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A warm welcome Contents to the University of Auckland Your studies at the University We send you our very best wishes and warmly invite you to attend Open Day On Campus, Welcome 2 of Auckland will enable you to Saturday 28 August 2021. collaborate with some of the best Whilst 2020 dramatically altered our Arts 6 minds in the world. The experience outlooks and pathways into the future, some will engage your passion and turn things remain the same. People make us New Business 10 Zealand’s world-ranked university – our staff, your goals into realities. Most our students, our partnerships, the research Creative Arts and Industries 12 importantly, it will empower you we conduct and the impact we make in our to make a difference. communities and beyond. Architecture and Urban Planning 12 While studying at the University of Auckland, you’ll benefit from research-informed teaching from highly talented staff. They’re not only Dance Studies 13 specialists in their academic fields, but many have also received national teaching Design 13 excellence awards. These awards recognise their exceptional quality as educators. Fine Arts 14 Our academics will encourage you to be an independent thinker, to challenge yourself, to Music 14 be curious – and to act on that curiosity. The support and opportunities at the Education/Teaching 16 University of Auckland are impressive. You’ll enjoy cutting-edge facilities and the benefits Sport, Health and Physical of wide-ranging student support services. Education 16 There will also be opportunities to join clubs, make friends, take part in competitions – and Social Work 17 border restrictions permitting, even study abroad at another top university through our Engineering 18 international partnerships. Explore your options, visit us at Open Day On Global Studies 24 Campus, then apply to take the next step in your journey with the University of Auckland. We look forward to welcoming you in 2022. Law 26 Medical and Health Sciences 28 Dawn Freshwater Vice-Chancellor Science 30 General Sessions 32 Bus Timetables 36 Map 38 Cover attributions: 1 Times Higher Education 2020 and QS World Rankings 2021 2 QS World Rankings Graduate Employability, number one in NZ and 59th Worldwide in 2020 3 QS World Rankings by Subject 2021 2 3
Open days change lives. We want the decisions you make afterwards to bring amazing benefits Open Day Online that last a lifetime. So we’re here to help you discover the learning opportunities that are just 29 June 2021 right for you. You’ll find out how to gain entry to the On Tuesday 29 June, this vibrant online University of Auckland, what it’s like to be a student experience included a great many carefully here, and what careers your study could lead to. crafted webinars to both inform and inspire. At Open Day On Campus, the Sir Owen G We’ve captured this showcase in the form of Glenn Building (12 Grafton Rd) will host a on-demand recordings. You can view them after large exhibition area, as well as being one of registering online. the main lecture venues. You can visit faculty www.openday.ac.nz exhibition stands there to talk with current staff and students. We have other venues too. In many faculty locations you can view displays, Open Day On Campus chat with us, and attend lectures, activities and entertainment events. See the map on pg. 38. 28 August 2021 This handbook provides information about the On Saturday 28 August, we invite you to join us for topics covered in the faculty lectures. After the Open Day On Campus. Come and experience our faculty pages, we list lectures on general topics impressive environments and facilities first hand. such as accommodation, sport and recreation, We’ll be hosting exhibition areas, presentations, entrepreneurship, careers services, and other tours, entertainment and other activities. Our student support. Everything is summarised in the faculties are offering a great programme of timetable on the fold-out backcover. presentations and tours. You’re also welcome to visit our Halls of Residence and other key facilities. Te Tīmatatanga 28 August 2021 8.30am, Alfred Street (11) Te Tīmatatanga is a traditional ceremony to open proceedings for the day. A conch shell will sound and be followed by a karanga to acknowledge everyone’s arrival before Open Day On Campus begins. 4 5
Arts Arts Lectures Come and experience Anthropology Communication Health and Society provocative thinkers, What does it mean to be human? Introducing the Bachelor of Science fiction or pandemic reality: Japan: Fascinating language, extraordinary cultures, Exploring the intersections between astonishing culture 9.40-10.10am Communication (BC) profound histories, and 11-11.30am health and society 9-9.30am Lecture Theatre B15, General Library, Alfred St (2) Lecture Theatre B10, General Library, Alfred St (2) digital worlds at New Anthropology was recently listed as the second Lecture Theatre B28, General Library, Alfred St (2) 1.40-2.10pm Lecture Theatre B10, General Library, Alfred St (2) Global citizens are nearly always fluent in more Zealand’s internationally most needed degree for the future by the Irish Discover how you can make a positive than one language. A second language also Independent. This lecture provides a brief difference to our world with our new Bachelor Film tropes from science fiction and horror ranked Arts faculty.