What will I learn?
A Bachelor of Science (BSc) is about understanding and improving the natural world through observation, experimentation, modelling, and calculation. You will investigate the big issues confronting New Zealand and our planet, including climate change, human health and diseases, the global water crisis, food security, and environmental protection. A BSc will expose you to new ideas and technologies, develop your research skills, and help you make a contribution to the challenges facing our world. Study Involve: Learn from a wide network of field stations reaching from Antarctica to Nigeria and throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. ‘Do science’ right from the first semester of your first year. We have access to the most field stations of any New Zealand university and offer a range of practical experiences, research projects, and lab and fieldwork. Global study experiences, including exchanges to partner universities. You can choose to take a minor in Science, or from additional subjects in Arts, Commerce, Digital Screen, Health, Product Design, Sport, or Youth and Community Leadership. Philosophy teaches you how to think rationally and carefully about complex questions such as: are drone strikes immoral What about genetic engineering Should rich countries give substantially more in overseas aid Is time travel possible These skills are of real value in the workplace and help you to look at a problem from all angles and find out-of-the-box solutions. Study Involve: You can choose to specialise in areas such as ethics, bioethics, philosophy of science and technology, cognitive science and the mind, artificial intelligence, and language. There are specialised courses on famous figures such as Plato, Descartes, Wittgenstein, and Turing. Choose to add an internship to your study, gain work experience, meet potential employers, and build your CV.
