Build your degree

Use our degree builder to better understand what your studies at AUT could look like. Choose from different options and see how you can tailor your studies to your interests.

Choosing a major and two minors is a good choice if you’re particularly passionate about one subject, but also have an interest in two other areas and want to learn more about both throughout your studies.

  Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Semester 1 Core CourseIntroduction to Design Practice MajormajorCourse 2 MajormajorCourse 4
Core CourseMaking and Media Core CourseMahitahi/ Collaborative Practice Minor 1minor1Course 2 Minor 2minor2Course 2 Minor 1minor1Course 4 Minor 2minor2Course 4
Semester 2 MajormajorCourse 1 MajormajorCourse 3 Integrated Design Practice
Minor 1minor1Course 1 Minor 2minor2Course 1 Minor 1minor1Course 3 Minor 2minor2Course 3
Year 1
Semester 1
Core CourseIntroduction to Design Practice Core CourseMaking and Media Core CourseMahitahi/ Collaborative Practice
Core CourseMaking and Media Core CourseMahitahi/ Collaborative Practice
Semester 2
MajormajorCourse 1 Minor 1minor1Course 1 Minor 2minor2Course 1
Minor 1minor1Course 1 Minor 2minor2Course 1
Year 2
Semester 1
MajormajorCourse 2 Minor 1minor1Course 2 Minor 2minor2Course 2
Minor 1minor1Course 2 Minor 2minor2Course 2
Semester 2
MajormajorCourse 3 Minor 1minor1Course 3 Minor 2minor2Course 3
Minor 1minor1Course 3 Minor 2minor2Course 3
Year 3
Semester 1
MajormajorCourse 4 Minor 1minor1Course 4 Minor 2minor2Course 4
Minor 1minor1Course 4 Minor 2minor2Course 4
Semester 2
Integrated Design Practice

The chart above is for guidance only. It’s designed to give you an idea of how you can complement your degree with other subjects you’re interested in. It doesn't enrol you in any courses. You may not necessarily study your chosen subjects in the order outlined above. You will see the courses you study each semester after you’ve accepted your offer of place to study at AUT, and start enrolling in courses and classes.

Subjects and courses offered each year may vary, and it’s a good idea to talk to your faculty about your chosen study path.

Choose one of:

  • CRIM580 Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • EVNT500 Introduction to Event Management
  • HIST500 Introduction to New Zealand History
  • HIST501 The Holocaust: Its Causes, Character, and Legacy
  • PSYC580 Introduction to Psychology A
  • SOSC582 Social Thinking
  • SOSC583 Social Institutions
  • SOSC585 Climate Action
  • TOUR511 Global Issues in Tourism

Choose one of:

  • FOOD501 Food and the Senses
  • CLSY513 Organisation and Human Behaviour Perspectives
  • HOSP509 Hospitality Social Enterprise
  • TOUR512 Tourism and Sustainability

For this core course you could study one of:

Choose one of:

And choose one natural sciences course

And one mathematical and computer sciences course

*Only available to students in the Analytics and Mathematical Modelling and Computation majors

And one course from either the natural sciences or mathematical and computer science courses above.

Complete the following course:

  • SCIE606 Vision Mātauranga: Science Practice in Aotearoa

And one of:

In Year 3, you complete a project in an area related to your major. This project gives you an important competitive edge for your career, and is good preparation for postgraduate study.

Courses you complete for this project:

  • SCIE707 Science Capstone Project A
  • SCIE708 Science Capstone Project B

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If you like what you see in this plan, don’t forget to apply to study at AUT or, if you’re already an AUT student, enrol in your courses and classes