwai | Ilam School of Fine Arts at UC include ethics, bioethics, • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) T: +64 3 369 3377 epistemology and metaphysics, logic, • Bachelor of Science (page 94) E: [email protected] history of philosophy, history and www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- philosophy of science and technology, departments/school-of-fine-arts cognitive science and philosophy of Can study, but only as a minor mind, philosophy and foundations of • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) computing, philosophy of artificial • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) intelligence, philosophy of language, • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) and political philosophy. There are also specialised courses on famous figures • Bachelor of Youth and Community such as Plato, Descartes, Wittgenstein, Leadership (page 100) and Turing. Department of Philosophy • Philosophy Internships are increasingly T: +64 3 369 3377 popular with UC students; these provide E: [email protected] a chance to hone skills, gain work www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- experience, meet potential employers, departments/philosophy and build a CV.

www.canterbury.ac.nz 59 Physical Education Physics See also Sport Coaching on page 71. What type of student might consider a Graduates develop a valuable set of Physics degree? As a child, famous UC skills including knowledge of human alumnus Ernest Rutherford was intrigued by movement; health and physical activity; seeing a stick apparently bend when dipped awareness of the holistic nature of health into a farm bucket of water; Albert Einstein and movement; interpretive and analytical asked how his face would appear in a hand- thinking; and leadership, organisational, held mirror if he ran at some significant and interpersonal skills. fraction of the speed of light. A budding It is a popular major for students wishing physicist may share this fascination with to follow a recognised pathway to teaching, and curiosity about the natural world. in particular physical education and health Physics aims to understand the teaching. It supports and informs learning behaviour of matter and energy from the and skill development in the classroom. scale of subatomic particles to that of There is the option to include an additional the Universe itself. From computers to teaching subject such as mathematics or communication systems, architecture to science, when combined with a graduate agriculture; modern life is overwhelmingly ‘For me, everything we teaching qualification. built using the understanding of nature simply do not know makes that physics provides. the areas of Physics and Career opportunities We are currently in an incredibly exciting Combined with a recognised teaching period in Physics. The technological advances Astronomy so particularly qualification, physical education opens of the last 20 years have had an enormous alluring. Space is literally up career opportunities nationally and impact on all our lives and almost all of these the final frontier, and as internationally. You will gain transferrable rely on advances in Physics. Modern physics skills that enable you to work in a range provides a framework for understanding someone who loves to of jobs including primary and secondary – and contributing to – major advances in explore, what better field teaching, education management, policy technology now and in the future. and planning, sports and recreation, is there to enter but the community health, local government, and Why study Physics at UC? one which shall make sport development and coaching. UC physicists are currently involved in the possible that expedition www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects following exciting projects: • building huge laser equipment to study into the unknown?’ Study Physical Education at UC gravitational waves • creating tiny nanoelectronic devices that Alex Major only can act as transistors or sensors Studying towards a Bachelor of Science in • Bachelor of Sport Coaching (page 97) Mathematics and Physics • measuring the behaviour of the upper atmosphere in order to understand Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of global warming Education, Health and Human Development T: +64 3 369 3333 • obtaining fundamental theoretical E: [email protected] understandings of cosmology and www.canterbury.ac.nz/education subatomic physics. Te Kura Matū | School of Physical and Chemical Sciences has many collaborations nationally and internationally that give access to some of the best facilities around the world. For example, UC is a member of CERN, the enormous particle accelerator centre in Geneva and also collaborates with the Van der Veer Institute and hospitals on medical imaging and radiation therapy.

60 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) The Ōtautahi Christchurch Aerospace Political Study Political Communication at UC Strategic Plan aims to make the city the • Bachelor of Communication (page 83) centre of Aotearoa New Zealand's aerospace Communication technology sector by 2025, which will See also Communication on page 20. Te Kura Mātāpuna Tangata | School of extensively use UC's facilities and research The Political Communication major Language, Social and Political Sciences programmes, and offer students internships within the Bachelor of Communication is T: +64 3 369 3377 and other entrepreneurial opportunities in ideal for those wanting to be directly part E: [email protected] www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- the industry. of the political process and help advance departments/media-and-communication UC is ranked in the top 300 universities in social change. the world for Physics and Astronomy (QS Students will develop key knowledge World University Rankings by Subject, 2021). and communication skills to cover a Political Science multitude of political topics; such as policy Career opportunities development, international relations, and International Many of our graduates are employed as public health risks, environmental issues, Relations physicists and can be found at Crown economical change, and foreign crises. Are you interested in making a difference Research Institutes, the National Radiation The ability to gather and analyse data, and to the world around you? Does the future Laboratory, medical physics departments translate these for the public and other of Aotearoa New Zealand’s democracy of hospitals or universities, and the stakeholders, is an important component of interest you? Do news about politics Meteorological Service, among others. Political Communication. and elections in other countries capture Some Physics graduates are not employed This major offers particular training in your interest? Are you concerned about as scientists – however, their analytical ethical media practice related to managing major issues in international politics and skills, numeracy, and all-round thinking political communication, including crisis, international security? How about issues ability are in demand in many industries. risk, and reputational communications such as development, human rights, health, Some of these graduates are snapped up by to alleviate negative reaction; engaging environment, nationalism, foreign policy, the IT and electronics industries, but those the community in politics; advocacy or peace and conflict? How social change same skills are equally valued by merchant campaigns; data analytics; and an happens and how power and resources banks, stock brokers, and other financial understanding of how media can impact are allocated in society? Do you want to services companies, as well as by the armed politics, and public perceptions. think, study, examine, and critically analyse services, police, and aerospace industries There is a focus on both local Aotearoa these questions and pursue a career based (including airlines such as Air New Zealand). political communication practices and on on your interest? If so, you should study Teaching, journalism, and science global politics, which prepares students for Political Science and International Relations. communication also need people with a career in either space. Political Science is often called the study of Physics training. The degree’s strong emphasis in applied who gets what, where, how, and why. It is www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects learning gives students the opportunity to the independent and informed study of our take part in industry projects on real-world communities and how we make decisions Study Physics at UC political cases, and also internship roles in collectively as governments, why we behave as we do as citizens, and how we make • Certificate in Science (page 104) local communities. public policy choices for the future. • Bachelor of Science (page 94) Career opportunities Political scientists use a variety of Can study, but only as a minor With their expertise in policies, media theories, ideas, tools, and methods to: • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) impact, and communication complex examine local, national, regional, and global processes, institutions, and relationships; to • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) information to a range of audiences, consider how we ought to live as • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) graduates of the Political Communication major are well equipped for roles in political communities; and how we can • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) government, non-profit sectors, corporate, create change. • Bachelor of Youth and Community and creative communication industries. Leadership (page 100) Political Communication graduates will Why study Political Science and International Relations at UC? have the ability to work in a variety of Te Kura Matū | School of Physical and global settings. • Mātai Tōrangapū, Hononga Tāwāhi Chemical Sciences Department of Political Science and T: +64 3 369 3100 They would make ideal communication International Relations at UC has attained E: [email protected] advisors or consultants, data analysts, national and international visibility for www.canterbury.ac.nz/science/schools-and- political commentators, marketers, and the strength of its teaching and academic departments/phys-chem/physics public relations coordinators. research. Academic staff members are www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects recognised internationally in fields as diverse as democracy, political parties and elections, environmental politics and policy, humanitarian intervention,

www.canterbury.ac.nz 61 science and technology policy, Chinese Can study, but only as a minor politics, East Asian politics, South East • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) Asian politics, and international security and international relations. • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) • Academic staff members foster an • Bachelor of Science (page 94) environment in which students are • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) supported toward achieving their goals • Bachelor of Youth and Community as citizens, young leaders and as scholars, Leadership (page 100) and where networks of fellow graduates and employers are nurtured to help with Te Kura Mātāpuna Tangata | School of career planning and mentoring. Language, Social and Political Sciences • UC is ranked in the top 200 universities T: +64 3 369 3377 in the world for Politics and International E: [email protected] Studies (QS World University Rankings by www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools- Subject, 2021). and-departments/political-science-and- • UC is ranked first in Aotearoa for research international-relations in Political Science, International Relations and Public Policy (Te Amorangi ‘A lot of my family have Mātauranga Matua | Tertiary Education Population Health Commission 2018 PBRF assessment). Data Science been teachers in the past. See also Data Science on page 24. Career opportunities My granny especially Population Health Data Science explores loved it and I want to be Political Science and International Relations the relationships between the physical students gain a versatile set of skills that environment and people’s health. This just like her! I love can be applied in a wide range of exciting major will prepare you to analyse data using working with kids and careers both within politics (international, geospatial information science (GIS) and getting the opportunity to national, and local political institutions eg, help find patterns and potential solutions the UN, humanitarian inter-governmental to health problems affecting our society. have a positive impact on organisations, parliaments, city councils) and in more diverse areas such as law, The applications for geomapping health data their lives.’ business, education, and journalism. are hugely varied; from measuring air quality in dense urban areas, to finding the source Recent graduates have been employed in Caitlin of water pollution in our rivers, to calculating Bachelor of Teaching and Learning (Primary) the Ministries of Defence, of Justice, and traffic accident high-risk zones, or mapping of Foreign Affairs and Trade, as well as disease outbreak in highly populated cities. Kaitohutohu Kaupapa Rawa | Treasury, Te Puni Kōkiri, Pāremata Aotearoa You will be able to examine data for use Parliament, Office of the United Nations High in large-scale clinical data research, or in Commissioner for Refugees, Te Tira Tiaki public health systems and policy. Government Communications Security Bureau, Te Pā Whakamarumaru | Security Why study Population Health Data Intelligence Service, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, Science at UC? and Rīpeka Whero Aotearoa | Red Cross. • Practical learning in this major will see you using state-of-the-art computer Political Science and International Relations and software labs, and using UC’s specialists fare well in roles that value a connections with Manawa Health questioning mind, superb communication Hub and research centres such as Te skills, and a strong understanding of systems Taiwhenua o te Hauora | GeoHealth and social issues such as the news media, Laboratory and Toi Hangarau | Geospatial trade unions, teaching, and the finance Research Institute. industry (eg, banking and investment). • UC is ranked first in Aotearoa for A number of our senior students have also research in Public Health (Te Amorangi gone on to further study and to teach at Mātauranga Matua | Tertiary Education prestigious overseas universities. Commission 2018 PBRF assessment). www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects Career opportunities Study Political Science and With environmental and economic changes International Relations at UC affecting the globe, more organisations and research efforts are looking to combat • Certificate in Arts (page 103) issues ranging from environmental • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) contamination, socio-demographic change

62 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) and inequality, and disease control, for Study Primary Teaching at UC • UC is ranked 285th in the world for Engineering and Technology, and in the example the World Health Organisation. • Bachelor of Teaching and Learning top 300 universities in the world for Geospatial health science has been (Primary) (page 99) Business and Management Studies (QS identified on Immigration New Zealand’s • Graduate Diploma in Teaching and World University Rankings by current Long-Term Skill Shortage List. Learning (Primary) Subject, 2021). You will find work in spatial analysis, • Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and software development, health research and Learning (Primary) Career opportunities statistics, policy, consultancies, and the • Master of Teaching and Learning (Primary) The scope of product design roles is public health sector. widening from the traditional commercial www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of product design to include the design of Education, Health and Human Development user experiences, systems, and processes, T: +64 3 369 3333 Study Population Health Data Science as well as implementing virtual reality into at UC E: [email protected] www.canterbury.ac.nz/education existing applications. Increasingly, many • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) industrial and product designers work in multidisciplinary teams. Te Kura Pāngarau | School of Mathematics Product Design Graduates may be employed in large and Statistics manufacturing companies, design T: +64 3 369 2233 Product Design is an interdisciplinary mix of agencies, educational and training E: [email protected] creative design, with courses from science, www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering/ engineering, and business. companies, game development companies, engineering consultancies, or central and schools/mathematics-statistics Product designers plan and develop items local government. They may do design for use in homes, businesses, and industry. work for businesses in many industries From creating a new lightweight kayak such as medical, home appliances, Primary Teacher or a phone app, to formulating natural packaging, computing, graphic design, cosmetics or a virtual training world, Education education, cosmetics, or therapeutics and studying Product Design will equip you for See also Teacher Education on page 76. pharmaceutical companies. a wide range of occupations. Teaching at a primary level allows you More broadly, Product Design graduates will UC's Product Design degree offers to discover the potential of each child, be prepared to work in a variety of roles for majors in: encourage their learning (perhaps modern companies that not only require a beginning a lifelong appreciation of it), • Applied Immersive Game Design technical background, but value innovation, and provide important relationships and (page 10) customer focus, and business sense. experiences that will make a real difference • Chemical Formulation Design (page 15) Product designers may also choose to start to their lives. • Industrial Product Design (page 44). their own company. If you are energetic, committed, creative, Graduates will be able to develop creative www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects have good literacy and numeracy skills, ideas based on their knowledge of related and enjoy working with kids, teaching is a sciences and engineering disciplines, as well Study Product Design at UC positive and varied career to consider. as gain the practical business skills needed • Bachelor of Product Design (page 93) to commercialise new product ideas. Career opportunities This degree will prepare you for a modern Te Kura Hanga Otinga | School of The contacts and experiences from teaching career path in many areas of Aotearoa Product Design placements can often provide a good New Zealand's innovative economy. T: +64 3 369 4271 or +64 3 369 4272 springboard into the working world. E: [email protected] UC Primary Teacher Education graduates Why study Product Design at UC? www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering have gained teaching and management • The Bachelor of Product Design /product-design positions in primary, intermediate, (BProdDesign) is a three-year professional middle, and area schools across Aotearoa. degree – the only university degree of its Internationally recognised, UC teaching kind in Te Waipounamu South Island. qualifications can open up teaching • Conjoint programmes leading to a opportunities abroad too. BProdDesign/BCom, or a BProdDesign/ BSc, can be completed in just four years. Transferable skills apply to roles outside of teaching eg, educational publishing, • Students will have access to state-of-the- art facilities such as laboratory, computer, policy, advocacy, consultancy, community and testing facilities. development, social work, and the police. www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers

www.canterbury.ac.nz 63 Study Professional and Community Professional Engagement at UC and Community Can study, but only as a minor Engagement • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) Professional and Community Engagement • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) (PACE) studies is an ideal complement to your degree. Training in this area will help • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) you to develop key transferrable skills • Bachelor of Science (page 94) such as communication, problem-solving, • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) organisational, and interpersonal skills. • Bachelor of Youth and Community These will be honed through relevant work Leadership (page 100) experience, projects, and internships. Working jointly on projects with Internships Coordinator businesses and community organisations, T: +64 3 369 4368 PACE students learn to provide productive E: [email protected] www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts outcomes, develop strategies, and enhance /internships-programme ‘In our lab experiments, their communication skills, and while we disassemble daily use increasing their employability in the process. appliances to understand Why study Professional and Psychology Community Engagement at UC? Psychology is the scientific study of how the materials make behaviour and associated biological, • UC has led the way in Australasia with its the appliance work. We cognitive, and social processes in humans popular PACE Internships programme – a also test the strength of unique offering by Te Rāngai Toi Tangata and other animals. It is a rapidly developing College of Arts open to any student field touching on all aspects of human life. 3D printed materials, this across UC. PACE students have completed Advances in neuro-imaging and molecular is a very good learning over 300 internship projects in recent biology are enhancing our understanding years, ranging from media strategy of how the brain works, while increasingly experience at the start of development, event organisation, complex theories are being developed to the course. The interactive marketing, and fundraising, to health understand behavioural development of learning method has advocacy, environmental advice, and individuals and groups. Major advances policy analysis. are being made in understanding and really increased my • In Ōtautahi Christchurch central business treating psycho-pathologies such as anxiety, district, UC students are able to get depression, eating disorders, and addictions. curiosity for the course.’ involved in social media strategies, public art events, urban transformation projects, Psychology students are trained to: Gursamrath GIS mapping, event management and • think independently and critically about Studying towards a Bachelor of Product Design more. Nowhere else in Aotearoa are psychological issues in Industrial Product Design students getting so much exposure to • become knowledgeable about the key social innovation and entrepreneurship, methods, important findings, and major the chance to reshape a city, and theories of psychology create meaningful and personalised • learn how to distinguish genuine findings environments that make a difference to from implausible and suspect claims the communities in which they live. • understand modern scientific research Career opportunities in psychology. By being involved in the PACE programme, Why study Psychology at UC? you will learn to identify the strengths you bring to the workplace and understand how • UC is ranked in the top 250 universities in the world for Psychology (QS World your degree has prepared you to work with University Rankings by Subject, 2021). local and international communities. • UC offers a balanced and comprehensive PACE students have an edge over other set of courses, excellent opportunities graduates, as they will have had the chance to undertake work in experimental to develop their communication, creativity, psychology, and has nationally and problem-solving, and critical thinking skills internationally recognised postgraduate in real-world scenarios. applied programmes in Applied Psychology, Child and Family Psychology, and Clinical www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects Psychology (leading to professional registration as a psychologist).

