The Bachelor of Arts (BA) is Otago's most flexible undergraduate degree programme, 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 programme 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 Religion?
Religion is as old as humanity itself. Despite the rise of science and modern technology, the majority of people in the world today are religious, and current demographic trends reveal that – as a whole – the world is becoming more religious. In order to understand humans, human history, and the contemporary world, we need to understand the multifaceted nature of religion and its place in human societies.
Religion offers you the opportunity to become familiar with religious movements, their history and the influence they currently wield. By studying religion, you will learn to enter empathetically into a world of thought that may be very different from your own, without losing the ability to ask critical questions about it.
Career opportunities
Religious Studies graduates can be found in many walks of life, including MP, UN adviser, lecturer, analyst, archivist, development organiser, and even a TV show host.
Our graduates have particular qualities valued by employers in many fields including:
Excellent critical thinking and writing skills
The ability to find information, analyse it in a logical and systematic manner, and communicate it clearly
Wide-ranging knowledge of both human history, culture and contemporary affairs
The ability to enter with empathy into the minds and hearts of others, to understand what motivates and shapes their behaviour.
Further study
Postgraduate studies include master’s degrees by research or by coursework (either in Religion or in Buddhist Studies) and a PhD. Graduates in Religion who choose to go overseas have been accepted for postgraduate study at some of the world’s best universities.
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30 April 2024
مزيد من التفاصيل
تاريخ البدء
15 يوليو 2024, 24 فبراير 2025
University of Otago
Dunedin Campus,
362 Leith Street,
DUNEDIN,
North Dunedin,
9016, New Zealand
* السعر الظاهر هو سعر توضيحي، يرجى تواصل مع الجامعة
30 April 2024
مزيد من التفاصيل
تاريخ البدء
15 يوليو 2024, 24 فبراير 2025
We recognise many other qualifications as equivalent to the New Zealand qualification for entrance.
We also accept the following international qualifications:
English language requirements
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تم تصنيف جامعة أوتاجو ضمن أفضل 1% من الجامعات في العالم وغالباً ما تعتبر الأفضل في نيوزيلندا.