Humanities and Social Sciences

• Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Kelburn Campus
• School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies
• School of English, Film, Theatre, and Media Studies
• Graduate School of Nursing and Midwifery
• School of History, Philosophy, Political Science
• and International Relations
• School of Languages and Cultures
• School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
• School of Social and Cultural Studies
• Te Kawa a Māui
• New Zealand School of Music
• Va’aomanū Pasifika

This Faculty is the largest at Victoria University.  Numerous subjects are taught within the Faculty, including Art History, Māori Studies, Media Studies, Museum and Heritage Studies, New Zealand Studies, Pacific Studies, Political Science, Spanish, Theatre and Film. Teaching in all subjects is informed by the research undertaken by Victoria University academics. 

Research institutes and centres, including the Crime and Justice Research Centre and the International Institute of Modern Letters, further strengthen the research culture of the Faculty. Many graduates continue with researchbased postgraduate studies, and recent graduates have received scholarships to study in Harvard, Cambridge, Princeton and UCLA. 

Victoria ranked in the THES (Times Higher Education Supplement) QS World Top 100 universities for its teaching in humanities and social sciences.

Flexibility is the feature of the degrees offered in this Faculty. This is based on the understanding that a Humanities and Social Sciences qualification is the foundation for a wide range of careers. Graduates have become policy-makers, journalists, authors, translators, historians, teachers and politicians.


APPLIED LINGUISTICS

• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

ART HISTORY

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

ASIAN STUDIES

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

CHINESE

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

CLASSICAL STUDIES

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts (Classical Studies or Classics)

CREATIVE WRITING
Not an undergraduate major, but courses can be included in a range of degree programmes.

• Master of Arts

CRIMINOLOGY

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

Cultural ANTHROPOLOGY

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

DEAF STUDIES

Not a major, but courses can be included in a range of degree programmes.


ECONOMICS

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts (Economics or Economic History)

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

ENGLISH

• Bachelor of Arts (English Literature,
• English Language or English Studies)
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

EUROPEAN STUDIES

• Bachelor of Arts
• Graduate Diploma in Arts

FILM

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

FRENCH

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

GENDER AND WOMEN’S STUDIES

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

GEOGRAPHY

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

GERMAN

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

GREEK

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts

HISTORY

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts
• Master of International Relations

ITALIAN

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

JAPANESE

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

LATIN

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts

LEISURE STUDIES
Not an undergraduate major, but courses can be included
in a range of degree programmes.

• Master of Arts (Recreation and Leisure Studies
• or Museum and Heritage Studies)
• Master of Museum and Heritage Studies

LINGUISTICS

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

MORI RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

• Bachelor of Arts 3

MAORI STUDIES

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

MATHE MATICS

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Master of Arts (Mathematics or Mathematics Education)

MEDIA STUDIES

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

MODERN LANGUAGE STUDIES

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

MUSIC

• Bachelor of Arts in Music
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Music
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts in Musicology

NEW ZEALAND SCHOOL OF MUSIC

Victoria University’s School of Music and Massey University’s Conservatorium of Music have combined to form the New Zealand School of Music which teaches qualifications that are jointly awarded by both universities. NZSM brings together many of New Zealand’s leading composers, musicologists and classical and jazz performers.

• Bachelor of Music
• Bachelor of Music (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Music
• Master of Music
• Master of Music Therapy
• Postgraduate Diploma in Music Teaching (endorsed in singing)
• Artist Diploma

NEW ZEALAND LITERATURE

• Master of Arts

NEW ZEALAND STUDIES

• Master of Arts

NURSING AND MIDWIFERY

• Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing
• Postgraduate Diploma in Midwifery
• Master of Arts (Applied) in Nursing or Midwifery
• Master of Nursing
• Master of Midwifery

PACIFIC STUDIES

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

PHILOSOPHY

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

POLITICAL SCIENCE

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE AND BRAZILIAN CULTURE

Not a major, but courses can be included in a range of degree programmes.


PSYCHOLOGY

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

RELIGIOUS STUDIES

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

SAMOAN STUDIES/FA’ASAMOA

• Bachelor of Arts
• Graduate Diploma in Arts

SECOND LANGUAGE EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Arts

SOCIAL POLICY

• Bachelor of Arts
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH

• Master of Arts (Applied)

SOCIOLOGY

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

SPANISH

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

TEREOMORI

• Bachelor of Arts
• Graduate Diploma in Arts

TESOL

• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts

THEATRE

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Master of Arts
• Master of Theatre Arts

WRITING (ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL)

Not a major, but courses can be included in a range of degree programmes.


CONJOINT PROGRAMMES

• Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Teaching (BA/BTeach)
• Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood
• Education) (BA/BTeach(ECE))
• The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is available in most areas
• of study offered for the BA, BA(Hons), BMus, BMus(Hons),
• MMus and the MA degrees: 3-4 years duration.
• Research Centres, Institutes and Units
• Asian Language Institute
• Chair of Malay Studies
• Crime and Justice Research Centre
• Deaf Studies Research Unit
• English Language Institute
• International Institute of Modern Letters
• Irish-Scottish Studies Programme
• New Zealand Dictionary Centre
• Stout Research Centre
• Treaty of Waitangi Research Unit
• Wai-te-ata Press