64 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) • UC has more than 25 specialist with individuals and their families • contribute to meeting national health academic staff offering a diverse range where there are difficulties in adjustment workforce development goals of research and teaching options. With and coping. • provide the required foundation for a large number of undergraduate and www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects students who wish to undertake postgraduate students, we seek to foster postgraduate study in health-related fields. close working relationships between staff Study Psychology at UC and students. Undergraduate students Career opportunities from 100-level courses onwards can • Certificate in Arts (page 103) Students with a Bachelor of Health Sciences become involved in research projects and • Certificate in Science (page 104) may make significant contributions to in Public Health will be able to work the discipline. • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) effectively as members of multidisciplinary • Te Kura Mahi ā-Hirikapo | School of • Bachelor of Health Sciences (page 90) teams in the health sector. Examples Psychology, Speech and Hearing provides • Bachelor of Science (page 94) of career pathways include community students with modern computer-based development roles in public health units, laboratories; excellent digital recording Can study, but only as a minor district health boards, non-governmental and editing equipment; an extensive • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) organisations, local government, health library of psychological tests; and • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) promoters, public health analysts, and a laboratories for human performance, research career in public health. human-robot interaction, animal • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) behaviour and neuroscience, perception • Bachelor of Youth and Community Graduates might also go on to and cognition, and social, developmental, Leadership (page 100) postgraduate study to further their and applied psychology. specialisation in the field. • UC has a Psychology Clinic where Te Kura Mahi ā-Hirikapo | School of clinical students receive training, and Psychology, Speech and Hearing Study Public Health at UC T: +64 3 369 4333 has working relationships with Te Poari • Bachelor of Health Sciences (page 90) Hauora o Waitaha | Canterbury District E: [email protected] www.canterbury.ac.nz/science/schools-and- Health Board, and Ara Poutama Aotearoa Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of departments/psyc-speech-hear Department of Corrections, offering Education, Health and Human Development opportunities for research and T: +64 3 369 3333 clinical internships. E: [email protected] Public Health www.canterbury.ac.nz/health Career opportunities Also see Health Sciences on page 41. Psychologists have a unique mix of skills. The purpose of the major in Public Health As well as a basic knowledge about people, is to produce graduates with knowledge Russian as individuals and in groups, they are and skills in science and health, experience Russian is an important world language, required to have excellent writing and in critical appraisal and scientific spoken by some 150 million people, and communication skills, the ability to investigation, and an understanding of is one of the six official languages of the analyse and understand quantitative values and ethics in health. Graduates will United Nations. Russian culture is especially data, and a critical and objective way of have the ability to apply these to improving rich and fascinating. approaching problems. health and wellbeing through disease With the opening of Eastern Europe and the Psychology graduates hold research and prevention, health promotion, and health former Soviet Union, the world has become policy analyst positions in government service planning, delivery, and evaluation. smaller. The most important parts of Russia departments and other large public The major in Public Health aims to: industrially and strategically – East Siberia sector organisations, as well as positions • provide a strong foundation in health and the south-east Russian Far East, the of responsibility in a variety of settings, sciences, with detailed knowledge in regions closest to Aotearoa – have opened including many private sector businesses. public health up for independent trade, business, and Many graduates are employed in public • equip students to meet the Aotearoa cultural contacts with Russia's eastern and relations; teaching and training; district New Zealand competencies for public southern neighbours. For the first time, health boards; Te Ope Kātua o Aotearoa health, and health promotion (endorsed direct business contacts have become New Zealand Defence Forces; Ara Poutama by Runanga Whakapiki Ake i te Hauora possible between Aotearoa and Russia. Aotearoa | Department of Corrections; o Aotearoa | Health Promotion Forum of This new situation is a favourable and in social service agencies such as New Zealand) development for the future of Russian employment services, social welfare, • provide the knowledge and skills to studies in Aotearoa. counselling services, and health promotion. operate effectively in health sector Many of the best western experts in Russian organisations (such as district health Further specialist opportunities open up for affairs started as Russian language and boards, primary care organisations, public those who have completed postgraduate health units, Māori health organisations, literature students; it is they who largely training in Applied Psychology, Child and and non-governmental organisations) define western policies towards Russia in Family Psychology, and Clinical Psychology America, the United Kingdom, France, and • contribute to the health sector workforce (leading to professional registration as a by preparing students to be effective Germany. It is time our geopolitical region psychologist). Clinical psychologists work members of multidisciplinary teams produced its own experts on Russia.

www.canterbury.ac.nz 65 Why study Russian at UC? • The Master of Teaching and Sculpture Learning(MTchgLn) is a 180-point, one- • UC is the only Aotearoa university that See also Fine Arts on page 35. year qualification, can be completed offers a full major in Russian. Initial studies in Sculpture focus on a range within one calendar year of full-time • In addition to the full suite of Russian of specific issues that are fundamental to study including summer school. language courses, we offer courses in Russian history covering its full extent understanding sculptural practice, such All of the secondary teacher qualifications from the middle ages to the present day as an exploration of contemporary issues are currently offered on campus in Ōtautahi as well as modules on Russian literature, related to time, space, and context, and the Christchurch with a late January/early film, and culture. nature and use of materials and processes. February start date. • Many of our non-language courses can Subsequent studies are aimed at helping be credited to other majors (eg, European students develop a studio practice Career opportunities and European Union Studies). founded on producing a body of work Graduates of these programmes will be • UC takes part in a vibrant exchange which is informed by the expanded field eligible to apply for teacher registration arrangement with the School of of contemporary sculptural practice. These and a provisional practicing certificate as a Translation and Interpretation at Moscow studies are individually constructed and secondary school teacher. This enables you State University (MSU), which allows students are encouraged to reflect critically to apply for teaching positions in Aotearoa senior students from UC's Russian on the development of their work and in and many countries around the world, programme to spend a semester studying exploring and solving sculptural problems. allowing you to travel and work in your at the oldest and largest university in chosen profession. Please contact the relevant Russia. In exchange, senior students from MSU spend a semester at UC. Career opportunities authorities for international requirements. Students that have studied Sculpture have Many UC graduates enjoy rewarding Career opportunities gone onto employment as professional careers as secondary school subject Those who study Russian will find artists, art gallery directors, designers, teachers and many take on extra-curricular themselves well-equipped for positions in consultants, art conservators, art critics, art responsibilities within schools eg, diplomatic service, international affairs, historians, lecturers, and art teachers. managing sports teams, organising cultural human rights, development work, public exchanges or drama productions, mediation service, communication, publishing, travel Study Sculpture at UC services, and so on. There are opportunities and tourism, as well as teaching. • Bachelor of Fine Arts (page 88) to become department or subject leaders and even enter school management. Students who acquire knowledge of Te Kura Kōwaiwai | Ilam School of Fine Arts Teaching also gives you entry into careers Russian might find themselves in demand T: +64 3 369 3377 for translating, interpreting, and for beyond the classroom; it is an excellent E: [email protected] background for a wide range of jobs consultancies in business, health, and legal www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- including careers in the public sector, human matters (especially as many Russians do not departments/school-of-fine-arts speak English). services, business, and industry training. www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects Secondary Teacher Study Russian at UC Education Study Secondary Teaching at UC • Certificate in Arts (page 103) See also Teacher Education on page 76. • Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning (Secondary) • Certificate in Languages (page 103) Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of • Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and • Diploma in Languages (page 106) Education, Health and Human Development Learning (Secondary) • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) offers three internationally recognised qualifications for students who wish to • Master of Teaching and Learning (Secondary) prepare to be secondary school teachers. Can study, but only as a minor Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) They focus on practices that cater for diverse Education, Health and Human Development • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) learners’ needs in the Aotearoa context. T: +64 3 369 3333 • Bachelor of Science (page 94) • The Graduate Diploma in Teaching E: [email protected] and Learning (Secondary) www.canterbury.ac.nz/education • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) (GradDipTchgLn(Secondary)) is a • Bachelor of Youth and Community 150-point, one-year graduate qualification Leadership (page 100) for those who already hold a degree. • The Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching Te Kura Mātāpuna Tangata | School of and Learning(PGDipTchgLn(Secondary)) Language, Social and Political Sciences is another 150-point pathway that can be T: +64 3 369 3377 completed within one calendar year of E: [email protected] full-time study. www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- departments/russian

66 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) Social Work Career opportunities Social workers help people to overcome In Aotearoa, social workers are employed personal and institutional barriers to in both the public and private sectors, wellbeing and achieve their full potential. providing direct and indirect services. Direct They work with individuals, families, services include those for children, families, groups, and organisations in a wide range older people, those who have committed of contexts. offences, and people with disabilities. Indirect services encompass social sector The Bachelor of Social Work with Honours planning, administration, policy, (BSW(Hons)) is a great option to consider if and research. you are interested in working in a people- focused career. Professionally trained people Direct services may include the protection are needed in increasing numbers to work of children who have been abused, in the social services, nationally providing group or family therapy, and internationally. educational programmes for at-risk adolescents, supporting adolescent Students develop a strong academic parents, working with groups aiming ‘I love being around foundation by studying a variety of to achieve community development, courses from the social sciences and Māori providing interventions for people who people and seeing the joy studies, as well as specialist Social Work are experiencing mental health issues, they bring out of others topics. Later on in the degree, a fieldwork providing assistance with housing needs, and myself. Being in a internship takes place in the community. mediation and resolution of family conflict, Combined, this academic and practical facilitating access to benefits and other well-knit classroom, I foundation equips students with the values, financial resources, and assessment of knowledge, and skills for employment in home and family support for older people. enjoy knowing that we can the social work profession, as well as in feed o each other and be people-related, social policy, and Social Work graduates can work as research occupations. community development workers, the anchor that someone therapists, counsellors, case managers, field needs. I also enjoy being Why study Social Work at UC? workers, youth workers, care and protection workers, probation officers, iwi social around like minded • One of Aotearoa New Zealand's longest- workers, school social workers, hospital established Social Work programmes. people who have the same social workers, service coordinators, • UC offers qualifications which are educators, policy analysts, and researchers. passion and purpose that internationally regarded and recognised I do.’ by Kāhui Whakamana Tauwhiro Graduates are employable overseas, New Zealand Social Workers Registration particularly in the UK and Australia (there is Board (SWRB). a Mutual Recognition Agreement between Ailine • The programme is well-known for its the NZSWRB and the Australian Association Bachelor of Social Work high-quality Social Work education of Social Workers). and research. www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects • The Social Work programme is friendly and accessible with interactive Study Social Work at UC classes, a specially designed blended • Bachelor of Social Work with Honours learning programme, and a strong (page 95) practice orientation. • Students will work with diverse Te Rāngai Toi Tangata | College of Arts populations and learn about T: +64 3 369 3377 issues relevant to Māori, Pacific, and E: [email protected] other communities. www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- • There is the opportunity to pursue special departments/social-work interests in topics such as mental health, child welfare, criminal justice, ageing, violence and abuse, and gender and sexuality studies.

www.canterbury.ac.nz 67 Society and Policy Examples of career pathways include: Career opportunities • careers in health-related institutions See also Health Sciences on page 41. Sociologists are employed in a diverse and agencies range of occupations in the private and The Society and Policy major focuses on • community development roles in public public sectors of the economy. Their skills the relationships between health science, health units, district health boards, are drawn on in private sector research health governance, bioethics, and society. Māori and iwi health/development organisations, consultancies, social policy, It comprises an interdisciplinary core of organisations, NGOs, and local criminal justice, media firms, and a wide courses on the sociology of health, public government agencies range of social movements or community policy, policy issues in health, and health • health policy analysts development projects. delivery at the local, national, and global • postgraduate studies towards a research They also carry out research for government levels, together with research training in career in health qualitative and quantitative social science departments on topics such as the • social and health researchers. research methods. distribution of income and wealth, and www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects gender and ethnic equality. Employment in Graduates of the Society and Policy government departments can also involve major have an in-depth knowledge of Study Society and Policy at UC policy development and analysis, drafting social issues relating to health, bioethics, new legislation, and analysing the benefits and the development and evaluation of • Bachelor of Health Sciences (page 90) and costs of different social policies. public policies, particularly policies with implications for health. Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of The broad skills gained from a Bachelor Education, Health and Human Development of Arts Sociology major such as Society and Policy majors possess T: +64 3 369 3333 research, writing, critical thinking, and core knowledge and skills relevant to E: [email protected] communication are all highly valued by health employment and sector-defined www.canterbury.ac.nz/health employers and can open employment competencies. This includes some of opportunities in careers as diverse as the Aotearoa generic public health international relations, heritage, PR, competencies (Kāhui Hauora Tūmatanui Sociology teaching, publishing, advertising, tech start- Public Health Association of New Zealand If you want to study how the modern world ups, and more. (PHANZ) 2007), and some of the Aotearoa came to be the way it is, what is happening health promotion competencies (Runanga and why, and what alternatives are possible, Sociology graduates make good Whakapiki Ake i te Hauora o Aotearoa Sociology is for you. Sociology is a craft, a teachers and researchers in universities, Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand vocation, and to study and engage with the polytechnics, continuing education 2012), including bioethics competencies subject can be a transformative experience; providers, and schools. that are specific to this major. once you have acquired a sociological www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects imagination you will never be able to see Career opportunities the world in quite the same way again. Study Sociology at UC This major prepares students for positions Sociologists investigate the structure • Certificate in Arts (page 103) in policy analysis, social science research, of societies, organisations, groups, and • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) and the development of public policy. It everyday lives. Their subject matter is as also prepares them for further research in varied as society itself. Can study, but only as a minor humanities and the social sciences. • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) Students who graduate with a BHSc in Why study Sociology at UC? • Bachelor of Science (page 94) Society and Policy are well prepared for • UC is ranked in the top 250 universities • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) postgraduate study in Health Sciences, and in the world for Sociology (QS World • Bachelor of Youth and Community may be eligible to enrol in the Master of University Rankings by Subject, 2021). Leadership (page 100) Policy and Governance. Students who take • We teach courses that deal with the Sociology option at 300-level, may also subjects as diverse as crime and justice, Te Kura Mātāpuna Tangata | School of go on to postgraduate work in Sociology. cities, religion, health and medicine, Language, Social and Political Sciences BHSc Society and Policy graduates who gender and sexualities, death, migration, T: +64 3 369 3377 and much more. E: [email protected] do not wish to complete a postgraduate • We want you to graduate with a Sociology www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- degree may pursue careers in health departments/sociology-and-anthropology administration, public policy, health degree that has value out there in the real world so we make sure you learn policy, and other non-clinical roles within how to apply Sociology’s core methods the broad health sector. This major also to particular areas of life. Our courses are provides a foundation for graduate hands-on and we give our students the clinical degrees. opportunity to do meaningful research, to create and analyse evidence, and to draw their own conclusions. You can apply these skills to many careers.

68 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) Software Study Software Engineering at UC • Bachelor of Engineering with Honours Engineering (page 87) See also Engineering on page 28. Our society relies in many ways on Te Tari Pūhanga Pūmanawa Rorohiko software or software-based systems, for Department of Computer Science and example in transportation, entertainment, Software Engineering T: +64 3 369 2777 telecommunications, government, E: [email protected] business, health, and avionics. www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering/schools/csse Very often software systems have a high degree of complexity, often consisting of millions of lines of code produced by Spanish large teams of engineers or programmers. In the world today, there are more native We critically depend on their timely speakers of Spanish than native speakers and cost-effective completion, and on of English. Spanish is the mother tongue their reliable and efficient operation. To of more than 450 million people in 21 ‘I also envisioned myself meet all these targets, a disciplined and countries and is also widely spoken in 22 to be a part of future well-founded approach to the design, other countries and dependent territories. creation, and operation of software (or The largest concentrations of Spanish engineering technology, so software-based systems) under real-world speakers are in Spain, Latin America, I thought studying constraints (economical, ethical, technical, and the USA. In travel, culture, science, legal) is needed. trade, cyberspace, and sport, the Spanish Software Engineering The Software Engineering programme at language is a major player. would be perfect for me to UC provides a unique blend of foundational The Hispanic world is unified by its main equip myself with the courses in Computer Science and official language, but it also represents a Engineering, and practical work through a rich, complex, and heterogeneous space skills I need.’ series of projects. with significant ethnic, cultural, linguistic, political, and religious practices. Studying Pang Why study Software Engineering at UC? Spanish will give you an insight into this Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in • UC has world-class engineering mix of old and new traditions which form Software Engineering facilities including a futuristic the tapestry of Hispanic culture. It will also Software Engineer augmented reality lab. put you in a position to understand and • Te Rāngai Pūkaha | College of Engineering participate in the economic and political has specially-designed computer transformations that connect even the laboratories and software as well as a remotest places in Latin America with our specialist Te Puna Pūkaha me te Pūtaiao increasingly global environment. Engineering and Physical Sciences library. Why study Spanish at UC? Career opportunities • Students enjoy the challenging and There is a strong demand for Software informal atmosphere of the classes, Engineering graduates; Aotearoa employers and staff members work closely with have commented that they often have to students to help them achieve high levels look overseas to find sufficiently qualified of language proficiency and in-depth candidates who combine technical knowledge of Hispanic culture. expertise with good communication skills • Some of the programme’s most and teamwork ability. important resources are the exchange Software engineering is a widely programmes with Spanish universities that provide an authentic environment applicable discipline and graduates are for students to improve their Spanish not only needed in software production language skills. Students who take part companies, but also in many companies in these exchange programmes have a whose products involve significant chance to study abroad for one or two amounts of software. semesters, and suitable courses can be www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects credited towards their degree at UC.