* introduction to Anthropology, which stands at of Communication (BC). Hear about your study became everyday pandemic reality last year. deepens a speaker’s cultural understanding. Our planned new BA major, Health and Society, Japanese provides English speakers with a the intersection of science and the humanities. options, bring your questions and find out if the draws upon the social sciences and humanities. totally new perspective on the world that many Check out inspiring lectures and explore Hear why understanding human origins, human BC is for you. We aim to shed light on contemporary find fascinating. Come and join us for a half new interests such as Communication, diversity and the human condition matter more healthcare, medical practices and knowledge- hour together. Find out about our Japanese Criminology, Māori Studies, Media, Film and Television, Politics and International than ever in today’s world. Criminology production, and experiences of health and programme, study opportunities in Japan, illness around the world. and courses that explore important aspects of Relations, and Anthropology. Tour the Archaeology and Japanese culture. Come for a taste of Japanese We also have lectures to help you What is Criminology? Bioanthropology Labs studies at Auckland! discover more about the BA in general Open 11am-2.30pm 10.20-10.50am | 1-1.30pm History and the places it can take you. Lecture Theatre B28, General Library, Alfred St (2) 2-6 Park Avenue, Grafton Learn to read the Korean alphabet in This talk will introduce Criminology as a field History shows you the world Visit the Roger C. Green Archaeological Science ten minutes of study by exploring the key questions that Quick facts Complex. You’ll meet staff and students and learn about some of the exciting discoveries criminologists ask. We’ll discuss studying 11-11.30am Lecture Theatre B15, General Library, Alfred St (2) 12.20-12.50pm Lecture Theatre B10, General Library, Alfred St (2) Criminology here in the Faculty of Arts and explain we make in this space. A free shuttle bus will History is everywhere today. From statues to where a degree in Criminology might take you. Koreans use an alphabet, invented in 1443. Bachelor of Arts (BA) operate between Symonds St and Park Ave, cinema, from TikTok shanties to “fake news”, Learn to read Korean words in just 10 minutes departing opposite St Paul’s Church on Symonds our societies knowingly (and sometimes in this informal, hands-on workshop and give 3 years full-time 360 points Street (bus stop 7147). English unknowingly) use the past to reflect upon the yourself the opportunity to win a prize! There is present. Why do humans everywhere still fight no need for prior knowledge of Korean. Applications close 8 December 2021. Art History English for life over real as well as imagined histories, and why does it matter which stories we do or don’t share 11.40am-12.10pm about the past? Come and learn how studying Transform your world through Spanish Admission and Decoding Images Lecture Theatre B10, General Library, Alfred St (2) History at the University of Auckland better and Italian 9-9.30am equips you to understand the world in which you 11.40am-12.10pm enrolment advice Case Room 4, Level 0, Sir Owen G Glenn Bldg, Study poetry, essays, digital literature, and live – and how it came to be this way. Case Room 4, Level 0, Sir Owen G Glenn Bldg, 12 Grafton Rd. (8) stories to increase your ability to think, play, 12 Grafton Rd. (8) “Do I need to have studied a subject at work with, challenge and organise the kind of school to take it at Uni?”, “What’s a major?”, Art History is not only about pretty pictures. As an art historian, you learn to decode images to language being you are. We study the languages Languages Knowing Spanish or Italian can transform your world as you increase your fluency and “How many courses should I take in my of creativity to participate more fully in the understand their social and political messages, cultural knowledge of Spain, Latin America and first year?”, “What is General Education?” materials of cultures and in the many ways of and gain the power to critique colonial and Transform your world through French Italy. We’ll explain flexible study options. And We’re looking forward to meeting you at the being that exist on Earth. capitalist imperatives. and German students recently back from overseas will share Faculty of Arts display, Level 0, Sir Owen G 10.20-10.50am their experiences of how Spanish and Italian Glenn Building, where we’ll answer all these questions and more. Classical Studies and Gender Studies Lecture Theatre B10, General Library, Alfred St (2) have transformed their lives. Knowing French or German can give you a Ancient History Is it a boy or a girl? Why gender competitive edge in almost every area of Interactive lab sessions for languages matters to all of us work: teaching, translating, foreign affairs, Open 9am-3pm international law, engineering, medicine or 207-302 and 207-312, Level 3, Te Puna Reo/ Why Classical Studies and Ancient 1.40-2.10pm business. Learn about course and career