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TOP Ranked in the top 1% of universities in the world. 1% QS World University Rankings

85% of students from outside Dunedin.

95% of Otago graduates go 95% directly into work or further study. Graduate Opinion Survey

14 residential colleges.

New Zealand’s #1 university for #1 educational performance. Tertiary Education Commission Educational Performance Indicators

Awarded 5-stars plus – the highest- possible rating for teaching and research. QS Stars Rating 2 INTRO TO OTAGO

SECTION 1 Otago life Tō noho ki Ōtākou 3

World-class teaching and a legendary student lifestyle – the two core elements that set us apart and the reason students from across the country choose Otago. 4 INTRO TO OTAGO Dunedin NZ Dunedin 5

Dunedin Our 21,000 students make up one fifth of Dunedin’s population, creating an energy and atmosphere that you will only find at Otago. The campus is right in the heart of the city and all of Dunedin’s best places for shopping, food and entertainment are just a Auckland short walk away. When it comes to sport, Otago takes on the best in the world. The University’s recreational facilities are state-of-the-art and Wellington Forsyth Barr Stadium, the world’s first fully enclosed grassed stadium, hosts top-level Christchurch sports matches and world-class concerts. But that’s just the beginning. Dunedin’s Dunedin beaches, mountains and bush surrounds offer an awesome range of activities. Ride the waves at one of the 30 nearby beaches, hit the mountain bike tracks, paddle-board, kayak or sail on the harbour, or head to Central Otago for a weekend at New Zealand’s top ski fields. 6 INTRO TO OTAGO

Come and stay Become a local Otago’s 14 residential colleges carry proud Our Locals Collegiate Community provides and unique traditions that will help you get college-style support and engagement for the most out of your first year. A perfect students living at home, flatting or boarding. place to find like-minded people and From academic support to fun social events, discover lifelong friendships, our colleges becoming a Local allows you to access combine the right living and learning everything you need for a great first year at environments for you to thrive. Otago. Share one of the fully catered meals with otago.ac.nz/locals students from all over the country and the world, catch a movie or a game on the big- screen TV, study in the college library or just hang out in your own warm room. And if you need a bit of support or advice, there are live-in, experienced college staff and senior students on hand at all times. You can apply for a place in a college through eVision from 1 August. Aim to complete your application by 30 September.

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Facilities Orientation With world-class lecture theatres, research O-Week is that famous seven-day welcome labs, libraries and recreational facilities, we for all new students to Otago! It’s a party do it better than anyone. There’s unlimited like no other, crammed full of events Wi-Fi across campus, and computer labs including wall-to-wall gigs, a food festival, that are open 24/7. sports day and international expo. It’s also a great time to find your way around campus, attend Academic Orientation, and ensure Work hard, play hard that by the time classes start, you’re ready to get going. Whether you’re a top-level athlete or just keen to keep fit, the Unipol Recreation Centre is a first-class gym facility that Explore your world offers everything you need free of charge. Join some of the best teams in the country Tokyo, Paris, Sao Paulo, Toronto the list or have a go at almost any social sport goes on … and on. Our student exchange imaginable. There are also heaps of courses programme incorporates more than on offer including sea kayaking, horse 100 universities located in 30 countries, riding and surfing to get you your fix of the offering you the chance to truly experience outdoors. another culture, learn a language, have an adventure and make that big impression on a future employer. 9 10 INTRO TO OTAGO 11

We’re here for you

Your first year at university is a major • Find your perfect flat or room with the help milestone and we’re ready to make sure it’s of our Student Accommodation Centre. the best it can be. Our students succeed with • Our Career Development Centre help from a wide range of support services. will help you find the information and • We have 24/7 campus security with our opportunities you need to make those first Campus Cop and Campus Watch team. steps on your career path. • Staff at ourMāori Centre and Pacific • The chaplaincy team is available to Islands Centre create a supportive offer pastoral care, spiritual support, learning environment for our tauira encouragement and a confidential Māori and Pacific Island students. listening ear to all students. • Students with physical, psychological or • Our libraries offer an outstanding range learning disabilities can receive extra help of information services and resources to from our Disability Information and support your learning. Support Office. • Otago has a great range of course advice • Our Student Health team is here to look services to help you plan your study. after your physical and mental health. Check out all the support that’s available to • Student Learning Development help make your time at Otago a success: supports you through all aspects of otago.ac.nz/student-services your study including writing essays and preparing for exams. • The University of Otago app enables you to access online resources, including a campus map. 12 INTRO TO OTAGO

SECTION 2 How do I get in? E pehea au e uru atu ai? 13

Admission to Otago is based on the quality of your academic performance at school. 14 INTRO TO OTAGO

Admission To be eligible to enrol at Otago, you’ll need one of the following university entrance (UE) qualifications.