www.canterbury.ac.nz 69 • In conjunction with the Spanish Ministry This major will give you foundational of Education, students can apply through skills in data capture, GIS, computational Speech and the Spanish programme at UC to be a modelling, and practical experience Language Pathology teaching assistant in Spain. This unique applying these to real-world applications. Speech-language therapists/pathologists programme offers the opportunity for are professionals who study human students to teach English in Spain in Why study Spatial Data Science at UC? primary, secondary, and language schools communication – how it develops and for up to a full academic year. • Practical learning in this major will see the many differences and difficulties that you using state-of-the-art computer and children and adults experience. software labs, and conducting fieldwork Career opportunities Speech-language therapists/pathologists at UC’s field stations in Cass and Kawatiri Spanish graduates find employment in a Westport, or climate stations in Kā work in preschools and schools with wide range of careers including teaching, Tiritiri-o-te-moana Southern Alps and children and students who have difficulty translation, research, journalism, diplomacy, throughout Te Waipounamu South Island. communicating and learning. This includes and international law. Government and • There are a number of research centres supporting children who stutter, have international organisations as well as at UC that utilise spatial data sciences, autism, or have a voice disorder. research institutions welcome such with specialist centres including Toi Speech-language therapists also work language skills. Hangarau | Geospatial Research Institute, with infants born prematurely and provide Te Taiwhenua o te Hauora | GeoHealth Spanish will also benefit students who wish services for adults who have lost the ability Laboratory, Te Pokapū Pūhanga Wāhi to work or do further studies in Spain, the to communicate or swallow effectively due Spatial Engineering Research Centre, and to stroke, degenerative disease, brain injury, USA, or Latin America. Te Pokapū Rū | UC Quake Centre. or cancer. www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects • UC is ranked in the top 200 universities in the world for Geography (QS World Study Spanish at UC Why study Speech and Language University Rankings by Subject, 2021). Pathology at UC? • Certificate in Arts (page 103) Career opportunities • The Speech and Language Pathology • Certificate in Languages (page 103) programme at UC is Aotearoa • Diploma in Languages (page 106) Graduates with experience in GIS and New Zealand's most established, remote sensing will find their career • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) having trained a majority of the opportunities in social and health services, country's speech-language therapists/ Can study, but only as a minor government, consultancies, transportation, pathologists. The UC degree was the first in the country to be accredited by • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) police and local authorities, and particularly in public and private research endeavours. Te Kāhui Kaiwhakatikatika Reo Kōrero o • Bachelor of Science (page 94) Aotearoa | New Zealand Speech-language • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) This degree will prepare you for a large Therapists' Association (NZSTA), the variety of earth observation projects, such • Bachelor of Youth and Community organisation that sets quality standards as monitoring climate change, mapping Leadership (page 100) for speech-language therapy courses endangered species migration, calculating in Aotearoa. Department of Global, Cultural and areas at high risk for traffic accidents, • As a hands-on qualification, it will Language Studies modelling potential disaster effects, or even provide clinical experience working with T: +64 3 369 3377 analysing the movements of space matter clients of all ages. There are eight clinics E: [email protected] travelling through the universe. on campus and you will also go on www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects placement to speech-language therapy departments/spanish clinics at hospitals, schools, and other facilities nationwide. There are also Study Spatial Data Science at UC opportunities for overseas Spatial Data Science • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) clinical placements. See also Data Science on page 24. • Te Kura Mahi ā-Hirikapo | School of Te Kura Aronukurangi | School of Earth Psychology, Speech and Hearing has Spatial Data Science is an emerging field and Environment 12 full-time staff and is a national that combines art and science to explore T: +64 3 369 0655 resource centre for information and geographical data through E: [email protected] continuing professional education in visual technologies. www.canterbury.ac.nz/science/schools-and- communication sciences and disorders. departments/earth-and-environment A wide range of industries use Geographic The Department welcomes a number Information Science (GIS) to give of distinguished scholars from around the world, including Erskine Fellows alternative analysis of data through digital who lecture and conduct collaborative cartography, geomapping, and other research in the Department. visual data interfaces, which help us to see long-term or real-time effects on the world around us, or to predict potential outcomes.

70 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) Career opportunities A degree in Sport Coaching also provides a recognised pathway to teaching, in The speech-language therapy/pathology particular physical education and health profession offers a range of career teaching, when combined with a graduate opportunities. Graduates are highly teaching qualification. employable as clinicians both in Aotearoa New Zealand and overseas. Within the Bachelor of Sport Coaching, you can include both a major and a minor, a As a graduate of UC's BSLP(Hons) major only, or a double major. Major and programme, you will be able to work in minor subject options include: a variety of settings. You can work with children who have autism or language • Adventure Sport and Environment delays in preschools and schools or (minor only) page 8 with elderly stroke patients in a large • Performance Analysis page 58 hospital or nursing home. You can be an • Physical Education (major only) page 60 entrepreneur, developing and marketing • Sports Leadership and Management new communication devices and tests, (major only) page 72 or building your own private practice. • Sport Science page 72 With further postgraduate study, you can • Strength and Conditioning with Nutrition ‘My study involves teach at a university, conduct research in a (major only) page 74. scientific laboratory, or be an administrator. learning key skills for • Strength and Conditioning (minor only) Perhaps best of all, you can combine teaching and directing several of these to establish a challenging Why study Sport Coaching at UC? physical education. It’s and satisfying career that improves the quality of life for children and adults who • The Bachelor of Sport Coaching (BSpC) very practical, ranging degree is a unique blend of practical experience communication difficulties. from games in the gym to application and theory that immerses www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects you in the sociology, science, theory, and going out and learning practice of sport and sport coaching. kayaking techniques. Study Speech and Language Pathology • Students experience coaching practice at UC with clubs and schools in the community. This gives you a real • Bachelor of Speech and Language • Strong practical elements, including appreciation and insight Pathology with Honours (page 96) a 120-hour internship in the final year, help motivate students to excel in their into how dierent people Te Kura Mahi ā-Hirikapo | School of chosen field and to work towards getting process information. I Psychology, Speech and Hearing the job they want. T: +64 3 369 4333 really enjoy my course of • Sport Coaching subjects can be taken as E: [email protected] a minor in the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor study and it relates back www.canterbury.ac.nz/science/schools-and- of Commerce, Bachelor of Science, and departments/psyc-speech-hear into my sport well.’ Bachelor of Youth and Community Leadership. BSpC students can also study towards a double degree at UC. Grace Sport Coaching Studying towards a Bachelor of Sport Coaching Sport Coaching graduates are motivated Career opportunities in Physical Education and passionate leaders who inspire others The BSpC degree gives students a strong and are committed to success. They are grounding in transferable career skills that equipped with key skills employers are are highly valued in the workforce, including looking for, not just in sport, recreation, leadership, communication, motivation, or athlete development, but in everything and teamwork. from people development and motivation in business environments, to events and Rewarding careers can be gained in corporate management. professional and community sport coaching, administration and strategic Sport Coaching students develop a management, as well as coach and valuable set of transferable skills including athlete development. motivation and teaching skills, awareness of holistic health principles and wellbeing, Recent UC Sport Coaching graduates have interpretive and analytical skills, leadership become sports coaches, personal trainers, and people management skills, and policy analysts, health advisors, teachers, problem-solving skills. managers, outdoor recreation guides, school sports directors, community development officers, and performance analysts.

www.canterbury.ac.nz 71 www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects Some of the statistical projects done right Sport Science here at UC are: See also Sport Coaching on page 71. Study Sport Coaching at UC • using neural networks to predict • Certificate in Sport Coaching (page 105) Choosing this subject enables students to climate extremes specialise in two or three chosen areas of • Bachelor of Sport Coaching (page 97) • using random forest method to find sport science including: sport psychology; rogue pine trees exercise physiology; nutrition; biomechanics; Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of • using Bayesian statistics for early Education, Health and Human Development strength and conditioning; and performance prediction of grape yield T: +64 3 369 3333 analysis. It also offers a strong pathway to • showing equivalence of alternative test E: [email protected] progress to the Master of Sport strategies to reduce the number of animal www.canterbury.ac.nz/education Science degree. trials in the pharmaceutical industry Career opportunities • using historical records to study changes in crime rates and punishment practices Sports Leadership Job options for those taking Sport over the last 400 years and Management Science could be working as an exercise • studying the effects of intervention See also Sport Coaching on page 71. physiologist, high performance coach, programmes on the success of various fitness trainer, teacher, research scientist, or There is growing demand for people student groups. sports administrator. qualified to work in sport leadership and A large number of students benefit from management in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Study Sport Science at UC taking an introductory course in Statistics 2013 Sport and Recreation Sector Workforce because it is used in so many subjects, Survey found that in Aotearoa, up to 44,000 • Bachelor of Sport Coaching (page 97) including Engineering, Physics, Computer new staff will be required in the sector Can study, but only as a minor Science, Data Science, Financial Engineering, by 2026. Biological Sciences, Psychology, Forestry • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) Students choosing this major will Science, Geography, Speech and Language • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) explore the principles and foundations of Pathology, and Management. leadership and management, how they • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) are applied in sport, and the influences of • Bachelor of Science (page 94) Why study Statistics at UC? social, cultural, and economic forces. • Bachelor of Youth and Community • We welcome visiting scholars on the Leadership (page 100) Erskine Fellowship Programme. Students Career opportunities benefit greatly from their teaching and the diverse perspectives they offer. With the rapid growth of the BSpC, there Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of Education, Health and Human Development are exciting opportunities across a variety • We actively support undergraduate T: +64 3 369 3333 research through summer projects of disciplines, as the professional and E: [email protected] and honours dissertations, with community sports sector expands. www.canterbury.ac.nz/health some of our recent budding scholars The Sport Leadership and Management heading to Oxford, Harvard, and Yale for major provides career opportunities for postgraduate work. graduates range from include coaching and Statistics • We have a thriving culture that working in schools and community youth We are becoming an increasingly data- encourages meeting up with like-minded sport, to professional coaching in Aotearoa driven society, with advances in technology students through clubs. and internationally. Examples include sports and the accumulation of massive data. • UC has been recognised internationally coaches, athlete development coaches for Statisticians make sense of data, and use for our teaching of statistics to major sports, sport coordinators, directors first-year students. those insights to explain what is observed of sport, community sport advisors, and and predict what is as yet unknown. There regional facilities advisors. Career opportunities are many avenues for study and work, from statistical theory to its application in Many of our graduates are employed Study Sports Leadership and with Tatauranga Aotearoa | Stats NZ as Management at UC biology, climate science, forestry, medicine, the social sciences, engineering, physics, statisticians, and in other organisations, Major only agriculture, finance and economics, and such as Plant and Food, Fonterra, District Health Boards, and Te Papa • Bachelor of Sport Coaching (page 97) even history and archaeology. Atawhai | Department of Conservation It is up to the statistician to use appropriate as research officers, analysts, and Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of logic, collect the necessary data, develop statistical programmers. Crown Research Education, Health and Human Development or apply the correct methodology, and Institutes also employ a large number of T: +64 3 369 3333 interpret the results accurately. Then there statisticians. Other graduates are employed E: [email protected] is the challenge of communicating those www.canterbury.ac.nz/education in the financial sector and by insurance results to the wider public. companies, and industrial and commercial companies. Many large companies

72 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) employ statisticians to deal with the Minor in Entrepreneurship Career opportunities increasing demand for the collection and UC also offers a minor in Entrepreneurship, Whether you want to specialise in strategy, interpretation of data. which allows Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor take over a family business, create a Many other jobs, while not requiring people of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of social enterprise to solve an unmet with a degree in Statistics, need employees Sport Coaching, and Bachelor of Youth human need, work in government policy, with a working knowledge of statistics, in and Community Leadership students to become a venture investor, manage a particular competence in using statistical complement their major subject with study in large corporation, or even start your software packages. a different discipline. This can increase breadth own business one day – UC Commerce www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects of knowledge at an undergraduate level, and programmes reflect the latest research and potentially employability. business applications to give you a flying Study Statistics at UC start in whatever career you choose. • Certificate in Arts (page 103) Why study Strategy and UC’s real-world focus on internships, Entrepreneurship at UC? • Certificate in Science (page 104) competitions, entrepreneurship, and • Entrepreneurship is one of the fastest community involvement gives you a • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) growing majors internationally in taste of the excitement and opportunity • Bachelor of Science (page 94) universities with over 2,000 programmes of working at the top end of business globally. UC has an internationally innovation and leadership. Can study, but only as a minor recognised group of scholars in • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) Strategy and Entrepreneurship who are Graduates start their careers in a wide • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) active researchers and award-winning range of trainee management, operations, teachers. In addition, the Strategy marketing or market research roles • Bachelor of Youth and Community and Entrepreneurship academics and advance into positions as business Leadership (page 100) have an impact on government and consultants, strategic business analysts, industry, for example studying how Te Kura Pāngarau | School of Mathematics and senior managers in the commercial, Ōtautahi Christchurch's rebuild was public, and not-for-profit sectors. and Statistics most effectively accomplished by one T: +64 3 369 2233 coordinating super-organisation; and www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects E: [email protected] whether business accelerators create www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering jobs in Aotearoa or build community Study Strategy and Entrepreneurship /schools/mathematics-statistics entrepreneurial capabilities. at UC • Students at UC will be exposed to business • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) at all levels from individually owned and Strategy and run small businesses, to family business, Can study, but only as a minor Entrepreneurship to social enterprise, to high-tech focused • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) startups, and large corporations using Strategy and Entrepreneurship is the • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) innovation to gain advantage. highest level of managerial activity, usually • Bachelor of Science (page 94) • A wide portfolio of classes in Strategy performed by a company's chief executive • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) officer, and executive team. and Entrepreneurship allow students to develop their ability to recognise • Bachelor of Youth and Community Strategy is the capstone function of opportunities as well as core business Leadership (page 100) business management. It deals with skills of planning, project management, making decisions to create advantage and and teamwork. Students gain real-world Department of Management, Marketing above-normal profits, and provides overall experience and make connections with and Entrepreneurship direction to an enterprise. Entrepreneurship businesses and the community through T: +64 3 369 3888 pertains to how to recognise and assess business case competitions. E: [email protected] attractive opportunities using innovation, • UC is also home to Te Pokapū www.canterbury.ac.nz/study/subjects /strategy-and-entrepreneurship leveraging risk, and engaging in effective Rakahinonga | UC Centre for competitive action. Entrepreneurship refers Entrepreneurship – where budding to all aspects of setting up, running, and entrepreneurs can join a community of growing new business ventures. like-minded students and staff, access useful resources, learn how to set up a Together, these disciplines help managers new business venture, gain experience, or develop and grow businesses of any size take on an internship. (including new ventures). • Ōtautahi Christchurch is home to a A major in Strategy and Entrepreneurship number of computing technology and is a useful companion to a technical degree innovation industries, with many start- as it adds a managerial way of thinking to up companies searching for skilled technical competence. graduates from UC.

www.canterbury.ac.nz 73 team training or coaching, or training for • Our experts are actively involved in Strength and emergency and protective services such as research and management of disaster Conditioning with the military and police. and long-term risk affecting our coastlines, from earthquakes to tsunamis Nutrition Study Sport Science at UC and floods. See also Sport Coaching on page 71. • Bachelor of Sport Coaching (page 97) The Strength and Conditioning with Career opportunities Nutrition specialisation is targeted at those Can study, but only as a minor Across the globe, we have become heavily who wish to train and motivate individuals • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) reliant on our coasts and oceans. More and teams to help them meet performance • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) than half of the world’s population live in and body composition goals. The major coastal settlements, and entire economies • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) focuses on nutrition, strength and are based on using fishing and marine condition, and offers optional courses in • Bachelor of Science (page 94) resources, and freight transport systems. psychological skills training. Students have • Bachelor of Youth and Community Climate changes causing land erosion, the opportunity to work with individuals Leadership (page 100) changing ecosystems, and rising sea and teams to set and meet training goals, levels, and human exploitation through rehabilitate and recondition injured or Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of over-fishing, pollution, and infrastructure under-performing athletes, and analyse Education, Health and Human Development has demonstrated an increasing need and prescribe programmes for strength and T: +64 3 369 3333 for experts on maintaining a sustainable conditioning training. E: [email protected] www.canterbury.ac.nz/education relationship with our coastal regions. Courses will challenge students to critically This degree will make you invaluable assess various contemporary nutritional for roles in government and policy, and recovery techniques and research their Sustainable Coasts environmental NGOs, research, public effectiveness. They will study the multi- See also Environmental Science on page 32. education, consultancies, disaster disciplinary relationship between the sports Sustainable Coasts offers study in the management and response, fisheries, civil nutritionist and the strength and conditioning diverse ecosystems, functions, and dynamic planning and resilience, and conservation. coach to gain an appreciation of when it changes of coastlines and ocean life. is appropriate to recommend a particular www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects supplement or recovery intervention. Aotearoa as an island nation has a unique history and cultural narrative with its Study Sustainable Coasts at UC Minors in Strength and Conditioning coastal settlements and marine resources. • Bachelor of Environmental Science with and Nutrition More knowledge is needed on the long- Honours (page 87) term effects our actions have on coastal Strength and Conditioning, as well as climates, especially as climate change, Te Kura Aronukurangi | School of Earth Nutrition, may also be taken separately pollution, and human exploitation lead and Environment as minor subjects within the Bachelor of to rapid changes on our shores. Rising sea T: +64 3 369 0655 Sport Coaching, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor levels, land erosion, over-fishing, debris E: [email protected] of Commerce, Bachelor of Science, and www.canterbury.ac.nz/science/schools-and- pollution, and tsunamis are but a few Bachelor of Youth and Community departments/earth-and-environment examples of issues we need to Leadership. urgently manage. These two minors enable students wishing At UC, you will explore the biological, to study towards a different major to gain Tauwhitinga geographical, and social effects of coasts expertise and recognition in the area of and surrounding urban and natural Māori: Māori strength and conditioning, or explore the environments, and find sustainable challenges of applied nutrition and exercise Communication solutions to their preservation and prescription practice for sport and health. Strategy and Practice ongoing use. See also Communication on page 20. Career opportunities Why study Sustainable Coasts at UC? As Aotearoa looks to increase awareness of Rewarding careers can involve working as a our Māori culture and heritage, there is a • With fieldwork a strong focus in the strength and conditioning advisor or coach, degree, UC’s location in Waitaha growing need in many different industries at an amateur or elite level, or as a personal Canterbury gives you prime access for graduates with advanced bicultural trainer, where you would help optimise to the East and West coastlines of Te communications expertise. This major is performance and enhance nutrition for Waipounamu South Island, and the ideal for anyone looking to bring about athletes or individual clients. opportunity to utilise UC’s field stations social change, and help industries engage Graduates of the Strength and Conditioning around the region, for example more strongly with our bicultural nation. with Nutrition major will be eligible for Kawatiri Westport. This is the only major of its kind in Aotearoa further professional certifications, which on Māori communication strategy. This offer career opportunities in athletic develops graduates with knowledge in implementing tikanga and kaupapa Māori