History? Lecture Theatre B15, General Library, Alfred St (2) Cultures, Languages and Linguistics Bldg, 18 options; hear what students think of our Symonds St (2B) 10.20-10.50am The question “Is it a boy or a girl?” is neither programme and where it is taking them. Lecture Theatre B15, General Library, Alfred St (2) innocent nor neutral. How it is answered can Come along and try out our customised, state- determine the clothes we wear, the games of-the-art online interactive learning materials Egyptian hieroglyphs, Greek comedy, Roman we play, the personality traits we develop and for language learning. warfare, early Christianity: Classical Studies and Ancient History covers diverse aspects eventually even the jobs we take up. As more Drop in sessions (207-312) of the ancient world. Join us for a discussion and more young people are rejecting the gender Italian: 9am-12pm LECTURES: about studying rich cultures of the past at the that they were given – some would say that French: 12-3pm See map, pg. 38. University of Auckland – and learn what you can was imposed on them – it is more important Drop in sessions (207-302) DISPLAY: gain for the future from this age-old subject. than ever that we study the implications of Spanish: 9am-12pm Level 0 this question. Come and hear why the topic of German: 12-3pm Sir Owen G Glenn Bldg gender studies is relevant to everyone. 12 Grafton Rd *Ranked in the world’s top 50 for Archaeology, Anthropology, and English Language and Literature in the QS World University Rankings 2021. View webinars recorded at Open Day Online: 6 www.openday.ac.nz 7
Linguistics Pacific Studies Sociology General What is Linguistics? 9.40-10.10am Pacific Studies: Paddling you in the right direction What is Sociology, and why is it important? Lectures Case Room 4, Level 0, Sir Owen G Glenn Bldg, 11.40am-12.10pm 11.40am-12.10pm 12 Grafton Rd. (8) Fale Pasifika, 16 Wynyard St. (2A) Lecture Theatre B28, General Library, Alfred St. (2) Arts Scholars programme We’ll introduce varied examples of language Pacific Studies at the University of Auckland This talk is an introduction to Sociology. It will use and anecdotes relating to celebrities such is uniquely positioned and boasts a richness show you what Sociology is, how it’s done and as former US President Barack Obama and the of Pacific indigenous and current knowledges, why it’s important for future careers. We’ll take Push yourself to the next level late Princess Diana. We’ll explore events like the languages and cultures. Our teaching, a look at what you will be able to do in the world 10.20-10.50am 2009 New Zealand referendum on the smacking research and the ways in which we serve our with a BA in Sociology from the University of Case Room 4, Level 0, Sir Owen G Glenn Bldg, law and the 2016 Go match between AlphaGo communities are Pacific-focused. We place Auckland. 12 Grafton Rd. (8) and a top South Korean Go player. In this way students, communities, families and their lived Learn, make friends, and push yourself to the we’ll look at some of the most fundamental and important issues in theoretical linguistics. experiences at the centre. Our scholarship is interdisciplinary, transnational, critical, Teaching English to next level as an Arts Scholar. Join our whānau of creative and high-achieving students, and decolonial and solution-seeking. Speakers of Other boost your Arts degree with multidisciplinary Māori Studies Languages (TESOL) study, mentorship, and undergraduate research Philosophy or internship opportunities. In this session, you’ll hear from current students about their Māori knowledge and saving the journey so far. environment “Is civil disobedience permissible?” Teaching English to the world 11-11.30am 1-1.30pm Lecture Theatre B10, General Library, Alfred St. (2) 12.20-12.50pm Lecture Theatre B15, General Library, Alfred St. (2) Lecture Theatre B10, General Library, Alfred St. (2) Careers with a BA This lecture will demonstrate the contribution Philosophy wrestles with some of the most TESOL is a global industry. It is also a profession that Māori Studies and mātauranga Māori (Māori puzzling questions that human beings ask – and and a career, and it’s local. English teaching How can a BA prepare me for my knowledge) can make to ensuring long-term some of those puzzling questions are about takes place in schools and classrooms, online career? climate and environmental justice. Drawing values and right action. In this lecture, you’ll and one-to-one. Learners are school children, 9.40-10.10am on his collaborative work in securing healthy look at how philosophers try to think through adults, migrants, international students, Lecture Theatre B10, General Library, Alfred St. (2) waterways in the Hauraki Gulf, geothermal questions of moral obligation and permissibility business people, and other professionals. Find out where TESOL can take you! Find out how a Bachelor of Arts can prepare developments and river catchments, Dr Dan by talking about civil disobedience. you for the future of work by equipping you with Hikuroa will illustrate how we can all become the human skills that employers will always involved in collective action that restores and Politics and International Theological and Religious need – and that