NCEA Level 3 International Baccalaureate (IB) • At least 14 credits in each of three • IB diploma with 24 points approved subjects. minimum. • Numeracy – 10 credits at Level 1 or • Meet literacy and numeracy higher. requirements. • Literacy – 10 credits at Level 2 or above (five in reading and five in writing).

Cambridge Assessment International Overseas secondary school Education (Cambridge International) qualifications • At least 120 points on the UCAS • Australian secondary school Tariff, with a grade of D or better ranking. at AS or A level in syllabuses from • General Certificate of Education at least three different syllabus (GCE) Advanced Level. groups, broadly equivalent to the NCEA approved subject list. • International Baccalaureate (IB) taken overseas. • Meet literacy and numeracy requirements. • Other overseas qualifications.

International students studying in a New Zealand secondary school are classified as domestic students. otago.ac.nz/entrance 15

What will it cost? Scholarships As a new student in 2022, it’s likely that your Scholarships are a great way to fund your programme fees in your first year will be study. They are open to a wide range of covered by the government’s fees-free first- students and not all scholarships depend on year policy. your previous academic achievements. feesfree.govt.nz Check out the full range of scholarships on our website and apply via eVision. After your first year, programme fees range Remember, most applications are due on from approximately $6,000 to $12,000 15 August. depending on what degree and papers you study. otago.ac.nz/entrance-scholarships There are also other administration and service fees to plan for. Don’t forget to budget for textbooks and field trips, and Student loans all the social, sporting, community and If you can’t afford to pay for course- cultural events that Otago has to offer. related costs and living expenses yourself, Accommodation in a residential college is StudyLink can help you arrange a Student around $15,850 for the academic year and Loan. The service can also help you living costs in Dunedin are generally lower apply for a student allowance (conditions than in bigger cities. apply), and assist with budgeting and other financial advice.

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Tertiary Open Days Campus tours Our Tertiary Open Days will be held on 23 If you can’t make our Open Days, come and and 24 May 2021 with the majority of events see us at any time. You’re welcome to look taking place on 24 May. around the campus at your own pace – we recommend picking up a self-guided tour We’ll have introductory lectures, a subject booklet from the Visitor’s Centre and Gift expo, campus and residential college tours, Shop. and lots more. otago.ac.nz/open-days Guided tours of the campus are also available and include visits to two residential colleges – St Margaret’s and University Virtual Open Day College (UniCol). Advance bookings are essential. Whether you live nearby or at the other end of the country, our Virtual Open Day lets otago.ac.nz/campustours you explore all that Otago has to offer. Take a virtual campus tour, check out short presentations from over 100 of our academic programmes and courses, get a peek at each of the 14 residential colleges and the Locals programme, and find out about scholarships and other key services. otago.ac.nz/open-days 17 18 INTRO TO OTAGO 19

Experience campus life

We offer great ways for senior students to get • REACH. An on-campus experience for a taste of university life. aspiring Māori health sciences students. Stay in a residential college and explore • Hands-On at Otago. Live for a week various health sciences study options. in a residential college and get hands-on REACH is open to Year 13 Māori experience in your favourite subject. This students and runs twice a year. seven-day programme runs in January 2022 and is open to current Year 11 and Scholarships for these programmes are 12 students. available. Find out more: • Māori On-Campus Experience otago.ac.nz/informationevents (OCE). Spend five days at Otago attending lectures, meeting staff and students, and living in a residential college. Runs twice a year for Year 13 Māori students. • Pacific On-Campus Experience. Year 13 Pacific students can spend three days at Otago. Experience life in a residential college, attend programmes, and get help and guidance with study choices. 20 INTRO TO OTAGO

SECTION 3 Studying at Otago Te ako ki Ōtākou 21

University is different to secondary school. Here’s some information to help you understand how it all works. 22 INTRO TO OTAGO

What do you want to study?

