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. Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour and associated biological, cognitive, and social processes in humans and other animals. Studying Psychology will explore how the brain works, and looks into theories to gain an understanding of behaviour in individuals and groups. Study Involve: Explore a range of psychopathologies such as anxiety, depression, and addiction with leading experts and researchers. Practical lab work where you will be able to perform physical assessments. UC has a Psychology Clinic where you can receive training, and has working relationships with Te Whatu Ora, Health New Zealand Waitaha Canterbury, and Ara Poutama Aotearoa, Department of Corrections, offering opportunities for research and clinical internships. Psychology can be studied in many bachelor’s degrees, can be customised to your specific preferences, and complement your other studies. Excellent opportunities to undertake work in experimental psychology, with internationally recognised postgraduate applied programmes in Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Child and Family Psychology, and Clinical Psychology (leading to professional registration as a psychologist).