technology can’t replace. You’ll sustains our environment. also hear how our career-focused courses can Relations Studies develop your employability skills and help you Media, Film and Television to build contacts and networks relevant to your Why do we study religion? career interests. Political marketing in the 2020 New Explore the world of screens: From Zealand election 11-11.30am storytelling to social media Case Room 4, Level 0, Sir Owen G Glenn Bldg, Making your BA work for 9-9.30am 1-1.30pm 12 Grafton Rd. (8) Lecture Theatre B28, General Library, Alfred St. (2) Lecture Theatre B15, General Library, Alfred St. (2) Religion is complex, ever changing, and key you How do we grapple with media both as Voters made a clear choice in the 2020 election to understanding how people think, act, and cultural texts and expressive tools? In a world but what was the marketing that led them there? treat each other, even in secular countries like Discover the best way to structure increasingly filled with screens large and small, This lecture explores how market research, New Zealand. Theological and Religious Studies your BA it is more important than ever to understand re-branding, leader image building and even invites you to look at religion from different 9-9.30am media’s narrative forms, industrial foundations populism influenced the vote, using data from perspectives. You’ll learn more about studying Lecture Theatre B15, General Library, Alfred St. (2) and social impact. We help you to think critically TVNZ/University of Auckland’s Vote Compass religion at the University of Auckland, and hear and creatively about media – from film to and perspectives from the ACT leader and Incorporate all of your subject interests into from current students about how it’s shaping comics to pop music and videogames. Ardern’s political advisors. your degree plan; pursue the subjects you their studies and career pathways. love; benefit from internship and study abroad opportunities; and choose the majors and Psychology modules that are right for you! Studying Psychology in the BA 12.20-12.50pm Lecture Theatre B28, General Library, Alfred St. (2) Psychology is the study of how humans and animals think, learn, perceive, feel, interact with others, and understand themselves. Discover how you can learn to describe psychological phenomena, understand and explain mental processes, and predict and influence future behaviour as part of a BA major in Psychology. You will also find out which other BA majors combine well with Psychology. View webinars recorded at Open Day Online: 8 www.openday.ac.nz 9
Business Experiential Business Workshops Lectures Get your career off to the best start with a degree from New Zealand’s leading A taste of your first year in Business Your first year at the Business School Get involved! Making the most of your 10.20–10.50am 9–9.30am experience with clubs and societies Business School. Team-based Learning Lab (room 260-040), Fisher & Paykel Appliances Auditorium, Level 1, 11–11.30am Level 0, Sir Owen G Glenn Bldg. (8) Sir Owen G Glenn Bldg. (8) Case Room 2, Level 0, Sir Owen G Glenn Bldg. Business is everywhere. We offer (8) Join us for this fun, interactive workshop and Your first year doesn’t need to be daunting. a specialist Property degree and a get a taste of team-based learning. We’ll tackle We’re here to help! Your first-year experience Getting involved with student organisations and Commerce degree with 12 majors, which a real-world business problem together in this is a chance to explore, see what you like, and extra-curricular activities not only helps to make cover every aspect of today’s business “flipped classroom” experience. possibly change your mind or your major. Find you more employable, it’s also a great way to world: Accounting, Business Analytics, out more about your flexible first year, including make new friends while having fun. Commercial Law, Economics, Finance, team-based learning vs lectures, timetable Information Systems, Innovation and Explore the trading room floor planning and what kind of workload to expect. Entrepreneurship, International Business, Careers in Business: A world of 11–11.30am Management, Marketing, Operations and opportunities with a BCom or BProp BNZ Financial Trading Room, Level 1, Sir Owen G Supply Chain Management, and Taxation. Bachelor of Property: Much more than Glenn Bldg. (8) 11.40am-12.10pm We’ve made some exciting changes to our real estate OGGB5, Level 0, Sir Owen G Glenn Bldg. (8) programmes, all of which are designed to Be one of the first people to step inside our 9.40–10.10am get you future-ready and work-ready. You’ll brand-new, simulated trading room. Experience How do you prepare yourself for a graduate role OGGB4, Level 0, Sir Owen G Glenn Bldg. (8) experience our innovative, new first year first-hand what it’s like to work in a state-of- in the increasingly changing landscape of work? in Business programme, with a big focus the-art trading room, where future-you could be Prepare for an exciting and challenging career By making the most of your time at the Business on applied skills and interactive learning, managing complex investments, making deals, in the property profession in New Zealand or School. Find out the