What are your goals, passions, talents? This Keep an eye out for our 2022 Undergraduate is a big decision and there’s no right way to Prospectus. It covers subjects and make it but we’re here with a great range of qualifications in detail and is delivered courses to help launch you into the career straight to your school. and life you want. And don’t forget to check out our website We have people who can help you both specifically for secondary school students to before you come to Otago and after you’ve help with your preparation: arrived. Our liaison team visits schools otago.ac.nz/future-students every year to talk about our degrees and help you plan your course. And once you’re at Otago, our liaison officers and course advisers can help make sure you’re on the right track at any time during your studies. 23

Planning for university

What you do at school counts, and so do your results. Residential colleges select students based on their academic results and contribution to school and community. Entrance scholarships recognise academic excellence alongside leadership qualities, ethnicity, financial hardship, disability, and excellence in sporting or cultural pursuits. Many of Otago’s subjects and degrees have specific recommended school subject preparation – a handy chart summarising this is available on our website: otago.ac.nz/subject-preparation

Year 11 Year 12 Year 13

English, maths and This year is important Studying five UE- science strongly preparation for university. approved subjects is recommended. Your Level 2 results can recommended. guarantee you admission Add at least two subject to Otago (provided Check you are taking the options. you gain UE and meet recommended school the minimum age and subjects for your degree/ Aim to achieve at least language requirements). programme. 10 Level 1 Numeracy credits. English and maths Ensure you are on track to strongly recommended. gain university entrance. Choose science subjects if considering a science- based career.

Aim to achieve at least 10 Level 2 Literacy credits.

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University jargon

A degree is the qualification you Each subject has levels (100, 200, 300). complete at university. This is your overall The first courses you take are called programme. It has an abbreviation such as 100-level papers or beginner papers. BA, BSc or BCom. That’s code for Bachelor Each subject is divided into papers. They of Arts, Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of are like topics within each subject – the Commerce, and so on. building blocks of your degree. They Some programmes, such as Health have codes like HIST 104, PSYC 201 and Sciences First Year (HSFY), will lead on to MART 304. The papers you choose each many other degrees. year are your course of study. A double degree is when you study When you pass each paper, you get points two degrees at the same time. There are towards your degree. Papers are generally also options to combine two majors from worth 18 points and a three-year degree different degrees in a single four-year needs 360 points. This usually consists of degree. These combined degrees include 20 papers. Arts and Business, Arts and Science, and Business and Science. The subject you specialise in within your degree is called your major. When you start your first year at university, choose three or four subjects you’d like to try. One will become your major. In many degrees you can choose to have a minor as well. This is a subject you have studied at each level but not in as much depth as your major. 26 INTRO TO OTAGO

Teaching Online learning There are many different ways you learn at While Otago prides itself on its face-to- university. face teaching and on-campus experience, in 2020 we adapted well to a fully Lectures give you the core information online teaching environment during the for each paper and are the main method COVID-19 pandemic. of instruction. Lectures normally last 50 minutes and, in many first-year subjects, During lockdown, Otago staff rapidly there can be up to 500 students at a lecture transformed face-to-face classes and lectures at one time. into distance learning, and prioritised the needs of their students. Tutorials are small group sessions, led by a tutor, for discussion and individual assistance. Some are compulsory and some will be optional. Workload Laboratory sessions (labs) involve You need to treat being a student as a experimental or practical work. They may full-time job. Expect to study three or be compulsory and participation may four papers each semester. Including your contribute towards your final grade. lectures, practicals, working on assignments and independent study, this will work out to about 36–48 hours a week. 27 28 INTRO TO OTAGO

How does a degree work?

General three-year bachelors’ degrees such • Your degree must have one major subject. as the BA, BCom and BSc have a similar • A major subject is made up of at least nine structure. papers at 100-, 200- and 300-level. • Three years of full-time study. A general bachelor’s degree is flexible; you • Made up of at least 20 papers. can make changes and you can even include five papers from other degrees. • Each paper is worth 18 points. • Each degree is 20 papers x 18 points = 360 total points.

