Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor

With 30 major subjects to choose from and spanning the humanities, social sciences, languages, and creative arts, Bachelor of Arts (BA) students can follow their passion and gain valuable skills.

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Key details

Degree Type

Bachelor

Duration

3 years full-time

Intake Months

Feb, Jul

Domestic Fees

$6,939 per year

International Fees

$28,750 per year

About this course

With 30 major subjects to choose from and spanning the humanities, social sciences, languages, and creative arts, Bachelor of Arts (BA) students can follow their passion and gain valuable skills.Over the three years of your degree, you will gain the critical thinking, creative problem solving, and communication skills that employers want. Unique practical experiences such as internships are on offer too.

Study locations

Main Campus

Career pathways

BA internships count towards your degree. Participants gain a valuable taste of the professional world, apply their knowledge in real scenarios, and explore potential career options.

Arts graduates enjoy a raft of exciting career destinations, for instance in media, government, iwi organisations, international relations, arts, culture, heritage, archives, politics, public policy, writing, editing, PR, communications, conservation, Māori development, tourism, teaching, community development, publishing, design, business, advertising, or marketing.

Find out more about what you can do with a degree from UC.

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