skills today’s employers including workshops where you solve real- trading and managing portfolios. internationally with a Bachelor of Property. are looking for – and hear how we can help you world business problems. Come and find out what you’ll study, how you’ll identify your strengths, meet recruiters, develop meet people working in the industry, and where your networks and get business-ready. Whatever your career goals and your degree can take you. aspirations, the real-world skills, knowledge and experience you’ll gain at the Business Explore the BCom majors School will you prepare for an exciting and Business School: A smart decision for 12.20-12.50pm rewarding career. international students Lecture theatre 260-098, Level 0, Sir Owen G 9.40–10.10am Glenn Bldg. (8) Case Room 2, Level 0, Sir Owen G Glenn Bldg. (8) Quick facts With 12 majors on offer, covering every aspect of the business world, how do you choose the right We offer a range of specialised support for international students to help you settle into life major for you? Join us for this session where we Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) at the Business School and the University. Find will talk through the majors, how the majors work 3 years full-time out how to access our support services and how together, picking a complimentary double major they can benefit you. and how to make your final “major” decision. 360 points Applications close 8 December 2021. Māori and Pacific Business students: Double your options with a Business Supporting your success conjoint degree Bachelor of Property (BProp) 10.20–10.50am 1-1.30pm 3 years full-time OGGB5, Level 0, Sir Owen G Glenn Bldg. (8) OGGB4, Level 0, Sir Owen G Glenn Bldg. (8) 360 points The Business School has created a culture of A conjoint degree enables you to complete two Applications close 8 December 2021. support, guidance and excitement to ensure our degrees within four to five years of full-time Māori and Pacific students have a positive and study. Conjoint degrees open up an exciting successful experience. Find out about our He range of career options and are great way to Tuākana academic services. We’ll also introduce explore your interests in two different areas Te Māna Pākihi and Commerce ‘o Pasifika (our while building a diverse skill set and knowledge. Māori and Pacific Business student clubs). LECTURES: See map, pg. 38. DISPLAY: Level 1, Business School Foyer, Sir Owen G Glenn Bldg 12 Grafton Rd View webinars recorded at Open Day Online: 10 www.openday.ac.nz 11
Creative Arts Architecture Dance and Industries and Urban Planning dance.auckland.ac.nz Experience Dance Studies Architecture | Urban Planning | Dance | Design | Fine Arts | Music architectureplanning.auckland.ac.nz 10am-12pm Dance Studies Studio, Building 113, Creative Arts and Industries is the University of Auckland’s creative Experience Architecture 5 Symonds St. (7C) epicentre. We promote creative rebellion – pushing boundaries and In our Dance Studies Programme, you’ll be part 9-11am | 11.30am-1.30pm | 2-3pm of a tight-knit and supportive community. This solving problems to overcome challenges. Our programmes combine Starts at the Conference Centre Lecture Theatre, two-hour session begins with a talk from staff independent assessments, group work, studio and workshop-based 22 Symonds St. (7) and current students. They’ll describe what teaching. We’ll help you develop important skills and attributes, The School of Architecture and Planning is New studying dance with us is really like, and the Zealand’s leading school for architecture and career paths available to you when you graduate including confidence, effective communication, curiosity, leadership, the built environment.* In today’s session, you – you might be surprised! You’ll then proceed to resilience and perseverance. will hear what it’s really like to study Architecture one of our dance studios to participate in a group with us, and how to apply for the Bachelor of movement workshop alongside current students. Architectural Studies programme. You’ll also Quick facts learn about our connections with industry and the way in which students get to combine future- based speculations with real-world projects. The Design Bachelor of Architectural Studies Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) two-hour sessions (9am and 11.30am) include (BAS) 3 years full-time | 360 points an experience in our studio spaces, where you design.auckland.ac.nz 3 years full-time | 360 points Applications close 8 December 2021. will participate in a workshop session alongside Applications close 8 December 2021. current students. (Late applications will be considered if Experience Design places are available.) Bachelor of Dance Studies What is Urban Planning? 