A general degree, such as a BA, might look something like this:

Arts Arts Arts YEAR 1 100-level 100-level 100-level e.g. HIST 102 e.g. HIST 107 e.g. CLAS 109

Arts Arts Arts YEAR 2 200-level 200-level 200-level e.g. HIST 215 e.g. HIST 233 e.g. HIST 210

Arts Arts Arts YEAR 3 300-level 300-level 300-level e.g. HIST 303 e.g. HIST 306 e.g. HIST 337 29

Specialist degrees Where to start? Many students come to Otago to do Don’t worry too much about the specialist programmes such as Health technicalities of how to structure your degree Sciences First Year, Surveying, Social Work, at this stage. Your schools’ liaison officer will Teaching, Theology, Law or Music. These help you plan your first year when they visit programmes often include more compulsory your school. papers and less free choice, although First, you should focus on finding the subjects there is still flexibility in the first year and and programmes that interest you. opportunities to make changes.

Arts Arts Arts Arts or other or other 100-level 100-level e.g. CLAS 105 e.g. ANTH 103 100-level 100-level e.g. BSNS 103 e.g. MART 112

Arts Arts Arts Arts 200-level 100-level or other or other e.g. CLAS 238 e.g. ANTH 105 200-level 200-level e.g. MART 201 e.g. MART 212

Arts major subject Arts Arts Arts or other Arts subjects other 300-level ANY LEVEL ANY LEVEL than the major e.g. HIST 328 e.g. SPAN 131 e.g. COMP 112 Subjects either from Arts or from other degrees 30 INTRO TO OTAGO

SECTION 4 What can I study? Ka ako ai au i te aha? 31

With over 100 subjects on offer, one of the best things about Otago is our flexible degree structure. 32 INTRO TO OTAGO

Applied Science Arts Biblical Studies otago.ac.nz/applied-science otago.ac.nz/arts Buddhist Studies* Chinese Otago’s unique Bachelor of A Bachelor of Arts (BA) Christian Thought and Applied Science (BAppSc) degree enables you to History programme brings together explore a wide range of Classics science and technology subjects about people. This Communication Studies with courses that deliver includes how they think Computer Science complementary skills. This and behave. You can also Criminology* puts you in an excellent examine the similarities and Dance* position to enter the world of differences between peoples Economics work and even launch your of many different groups Education English own business in the future. and cultures. English and Linguistics Subjects: As well as gaining a breadth Environment and Society* Agricultural Innovation of knowledge during your Ethnomusicology* Applied Geology studies, Arts graduates are European Studies Aquaculture and Fisheries Film and Media Studies known for their excellent Computational Modelling French Consumer Food Science communication skills, Gender Studies Data Science innovation, versatility, Geography Energy Management critical thinking and German Environmental Management research and analytical skills Global Studies Forensic Analytical Science – attributes that are essential Greek* Geographic Information in practically every career He Kura Matanui / Indigenous Systems imaginable and sought after Development Molecular Biotechnology by employers. History Physical Education, Activity Human Services Law* Subjects: and Health Information Science Anthropology (includes Software Engineering Irish Studies* Archaeology and Social Sport and Exercise Japanese Anthropology) Nutrition Language and Linguistics Asian Studies Sports Technology Latin* 33

Linguistics Arts and Business Arts and Science Māori Studies otago.ac.nz/combine otago.ac.nz/combine Mathematics Music Otago offers a combined The Bachelor of Arts and Music Technology* Bachelor of Arts and Science (BASc) recognises Pacific Islands Studies Commerce (BACom) that tackling big world Pastoral Studies* degree which enables you to issues of health, security, Philosophy combine your enthusiasm food production and climate Philosophy, Politics and for both Arts and Business change (to name just a Economics subjects in a single four-year few) requires multi-faceted Politics degree. solutions. These solutions Popular Music* may include new technology Public Health* Today’s workplaces demand and scientific breakthroughs, Psychology a different kind of graduate. but will also require an Religious Studies The ability to think understanding of their Science Communication* critically, solve problems impact on people and society. Sociology and work as a team could Spanish prove advantageous in your The BASc is a four-year Sport Development and Management future career. Studying for degree that requires you Statistics a multidisciplinary degree to choose two different TESOL (Teaching English demonstrates adaptability specialist areas – one from to Speakers of Other and resourcefulness – skills Arts and one from Science Languages)* that many employers are subjects. Theatre Studies seeking. You need to choose Theology* two different specialist areas Tourism, Languages and for your degree, one from Cultures Arts and one from Business Writing* subjects. *available as a minor subject only 34 INTRO TO OTAGO

