Bachelor of Global Studies specialisation in BGlobalSt Language: Academic English

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We expect a high standard of academic English from all our students. Academic English Studies can help you develop your skills so that you can succeed with university study. Our small and friendly classes will also help to increase your confidence.

You can choose from courses that will improve your academic English writing, reading, speaking and listening.
These are practical courses that will help you with your reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. They are designed to help you succeed in the other courses you are taking at university.
You can learn how to:
- Read your course notes or lecture readings faster and more efficiently
- Write a good quality essay
- Avoid plagiarism
- Understand your lectures better by listening for the main ideas
- Take simple clear notes when listening in your lectures
- Improve your pronunciation and feel confident when speaking to a group, either in a tutorial or when giving a presentation to a small group

Students who take an ACADENG course in their final year have said that they wish they had taken ACADENG earlier in their studies.

Skills gained from a degree in Academic English Studies are applicable to a wide range of careers, such as translation, teaching, communications and public relations, marketing and sales, and publishing.

Subject to approval by Academic Head or nominee, Academic English is available for international students with English as an additional language who would benefit from English study.

Complete 105 points comprising:

60 points for Language: Academic English, and
One of the following:
45 points from Area Studies: Asia, or
45 points from Area Studies: Europe, or
45 points from Area Studies: Latin America, or
45 points from Area Studies: Māori New Zealand, or
45 points from Area Studies: The Pacific

Language: Academic English

Complete 60 points comprising:

15 points for all Compulsory Course, and
45 points from Elective Courses

Selected courses must include at least 30 points at level 200 or higher.

Compulsory Course

Complete 15 points for ALL of the following:

ACADENG 210 - Writing Research Reports (15 points)

This course may be substituted by an equivalent competency.

Elective Courses

Complete exactly 45 points from the following:

ACADENG 100 - Forms in Academic English (15 points)

ACADENG 101 - Academic English Writing (15 points)

ACADENG 104 - Academic English for Business (15 points)

ENGLISH 121 - Reading/Writing/Text (15 points)

ACADENG 210 - Writing Research Reports (15 points)

ENGLISH 223 - Modern Writing and Critical Thinking (15 points)

LINGUIST 203 - Applied English Grammar (15 points)

Area Studies: Asia

Complete exactly 45 points from the following:

Selected courses must include at least 15 points at level 300.

ASIAN 200 - Asian Identities (15 points)

ASIAN 204 - Asian Diasporas (15 points)

HISTORY 225 - Samurai and Scholars: Early Modern China and Japan (15 points)

ANTHRO 329 - Music of East Asia: Tradition, Modernity and Globalisation (15 points)

ASIAN 302 - Asian Diasporas (15 points)

ASIAN 303 - Asian Identities (15 points)

HISTORY 335 - Samurai and Scholars: Early Modern China and Japan (15 points)

Area Studies: Europe

Complete exactly 45 points from the following:

Selected courses must include at least 15 points at level 300 or higher.

EUROPEAN 200 - Screening Europe (15 points)

EUROPEAN 206 - European Integration (15 points)

EUROPEAN 207 - European Drama: Greatest Hits (15 points)

EUROPEAN 222 - European Cinema and The City (15 points)

HISTORY 217 - Nazi Germany and its Legacies (15 points)

HISTORY 271 - Atlantic Revolutions (15 points)

EUROPEAN 300 - Screening Europe (15 points)

EUROPEAN 302 - European Integration (15 points)

EUROPEAN 307 - European Drama: Greatest Hits (15 points)

EUROPEAN 322 - European Cinema and The City (15 points)

HISTORY 317 - Nazi Germany and its Legacies (15 points)

HISTORY 324 - Old Regime and Revolution in France c.1750-1815 (15 points)

HISTORY 371 - Atlantic Revolutions (15 points)

Area Studies: Latin America

Complete exactly 45 points from the following:

Selected courses must include at least 15 points at level 300.

ANTHRO 226 - Imperialism and Immigration in the Americas (15 points)

LATINAM 201 - Latin American History and Culture Through Film (15 points)

LATINAM 210 - Visual Cultures and Industries in Latin America (15 points)

LATINAM 216 - Music, Politics and Social Change (15 points)

LATINAM 301 - Music, Politics and Social Change (15 points)

LATINAM 303 - Latin American History and Culture through Film (15 points)

LATINAM 306 - Latin American Icons: The Political Economy of Otherness (15 points)

Area Studies: Māori New Zealand

Complete exactly 45 points from the following:

Selected courses must include at least 15 points at level 300.

ANTHRO 207 - Archaeological History of Aotearoa New Zealand (15 points)

ARTHIST 238 - Māori Art History: Mana Taonga (15 points)

HISTORY 227 - Waitangi: Treaty to Tribunal (15 points)

MAORI 202 - Decolonising the Screen in Aotearoa (15 points)

MAORI 230 - Te Ao Hurihuri / Te Tiriti o Waitangi (15 points)

ARTHIST 338 - Māori Art History: Mana Taonga (15 points)

HISTORY 327 - Waitangi: Treaty to Tribunal (15 points)

MAORI 303 - Decolonising the Screen in Aotearoa (15 points)

MAORI 320 - Mātauranga: Māori Knowledge (15 points)

MAORI 330 - Te Ao Hōu / Contemporary Māori Issues (15 points)

MAORI 335 - Mana Taketake / Indigenous Sovereignty and Public Policy (15 points)

MAORI 396 - Tikanga: Ancestral Ways (15 points)

Area Studies: The Pacific

Complete exactly 45 points from the following:

Selected courses must include at least 15 points at level 300 or higher.

ANTHRO 234 - Popular Musics of the Pacific (15 points)

PACIFIC 200 - Theorising Pacific Studies (15 points)

PACIFIC 206 - Pacific Youth: Contemporary Realities in the Pacific Region (15 points)

PACIFIC 207 - Topics in Pacific Arts (15 points)

PACIFIC 213 - Pacific Wellbeing: Empowering Dimensions (15 points)

PACIFIC 306 - Pacific Youth: Contemporary Realities in the Pacific Region (15 points)

PACIFIC 313 - Pacific Wellbeing: Empowering Dimensions (15 points)