74 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) into professional corporate scenarios, with those from economics. More recently, collaboration and consultation with local knowledge and theories in a number of iwi, the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi other disciplines, such as psychology and Treaty of Waitangi, and in ethical practices sociology, have been applied to assist with in the creative media industry. a greater understanding of the impact of The Bachelor of Communication has a strong taxation on society. practical emphasis, and students will have Chartered Accountants Australia and opportunities to manage creative work- New Zealand recognise the importance of oriented projects, or complete a supervised studies in taxation, with courses containing internship in a local organisation looking to taxation content included in their ‘core’ engage with Māori communities. and ‘accounting and/or business related’ academic requirements. Career opportunities With an increasing emphasis on bicultural Minor in Taxation knowledge and practice, graduates will be UC also offers a minor in Taxation, which in high demand for many areas of work. allows Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor In particular, students will be suited to of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of ‘The lecturers assist in communication roles in government, iwi Sport Coaching, and Bachelor of Youth organisations, tertiary education, and and Community Leadership students to making your study creative industries that produce public- complement their major subject with study experience as convenient facing content. in a different discipline. This can increase as possible. The tutorials With their experience in kaupapa Māori, media breadth of knowledge at an undergraduate ethics, project management, and knowledge level, and potentially employability. are also extremely helpful of the Māori communication industry, in understanding the Why study Taxation and Accounting graduates of this major would also be in practical aspect of many demand as advisors, outreach and stakeholder at UC? coordinators, consultants, content creators, and • UC is ranked in the top 200 universities in theoretical concepts. I was also in managerial positions. the world in Accounting and Finance (QS World University Rankings by always encouraged to get Students may find themselves sought Subject, 2021). in touch with the lecturer after internationally, where expertise • A Bachelor of Commerce majoring in in multicultural and indigenous or the tutor to get my Taxation and Accounting is a pathway to communication are especially needed, for external qualifications and membership doubts clarified.’ example in Australia, Canada, and the USA. of CPA Australia, Chartered Accountants www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers Australia and New Zealand, the Association Deepthica of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), and other professional accounting Bachelor of Commerce in Taxation Study Tauwhitinga Māori at UC and Accounting bodies internationally. • Bachelor of Communication (page 83) • Taxation courses are taught by staff at Te Kura Mātāpuna Tangata | School of UC who have been formally recognised as Language, Social and Political Sciences excellent teachers, and guest lectures from T: +64 3 369 3377 leading professionals are incorporated to E: [email protected] enable a wider appreciation of tax issues www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- faced in practice. departments/media-and-communication • The courses offer a balance of legal, accounting and practical perspectives that provide a thorough preparation Taxation and for a professional career. Students are introduced to academic and practice- Accounting informed research into current tax issues Taxation is more than interpreting and by the third year. applying legislation. Societies need taxation in order to redistribute wealth, to Career opportunities provide for expenditure on public goods As a specialist in Taxation and Accounting, and services, as well as serve as a tool to you will be able to enter a variety of influence behaviour. organisations. For example, as a taxation Taxation is a core area within the broader specialist or accountant in chartered fields of accounting and law, drawing accounting firms, accountancy practices, together concepts from these disciplines, government organisations (including Te

www.canterbury.ac.nz 75 Tari Tāke | Inland Revenue and Kaitohutohu This discipline enables people to explore Can study, but only as a minor Kaupapa Rawa | Treasury), business their identity as New Zealanders and to • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) and commercial enterprises, non-profit pass on their passion for this language • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) organisations, Māori and iwi organisations, of Aotearoa to others. Te Reo Māori is a • Bachelor of Science (page 94) banking and financial services, management highly recommended language option for consultancies, education organisations, law those who might work with Māori people; • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) firms, and obtain interesting, well-paid work indigenous industries; or in education, • Bachelor of Youth and Community around the world. public, or communications roles that require Leadership (page 100) Many Taxation and Accounting students bicultural and multicultural competency. Aotahi: School of Māori and aspire to become chartered accountants Students majoring in other subject areas Indigenous Studies through Chartered Accountants Australia such as History, Sociology, Political Science T: +64 3 369 3377 and New Zealand, CPA (Australia), or and International Relations, English, E: [email protected] the Association of Chartered Certified Education, Cultural Studies, Law, and Social www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- Accountants (ACCA). For this membership, Work often take Māori language courses to departments/aotahi-school-of-maori-and- your BCom degree must include specific support their main field of study. indigenous-studies courses. For further details, contact Te Tari Kaute me te Pūnaha Pārongo | Department Why study Te Reo Māori at UC? of Accounting and Information Systems. • Our staff in Aotahi: School of Māori and Teacher Education www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects Indigenous Studies operate as a whānau. Teaching is a varied, stimulating, and We pride ourselves on being accessible in rewarding career for people who are Study Taxation and Accounting at UC and out of classes to provide support and energetic, creative, and committed to guidance for students. • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) making a difference for children and young • UC staff have expertise in aspects people. During your studies you will be Can study, but only as a minor of language acquisition, language challenged with questions, scenarios, and • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) revitalisation, bilingual/immersion problems as you develop your personal education, second language teaching teaching style. • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) pedagogy, change in the Māori language • Bachelor of Science (page 94) over time, and Māori English. Aotahi has Through our programmes you will learn the theory, practice, and management of • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) offered regular wānanga reo (language immersion field trips) to local marae for its teaching, including the place and role of • Bachelor of Youth and Community language students for the last 20 years. education, the characteristics of learners, Leadership (page 100) and the teaching-learning process. Real Career opportunities classroom experience forms a vital part Te Tari Kaute me te Pūnaha Pārongo Department of Accounting and Careers are opening up as a result of of your learning — it’s where you put into Information Systems the increasing role of Māori culture and practice all the skills and strategies we T: +64 3 369 3888 society as a defining element of national teach you. E: [email protected] culture. Aotearoa will see this continue Starting salaries are above those for many www.canterbury.ac.nz/study in the future, as a result of changing new graduates, and employment conditions /subjects/taxation-and-accounting demographics, government policy, and are generally good. There are shortages in social attitudes. Māori language education and in some Te Reo Māori Whether you need it for a career in health, rural and low socio-economic locations. See also Māori and Indigenous Studies on education, policy, government, law, tourism, Secondary teachers can improve their job page 50. or social services, the confidence and skills prospects if you teach a core subject (like from a language degree can help you step English, Maths, and Science) along with one He taoka te reo up to the next level in your career. or two specialist subjects. He kura pounamu Iti kahuraki Employment options for graduates are Teachers may progress up to senior and Māpihi maurea. rapidly increasing in iwi and other Māori management roles eg, head of department organisations. Graduates find work in or school/college principal. The language is a treasure research, teaching, archival, heritage and Like a greenstone pendant arts/cultural organisations, government Why study Teacher Education at UC? That which I strive to possess organisations, and the wider community. And carry with me always. UC is rated in the top 250 universities in the www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects world in Education and Training (QS World As Aotearoa seeks to become even more University Rankings by Subject, 2021). of a globally respected nation with solid Study Te Reo Māori at UC social and political foundations, the need As a premier provider of teacher to revitalise and embrace te reo Māori as a • Certificate in Arts (page 103) education in Aotearoa, UC's Te Rāngai living, everyday language is becoming even • Certificate in Languages (page 103) Ako me te Hauora | College of Education, more important for people of all walks of life. • Diploma in Languages (page 106) Health and Human Development offers qualifications in: • Bachelor of Arts (page 81)

76 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) • Early Childhood Teacher Education satisfactory teaching, graduates are eligible (page 25) to apply for full registration. • Primary Teacher Education (page 63) Teaching skills of management, • Secondary Teacher Education (page 66) communication, coordination, We also offer a range of Professional responsibility, and organisation are prized Development programmes and in many professions such as management, support services. policy and advocacy, publishing, politics, and business. As a Teacher Education student, you will benefit from: www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects • research-informed teaching by lecturers Study Teaching at UC who have practical experience in their fields and come from Aotearoa and Early Childhood around the world • Bachelor of Teaching and Learning (Early • classes that let you get to know your Childhood) (page 98) lecturers and classmates • Graduate Diploma in Teaching and • flexibility of study options for some Learning (Early Childhood) programmes, including on-campus, ‘I love not knowing what distance, and part-time Primary to expect from the kids! • international links which can offer • Bachelor of Teaching and Learning opportunities for unique study experiences (Primary) (page 99) You never know what and enhance cultural understanding • Graduate Diploma in Teaching and they are going to say or do, • modern facilities and classrooms, and Learning (Primary) and it can completely a relaxing, landscaped campus which • Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and provides a positive study environment Learning change your day. They • academic pathways to postgraduate • Master of Teaching and Learning (Primary) truly do say the funniest study and professional development. things, sometimes without Secondary Teaching pathways • Graduate Diploma in Teaching and even knowing what they Alongside the face-to-face, on-campus Learning (Secondary) have said.’ Teacher Education programmes in Ōtautahi • Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching Christchurch, we have a range of study and Learning Thomas options including a blended model of • Master of Teaching and Learning Bachelor of Teaching and Learning (Primary) campus-based and online learning, as well Primary Teacher, Casebrook Intermediate School as a distance option. Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of There are four qualification pathways for Education, Health and Human Development teaching at UC. First, as an initial degree T: +64 3 369 3333 E: [email protected] through the three-year Bachelor of Teaching www.canterbury.ac.nz/education and Learning — either in Early Childhood or Primary Education. If you already have a bachelor’s degree you Tourism Marketing can enrol in a one-year programme such as: and Management • Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning — in Early Childhood, Primary, or Tourism Marketing and Management Secondary Education explores the growth of the contemporary tourism industry, and its vast impact on a • Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning — in Primary or country’s economy, environment, culture, Secondary Education residents, and on tourists themselves. • Master of Teaching and Learning — in This subject focuses strongly on the Primary or Secondary Education. development, management, and marketing of tourism, including issues of destination Career opportunities marketing and branding, impacts of Teaching graduates are eligible to apply tourism, Māori tourism, and insights into to the Education Council of Aotearoa marketing practices in the hospitality and New Zealand for provisional registration events sector. as a teacher and a provisional practicing UC’s focus on the management and certificate. After completing two years of marketing side of tourism is unique from other universities. On a national level,

www.canterbury.ac.nz 77 Aotearoa New Zealand’s tourism industry • Bachelor of Youth and Community • Many of our graduates have become is mostly composed of medium to small Leadership (page 100) social entrepreneurs, political activists, tourism businesses, so there is a growing and industry innovators, and have need for graduates with managerial Department of Management, Marketing been recognised with awards for their experience in tourism. and Entrepreneurship contribution to local and global issues. T: +64 3 369 3888 Why study Tourism Marketing and E: [email protected] Career opportunities www.canterbury.ac.nz/study/subjects/ Management at UC? tourism-marketing-and-management Youth and Community Leadership creates • UC is ranked first in Aotearoa for research graduates who are both passionate about in Marketing and Tourism (Te Amorangi and have the skills to challenge global Mātauranga Matua | Tertiary Education Youth and issues. Their experience in creating practical Commission 2018 PBRF assessment). solutions for change will prepare them for • UC’s tourism studies has a strong focus Community a wide variety of industries looking for on the managerial and marketing aspects Leadership strong leaders. of the tourism industry, particularly Youth and Community Leadership explores Graduates from this subject area will be on cultural and natural resources national and global challenges that impact well-suited to managerial positions, work management in Aotearoa, offering a in charities and non-profit organisations, unique background and skillset from youth and other communities, and ways graduates of other universities. to create meaningful change through politics, teaching and training, innovative leadership. communications, media, iwi and Māori • Tourism Marketing and Management development, and may even become students will be able to pair their studies UC students have earned international with a major or minor that will develop reputation for their efforts in social social entrepreneurs. their expertise in particular areas, for activism and volunteering, and our www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects example with languages, in foreign policy, campus is renowned for giving students or digital marketing. the opportunity to engage in meaningful Study Youth and Community • Work integrated learning such as work in the community. The Youth and Leadership at UC internships and industry projects are Community Leadership programmes offer • Certificate of Youth and Community a key component of bachelor’s degree real-world leadership opportunities and Leadership (page 105) studies at UC, and students may also take experience producing social action through • Bachelor of Youth and Community on an international exchange experience UC’s networks and expertise. Leadership (page 100) with one of UC’s global partners. Students will develop their professional Can study, but only as a minor Career opportunities leadership and entrepreneurial skills by examining a range of issues, social • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) Graduates of Tourism Marketing and movements, and communities that • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) Management will have a strong background motivate them in this highly inspirational • Bachelor of Science (page 94) in tourism development, tourism area of study. marketing, and tourism management, • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97) making them ideal for managerial positions Why study Youth and Community Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of in tourism, events, and hospitality Leadership at UC? Education, Health and Human Development industries internationally. • UC has a worldwide reputation for its T: +64 3 369 3333 Their experience in Aotearoa tourism in student activism and engagement in E: [email protected] particular working alongside local iwi and youth-led movements. Our students have www.canterbury.ac.nz/education mana whenua will be highly valued in founded efforts in natural disaster relief, our national industry, which is in need for anti-terrorism, sustainability, and cultural managers with bicultural expertise to grow diversity, and our campus has hosted our national economy, identity, and smaller visitors such as Prince Harry, Duke of tourism enterprises. Sussex, and Dr Jane Goodall. www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/subjects • UC hosts a number of research and specialist centres focused around leadership, volunteerism, and Study Tourism Marketing and innovative teaching, such as Te Pokapū Management at UC Pāhekoheko Hapori | UC Community • Bachelor of Commerce (page 82) Engagement Hub, Te Puna i-Ako | e-Learning Lab, the Professional and Can study, but only as a minor Community Engagement programme, • Bachelor of Arts (page 81) Te Pokapū Rakahinonga | UC Centre for • Bachelor of Data Science (page 85) Entrepreneurship, and the UCSA’s Te Hunga Tūao | Student Volunteer Army. • Bachelor of Science (page 94) • Bachelor of Sports Coaching (page 97)

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81 Bachelor of Arts 101 Double and conjoint degrees 82 Bachelor of Commerce 103 Certificates and diplomas 83 Bachelor of Communication 103 Certificate in Arts 84 Bachelor of Criminal Justice 103 Certificate in Commerce 85 Bachelor of Data Science 103 Certificate in Criminal Justice 86 Bachelor of Engineering with Honours 103 Certificate in Languages 87 Bachelor of Environmental Science with Honours 104 Certificate in Science 88 Bachelor of Fine Arts 104 Certificate in University Preparation 89 Bachelor of Forestry Science 105 Certificate in Sport Coaching 90 Bachelor of Health Sciences 105 Certificate in Youth and Community Leadership 91 Bachelor of Laws 106 Diploma in Global Humanitarian Engineering 92 Bachelor of Music 106 Diploma in Languages 93 Bachelor of Product Design 107 UC postgraduate qualifications 94 Bachelor of Science 95 Bachelor of Social Work with Honours 96 Bachelor of Speech and Language Pathology with Honours 97 Bachelor of Sport Coaching 98 Bachelor of Teaching and Learning (Early Childhood) 99 Bachelor of Teaching and Learning (Primary) 100 Bachelor of Youth and Community Leadership

80 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) Bachelor of Arts. BA

With 30 major subjects Bachelor of Arts – example degree structure to choose from, spanning Year 1 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 the humanities, social Level Level Level Level Level1 Level Level Level sciences, languages, and Year 2 creative arts, Bachelor of 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 100 Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Arts (BA) students can Year 3 follow their passion and 300 300 300 300 300 300 200 200 gain valuable skills. Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level

Arts major Arts minor Other Arts Courses from Courses from Arts Over the three years of your degree, you courses courses courses Schedule E or other degrees will gain the critical thinking, creative 1 Students must complete at least 15 points from a list of courses in Schedule E of the Bachelor of Arts. These points can be problem solving, and communication skills completed during any year of the degree. Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more. that employers want. Unique practical This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements, go to experiences such as internships are on www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations offer too.