Biomedical Sciences Business take on the challenge of otago.ac.nz/ otago.ac.nz/business ensuring our communities biomedicalsciences As a business student at grow culturally, socially, If you have a fascination the University of Otago, economically and for discovering how the you will learn from sustainably. body works in health and in award-winning academics Subjects: disease, then be the scientist who teach an innovative Accounting behind it all and consider curriculum based on Economics the Bachelor of Biomedical their extensive research Entrepreneurship* Sciences degree. experience. Finance Hospitality* Subjects: You’ll get the chance to Human Resource Management Drugs and Human Health network with business Information Science Functional Human Biology professionals, take part in International Business Infection and Immunity guest-speaker events, and Management Molecular Basis of Health Marketing and Disease learn key career skills by participating in the business Philosophy, Politics and Nutrition and Metabolism Economics case competition series, in Human Health Tourism Reproduction, Genetics and entrepreneurial challenges * available as a minor subject only Development and the internship programme. At the Otago Business School, we believe business has a big role to play in a better future. Graduates gain a solid understanding of their chosen business discipline(s) and an appreciation of the wider business sector. They also 35

Business and Science Dental Technology Dentistry otago.ac.nz/combine otago.ac.nz/dentaltechnology otago.ac.nz/dentistry The Bachelor of Commerce Dental technicians use Otago has New Zealand’s and Science (BComSc) is their knowledge of tooth only dental school, which designed for students whose morphology, biomaterials, is ranked in the top 30 interests span science and design principles and dental schools in the world. business. practical skills to design Graduates are respected and fabricate appliances for worldwide for their clinical You need to choose two the mouth. The increased excellence and knowledge. different specialist areas use of new technologies in for your degree, one from To become a dentist, you the design and fabrication Business and one from need to complete a Bachelor processes is an important Science subjects. This of Dental Surgery degree. focus of the training means you will have a very programme. Entrance to the second year personalised degree that of this five-year programme will make you stand out. Admission is competitive is competitive and based Employers are looking for and is normally gained on on your results during graduates with technical the basis of your Level 3 Health Sciences First Year, expertise, and transferrable NCEA marks. University Clinical Aptitude skills who can problem Test (UCAT) and an solve. The BComSc degree interview. will give you these skills. 36 INTRO TO OTAGO

Health Sciences Health Sciences First Year Law otago.ac.nz/bhealsc otago.ac.nz/hsfy otago.ac.nz/law The Bachelor of Health The Otago Health Sciences Law is a professional Sciences is developed First Year (HSFY) is the degree with pathways to a especially for those who gateway to a career in health conventional legal career as want to work in the areas care or medical research. a barrister and solicitor, as of community health care, well as many other career If you intend to apply Māori health, Pacific and choices. for Dentistry, Medical global health, and public Laboratory Science, Most Law students at Otago health. Medicine, Pharmacy or complete double degrees, Equip yourself with the Physiotherapy then you using Otago’s flexible cross- skills, knowledge and must do HSFY. HSFY is a credit system, which opens cultural competencies to programme available only up greater job opportunities. work with individuals, at Otago, to be completed in Entry to the first-year paper, whānau/fanau and its entirety in the first year of LAWS 101 The Legal communities, and gain an university study. System, is open – you only integrated understanding of Your ideal preparation for need to gain admission to illness, disability, the health HSFY is Level 3 biology, the University to study this system and population chemistry and physics. full-year paper. Admission approaches to health care. to second-year law is based HSFY can lead to: Majors: Dentistry on your first-year marks and Community Health Care Medical Laboratory Science is restricted to around 230 Māori Health Medicine students. Pacific and Global Health Pharmacy Public Health Physiotherapy 37

