climate change

Bachelor of Climate Change

Bachelors DegreeBCC
climate change

Climate change is the most pressing environmental issue facing humanity, affecting every facet of the world around us. We urgently need graduates who can lead future climate change solutions in all sectors of society.

360 points, 3 years

Hamilton

Trimester A (March) and Trimester B (July)

Why study the Bachelor of Climate Change?

The Bachelor of Climate Change degree allows students to become an expert in one of a wide range of different major subjects that are needed to develop effective climate change solutions.

Students will develop a comprehensive understanding of climate change through the compulsory papers of the degree, including its scientific, social, cultural and economic dimensions. Mātauranga Māori is interwoven through the degree and students are taught the importance of valuing different worldviews when trying to develop authentic solutions to the challenges of climate change.

The degree culminates with a multidisciplinary group project, where students will work with an external organization to develop an effective low-carbon strategy. Students will graduate with skills and experiences that are in-demand, as we work towards a target of net zero emissions in Aotearoa by 2050.

Career Opportunities

  • Sustainability advisor
  • Anthropologist
  • Biodiversity Management
  • Climate action specialist
  • Community educator
  • Data analyst
  • Ecologist
  • Economist
  • Environmental Scientist
  • Foreign Affairs Advisor
  • Media advisor
  • Policy Analyst
  • Political Scientist
  • Politician
  • Public relations expert
  • Planner

360 points, 3 years

Hamilton

Trimester A (March) and Trimester B (July)

Degree information

Major subject
Bachelor of Climate Change
Social Policy
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Year 1
SOCPY100 Introduction to Social Policy
Any 100 Level listed paper
ARTSC106 Critical Social Science Research
CLIMT101 Introduction to Climate Change Science - Pūtaiao Huringa Āhuarangi
CLIMT103 Arts Activism in a Changing Environment
CLIMT104 Introduction to Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies: The Climate Change Crisis
CSMAX101 or BUSAN205
Elective
Year 2
SOCPY200 Social Policy and Social Issues
SOCPY202 Addressing Precarity: A Global Perspective
Any 200 level listed paper
CLIMT201 Climate Change Modelling, Impacts and Adaptation
CLIMT202 Māori and Pacific Responses to Climate Change
Elective
Elective
Elective
Year 3
Any 300 level SOCPY coded paper
Any 300 level SOCPY coded paper
Any 300 level listed paper
Any 300 level listed paper
CLIMT301 Climate Change Mitigation: Group Project
Elective
Elective
Elective
This information is provisional and subject to change.
Major
Compulsory
Elective

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