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The Bachelor of Arts offers the flexibility to pursue your passions through diverse academic options tailored to various interests and professional aspirations. This program helps cultivate essential knowledge and abilities to prepare you for evolving career landscapes. Skills like effective communication and innovative problem-solving will broaden your prospects in today's dynamic job market. Enhance your professional toolkit by selecting from our specialized, thematic elective courses. Opting for a double major provides concentrated expertise while allowing initial exploration across disciplines before committing to two focus areas. Alternatively, combine your BA with another qualification through our conjoint degree options for interdisciplinary study.
Statistics is available as a primary focus in both the Bachelor of Science (BSc) and Bachelor of Arts (BA), or as a specialization within the Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours) program. This field represents the human element in data science - transforming complex, raw information into actionable insights across countless real-world applications. Through statistical studies, you'll master formulating precise research questions, designing robust data collection methods, and communicating findings effectively.
Secondary school qualifications:
You need to have one of the following:
International Baccalaureate Diploma with a minimum total score of 24.
General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level. You must have completed a minimum of three A-Level subjects.
GCE ‘A’ Level requirements apply to ‘A’ Level qualifications examined by bodies such as AQA, OCR, Edexcel, WJEC, CCEA and Pearson Education Limited taken outside of New Zealand.
IELTS (Academic): Overall score of 6.0 and no bands below 5.5; Internet based TOEFL (iBT): Overall score of 80 and a written score of 21; Paper-based TOEFL: Overall score of 60 and a writing score of 21; Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE), Cambridge English Proficiency (CPE): Overall score of 169 and no bands below 162; Foundation Certificate in English for Academic Purposes (FCertEAP): Grade of C-; Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic: Overall score of 50 and no PTE Communicative score below 42; Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB): 80.