Bachelor of Arts (BA) Majoring in Global Studies

Bachelor of Arts (BA) Majoring in Global Studies

The Bachelor of Arts (BA) is Otago's most flexible undergraduate degree Program, enabling students to study from a selection of more than 40 arts and social science subjects, as well as papers offered elsewhere in the University. Academic breadth is complemented by in-depth knowledge gained through majoring in one or two subjects with the option of minors in one or two others.

Students are taught by research-active scholars, are expected to undertake a diverse range of learning tasks and are challenged to develop their intellectual independence. Graduates of the Program are well-informed, versatile, independent thinkers with the information literacy, communication, research and interpersonal skills necessary for a career or further academic study. The completed BA is an possible qualification for the PGDipArts in the major subject of the degree.

Why study Global Studies?

Employers consistently rank the ability to understand other cultures among the most sought-after attributes in graduates. Through its multidisciplinary structure, which combines regional knowledge, multilingual skills and cultural competence, the major in Global Studies prepares students for the challenges of globalisation.

Learning to come to terms with issues of global importance is more than an intellectually rewarding exercise: it means taking part in ethically informed decision making in whatever field of study you choose to follow.

The three key components of the Global Studies major are:

• the core Global Studies (GLBL) papers
• the language-acquisition papers, and
• papers in the area you would like to focus on