Medical Laboratory Medicine • International (for Science otago.ac.nz/medicine international students). otago.ac.nz/ Being a doctor is a Note: HSFY and Graduate medicallaboratoryscience challenging and exciting categories are offered under Medical laboratory scientists career that requires the General, Māori, Indigenous play a crucial role in heath highest level of clinical Pacific, Socioeconomic, care by providing laboratory competency, research skills, Refugee and New tests and interpreting results excellent communication Zealand Rural Origins to enable accurate diagnosis skills and a high standard sub-categories – domestic and treatment of patients. of professional and ethical applicants only. behaviour. Clinical placements in fourth year can be For school leavers, the undertaken in New Zealand first three years of the or overseas. programme are in Dunedin. Your final three years are Admission to the four-year completed in Dunedin, programme is competitive Christchurch or Wellington. and is normally gained on the basis of your marks Admission to Medicine is during Health Sciences competitive. The Medical First Year. Admissions Committee considers applications from candidates in the following categories: • University of Otago Health Sciences First Year category (HSFY). • Graduate category. • Alternative categories. 38 INTRO TO OTAGO

Music Oral Health Performing Arts otago.ac.nz/music otago.ac.nz/oralhealth otago.ac.nz/performingarts Music at Otago covers a As an oral health therapist The Bachelor of unique combination of you will be an important Performing Arts degree classical music, composition, part of the dental team. offers opportunities to mix contemporary rock music, Oral health therapists interests in Music, Theatre music technology, studio educate patients about their and Dance. production and world music. oral health, and preventive care is a key aspect of their This three-year degree If you want to develop as a work. They also diagnose provides a rare opportunity performer, a composer, a and treat oral diseases (such to study more than one songwriter, or have an interest as gum disease and dental performing art form within in music production, we have decay) and provide quality a single university degree. stimulating papers in the care for patients of all ages, Students develop knowledge creation of music. including restorative care for and skills in a variety of The three-year specialist children and adolescents. different performance Bachelor of Music (MusB) Admission is competitive forms, and also learn about degree can be endorsed and is normally gained on the history, theory and key in either Composition, the basis of your Level 3 practitioners in the worlds of Performance or Studio NCEA marks (particularly Music, Theatre and Dance. Production. Or you can biology and English), or Students who opt for study music as a major recent tertiary study. practical classes have or minor subject in the opportunities to perform in Bachelor of Arts (BA). our fully equipped music Entry to some Performance and theatre venues, dance Music papers is by audition, studios and other teaching / and your application for performance spaces. entry must be made by 1 September of the year before you plan to study at Otago. 39

Pharmacy Physiotherapy Radiation Therapy otago.ac.nz/pharmacy otago.ac.nz/physiotherapy otago.ac.nz/radiation-therapy Pharmacists are health Physiotherapists play an Are you attracted to a professionals and medication essential role in helping scientific discipline, willing experts. Pharmacists take people to achieve optimal to accept responsibility and care of patients in many physical function and keen to work as part of a settings, including both healthy lifestyles. They treat team of skilled professionals community pharmacies people of all ages and from treating and curing patients? and hospitals. They also all sorts of backgrounds – Radiation therapy uses collaborate with other people who might have a radiation to treat disease. healthcare professionals to painful back, cerebral palsy, Most patients receiving make the best decisions for have recently given birth, or radiation therapy are cancer patients. undergone heart surgery. patients. It’s a highly skilled Otago’s Bachelor of Admission to Physiotherapy profession and, because Pharmacy is a four-year is competitive and is cancer affects so many degree. Admission is normally gained on the basis people, qualified radiation competitive and is normally of your marks during Health therapists are in demand. based on your marks from Sciences First Year. A degree in radiation Health Sciences First Year. therapy is a great choice. It combines a variety of learning from health science to technology, patient care and teamwork. It is taught from the Wellington campus of the University of Otago, next to Wellington Hospital. Students go on clinical placements at cancer centres around the country. 40 INTRO TO OTAGO