10.15am-12.15pm | 12.45pm-2.45pm (BDanceSt) Bachelor of Music (BMus) Starts at the Conference Centre Lecture Theatre, 3 years full-time | 360 points 9-11am | 11.30am-1.30pm 3 years full-time | 360 points 22 Symonds St. (7) Applications close 8 December 2021. Starts at the ALR1 Lecture Theatre, Conference Applications close 8 December 2021. Centre, 22 Symonds St. (7) Design can create meaningful solutions for (Late applications will be considered if today’s problems. We teach the latest design (Late applications will be considered if If you’re interested in how our towns and cities places are available.) methods and practices, developing conceptual places are available.) can be improved to produce better social, and technical skills relevant to our ever- Bachelor of Design (BDes) cultural and environmental experiences, Urban changing world. Come along to our talk and find Bachelor of Urban Planning Planning could be for you. New Zealand’s only 3 years full-time | 360 points out about the Bachelor of Design. We’ll discuss (Honours) (BUrbPlan(Hons)) Urban Planning bachelors degree explores Applications close 8 December 2021. the exciting new projects and job opportunities issues related to housing, sustainable urban 4 years full-time | 480 points emerging from design. The two-hour sessions development, urban design, urban planning law Applications close 8 December 2021. include an experience in our new Design and more. This session begins with a talk from spaces, where you will participate in a studio staff and current students about what it’s really session alongside staff and current students. like to study Urban Planning. We’ll discuss the career paths available to you when you graduate. Then we’ll take you to one of our studio spaces to participate in a master planning exercise Design tours experimenting with the design and use of public spaces. 9.30am | 10.30am | 11.30am | 12.30pm | 1.30pm | 2.30pm CAI Design Studio, Engineering Building, 20 Architecture and Urban Planning tours Symonds St. (6C) 9.30am | 10.30am | 11.30am | 12.30pm | 1.30pm | 2.30pm Creative Arts and Industries Student Centre, Architecture and Planning Bldg, 26 Symonds St. (7A) JOIN US ONLINE Large, open-plan studios, workshops and Connect with us at: LECTURES: specialist facilities support your learning. facebook.com/UoACreatives See map, pg. 38. Current students will take you on a tour of instagram.com/UoACreatives DISPLAY: our spaces and answer your questions about Conference Centre Bldg student life in the School. 22 Symonds St *QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021 View webinars recorded at Open Day Online: 12 www.openday.ac.nz 13
Fine Arts Music auckland.ac.nz/finearts music.auckland.ac.nz Why study contemporary art? Experience Music Historically-informed performance mini-lectures 10-11am | 1.30-2.30pm 10-11am | 12-1pm Elam Lecture Theatre (Room 136), Fine Arts Music Theatre, School of Music, 2.30-3.30pm Building, 20 Whitaker Pl. (7B) 6 Symonds St. (7D) HIPStA (Historically Informed Performance Elam Fine Arts is a diverse and supportive Expand your musical technique and Studio Auckland), School of Music, 6 Symonds environment, where students learn and understanding within your choice of creative St. (7D) experiment in a range of practices. Hear from practice with a classical, jazz, composition, or Experience student life at two mini-lectures. One our staff and current students about studio life popular music specialisation ‒ or with a music is on 18th and 19th century European music and the multidisciplinary workshops that will studies specialisation ‒ at New Zealand’s largest performance practices, and the other explores the support your practice. Explore how contemporary tertiary music school. Enjoy performances by our origins of 20th century and contemporary Jazz. art contributes to society and hear how our students and hear from them and our teachers graduates are using their qualifications in a variety about what it’s like to study at our School of of industries around the world. Music. You’ll also learn how your study will Music tours prepare you for the modern music industry and 9am | 11am | 1pm extended creative sectors. Fine Arts tours Tours leave from the Courtyard, School of Music, 6 Symonds Street. (7D) 9.30am | 10.30am | 11.30am | 12.30pm | Vocal and instrumental studio Each tour will take you to see the facilities 1.30pm | 2.30pm teaching available to students in our main building, the Ground Floor, Main Fine Arts Building, 20 Annexe practice rooms, the Fisher Building, and Whitaker Pl. (7B) 1-2.30pm the Kenneth Myers Centre on Shortland Street. Large, open-plan studios, workshops and Level 1, School of Music, 6 Symonds St. (7D) specialist facilities support your learning. Current Take a look behind the scenes at our performer students will take you on a tour of our spaces and training programmes to see how our teachers and answer your questions about studying Fine Arts. students work together in our 1:1 studio teaching programme. Tuākana and Composition and theory mini-lectures International 1.30-2.30pm HIPStA (Historically Informed Performance Studio Auckland), School of Music, 6 Symonds St. (7D) Mentors Enjoy a taste of the conceptual and technical approaches students experience in the Meet our CAI Tuākana and composition programme with two mini-lectures International Mentors from our composition teachers. 9am-3.30pm (drop-in anytime, no booking required) Songwriting workshop Conference Centre Foyer, 22 Symonds St. (7) 2-3.30pm Our Tuākana and International Mentors Music Theatre, School of Music, are dedicated to CAI’s Māori, Pacific and 6 Symonds St. (7D) International students. We can support you At this workshop you will learn how our pop and enhance your success while studying at the music programme will develop your songwriting, Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries. Come collaboration, accompaniment, music technology along to meet us for a guided tour or friendly and performance skills. You’ll also be able to chat chat. Hear what it’s like to be a thriving and with our renowned staff, and current students, well-supported student in our diverse creative about how this programme will allow you to community! engage effectively in the pop music industry. View webinars recorded at Open Day Online: 14 www.openday.ac.nz 15