Subjects Courses from other degrees, such as Recommended preparation Antarctic Studies, Health Sciences, or Law, All Arts subjects, including languages, Anthropology Human Services can be credited to your degree (but not can be started at first-year level without Art History Japanese towards your major/minor). previous knowledge of the subject. A good and Theory • Each major has specific course standard of oral and written English is Chinese Linguistics requirements, but all consist of a important. Successful study to Year 13 is minimum of 135 points in a single Arts recommended for advanced Mathematics Cinema Studies Māori and subject. Of these, at least 60 points must courses. Indigenous Studies be at 300-level and at least 45 points at 200-level. Classics Mathematics Degree structure • A minor consists of a minimum of Cultural Studies Media and 75 points in a single subject, including at The BA is made up of 360 points: Communication least 45 points above 100-level. • at least 255 points from Arts courses Digital Humanities* Music Students should include first-year courses • the remaining 105 points can be from that allow them to advance to 200-level in either Arts courses or courses from Economics Philosophy at least two, and preferably three, subjects. other degrees. Education Political Science www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations A minimum of 225 points must be from and International courses above 100-level, with at least Relations Double degrees 90 points at 300-level. English Professional It is possible to combine an Arts degree and Community with other degrees (see page 101 for Majors and minors Engagement* examples). If you are considering this you The Bachelor of Arts is a highly flexible English Language Psychology should get advice from an Arts Student degree that allows students to specialise in Advisor or the Liaison team. European and Russian two areas: European Union Te Rāngai Toi Tangata | College of Arts • either a major and a minor subject Studies T: +64 3 369 3377 • or two majors (a double major). French Sociology E: [email protected] You can also choose minor subjects from www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts Geography Spanish the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Science, and Bachelor of Sport German Statistics Coaching, and Bachelor of Youth and History Te Reo Māori Community Leadership degrees.

* Available as a minor only.

www.canterbury.ac.nz 81 Bachelor of Commerce. BCom

From financial markets Bachelor of Commerce – example degree structure to the latest management Year 1 ACCT ECON INFO MGMT STAT 100 100 100 practices and the rapidly 102 100 Level 123 100 101 Level Level Level expanding world of online Year 2 BSNS 200 200 200 commerce, a Bachelor of 1 200 100 200 200 201 Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Commerce (BCom) at UC Year 3 gives you the knowledge BSNS 300 300 300 300 200 200 300 300 and skills to succeed 299 Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level in a global business Zero-points, Commerce core/compulsory Other Commerce Courses from Commerce zero-fees courses courses (minimum requirements) courses or other degrees environment. 1 Or an alternative course as approved by the Dean of Business. Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more. The BCom is a three-year degree with 13 This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements, go to www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations major subjects to choose from. The degree is accredited by AACSB and EQUIS*, reflecting our commitment to You must also pass five 100-level compulsory Subject Major Minor innovation and providing a competitive courses (75 points) selected from six 'core' and industry-relevant qualification for the Accounting • • 100-level courses, plus BSNS 201 (15 points) business professions. Business and • and BSNS 299 (0 points). You should aim * The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business; Sustainability to complete the 100-level core courses in and EFMD Quality Improvement System. Business Economics not offered in 2021 your first year of study as they provide a good general business background and are • • Recommended preparation Economics required for entry to some 200 and 300-level All students who have entry to the University Entrepreneurship • courses. However, you can complete some of can study a BCom from 100-level without Finance • • these courses in your second and third years depending on the requirements of your major. previous study in the area. However, it Human Resource • • is useful to have studied accounting, Management economics, business studies, and Minors Information Systems • • mathematics (especially statistics) at school. You may also choose to do a minor from • If you have achieved top results in Innovation subject options in the Bachelor of Commerce, accounting and/or economics at school, International Business • • Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor you may be eligible for direct entry to some Management • of Sport Coaching, or Bachelor of Youth and 200-level courses. Community Leadership. Marketing • • A good standard of oral and written English www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations Operations and Supply • • is important. Chain Management Flexible study options Degree structure Strategy and • Entrepreneurship In addition to customising your degree by The BCom is made up of 360 points: adding a minor, you may want to study Taxation • • at least 255 points from Commerce towards either a double major or a double/ courses (up to 60 points of Mathematics Taxation and Accounting • conjoint degree (see page 101). and/or Statistics at 100 or 200-level may Tourism Marketing • • be included in the 255 points) and Management Te Kura Umanga | UC Business School T: +64 3 369 3888 • the remaining 105 points can be from E: [email protected] Commerce courses or courses from www.canterbury.ac.nz/business other degrees. Degree requirements A minimum of 225 points must be from To graduate with a Bachelor of Commerce, courses above 100-level, with at least 90 you must complete the requirements of at points at 300-level. least one of the 13 major subjects.

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The Bachelor of Bachelor of Communication – example degree structure Communication (BC) is Year 1 COMS COMS COMS MGMT WRIT 100 100 100 an applied communication 101 102 104 100 101 Level Level Level degree, developing a broad Year 2 skillset in media content COMS COMS COMS DIGI 200 200 200 100 or 200 production, planning, and 201 207 231 204 Level Level Level Level research in international Year 3 COMS 300 300 100 Level 100 Level and national contexts. 330 Level Level or above or above

Compulsory Communication Courses from Courses from Arts You will have the opportunity to use a courses major courses BA schedule V or other degrees variety of communication technologies, Students must complete at least 225 points at 200-level or above. including digital, audio and visual, and Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more. social media. You will be able to use critical This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements, go to www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations thinking skills in areas like journalism, creative projects, and communications scenarios catering to different audiences. Majors You will also learn to meet strategic goals of corporates and drivers of social change. Communication Strategy and Practice Journalism Recommended preparation Political Communication The BC is open to all students with entry to the University and without previous study Tauwhitinga Māori: Māori Communication in the area. A good standard of oral and Strategy and Practice written English is important. From the second year, entry to the Journalism major is limited to 25 places in Double degrees total, and requires a special application by It is possible to combine the BC degree with October 31st of the preceding year. other degrees (see page 101 for examples). If you are considering this, you should get Degree structure advice from an Arts Student Advisor or the Liaison team. The BC is made up of 360 points: ‘Studying something I • 165 points of compulsory core courses Te Rāngai Toi Tangata | College of Arts • 90–105 points of major courses T: +64 3 369 3377 love motivates me and • 30 points from the Bachelor of Arts E: [email protected] excites me for every class Schedule V www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts and my future’ • up to 75 points of optional courses from any bachelor’s degree at UC. Fiorella A minimum of 225 points must be from Studying towards a Bachelor of Communication courses above 100-level. in Communication Strategy and Practice www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations

www.canterbury.ac.nz 83 Bachelor of Criminal Justice. BCJ The Bachelor of Criminal Bachelor of Criminal Justice – example degree structure Justice (BCJ) is the Year 1 CRJU CRJU CRJU HSRV HSRV PSYC PSYC MAOR 165 first degree of its kind 101 1501 1601 103 104 105 106 or 108 in Aotearoa, combining Year 2 multidisciplinary CRJU CRJU 201 or MAOR HSRV SOCI PHIL 200 200 2022 SOCI 218 219 210 293 139 Level Level3 academic study with a strong vocational focus. Year 3 CRJU 301 or CRJU 302 or SOCI 358 300 300 300 200 200 LAWS 366 Level Level Level Level Level Criminal Justice studies take a 360-degree look at the criminal justice system and Compulsory core courses BCJ (Schedule E) elective courses its processes, including governance, 1 Students enrolling in the LLB/BCJ double degree will enrol in LAWS 101 instead of CRJU 150 and CRJU 160. enforcement, rehabilitation, and 2 You must pass either LAWS 202 (30 points) or CRJU 202 (15 points). 3 If LAWS 202 passed, then 45 points from BCJ Schedule E at 200-level. If CRJU 202 passed, then 60 points from BCJ Schedule E improvement. The degree draws together at 200-level. UC’s expertise in criminology, sociology, Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more. developmental and behavioural psychology, This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements, go to policing, criminal law and procedure, and www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations human services. UC enjoys close links with employers in the crime and justice fields. Recommended preparation At third year, there are 45 compulsory points, with a choice of 45 points at The BCJ does not require a background in 300-level from the list of prescribed any specific subject at school and is open to electives, to reach a total of 90 points. The all students with entry to the University. remaining 30 points at 200-level are from the list of prescribed electives. Degree structure www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations The Bachelor of Criminal Justice requires * The difference of 15 points relates to whether you enrol in 360 points: LAWS 202 or CRJU 202. BCJ/LLB double degree students take • a series of 16 compulsory courses LAWS 202. (comprising either 255 or 270* points) • the remainder of the points taken from a Double degrees list of prescribed electives. It is possible to combine a BCJ degree with a In the first year, students will take 120 points, second degree, such as Arts, Law, or Science. as indicated in the diagram (the remaining 15 Normally you can complete a double degree points of 100-level courses would usually be (BCJ plus three-year degree) in five years and LLB taken in the second year). All 100-level courses plus three-year degree in five-and-a-half years, are compulsory. The multidisciplinary courses but some combinations may take longer. include studies of History, Human Services, BCJ/LLB students will take LAWS 101 instead ‘I have learnt how to make Criminal Justice, Forensics, Philosophy, of CRJU 150 and CRJU 160. BCJ only students informed opinions and Psychology, Law, Sociology, Linguistics, and will take CRJU 150 and CRJU 160. Māori and Indigenous Studies. If you are considering a double degree you express these in a clear In the second year, students must take should get advice from Te Kura Ture and eective way.’ either 75 or 90 compulsory 200-level points, UC School of Law or Te Rōpū Takawaenga depending on whether students take Liaison Office and the College offering the CRJU 202 Criminal Law and Procedure (15 other degree. See page 109 for contact Anna-Stesia points) or LAWS 202 Criminal Law (30 points). details and page 101 for more information Tainui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa about double degrees. Bachelor of Criminal Justice For the second year, to reach a total of 120 or * Client Service Advisor, Ministry of Business, 135 points, the remaining 200-level points Te Kura Ture | UC School of Law Innovation and Employment will be selected from a list of prescribed T: +64 3 369 0406 electives. The remaining 100-level points E: [email protected] may be included. www.canterbury.ac.nz/law

84 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) Bachelor of Data Science. BDataSc Data is used by Bachelor of Data Science – example degree structure organisations of all sizes Year 1 DATA COSC COSC MATH SCIE 100 100 100 to make better decisions. 101 121 122 102 101 Level Level Level In this degree, you will Year 2 learn how to analyse and DATA DATA COSC PHIL STAT 200 200 200 201 203 262 240 201 or 202 Level Level Level interpret data to inform Year 3 decision-making and DATA DATA STAT 300 300 300 100 Level forecast trends. 301 303 315 or 318 Level Level Level or above

Compulsory Major Courses from Science With big data comes big responsibility, courses courses or other degrees and you will learn the importance of data Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more. security, ethics, and strategy. You will This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements, go to www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations learn skills in programming, mathematics, and statistics from experts in biology, computing, geography, linguistics, and Degree structure Career opportunities many other fields. As a result, you will be able to contribute your diverse skillset The BDataSc requires a minimum total of As data increases exponentially, there is across many cross-disciplinary fields. 360 points: a high demand for people who can store, organise, and analyse big data for many A number of our research centres utilise • 195 points of compulsory Data Science different uses. data science, including Toi Hangarau core courses Geospatial Research Institute; Hangarau • 165 points of courses towards your major. Roles include data scientist, data analyst, Tangata, Tangata Hangarau | HIT Lab NZ; At least 225 points must be from courses data architect, solutions architect, business Wireless Research Centre; Te Kāhui Roro above 100-level, with at least 105 points at analyst, information technology consultant, Reo | NZ Institute of Language, Brain 300-level. statistician, marketing analyst, and other IT or software engineering related positions. and Behaviour; and Te Pokapū Aronui In your final year, you will also undertake ā-Matihiko | UC Arts Digital Lab. a research project aimed at solving a www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers particular industry or community problem. Recommended preparation Te Rāngai Pūtaiao | College of Science www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations T: +64 3 369 4141 The Bachelor of Data Science is open to all E: [email protected] students with entry to the University. A Major subjects www.canterbury.ac.nz/science background in secondary school subjects such as maths, statistics, computing, Bioinformatics and IT will be especially useful. UC offers introductory courses for students with little Computational Linguistics or no background in these areas. Data Science

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www.canterbury.ac.nz 85 Bachelor of Engineering with Honours. BE(Hons) Engineers design the future. Bachelor of Engineering with Honours – example degree structure They provide innovative First Year ENGR ENGR EMTH EMTH PHYS COSC 100 100 100 solutions to meet the needs 100 101 118 119 101 131 Level Level Level of our modern world. Second Year ENGR From buildings and bridges, to apps and smart 200 devices, to pharmaceuticals and renewable Third Year energy, engineering feats are everywhere. ENGR The Bachelor of Engineering with Honours is 200 a four-year professional degree. The degree Fourth Year is accredited by Engineering New Zealand, ENGR allowing our graduates to work as professionally 200 qualified engineers all over the world. Zero-points, Required First Year courses in Other First Year courses Three years of study in zero-fees courses Engineering, Engineering from Engineering or other one of the Engineering Entry requirements Mathematics, Computer Science, subjects (depending on disciplines and Physics discipline)

Physics and mathematics secondary Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more. school study is essential to enter the first This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements, go to year. Chemistry is also essential for some www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations Engineering disciplines. Top achievers Entry into the disciplines is limited and based You should aim to have at least: on your performance in the first year(s). Students who have achieved excellent All students must also complete a total of NCEA results in all relevant subjects may be able 800 hours (approx. 100 days) of practical work to get direct entry into the second year. • 14 credits in Level 3 maths or calculus including placement over the course of their degree. both differentiation and integration* This is at the discretion of the College of As a BE(Hons) student, you are able to study • 14 credits in Level 3 physics. Engineering Dean (Academic). towards the Diploma in Global Humanitarian Alternatively, a Modified First Year is offered For students wishing to study Chemical Engineering at the same time (see page 106). and Process Engineering, Civil Engineering, to students who have taken the MATH 199 or relevant STAR Science courses, and/or have Forest Engineering, Natural Resources Disciplines achieved excellent results in some subjects. Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering, you Chemical and Process Engineering should also aim to have at least: You may be exempt from taking some of the Minors offered in Bioprocess Engineering, required courses in the first year and offered • 14 credits in Level 3 chemistry**. Energy Processing Technologies, and advanced/interest courses in their place. Environmental Process Engineering 18 credits are strongly recommended in Civil Engineering all subjects. Introductory pathway Minors offered in Water and Environmental International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma If you did not achieve enough credits, you Systems Engineering, and Structural Engineering • minimum of 4 HL (or 5 SL) in maths (HL is can take introductory courses in specific Computer Engineering recommended) subjects to start with (eg, MATH 101, PHYS 111, Minors offered in Communications and and CHEM 114). You could then take the Network Engineering • minimum of 4 HL (or 6 SL) in physics (HL is recommended) first year courses in Semester 2 and over Electrical and Electronic Engineering summer, or do an extra year of study. Minor offered in Power Engineering • minimum of 4 HL (or 6 SL) in chemistry**. Forest Engineering Cambridge International Examination (CIE) Degree structure Mechanical Engineering • maths and physics – D grade or better at The first year of the degree comprises of Minor offered in Biomedical Engineering A level or A in AS level nine courses (120 points) - six compulsory Mechatronics Engineering • chemistry – D grade or better at A level or courses (including ENGR 100, a zero points/ Natural Resources Engineering ** zero fees course), and three further first-year A in AS level . Software Engineering * Including achievement standards 91578 – 'Apply courses which vary depending on which differentiation methods in solving problems' and 91579 – discipline you want to specialise in. 'Apply integration methods in solving problems'. Te Rāngai Pūkaha | College of Engineering Your first year is followed by three years of ** The chemistry component is not required for the following T: +64 3 369 4271 or +64 3 369 4272 Engineering disciplines: Computer; Electrical and Electronic; study in one of the Engineering disciplines. E: [email protected] Mechatronics; Software Engineering. www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering 86 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) Bachelor of Environmental Science with Honours. BEnvSci(Hons)

Do you want to do your part Bachelor of Environmental Science with Honours majoring in Environmental Hazards and Disasters – example degree structure for the environment? This Year 1 degree will give you skills ENVR BIOL CHEM GEOG SCIE STAT GEOL 100 Level and the practical learning 101 112 111 or 114 106 101 101 113 or above1 you’ll need to address the Year 2 BIOL 209 or COMS GEOG GEOL ENVR BIOL GEOG GEOG 205 100 Level pressing environmental 201 274 206 or 208 232 215 246 or above1 issues we face — in Year 3 ENVR ENVR PSYC GEOG GEOL GEOG Aotearoa and globally. ENVR 323 or 324 100 Level 200 302 304 341 351 354 or 325 or above1 Various disciplines of science intersect Year 4 in this programme to create a layered ENVR ENVR ENVR GEOG 404 DRRE DRRE understanding of complex sustainability 480 411 415 or HLTH 403 401 402 challenges we face — for example Zero-points, Major Compulsory Elective in freshwater resources, marine zero-fees courses courses courses courses contamination, coastal erosion, biosecurity, 1 Students must complete at least 60 points of elective courses. 30 points must be chosen from Schedule E Group 1. natural disasters, and climate change. You Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more. This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements, go to will assess impact resulting from disasters, www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations ecological change, and historical and current human activity. Degree structure Career opportunities Through classroom, lab, and field studies, you will learn research, data analysis, The BEnvSci(Hons) requires a minimum There are several opportunities for problem-solving, communication, and total of 480 points: Environmental Science graduates, such teamwork skills. This degree also combines • 270 points of compulsory Environmental as within regional, local, and central mātauranga Māori with environmental Science core courses government agencies (for instance Manatū research to unlock the potential of • a minimum of 135 points of courses Mō Te Taiao | Ministry for the Environment, indigenous knowledge. towards your major Hīkina Whakatutuki | Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment, and Te Papa • a minimum of 60 points of elective Recommended preparation courses. Atawhai | Department of Conservation), Crown research institutes, private The BEnvSci(Hons) is open to all students At least 225 points must be from courses organisations, or consultancies. with entry to the University. above 100-level, with at least 105 points at 300-level. In this degree, you will develop culturally While no particular background is required, responsive knowledge that will inform your secondary school subjects such as biology, www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations scientific knowledge. You can work chemistry, geography, and sustainability in advisory roles, to ensure your are good preparation. Most important is a Major subjects community’s voice is reflected in public passion for the environment and our role as Freshwater policy and research. kaitiaki protectors of our natural world. Ecosystem Health and Biosecurity www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers Environmental Change Te Rāngai Pūtaiao | College of Science Environmental Contamination T: +64 3 369 4141 Environmental Hazards and Disasters E: [email protected] www.canterbury.ac.nz/science Sustainable Coasts

www.canterbury.ac.nz 87 Bachelor of Fine Arts. BFA

The Bachelor of Fine Arts Bachelor of Fine Arts – example degree structure (BFA) is a prestigious Year 1 FINA FINA FINA ARTH ARTH degree that will give you a 1011 102 1031 100 Level 100 Level broad knowledge in visual Year 2 arts, multimedia, and design Studio subject Studio subject ARTH or CINE 100 or 200 2 3 before you specialise in one 211 212 200 Level Level studio area. Year 3 Studio subject 100, 200 or 100, 200 or 311 300 Level4 300 Level4 The four-year degree is based within purpose- built facilities and students enjoy being part Year 4* of a supportive community of practitioners. Studio subject 100, 200 or 100, 200 or 411 300 Level 300 Level

