Conjoint: BA/BGlobalSt major in Global Environment and Sustainable Development

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You will learn about the connections between environmental and developmental challenges. You will also analyse the cultural practices and the legal and policy structures that shape and respond to those challenges.

As part of a Bachelor of Global Studies majoring in Global Environment and Sustainable Development, you will learn about the connections between environmental and developmental challenges. You will also analyse the cultural practices and the legal and policy structures that shape and respond to those challenges.

As a Global Studies graduate, you will be a competent global citizen. In addition to language skills and related regional knowledge, your research skills and strong practical knowledge will prepare you for leadership roles in a variety of sectors including foreign affairs, NGOs, international media, education and tourism.

Complete 120 points comprising:

30 points for all Compulsory Course, and
At least 15 points from Stage I Elective Courses, and
75 points from Additional Elective Courses

Selected courses must include at least 45 points at level 300 or higher.

Compulsory Course

Complete 30 points for ALL of the following:

ECON 151 - Understanding the Global Economy (15 points)

ENV 102 - Social and Environmental Change (15 points)

Stage I Elective Courses

Complete at least 15 points from the following:

ECON 152 - Principles of Economics (15 points)

GLOBAL 101 - Global Issues, Sustainable Futures (15 points)

HISTORY 103 - Global History (15 points)

MAORI 130 - Te Ao Māori: The Māori World (15 points)

POLITICS 106 - Global Politics (15 points)

STATS 150 - Communicating Statistics (15 points)

Additional Elective Courses

Complete exactly 75 points from the following:

EARTHSCI 105 - Earth’s Natural Hazards (15 points)

ECON 151 - Understanding the Global Economy (15 points)

ECON 152 - Principles of Economics (15 points)

ENV 100 - Shaping Planet Earth (15 points)

ENV 101 - Environmental Challenges (15 points)

ENV 102 - Social and Environmental Change (15 points)

GEOG 104 - Cities and Urbanism (15 points)

GLOBAL 101 - Global Issues, Sustainable Futures (15 points)

HISTORY 103 - Global History (15 points)

INTBUS 151 - Business across Borders (15 points)

MAORI 130 - Te Ao Māori: The Māori World (15 points)

POLITICS 106 - Global Politics (15 points)

STATS 150 - Communicating Statistics (15 points)

SUSTAIN 100 - Sustainability and Us (15 points)

URBPLAN 101 - Introduction to Urban Planning (15 points)

EDUC 212 - Global Education Policy for All? (15 points)

GENDER 208 - Thinking Gender (15 points)

GEOG 205 - Environment and Society (15 points)

GLOBAL 201 - Special Topic (15 points)

GLOBAL 202 - Special Topic (15 points)

GLOBAL 204 - Global Issues Through the Arts (15 points)

GLOBAL 250 - Special Topic: Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change (15 points)

GLOBAL 252 - Asian Cities: Growth and Transition (15 points)

GLOBAL 277 - Study Abroad 2A (15 points)

MEDIA 231 - Eco/media (15 points)

PACIFIC 205 - Pacific Innovation and Sustainability (15 points)

PHIL 250 - Philosophy and the Environment (15 points)

SOCIOL 213 - Ethnicity and Identity (15 points)

SOCIOL 229 - Environmental Sociology (15 points)

SUSTAIN 200 - The Sustainable Community (15 points)

ANTHRO 379 - Anthropology of Development (15 points)

ENVSCI 303 - Environmental Science, Risk and Society (15 points)

GEOG 320 - Resources and Environmental Management (15 points)

GEOG 325 - The Human Dimension of Disasters (15 points)

GEOG 352 - Landscape, Environment and Heritage (15 points)

GLOBAL 301 - Special Topic: Humanitarian Interventions (15 points)

GLOBAL 302 - Special Topic (15 points)

GLOBAL 350 - Special Topic (15 points)

GLOBAL 352 - Asian Cities: Growth and Transition (15 points)

GLOBAL 377 - Study Abroad 3A (15 points)

MEDIA 332 - Eco/media (15 points)

PACIFIC 305 - Pacific Innovation and Sustainability (15 points)

POLITICS 313 - Governing Planet Earth (15 points)

PHIL 351 - Philosophy and the Environment (15 points)

SOCIOL 307 - The Pacific in the World (15 points)

SUSTAIN 300 - A Sustainable World (15 points)