Bachelor of Arts - Political Science and International Relations

University of Canterbury

With over 30 subjects to choose from you can customise your BA degree to suit your interests and career path. Over the three years of your BA degree you will gain the critical thinking, creative problem-solving, and communication skills that employers want. Practical experiences such as internships are on offer too. Bachelor of Arts specialisation option You can also do a BA with a specialisation pathway. Specialisations include a set programme of courses centred on a broad theme. These allow you to develop expertise in more subjects than a major, as well as the opportunity to customise your study to your particular interests. See the Bachelor of Arts - Specialisations. Study Involve: Choose from over 30 Arts subjects as your major and minor, or double major. Many courses offer field trips, real-world case studies, performances, internships, and community projects. You have the option to study a minor from additional subjects across Arts, Commerce, Digital Screen, Health, Product Design, Science, Sport, and Youth and Community Leadership. Get involved with some of the many Arts related student clubs including Arts Society, Japan Society, Classoc, and Musoc.Political Science and International Relations is the study of our communities and how we make decisions collectively as governments, why we behave as we do as citizens, and how we make choices and changes for the future. Study Involve: Analyse how social change happens and how power and resources are allocated, with issues such as development, human rights, environment, nationalism, and foreign policy. Study topics are grouped into four areas international relations, comparative politics (the study of other nations), public policy (how we make choices as communities), and political thought. Work with lecturers that are internationally recognised for their academic research and teaching strengths. Study a Political Science and International Relations minor alongside several degrees.

Faculty of Arts