Entry requirements Introduction to all Required Art History Specialisation in Courses from the Bachelor specialist studio studies and Theory courses one studio subject To apply for admission to the Intermediate of Arts schedule 1 FINA 101 is 30 points. FINA 103 is 45 points. Year (first year) of the BFA directly from 2 Students specialising in Film or Photography may take either Art History and Theory or Cinema Studies 200-level courses. secondary school, you need to have met 3 Students must complete a 200-level course to be eligible for entry into Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours at Fourth year. University Entrance requirements and: 4 Students must complete 30 points of 300-level ARTH courses (or CINE courses for Film and Photography students) to be eligible for entry into Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours at fourth year. • achieved NCEA Level 3 Visual Arts in one * Students eligible for Honours will instead take FINA 450 in their fourth year. or more subjects; and Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more. This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements, go to • at least 14 credits in each of two other www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations NCEA Level 3 subjects (that are not practical art subjects) is also strongly This is your opportunity to demonstrate: Studio specialisations recommended; or • your competency and ability in artmaking Film • the equivalent standards in other • your best possible presentation of work Graphic Design secondary school qualifications. • your ability to express your thinking in a Painting written statement. Entry to the first year of the Bachelor of Fine Photography Arts is limited. We recommend that you For more information on the application Sculpture complete and supply by 15 November: process for the Intermediate Year, go to • the Application for Fine Arts Intermediate www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- course form departments/school-of-fine-arts Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours • a letter of introduction If you achieve a high standard in your first three • a portfolio of work. Degree structure years of study, you may be invited to enter the You are encouraged to apply as early as The BFA requires a total of 480 points: Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours programme. possible, and to visit Te Kura Kōwaiwai | • Fine Arts Intermediate (120 points) If you meet the criteria, you will be able to enrol Ilam School of Fine Arts before making • your specialist studio subject (270 points) in a research course (FINA 450) in your final year, comprised of a studio component worth 75% your application. The School welcomes • courses from the Bachelor of Arts and a research paper component worth 25% of applications from October. (including some compulsory Art History and Theory or Cinema Studies courses) the course requirements. Portfolio of work (90 points). Your application should include a Double degrees The Fine Arts Intermediate Year consists portfolio of recently completed art and/or of three practice-oriented courses as well It is possible to study a BFA with another design work. as 30 points of 100-level Art History and degree. Students considering this should seek The portfolio must include 12 examples of Theory courses. advice from a Student Advisor. work from NCEA (or equivalent) practical In the second, third, and fourth years of arts subjects. The format must be colour, Te Kura Kōwaiwai | Ilam School of Fine Arts the BFA, you will specialise in one subject. laser printed, and stapled A4 photographs. T: +64 3 369 3377 Your grades in the Intermediate Year will E: [email protected] influence your final subject options. www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- departments/school-of-fine-arts

88 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) Bachelor of Forestry Science. BForSc

The Bachelor of Forestry Bachelor of Forestry Science – example degree structure Science (BForSc) is Year 1 FORE FORE FORE FORE BIOL STAT 100 100 a professional degree 111 131 141 151 112 101 Level Level oered by Te Kura Year 2 Ngahere | School FORE FORE FORE FORE FORE FORE SOIL of Forestry. It is an 205 215 218 219 222 224 203 interdisciplinary degree Year 3 FORE FORE FORE FORE that prepares graduates 307 316 327 342 for managing forest Year 4 FORE FORE FORE FORE resources by combining 419 422 447 414 core science courses with Compulsory Elective Forestry Dissertation for honours Elective courses from management, commerce, courses Science courses students only Science or other degrees Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more. and technology. This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements, go to www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations Small classes and field trips make for an First year courses cover a broad range Double degrees engaging and rewarding learning experience of topics from trees, forests, and the You can combine the Forestry Science at UC. Forestry Science graduates are highly environment to the commercial aspects degree with the study of another degree, sought after by employers and follow of forestry and the importance of ecology, such as a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) or exciting and rewarding career paths. diversity, and conservation. First year Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree. Normally electives can complement the degree or be you can complete the two degrees in five Recommended preparation of general interest to students. years, but some degree combinations may The Bachelor of Forestry Science is open to In the second, third, and fourth years, you take longer. It is also possible to complete all students who gain University Entrance. It will then apply your knowledge to the forest a BCom degree with a strong Forestry is recommended that prospective students situation, with elective options available in emphasis. If you are considering a double take NCEA Level 3 biology and maths, the third and fourth years. degree you should consult Te Kura Ngahere including statistics and probability – or the It is possible to study the first year of the School of Forestry or Te Rōpū Takawaenga IB/Cambridge equivalent. BForSc at other Aotearoa universities. UC Liaison Office before enrolling. You may be able to fast-track your degree Students considering this option should There is also a Forest Engineering and gain direct entry to the second year consult Te Kura Ngahere | School of Forestry programme at UC, which students can if you have excellent Year 13 results or a for their course selection, which would study as a Bachelor of Engineering with New Zealand Certificate in Science with include FORE 102 Forests and Societies or Honours in four years. outstanding merit. It is possible to gain FORE 105 Forests of the World (available entry into the second or third year of by distance). Te Kura Ngahere | School of Forestry study with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) or www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations a New Zealand Diploma in Forestry with T: +64 3 369 3500 E: [email protected] outstanding merit. Bachelor of Forestry Science www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering with Honours /schools/forestry Degree structure Students with a good grade average The BForSc requires a total of 480 points across 200 and 300-level courses may be over four years. The first year provides a invited to undertake honours as part of strong base in science, but also allows the fourth year of their degree. Honours students to tailor their degree by choosing involves the completion of a research two optional courses. This is necessary for course FORE 414 Dissertation. the professional study of Forestry Science.

www.canterbury.ac.nz 89 Bachelor of Health Sciences. BHSc

The BHSc is a three-year Bachelor of Health Sciences majoring in Psychology – example degree structure programme that provides Year 1 HLTH HLTH BIOL HLTH PSYC PSYC 100 100 a comprehensive overview 101 106 116 110 105 106 Level Level of health and healthcare. Year 2 It is a multidisciplinary HLTH HLTH MAOR 270 PSYC PSYC PSYC 200 100 201 202 or MAOR 212 206 200 Level1 200 Level Level Level qualification and our graduates are using their Year 3 HLTH PSYC PSYC PSYC 200 skills in the health sector 301 339 344 300 Level2 Level and beyond. Compulsory Major Other courses from Health Sciences courses courses or other degrees

Aotearoa New Zealand's health and 1 From PSYC 207, 208, 209, 211, 213. disability sector is characterised by a diverse 2 From PSYC 333, 335, 336, 340, 346, 348, 349. workforce, made up of many occupations. Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more. This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements, go to This diversity is essential to providing the www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations range of services required to meet individual and public health outcomes. Graduating BHSc students who complete This programme is based on world-leading HLTH 312 Health Planning, Implementation research and provides the opportunity for and Evaluation are recognised by the Health internships in health-related workplaces. Promotion Forum as meeting the foundation knowledge and understanding of Ngā Degree structure Kaiakatanga Hauora mō Aotearoa | Health • The BHSc requires a total of 360 points Promotion Competencies for New Zealand. made up of 135 points from compulsory courses and at least 90 points from one Majors subject major. Environmental Health • The first year of study gives you a Health Education foundation in Health Sciences through core Māori and Indigenous Health courses introducing students to health studies, human biology, epidemiology, and Psychology Māori health. Students will also undertake Public Health courses from their chosen major. Society and Policy • At least 225 of the total points must be for courses above 100-level. In the second and ‘I want to give back to the Double majors third years of study, you will gain specialist community and this degree knowledge in their chosen major. Many students choose to enrol in a double www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations major and this can often be completed in will set me up with the tools the same length of time as a single major. I need to give my very best Workplace skills and knowledge Students commonly combine majors in in helping both individuals This degree will provide you with an Public Health, and Society and Policy; Health awareness of the critical health challenges Education and Psychology; and Māori and and communities.’ facing Aotearoa. Essential workplace skills Indigenous Health and Public Health. Elective will be gained in cultural competency and courses may be chosen from Health Sciences Suli or other degrees across the University. working with communities to improve Bachelor of Health Sciences in Physical Activity health outcomes. Promotion and Public Health Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of You will graduate being able to evaluate Studying towards a Master of Health Sciences Education, Health and Human Development with an endorsement in Nursing quantitative, qualitative, and Kaupapa T: +64 3 369 3333 Fitness Trainer, Les Mills Māori information, equipping you for E: [email protected] Running Coach, Extra Mile Runners decision-making in the workplace. www.canterbury.ac.nz/health

90 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) Bachelor of Laws. LLB

The mission statement Bachelor of Laws – example degree structure for UC's Te Kura Year 1 LAWS LAWS 100 100 100 100 100 Ture | School of Law 101 110 Level1 Level Level Level Level is 'the internationally Year 2 LAWS LAWS LAWS LAWS recognised, professionally 203 204 205 206 relevant, community Year 3 focused Law School'. LAWS LAWS 300 300 300 300 300 202 301 Level Level Level Level Level Students gain a professional degree of outstanding quality in four years. In Year 4 addition, Bachelor of Laws (LLB) students 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level deal with real people with real problems as part of the innovative clinical studies Compulsory Law courses Electives Non-Law courses programme at UC. Our students hone 1 May include CRJU 101 and CRJU 160. critical practical skills in the process of Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more. helping the community. This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements, go to www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations Recommended preparation The study of Law does not require a Limited entry into second year Double degrees background in any specific subject at With good grades in LAWS 101 and LAWS 110 Many Law students also study towards a school, and entry to the first year of (normally at least a B) students can advance second degree, with the BA, BCom, and BSc the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) is open to all into 200-level Law courses, all of which are the most popular. The Bachelor of Criminal students with University Entrance. subject to limited entry. In their second Justice (BCJ) degree is also a great fit as a You will need to have good reading, writing, year, students who have completed the 75 double degree with the LLB. and analytical skills. Subjects such as points of non-Law courses at 100-level will If you are considering a double degree you English, drama, economics, te reo Māori, take four of the five compulsory 200-level should get advice from Te Kura Ture languages, history, and classical studies are courses: Law of Contract, Law of Torts, UC School of Law or Te Rōpū Takawaenga useful preparation. Land Law, and Public Law. Those who have Liaison Office and the College offering the not completed the 75 points of non-Law other degree. See page 105 for contact Degree structure courses at 100-level will take the remainder details and page 97 for more information of those, plus fewer 200-level Law courses. The LLB is made up of the following: about double degrees. In their third year, students will take the • eight compulsory Law courses remaining 200-level Law courses, Criminal Bachelor of Laws Honours • 13 elective Law courses Law, LAWS 301 Equity and Trusts, and some Students who achieve an extremely good • 75 points of non-Law courses (five of their 300-level Law elective courses. standard in their second year of study may 100-level courses). LAWS 398 Legal Ethics is required if you be invited to enter the honours programme. In the first year, students must take: wish to be admitted as a Barrister If you meet the criteria, you enrol in three • LAWS 101 Legal System: Legal Method and and Solicitor. additional Law courses: Institutions (30 points) www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations • LAWS 410 Advanced Research Skills • LAWS 110 Legal Foundations, Research • LAWS 420 Honours Research Paper and Writing (15 points) • LAWS 430 Honours Dissertation. • and up to 75 points from other degree courses (ACIS 152, ACCT 152, ACIS 252 and Te Kura Ture | UC School of Law ACCT 252 are not approved courses). T: +64 3 369 0406 E: [email protected] www.canterbury.ac.nz/law

www.canterbury.ac.nz 91 Bachelor of Music. MusB

Music in all its forms is used Bachelor of Music majoring in Musical Culture – example degree structure the world over for leisure, Year 1 MUSA MUSA MUSA MUSA MUSA MUSA 100 100 artistic expression, and 100 101 125 131 150 151 Level Level enlightenment. The music Year 2 industry is prolific globally MUSA MUSA MUSA One of MUSA MUSA 200 100 MUSA 200 Level 200 Level and oers paid work to a 200 201 250 231–234 Level Level vast array of practitioners. Year 3 One of MUSA MUSA MUSA MUSA 1 1 1 300 300 200 200 331–335 300 Level 300 Level 300 Level Level Level Level Level The Bachelor of Music (MusB) is a specialised three-year degree for those Compulsory Music major Courses from Music Music courses courses or other degrees who want to concentrate their studies on Music. The MusB provides a wide selection 1 Some MUSA 300-level courses may be 30 points. of practical and academic courses, and Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more. This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements, go to students work closely with internationally www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations acclaimed staff and guest educators. A rich music environment is enjoyed university- Degree structure wide, with over a hundred concerts performed on campus each year. Ōtautahi Christchurch The MusB requires a total of 360 points: also offers additional musical opportunities • in first year you will take five compulsory within its vibrant, extended music community. courses (75 points) as well as courses in your chosen major Entry requirements • at least 90 points at 300-level, of which at least 60 points must be Music courses. Entry to the MusB is open to all students (except for Performance courses – Majors see below). However, it is strongly recommended that you have NCEA Level 2 Musical Culture or 3 music, or the equivalent of these. New Music Performance courses Performance Entry to Performance courses MUSA 141 Performance Major 1A and MUSA 143 Students have considerable flexibility in Performance Non-Major 1 (instrument or their second and third years of the ‘I had already loved playing voice) is limited. Places are awarded on the MusB degree. basis of a School of Music audition. www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations music, but UC was where I Applications for the Performance courses learnt more about the should be made to Te Kura Puoro | School Double degrees history and theory in-depth.’ of Music no later than 20 September. Early It is possible to combine the study of a auditions begin 22 August. MusB with other degrees, such as a BA, LLB, Miho or BCom. Students considering a double Composition and song writing courses degree should seek advice from a Bachelor of Music Performing Musician For entry into MUSA 120 Song Writing 1 Te Rāngai Toi Tangata | College of Arts Music Teacher, King’s School, Auckland and MUSA 121 Notated Composition 1A, we Student Advisor. CEO, Florestar Ltd, Auckland would like to hear some of your own songs along with a description of your musical Te Kura Puoro | School of Music interests. Please apply to Te Kura Puoro T: +64 3 369 4411 School of Music by 31 January 2022. E: [email protected] www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools- departments/school-of-music and-departments/school-of-music/ undergraduate-courses

92 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) Bachelor of Product Design. BProdDesign

Product Design combines Bachelor of Product Design – example degree structure creative design, science, Year 1 PROD 110 or MATH or PROD EMTH MGMT 100 100 100 engineering, and business 101 ENGR 101 100 Level 100 Level Level Level studies. Product designers Year 2 MKTG 100 or plan and develop items for PROD PROD PROD PROD 2001 2001 ECON 104 or use in homes, businesses, 200 Level 200 Level 200 Level 200 Level Level Level ACCT 102 Year 3 and industry. 200 or 300 Level 200 or 300 Level PROD PROD PROD 300 200 MGMT, MKTG, MGMT, MKTG, 3 3 ECON, FINC ECON, FINC 300 Level 300 Level 300 Level Level Level 2 2 From creating a new lightweight kayak or ACCT or ACCT or a phone app, to formulating rongoā Compulsory Courses required courses for major (medicinal products) or a virtual training world, studying product design will equip 1 Select courses from the Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Engineering with Honours degrees, depending on chosen major. 2 If students have not completed MKTG 100 then at least 15 points of MKTG 200 or 300-level courses. you for a wide range of occupations. 3 Select 15 points above 200-level from the Bachelor of Engineering with Honours or Bachelor of Science degree schedules. Graduates will be able to develop creative Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more. This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements, go to ideas based on their knowledge of related www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations sciences and engineering disciplines, as well as gain the practical business skills needed to commercialise new products. Degree structure Double and conjoint degrees With a structure that is unique among The BProdDesign is a three-year 360 It is possible to combine the study of a design qualifications, this is the only points qualification with a combination of BProdDesign with other degrees, such as a university product design degree available coursework and design projects: BSc or BCom. Conjoint programmes leading in Te Waipounamu South Island. • 135 points of Product Design courses to a BProdDesign/BCom or a BProdDesign/ • 165 points of Science and Engineering BSc can be completed in just four years. See Entry requirements courses the section on double and conjoint degrees on page 101. Students considering a double Entry to the BProdDesign is open to all • 60 points of Business or Management or conjoint degree should seek advice from students with entry to the University. courses. a Te Rāngai Pūkaha | College of Engineering However, it is strongly recommended that The first year covers four compulsory Student Advisor. you have at least 14 credits in NCEA Level 2 courses in Engineering, Mathematics, science and mathematics. Those intending Management, and Product Design. The Te Kura Hanga Otinga | School of to take the Chemical Formulation Design remaining three 100-level courses vary Product Design major should ideally have 14 credits in NCEA depending on which major you choose T: +64 3 369 4271 or +64 3 369 4272 Level 3 chemistry (or the IB/CIE equivalent to study. E: [email protected] of these). www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering /product-design Secondary school studies in related subjects Majors such as digital technologies, technology, or Applied Immersive Game Design design and visual communication would be an advantage. Chemical Formulation Design For more details on recommended Industrial Product Design preparation, including an outline for different qualification frameworks, go Design projects will involve independent to www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering/ work on open-ended projects, with a mix product-design. of individual and team-based activities, under close supervision by academics with experience in product design. www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations

www.canterbury.ac.nz 93 Bachelor of Science. BSc

A Bachelor of Bachelor of Science – example degree structure Science (BSc) is Year 1 SCIE 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 about understanding 101 Level Level Level Level Level Level Level and improving Year 2 the natural world 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 100 or 200 Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level through observation, Year 3 experimentation, 300 300 300 300 300 300 200 or 300 200 or 300 modelling, and Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level