Education Education/ and Social Teaching Social Work Work Early Childhood: The vital early years Secondary Teaching: Share your Social Work: Build fairer, stronger 9-9.30am passion communities Eng 1.439, Engineering Bldg. (6B) 12.20pm-12.50pm 1-1.30pm Transform your world. Study Eng 1.439, Engineering Bldg. (6B) Eng 1.439, Engineering Bldg. (6B) Develop specialist knowledge of the vital early for a hugely rewarding career years of children’s lives, and play a key role Inspire a generation of young learners by Find solutions to social challenges, create positive that changes lives and opens in ensuring early childhood is a time of fun, sharing your passion for your subjects. Do change and build fairer, stronger communities. learning and healthy development. This exciting you have a bachelors degree with courses in a Explore the skills, knowledge and practical up opportunities. profession offers opportunities for a career in secondary school subject area? If so, this one- experience that you can develop through the diverse settings – kindergartens, education and year programme will give you the practical and Bachelor of Social Work ‒ and use to transform care centres, government policy units and more. theoretical knowledge to teach students from lives. With programmes in teaching, education, social work, sport, health and physical Years 9 to 13. education, there are many study pathways Primary Teaching: Shape new futures Careers in Social Work and professions to choose from. Study Education within an Arts degree 9.40-10.10am | 2.20-2.50pm 1.40-2.10pm We’re New Zealand’s top-ranked university*, Eng 1.439, Engineering Bldg. (6B) 2.20-2.50pm Eng 1.439, Engineering Bldg. (6B) and our graduates are in high demand by Eng 1.401, Engineering Bldg. (6B) Inspire young people with a love of learning. With a Bachelor of Social Work you’ll be in employers. Gain a deep understanding of education and As a primary teacher you will teach a wide high demand both in Aotearoa New Zealand We offer programmes across four campuses range of subject areas and share your passion learning through a Bachelor of Arts with an and overseas. Discover your future career – Epsom, City, South Auckland and for learning across the curriculum, including Education major. Learn how you can blend options in social work, including community Whangārei. So come and explore how our specialised subjects like sport, arts and Education with related subjects such as development, youth services, schools, degrees can set you up for life. technology. Psychology, Philosophy, Sociology and History to hospitals, the justice system, mental health, prepare for a variety of rewarding careers. addiction, aged care and disability. Huarahi Māori: Inspire tamariki with Quick facts te reo Māori Bachelor of Education (Teaching) 10.20-10.50am Eng 1.439, Engineering Bldg. (6B) Sport, Health General (BEd(Tchg)) 3 years full-time Passionate about te reo Māori and education? The Bachelor of Education (Teaching) Huarahi Māori and Physical Lectures Education will prepare you to teach in Māori immersion, kura 360 points kaupapa, bilingual and English-medium primary Applications close 1 December 2021. and intermediate schools. Our graduates go on to Thrive in your first year: work as educators, to influence policy, promote Education and Social Work Bachelor of Sport, Health and Māori culture and values and enhance the education journey for future generations of Māori. Sport, Health and PE: Empower 12.20-12.50pm Physical Education (BSportHPE) Eng 1.401, Engineering Bldg. (6B) 3 years full-time healthy, active lives Don’t be daunted by your first year at university. Take the Next Step: Become a 11.40am-12.10pm The faculty offers a range of support services 360 points qualified teacher Eng 1.439, Engineering Bldg. (6B) to help you succeed, including mentoring, Applications close 1 December 2021. 11-11.30am Develop skills and expertise in areas of your academic services, and support for Māori and Eng 1.439, Engineering Bldg. (6B) choice, from sport coaching and physical activity Pacific students. Join us to learn about the Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) If you’re a teacher aide who wants to become to health promotion and education. Drive positive services you’ll have access to, and hear from 4 years full-time change in sport and health, addressing issues current students about what studying at the qualified, or a mature student looking for a such as mental health, fitness and food. Make an faculty is really like. 480 points fulfilling career change, join us to learn how our impact on social justice and health issues, and Applications close 1 December 2021. teaching programmes will prepare you to take the empower people to live healthy, active lives. next step. Bachelor of Early Childhood Careers in Sport, Health and Physical Studies (BECSt) Education 3 years full-time 1-1.30pm 360 points Eng 1.401, Engineering Bldg. (6B) Applications close 1 December 2021 LECTURES: Discover a world of new and fast-growing See map, pg. 38. careers in health, wellbeing, sport and physical education. Learn about opportunities that range DISPLAY: from sport coaching to health promotion, event Engineering Building, management, sports media liaison, recreation 20 Symonds St facilitation and many more. *QS World University Rankings 2020 View webinars recorded at Open Day Online: 16 www.openday.ac.nz 17