Science Energy Science and Social Work otago.ac.nz/sciences Technolog y otago.ac.nz/socialwork Exercise and Sport Science When you think science Food Science Otago offers two professional and scientific research, Genetics social work qualifications think Otago, where world- Geography that enable graduates to renowned researchers Geology apply for registration as and unique natural Human Nutrition social workers in New resources combine to Information Science Zealand. The Bachelor of create a scientific learning Land Planning and Social Work requires four environment like no other. Development years of study, and the Marine Science third and fourth years are Science graduates have well- Mathematics available by distance. developed analytical skills Microbiology and find their science degree Neuroscience Students initially enrol sets them up for careers in Oceanography in specified Bachelor of a range of fields, including Pharmacology Arts papers and apply for Physics management. A science admission to the Social Work Physiology degree can include subjects Plant Biotechnology programme near the end of from across the University, Psychology their second year. tailoring a programme that Science Communication* The second professional encompasses your interests. Sport Development and qualification is the Master Management Subjects: of Social and Community Statistics Anatomy Surveying Measurement Work (Applied) for students Biochemistry Zoology who have completed relevant Bioengineering* (subject to undergraduate degrees. approval) * available as a minor subject only Botany Chemistry Computer Science Ecology Economics 41

Surveying Teaching and Education subject content in their otago.ac.nz/surveying otago.ac.nz/education bachelor’s degree to teach in Surveyors and spatial A teaching degree from the secondary sector. scientists are experts in the Otago gives you the Students who are interested measurement, analysis and contemporary theory, in studying education’s role visualisation of data about curriculum knowledge and and influence in society can Earth’s surface. in-class experience needed study a Bachelor of Arts to become a remarkable Otago offers New majoring in Education. teacher. Zealand’s only professional Teaching applications are surveying degree leading to The three-year Bachelor of requested by July/August registration as a Licensed Teaching (in early childhood each year. Please see the Cadastral Surveyor. We or primary education) is College of Education website produce highly regarded available at our campuses in for specific closing dates. graduates who develop Dunedin and Invercargill. A professional careers in specialised primary bicultural land, engineering and teaching programme, Te hydrographic surveying, Pōkai Mātauranga o te land planning, urban Ao Rua, is also offered in development and geospatial Invercargill only. sectors. Historically, most of A one-year Master of our graduates gain full-time Teaching and Learning employment before they (early childhood, primary complete the final year of or secondary education) is their degree. available in Dunedin for Selection into second year students with a bachelor’s is based on your first-year degree in any discipline. results. Applicants for secondary teaching must have suitable 42 INTRO TO OTAGO

Theology otago.ac.nz/theology Theology offers the chance to explore faith, yourself and the world. Christianity has been a major force in the development of western civilisation, helping to shape the world in which we live today, so there is enormous value in coming to an informed understanding of the Christian faith. Many students study Theology to enquire further into their own faith, but others simply have a broad curiosity about the world and human experience. The three-year Bachelor of Theology degree can be endorsed in Biblical Studies, Christian Thought and History, or Pastoral Studies. There is also the option to take a Theology minor, or individual Theology papers, in a range of other degrees. 43

DUNEDIN TERTIARY Days

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Key dates 2021 March 15 September Schools’ liaison team begins visiting schools Bachelor of Radiation Therapy, Bachelor for Introductory Otago talks. of Oral Health, and Bachelor of Dental Technology applications due. May 2022 Undergraduate Prospectus available from 30 September schools. Residential college applications due. 23–24 May 10 December Tertiary Open Days on Dunedin campus Enrolments due for all new students taking (main event day: Monday 24 May). the following programmes: August BAppSc, BA, BACom, BASc, BBiomedSc, Schools’ liaison team begins visiting schools BCom, BComSc, MusB, BSc, BSW (first for course planning. year), BTheol, LLB (first year), HSFY, 2022 Guide to Enrolment available from BSurv (first year), BPA, BHealSc. schools. Applications for Discretionary Entrance, 1 August Ad Eundem Statum admission, GAP year Residential college applications open online. admission, and Special Admission are also due. 15 August Some additional entrance scholarship Closing date for many entrance scholarships. applications due. 31 August Bachelor of Teaching applications due. All enrolment, scholarship and residential 1 September college applications are made online via Performance Music audition applications eVision. due.