Compulsory Science major Other Science Courses from Science calculation. course courses1 courses or other degrees

1 Students should allow for more than one potential major subject. Students should check the 100-level requirements for their potential As a BSc student, you’ll investigate the big majors as some majors require more than two 100-level courses or enrolment in a complementary subject such as Mathematics. issues confronting our planet, including Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more. This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements, go to climate change, human health and www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations diseases, the global water crisis, food security, environmental protection, and much more. A BSc will expose you to new Degree structure The BSc is very flexible; as well as the major and minor subjects offered, you can study ideas and technologies, develop your The BSc degree requires a minimum total of courses such as Antarctic Studies, Forestry, research skills, and help you make a real 360 points: contribution to the challenges facing Health Sciences, and Water Resource • a minimum of 255 points of Management that count towards your BSc. our world. Science courses www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations • the remaining 105 points can be from Recommended preparation either Science courses or courses from Majors Provided you have entry to the University, other degrees. all Science subjects can be started in At least 225 points must be from courses Astronomy Geography the first year. However, previous study is above 100-level, with at least 90 points at Biochemistry Geology recommended for some Science subjects, 300-level. Biological Sciences Linguistics in particular Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics. Some of these courses have entry Majors Chemistry Mathematics requirements. Computer Science Medicinal Chemistry For a major, you must complete all If you have not studied one or more of majoring requirements including 60 points Economics Philosophy the required subjects, or did not achieve at 300-level in a single science subject Environmental Physics enough credits, but have University (unless specified otherwise). A double major Science Entrance, you may consider taking a is possible. Finance Psychology course from the Certificate of University Preparation. Minors Financial Engineering Statistics You may be able to fast-track your degree You may also choose to do a minor within and gain direct entry to the second year the degree, from subject options in the Double degrees if you have excellent Year 13 results or a Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts, Many students combine the study of a BSc New Zealand Certificate in Science with Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Sport with another degree such as a BA, BCom, or outstanding merit. Coaching, or in Youth and Community LLB. Students considering this should seek Leadership. A minor requires 75 points of advice from Science Student Advisors and courses, with 45 points above 100-level. the advisors for the second degree. When choosing your first-year courses you should include courses that allow you to Te Rāngai Pūtaiao | College of Science advance to 200-level in at least T: +64 3 369 4141 two subjects. E: [email protected] www.canterbury.ac.nz/science

94 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) Bachelor of Social Work with Honours. BSW(Hons) This highly regarded Bachelor of Social Work with Honours – example degree structure interdisciplinary degree Year 1 SOWK SOWK SOWK HSRV MAOR 100 100 100 will engage you in both 101 102 104 103 108 or 165 Level Level Level theory and practice, Year 2 equipping you for a wide SOWK SOWK SOWK SOWK HSRV MAOR HSRV 200 202 203 205 206 212 212 204 Level1 range of people-related Year 3 work. SOWK SOWK SOWK SOWK SOWK 301 303 304 308 340 The Bachelor of Social Work with Honours (BSW(Hons)) at UC is Aotearoa Year 4 SOWK SOWK SOWK New Zealand’s most established Social 490 491 492 Work programme. Recognised by the Social Workers Registration Board, the BSW(Hons) Compulsory courses Courses chosen from ANTH, CRJU, EDUC, Courses from Arts MAOR, POLS, PSYC, SOCI, TREO, or WRIT 101 or other degrees is ideal for those with a commitment to 1 Choose from CULT 202, HIST 243, HSRV 208, HSRV 210, MAOR 270, MAOR 285, COMS 207, POLS 206, POLS 212, or SOCI 218. working with others in overcoming personal Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more. and institutional barriers to wellbeing, and This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements, go to promoting the full potential of people. www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations

Recommended preparation Degree structure www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations/uc- calendar-archive Entry to the first year of the BSW(Hons) The BSW(Hons) requires a total of 480 is open to all students with entry to the points: Te Rāngai Toi Tangata | College of Arts University. • 405 points comprising compulsory Social T: +64 3 369 3377 While no particular school subjects Work (SOWK) and Human Services (HSRV) E: [email protected] are required, a background in subjects courses www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/schools-and- promoting communication skills such as • 75 points of elective courses chosen from departments/social-work English, History, Geography, or te reo Māori subjects such as Anthropology, Criminal is useful. Volunteer or paid work in the Justice, Education, Human Services, Māori community is also good preparation. and Indigenous Studies, Political Science and International Relations, Psychology, Sociology, Te Reo Māori, and Writing. www.canterbury.ac.nz/courses

‘I saw Social Work as a framework to support my beliefs in human nature, and the importance of supporting those around you.’

Karl Bachelor of Social Work Service Manager, The Canterbury Men’s Centre

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Over the four years of Bachelor of Speech and Language Pathology with Honours – example degree structure this degree, students Year 1 – Intermediate CMDS STAT 100 100 100 100 100 100 gain the knowledge and 161 101 Level1 Level2 Level2 Level2 Level2 Level2 skills to assist a wide Year 2 – 1st Professional variety of people with 25% communication and swallowing disorders. Year 3 – 2nd Professional 30% The Bachelor of Speech and Language Pathology with Honours (BSLP(Hons)) is Year 4 – 3rd Professional a highly regarded, professional degree 50% accredited by Te Kāhui Kaiwhakatikatika Reo Kōrero o Aotearoa | New Zealand Compulsory courses Clinical placement Elective courses Speech-language Therapists’ Association 1 Students must take one of the following: HLTH 106; MAOR 165; MAOR 172; TREO 110; TREO 111. (NZSTA). UC students are able to utilise 2 Students can choose courses from other degrees to make up 120 points. Some courses are recommended. excellent on-site resources including clinics Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more. and research facilities. This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements, go to www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations Recommended preparation Degree structure The Professional Years Entry into the Intermediate Year The BSLP(Hons) requires a total of 480 points. First Professional Year courses focus on The Intermediate Year is open to all speech and language development and students with University Entrance. A The Intermediate Year disorders, evidence-based practice, and background in science is recommended. The first year (Intermediate Year) comprises audiology. By working with a range of a minimum of 120 points or eight 15-point clients you will gain practical experience Entry into the Professional Years courses (or equivalent). The Intermediate (which represents up to 25% of the year's work). The first year is followed by the Professional courses may be taken in one full-time year Years. Entry into the Professional Years of study or accumulated over more than In the Second Professional Year, you is limited and is based on completion of one year. continue studying different types of the Intermediate Year, academic merit The compulsory courses in your first year communication disorders, work with (normally a B+ or better grade average), and cover anatomy, physiology, and statistics. practising therapists, and complete fluency in English. Relevant work experience Students must also take one course coursework in a hospital setting. This year may also be considered. Applications for in Māori culture, language, or health. your fieldwork increases to 30%. entry to the First Professional Year close on The four recommended courses cover In the Third Professional Year, you 1 October of the preceding year, although communication disorders, linguistics, take more advanced courses and also late applications will be considered if places and psychology. complete research work. About half of your are available. year will be based in the field, and you will If you are unsuccessful in gaining a place in spend more time taking responsibility for the First Professional Year, your completed the assessment of clients and the courses can usually be credited to a BSc, planning, management, and evaluation of BHSc, or BA. therapy programmes.

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96 Need help? Live chat: AskUC. Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) Bachelor of Sport Coaching. BSpC The Bachelor of Sport Bachelor of Sport Coaching majoring in Strength and Conditioning with Nutrition – Coaching (BSpC) is example degree structure Year 1 the only specialist sport SPC O SPC O SPC O SPC O SPC O SPCO 100 Level 100 Level coaching degree in 101 102 104 105 110 107 or above or above Aotearoa. With flexible Year 2 SPCO 201 or SPC O SPC O SPC O SPC O SPC O 200 Level 100 Level learning and internships, SPCO 302 208 209 221 241 242 or above or above this qualification caters for Year 3 a wide variety of students. SPC O SPC O SPC O SPC O SPC O 200 Level 200 Level 200 Level 320 309 310 341 343 or above2 or above or above UC students gain key skills employers Core courses Courses required Optional are looking for, not just in sport and for major1 courses related fields, but in everything from 1 You must ensure that you complete the required courses for at least one major. communications to corporate management. 2 At least 90 points must be at 300-level. Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more. BSpC students learn skills such as This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements, go to leadership, accountability, communication, www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations teamwork, motivation, and psychology. a 120-hour internship in a professional This degree also provides a recognised Minors sporting workplace as part of your pathway for entry to teaching qualifications, You may also choose to do a minor within final year. in particular physical education and health the degree, from subject options in the teaching at secondary level. There is the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Commerce, www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations ability to include additional teaching or Bachelor of Science, or in Youth and subjects (eg, maths or science) through the Community Leadership. A minor requires Distance learning option optional course spaces in the degree. 75 points of courses, with 45 points above Most BSpC courses are available to study 100-level. on campus or as a flexible, online learning Entry requirements option. Students may enrol full-time or Subject Major Minor The BSpC has an intake in February or July. part-time according to their interests and needs. Applicants under 20 years old must have Adventure Sport and • Environment University Entrance or provide evidence Certificate options of their ability to complete tertiary study Performance Analysis • • successfully. For those who wish to gain an entry- Physical Education • level qualification in Sport Coaching, the As some of the courses within this Certificate in Sport Coaching (CertSpC) is programme involve working with children, a Nutrition • available part-time or over one semester – police check and interview will be completed Sport Science • • see page 105. at the beginning of these courses – you will be sent information on how to complete Sports Leadership and • For those with an undergraduate degree or these at the appropriate time. Management relevant post-secondary school study and work experience, the Graduate Certificate Strength and • Degree structure in Sport Coaching is an online, flexible Conditioning learning qualification that enables students The BSpC requires courses to a total of 360 Strength and • to develop their professional coaching skills. points. These are grouped into three strands: Conditioning with • Pedagogy (the theory and application of Nutrition coaching and learning) Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of Education, Health and Human Development • Sport and exercise sciences T: +64 3 369 3333 • Sociology of sport. Applied learning in context E: [email protected] All students complete one major within the The degree has strong practical elements, www.canterbury.ac.nz/health degree, and can also choose a second major including two or three practicums coaching or a minor. teams in the context of your choosing, and

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As an early childhood Bachelor of Teaching and Learning (Early Childhood) – example degree structure teacher you have Year 1 TEDU TEDU TEDU TEPI TEPI TECE TECE TECM the chance to teach 105 110 111 101 105 105 106 101 infants, toddlers, and Year 2 TEDU TEDU TEPI TEPI TEPI TEPP TECM TECE young children when 201 206 205 206 230 206 201 205 they are most open to Year 3 learning. The rapid TEDU TEDU TEPI TEPI TEPP TEPP TECM rate of development in 301 305 305 306 305 306 301 Option children of this age and Education Professional Professional Curriculum Option Inquiry Practice Studies their natural desire to Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more. This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements, go to learn makes for a hugely www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations gratifying environment. Degree structure How to apply The BTchLn(EarlyChildhood) is an internationally recognised qualification The BTchLn(EarlyChildhood) requires Applications are open throughout the year that prepares you for a teaching career 360 points: and close four weeks prior to the start of in different early childhood settings. The • 105 points from Education courses the programme in early February, or when qualification is available to study full-time • 105 points from Professional Inquiry places are filled. or part-time: • 45 points from Professional Practice www.canterbury.ac.nz/education/student- advice-and-forms • on campus in Ōtautahi Christchurch • 105 points from Curriculum Studies. • by distance study. www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of Education, Health and Human Development Entry requirements Distance Options T: +64 3 369 3333 Applicants under 20 years old must have E: [email protected] If you would like to study by distance you www.canterbury.ac.nz/education University Entrance. Applicants 20 years old will typically need to attend two on-site or over must have University Entrance or intensives per year, one of which is a two- provide evidence of their ability to complete week on-site intensive at the beginning tertiary study successfully. of the programme. This will be held in Ōtautahi Christchurch. Selection process Courses integrate web-based material, The BTchLn(EarlyChildhood) has one audiovisual resources, video conferences, intake each February. Selection for entry is and email. Students will undertake a based on: community engagement course, as well as • academic ability, involvement and attend professional practice placements in interest in working with children, early childhood education centres for up to community involvement, communication ten weeks per year. skills, and other personal qualities • a police check, referees' reports, and an interview • a short literacy and numeracy test. Students for whom English is an additional language are also required to meet the requirements set out by Matatū Aotearoa | Teaching Council of New Zealand.

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If you are inspired by the Bachelor of Teaching and Learning (Primary) – example degree structure world around you and Year 1 TEDU TEDU TEPI TEPP TECM TECP TECP TECP wish to make a positive 110 111 101 102 101 112 113 122 dierence in the lives Year 2 TEDU TEPI TEPI TEPP TECM TECP TECP TECP of young people, then 201 222 230 221 201 202 212 222 a career in teaching or Year 3 education could be TEDU TEPI TEPI TEPP TEPP TECP TECP for you. 301 320 321 320 321 313 223 Option

Education Professional Professional Curriculum Option The BTchLn(Primary) is a professional Inquiry Practice Studies qualification that prepares you for a Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more. rewarding career as a primary school This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements, go to www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations teacher. There are a number of study options available to students including: • full-time or part-time study on campus in Degree structure If you would like to study by distance Ōtautahi Christchurch The BTchLn(Primary) requires a total of only, you will need to attend two on-site • full-time in Whakatū Nelson or 360 points: intensives in Ōtautahi Christchurch each year of full-time study, with the first Rotorua by a mix of face-to-face and • 60 points from Education courses distance study in February. • 90 points from Professional Inquiry • full-time or part-time study by distance. Students enrolled at the Whakatū Nelson • 45 points from Professional Practice regional campus do not attend the on- Entry requirements • 165 points from Curriculum Studies. site intensives in Ōtautahi Christchurch. They complete a blended model of online Applicants under 20 years old must have The optional course at 300-level allows course work and face-to face courses and University Entrance. Applicants 20 years old students to specialise in an area of curriculum components held at their or over must have University Entrance or particular interest in their third year. regional campus. provide evidence of their ability to complete www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations tertiary study successfully. How to apply Distance Options Applications are open throughout the year Selection process Students can complete the BTchLn by and close four weeks prior to the start of The BTchLn(Primary) has one intake each distance study. Courses integrate web- the programme in early February, or when February. Selection for entry is based on: based material, audiovisual resources, video places are filled. • academic ability, involvement and conferences, and email (students need interest in working with children, good internet access). You will attend two www.canterbury.ac.nz/education/student- community involvement, communication professional practice placements per year advice-and-forms skills, and other personal qualities (one each semester) as well as undertake Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of • a police check, referees' reports, and an a community engagement course. Education, Health and Human Development interview Placements are arranged by Te Rāngai Ako T: +64 3 369 3333 • a short literacy and numeracy test. me te Hauora | College of Education, Health E: [email protected] and Human Development. Students for whom English is an additional www.canterbury.ac.nz/education language are also required to meet the requirements set out by Matatū Aotearoa Teaching Council of New Zealand.

