BA (Honours) - Development Studies in Auckland New Zealand | University of Auckland

The Bachelor of Arts program offers the flexibility to pursue your passions across diverse academic disciplines. With an extensive selection of courses available, you can tailor your education to match your personal interests or professional aspirations. This degree equips you with adaptable competencies that will serve you throughout your evolving career journey. Essential skills like effective communication and innovative problem-solving will prepare you for the dynamic professional landscape. Enhance your qualifications by selecting from our specialized, thematic elective modules. By pursuing a double major, you'll gain concentrated expertise while maintaining the freedom to explore various subjects before finalizing your specialization. The BA cultivates transferable skills highly sought after in today's job market: articulate communication; analytical and imaginative reasoning; research proficiency; information assessment; solution-oriented thinking; versatility; and cultural awareness. These timeless competencies are increasingly prized by employers, ensuring you remain competitive as workplace demands evolve.

Our academic focus emphasizes the Asia-Pacific region while encompassing global perspectives, including Latin America, Central Asia, and Africa. Recent postgraduate investigations have spanned Samoa, Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Maldives, Taiwan, Nepal, and Peru. Faculty research initiatives have extended to Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Vietnam, Yemen, Niger, Benin, Tanzania, and Cuba.