BA (Honours) - Museums and Cultural Heritage in Auckland New Zealand | University of Auckland

The Bachelor of Arts offers the flexibility to pursue your passions across diverse academic disciplines. You'll have access to an extensive selection of study options designed to align with various interests and professional aspirations. Your BA education will equip you with essential knowledge and adaptable skills to thrive in evolving job markets. Key competencies like effective communication and innovative problem-solving will maintain your versatility in a rapidly transforming employment landscape. You can enhance your professional readiness through our specialized, theme-oriented elective modules. Opting for a double major provides concentrated expertise while broadening your academic foundation, with the freedom to sample different subjects before finalizing your two specializations. The BA cultivates transferable skills highly sought by employers: articulate communication; analytical and imaginative thinking; research proficiency; information assessment; solution-oriented approaches; adaptability; and multicultural awareness. These timeless competencies grow more valuable in today's dynamic workplaces, preparing you to seize emerging career prospects.

The program includes global perspectives on museums and cultural heritage, emphasizing indigenous contexts in Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific region. Students can major in Anthropology, Art History, History, Māori Studies, Museums and Cultural Heritage, or Sociology, or potentially other approved subjects at the discretion of the Program Coordinator for Museums and Cultural Heritage.