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The Bachelor of Youth Bachelor of Youth and Community Leadership– example degree structure and Community Year 1 EDUC 101 or YACL CHCH EDUC 102 or 100 100 100 100 100 Leadership (BYCL) 101 101 POLS 103 Level Level Level Level Level meets a growing need Year 2 or CULT 202 or for innovative leaders YACL EDUC EDUC 204 or 200 200 200 200 100 200 who can make an impact 201 206 INOV 290 Level Level Level Level Level on national and global Year 3 EDUC 302 or YACL YACL 300 300 200 or 300 200 or 300 challenges that youth EDUC 339 301 302 Level Level Level Level and other communities Compulsory Elective Courses from Arts are encountering. courses courses or other degrees Each small block represents a 15-point course. However, some courses may be 30 points or more. This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. For specific course requirements, go to This degree develops professional www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations leadership and entrepreneurial skills for those passionate about issues Degree structure Double degrees such as youth work and development, The BYCL is a 360-point degree, with at least It is possible to combine the Youth and sustainability, human rights, equality, 225 points at 200-level or above: Community Leadership degree with other social entrepreneurship, and humanitarian degrees, such as the Bachelor of Arts, work. The BYCL builds on UC’s international • 150 points of compulsory courses in Bachelor of Communication, Bachelor of reputation in youth-led social action, and leadership development Commerce, and Bachelor of Criminal Justice. offers real-world leadership and project • 105 points of optional courses from experience by way of theoretical study and Schedule E: Elective courses If you are considering a double degree you applied learning. • up to 105 points of courses from any should get advice from Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of Education, Health and Youth and Community Leadership is a bachelor’s degree at UC. Human Development Student Advisors or degree that allows you to customise You may also choose to do a minor within Te Rōpū Takawaenga | Liaison Office. a programme of study to drive your the degree, or from subject options in the commitment to social action. It prepares Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Commerce, Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of Bachelor of Science, or Bachelor of Sport students to cultivate collective leadership Education, Health and Human Development to action change, making this an ideal Coaching. A minor requires 75 points of T: +64 3 369 3333 degree for those wanting to create a better courses, with 45 points above 100-level. E: [email protected] world for future generations. For study planning help, contact Te Rōpū www.canterbury.ac.nz/education Takawaenga o UC | UC Liaison Office (new Entry requirements students) or a Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora Admission to UC with University Entrance College of Education, Health and Human (or equivalent) is required to enrol. Development Student Advisor (advancing students). If English is your additional language, you are also required to meet UC's English www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations language requirements.

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Double degrees Students enrolling in these options must that combine two degrees into a single include LAWS 101 and LAWS 110 in their first bachelor's degree, in as little as four years. Working towards two degrees at the same year. If they are seeking to complete in the time means you may complete some The accelerated programmes require a total minimum time, they must also complete combinations in four or five years. of 540 points (ie, 60 points less than a double the 75-point, non-Law component of the degree), as well as a minimum sustained You will graduate with two different bachelor's LLB in the first year. Grade Point Average (equivalent to a B-) and degrees, giving you career flexibility and a higher workload at 135 points per year. different opportunities. For those who have BE(Hons)/BCom, BE(Hons)/BSc Students must graduate in both degrees that interests in diverse areas, a double degree can Double degree combination with the are part of the conjoint at the same time. broaden your skillset, provide complementary BE(Hons) are possible. The length of time and enhanced knowledge, and give you the UC offers five conjoint degrees: taken will depend on the major or flexibility to work in a number of different • Conjoint BA/BCom discipline chosen. disciplines when you graduate. • Conjoint BA/BSc You can enrol in two degrees at the Other double degree combinations • Conjoint BCom/BSc same time, and are usually able to cross- • BHSc/BA and BHSc/BSc degree • Conjoint BProdDesign/BCom credit (share) courses in common, up combinations are possible. • Conjoint BProdDesign/BSc. to a maximum of 120 points. Certain • A BFA/BA usually takes at least six years. combinations of degrees may allow Conjoint BA/BCom additional cross-credits or exemptions. • The BSpC degree is flexible and students may wish to combine it with a BA, BCom, This Conjoint degree offers the breadth BA/BSc, BCom/BSc, BCom/BA, BA/BCJ BSc, BYCL, or even an LLB or BCJ. and depth of skills of both the arts and • BA/MusB, BC/BYCL, BForSc/BCom, and commerce disciplines. Graduates will be These double degree options may be BForSc/BSc can be completed in five years. able to follow postgraduate pathways in completed in five years. Many other Arts or Commerce, and/or choose arts- combinations are possible. For more double degree combinations, see www.canterbury.ac.nz/study/ focused careers with a commercial or LLB/BA, LLB/BCom, LLB/BCJ, LLB/BSc, qualifications-and-courses/bachelors- business incline. LLB/BC, LLB/BYCL degrees/double-degrees To earn this degree, you must: A typical LLB double degree combination • be credited with a minimum of 255 points may be completed in five-and-a-half years, Conjoint degrees of BCom courses, where at least 165 although this will involve increased course Conjoint degrees are accelerated points must be above 100-level; and at least 75 points must be at 300-level loads in some years. programmes for high-achieving students

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• be credited with a minimum of 255 points • complete core courses for both the BA Conjoint BProdDesign/BCom, Conjoint of BA courses, where at least 180 points and BSc BProdDesign/BSc must be above 100-level; and at least 90 • meet requirements for a major in both points must be at 300-level. By combining a BProdDesign with either a the BA and BSc BCom or a BSc, students will develop skills • complete core courses for both the BA • meet the requirements of a minor in a BA in the aesthetic and technical design of and BCom subject (a BSc minor is optional). products in their fields of interest, along • meet requirements for a major in both with business skills or specialised the BA and BCom Conjoint BCom/BSc scientific skills. • meet the requirements of a minor in a BA This Conjoint degree offers the breadth To earn this degree, you must: subject (a BCom minor is optional). and depth of skills of both the science • be credited with a minimum of 255 points and commerce disciplines. Graduates will Conjoint BA/BSc from the Bachelor of Product Design, be able to follow post-graduate pathways including a minimum of 75 points at This Conjoint degree not only offers cross- in Commerce or Science or choose 300-level to satisfy the requirements of disciplinary expertise in arts and science, employment in science-focused careers, a major. but broadens your careers options so with both a business and • be credited with a minimum of 255 you can be more enterprising and scientific background. points from one of either the Bachelor innovative. It also opens up specialised To earn this degree, you must: of Commerce or the Bachelor of Science. postgraduate pathways. Requirements for at least one of the • be credited with a minimum of 255 points majors from the degree must also be With this Conjoint, you’ll give your technical of BCom courses, where at least 165 met, including a minimum of 75 points at knowledge an edge by being able to look points must be above 100-level; and at 300-level. at complex problems differently, and better least 75 points must be at 300-level • complete the core courses for the BCom understanding social and ethical implications. • be credited with a minimum of 255 points To earn this degree, you must: of BSc courses, where at least 165 points • complete the BSc core course must be above 100-level; and at least 75 • be credited with a minimum of 255 points • include 330 points above 100-level and a points must be at 300-level of BSc courses, where at least 165 points minimum of 150 points at 300-level. must be above 100-level; and at least 75 • complete core courses for both the BCom points must be at 300-level and BSc Te Rōpū Takawaenga | UC Liaison www.canterbury.ac.nz/liaison • be credited with a minimum of 255 points • meet requirements for a major in both the BCom and BSc. Learn more about requirements at www. of BA courses, where at least 165 points canterbury.ac.nz/regulations must be above 100-level; and at least 75 • meet the requirements of a minor in a points must be at 300-level BCom subject (optional).

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If you aren't sure you want European and Sociology Te Kura Umanga | UC Business School to commit to a degree, but European Union T: +64 3 369 3888 Studies E: [email protected] still want to give university French Spanish www.canterbury.ac.nz/business a shot, an undergraduate Geography Statistics German Te Reo Māori Certificate in Criminal Justice certificate or diploma could History be a great option for you. For those wanting a career change into *No 100-level courses in Anthropology are currently the criminal justice fields, or who are only being offered. available to study part-time, or not wanting Certificate in Arts www.canterbury.ac.nz/courses to study the full Bachelor of Criminal Justice This is an option if you are unsure about degree, this Certificate is the best option whether university is for you or if you can Te Rāngai Toi Tangata | College of Arts for you. only study part-time. T: +64 3 369 3377 E: [email protected] The Certificate in Criminal Justice (CertCJ) is Certificate in Arts – possible structure www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts also a professionally relevant qualification for those already employed within the Year 1 sector who wish to enhance their current 100 or 200 100 or 200 100 or 200 100 or 200 Certificate in Commerce Level Level Level Level Level Level skills and knowledge. This Certificate is an option if you want Arts subject (eg, Anthropology) to add commerce content alongside your Certificate in Criminal Justice – possible structure Each block represents a 15-point course. degree, or do not want to study a full degree. This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. Year 1 Level For full course requirements, go to www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations Certificate in Commerce – possible structure CRJU 100 100 100 Year 1 101 Level Level Level The Certificate comprises four standard 100 or 200 or 100 or 200 or 100 or 200 or 100 or 200 or Core course Courses from the Bachelor of Criminal courses (a minimum of 60 points) at 100 300 Level 300 Level 300 Level 300 Level Justice degree schedule C and/or 200-level in no more than two Commerce course subjects, and can be completed part-time, Each block represents a 15-point course. up to five years. Each block represents a 15-point course. The Certificate comprises four courses (60 The Certificate in Arts can be used as a The Certificate comprises four standard points) at 100-level, and can be completed stepping stone to the Bachelor of Arts. courses (a minimum of 60 points) from any in a minimum of one semester full-time or courses in the Commerce schedule, and can up to a maximum of four years part-time. Certificate in Arts – subjects be completed in six months full-time or The Certificate in Criminal Justice can be Anthropology* Human Services four years part-time. used as a stepping stone to the Bachelor of Art History and Japanese The Certificate in Commerce can be used Criminal Justice. Theory as a stepping-stone to the Bachelor of For more information on courses available Chinese Linguistics Commerce. for the Certificate in Criminal Justice go to Cinema Studies Māori and www.canterbury.ac.nz/courses Indigenous Studies Certificate in Commerce – subjects Classics Mathematics Te Kura Ture | UC School of Law Accounting Cultural Studies Media and T: +64 3 369 0406 Communication Computer Science E: [email protected] Digital Humanities Music Economics www.canterbury.ac.nz/law Economics Philosophy Finance Education Political Science Information Systems Certificate in Languages and International Innovation If you are interested in languages and are Relations Management studying an alternative degree programme English Psychology Marketing English Language Russian at UC, you can do a course or two in your www.canterbury.ac.nz/courses language of choice per year. The CertLang also caters for those who wish to study part-time.

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Certificate structure Certificate in Science Certificate in University The Certificate comprises four language If you are interested in science, but don't wish Preparation courses (a maximum of 60 points) at 100 to commit to full-time degree study just yet, The Certificate in University Preparation and/or 200-level, taken from a prescribed you might consider the Certificate in Science. (CUP) is a one-semester programme list of courses available. Students may designed for students who do not meet include courses from up to two of the nine Certificate in Science – possible structure the requirements for University Entrance languages offered. Year 1 or who have been out of study for a substantial period. www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations 100 or 200 100 or 200 100 or 200 100 or 200 Level Level Level Level Level Level Students who successfully complete the Certificate in Languages – subjects programme will be eligible to apply for Science subject (eg, Geography) Ancient Greek entry to 100-level degree courses at UC. Each block represents a 15-point course. Chinese This diagram is an example only – other combinations are possible. CUP intakes are in February, July, November, For full requirements, go to the University Regulations webpage French www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations/academic-regulations/certsc-31 and January of the following year. German CUP welcomes students who: Japanese The Certificate comprises a minimum of 60 • have recently finished Year 13 programmes Latin points at 100 and/or 200-level and can be but missed University Entrance completed in one to two years of part-time Russian • are under 20 and left school without Spanish study. The Certificate in Science can be used as University Entrance a stepping stone to the Bachelor of Science. Te Reo Māori • have been out of study for a number of Certificate structure years and want to refresh their study skills www.canterbury.ac.nz/courses and obtain further background knowledge For the full requirements, see the before beginning a degree programme Te Rāngai Toi Tangata | College of Arts Regulations for the Certificate in Science. • are Aotearoa or Australian Citizens or T: +64 3 369 3377 Permanent Residents who are proficient E: [email protected] www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations/ in English. www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts academic-regulations If you are under 18, you must meet the Te Rāngai Pūtaiao | College of Science literacy and numeracy requirements for T: +64 3 369 4141 University Entrance and have 14 credits E: [email protected] at NCEA Level 3 in at least one subject or www.canterbury.ac.nz/science equivalent on the approved list.

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Programme structure and duration TRNS 009 An Introduction to Statistics Learner-Centred Teaching and Coaching, plus two other optional courses. The CUP programme helps students and Probability to develop the skills necessary for TRNS 010 Digital Data: An exploration www.canterbury.ac.nz/courses successful university study, including of the use and pervasiveness time management; oral and written of data in a digitised society Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of communication; analytical, critical, and TRNS 011 An Introduction to Business Education, Health and Human Development T: +64 3 369 3333 problem-solving; and interpersonal, group, TRNS 012 An Invitation to Law E: [email protected] and teamwork skills. TRNS 013 Special Topic www.canterbury.ac.nz/education In the February and July intakes, the core TRNS 017 Mathematics with Calculus course TRNS 001 Academic Writing and MATH 101 Methods of Mathematics Certificate in Youth and Study Skills is delivered in partnership with Community Leadership Hagley College on the UC campus. Te Rōpū Takawaenga | UC Liaison The Certificate in Youth and Community Māori and Pasifika students can study the Freephone in NZ: 0800 VARSITY (827 748) Leadership (CertYCL) builds on UC’s core skills course on the University campus E: [email protected] expertise and reputation for humanitarian as part of the connective grouping – Te www.canterbury.ac.nz/get-started/ work and social activism. Waka Talanoa. An academic pathway will transition/certificate be designed around a student's individual Students will develop introductory needs via another three courses that make Certificate in Sport Coaching leadership skills and explore global issues up the CUP certificate. they are passionate about resolving, with Designed for working professionals from the opportunity to carry out group projects While it is desirable to complete the CUP any walk of life who want to develop their in the local community. full-time in one 13 week semester, it is skills and knowledge in the area of possible to study part-time. Distance/ Sport Coaching, this Certificate can be Certificate in Youth and Community flexible options are also available. Students Leadership completed by distance around your who want to enrol in one or more CUP other commitments. Year 1 Level courses are able to do so by enrolling in YACL CHCH EDUC YACL a Certificate of Proficiency Preparatory Coaches can complement and enhance 101 101 101 201 (COP PREP). A number of CUP courses are their work-based skills or, if you are available through distance learning. currently not employed in the sporting Compulsory courses industry, you can develop skills and Each block represents a 15-point course. CUP courses For full course requirements, go to competencies to support your knowledge www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations The Certificate comprises four courses: and performance in the area of Sport Coaching and related fields. TRNS 001 and three optional courses. This programme is an especially good Certificate in Sport Coaching – option for working professionals and those Course code Course title possible structure already in leadership positions, or students TRNS 001 Academic Writing and Year 1 Level who do not want to commit to the full Study Skills* SPCO SPCO 100 or 200 100 or 200 bachelor’s degree. 101 or 102 201 Level Level TRNS 002 Te Uku: Perspectives on the www.canterbury.ac.nz/courses history and political expansions of Aotearoa and the Pacific Core courses Optional courses Each block represents a 15-point course. Subjects and courses TRNS 003 An Introduction to Social Issues and Challenges In the Certificate in Youth and Community The Certificate in Sport Coaching comprises TRNS 004 Teacher Education and Leadership students will learn about a minimum of 60 points at 100 and 200-level Educational Studies leadership of the self, and leading with and can be completed full-time over one others, through exploration and experience TRNS 005 Exploring the Psychology and semester or up to two years part-time. Once of a wide range of contemporary leadership Biology of the Human Mind complete, you may be exempt 60 points theories, including those that emanate TRNS 006 Chemistry: An introduction to from the Bachelor of Sport Coaching. from the unique culture of Aotearoa. atoms, bonding, and reactions The CertSpC comprises two core courses TRNS 007 Preparatory Mathematics They will also will study learning: how and SPCO 101 Introduction to Sport Coaching why people learn, and what this means for TRNS 008 Fundamental Physics (or SPCO 102 Theoretical Foundations of leading change. * Compulsory. Coaching and Teaching) and SPCO 201

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For study planning help, contact Te Rōpū Diploma in Languages Takawaenga o UC | UC Liaison Office (new The Diploma in Language is for students students) or a Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora who wish to gain competency in a language College of Education, Health and Human without completing an entire degree in that Development Student Advisor area. This is a great option for students who (advancing students). are studying alongside another Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of degree programme. Education, Health and Human Development You must complete courses with a T: +64 3 369 3333 minimum total of 120 points, with at least E: [email protected] 75 points for courses above 100-level. At www.canterbury.ac.nz/education least 60 points must be in language courses above 100-level, and up to 30 points can Diploma in Global be from non-language courses. Credit can Humanitarian Engineering be transferred to the Bachelor of Arts (and some other degrees) provided you have not This Diploma will allow you to apply your graduated with the Diploma. knowledge in engineering humanitarian service, broaden your skills, and widen your www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations ‘Broaden yourself by perceptions of engineering. Diploma in Languages – subjects available taking subjects outside of The Diploma in Global Humanitarian Ancient Greek your degree. For me, that’s Engineering can only be completed in parallel with a Bachelor of Engineering with Chinese been combining languages Honours degree, in any French with engineering. UC has engineering discipline. German helped me create a course Enrolment in the DipGlobalHumanEng Japanese is open to Engineering students from Latin of study that is completely any discipline. To enter, you must have Russian individual to me. I haven’t successfully completed the first year of the Spanish BE(Hons) and your application will need to been limited at all by be approved by the College of Engineering Te Reo Māori wanting to do something Dean (Academic). www.canterbury.ac.nz/study/courses out of the normal.’ As part of the DipGlobalHumanEng you must complete a minimum total of Te Rāngai Toi Tangata | College of Arts Thomas 120 points, including: T: +64 3 369 3377 Studying towards a Bachelor of Engineering with • 45 points of which can be cross-credited E: [email protected] Honours in Mechatronics Engineering, and a from a BE(Hons) degree www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts Diploma in Languages in German and Russian • 45 points made up of courses from a list of humanities and social sciences courses • a 30 point capstone course in humanitarian engineering, which includes either a professional report or practical component. www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations

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