Engineering Engineering Engineering Live Lectures We’re preparing a generation of problem solvers for the future. Experience Engineering Chemical and Materials Computer Systems Engineering solutions for renewable See how you can make a positive impact Level 3, Faculty of Engineering Bldg, Engineering Engineering energy 5 Grafton Rd. (6) 11-11.30am in diverse areas such as disaster recovery, Check out our hands-on Engineering Eng 5.460, Faculty of Engineering Bldg. (6) creating innovative new materials, Processing for sustainability Our wireless world healthcare devices, and ensuring the displays. We’re featuring live experiments and Energy sources worldwide are diversifying to innovations, some of which you can try yourself. 1.40-2.10pm 11-11.30am | 1.40-2.10pm include wind power, solar and other renewable population has access to clean energy. Our lecturers will be onsite all day to answer Eng 5.460, Faculty of Engineering Bldg. (6) Eng 5.470, Faculty of Engineering Bldg. (6) technologies. This leads to an increasing Our ten specialisations all contribute questions about things you’d like to study and Chemical Engineering affects every aspect of our Computers hidden within electro-mechanical demand for professionals with the knowledge something unique to our ever-evolving what it’s like to be an Engineering student here. daily lives through the processed goods we rely environments have made a huge impact on our to tackle new challenges. See how you can world. They are now housed within our on, such as food, drink and fuel. By engineering civilisation. We’ve seen wireless technology use your engineering skills to help create a new, state-of-the-art building, which green, sustainable process technologies we in cars, game consoles, robotics, home sustainable world. has been created to support Engineering Life beyond classes can also help save the world from irreversible automation, appliances, factory automation, teaching and research. If you’re passionate Level 2, Faculty of Engineering Bldg, 5 Grafton ecological damage. Better processing leads to mechatronics systems, instrumentation and about Mathematics, Physics, and solving Rd. (6) better living. embedded systems. Engineers who design Mechanical Engineering global problems, come and discover where Our student clubs will showcase the many such complex systems need advanced skills in Engineering can take you. opportunities you’ll have outside of study, from computer and electronic engineering. Design Thinking for technological Materials that reshape our world theatre to building a real-life racecar. Come along innovation 9.40-10.10am | 2.20-2.50pm Join the conversation and chat to our students about student club life. Eng 5.470, Faculty of Engineering Bldg. (6) Electrical and Electronic 9-9.30am | 2.20-2.50pm Eng 5.460, Faculty of Engineering Bldg. (6) We’ll be posting live updates throughout the We take for granted the vast array of materials that have so powerfully transformed our modern, Engineering Mechanical Engineering blends the basic day on Instagram Stories @UoAengineering. concepts behind solid and fluid mechanics, Ask us questions, watch videos and ensure technological society. Yet inside each one, there is a fascinating story. In this session we’ll explore Forces to power society thermodynamics, heat transfer, control systems, you don’t miss a minute of Open Day. vibration, materials, design and manufacturing. several of these with live demonstrations. 11.40am-12.10pm | 1-1.30pm Design Thinking is a distinct focus within Eng 5.470, Faculty of Engineering Bldg. (6) Mechanical Engineering, with an emphasis Quick facts Civil and Environmental Electrical forces shape the world we live in – on solving practical, real-world problems in power keeps us going at home and at work. mechanical systems. Engineering Electrical devices are so pervasive that we can Bachelor of Engineering Honours scarcely imagine a world without lights, electric (BE(Hons)) Engineers can shape the planet motors, power sockets, computers, cell phones, Mechatronics Engineering 4 years full-time hybrid cars, video cameras or the internet. 10.20-10.50am | 11.40am-12.10pm | Electrical and electronic engineers know how 480 points 1-1.30pm | 3-3.30pm An interdisciplinary approach to the to harness the immense power of electricity Applications close 8 December 2021. Eng 5.460, Faculty of Engineering Bldg. (6) design of smart systems and magnetism, together with the properties of electronics, to solve practical engineering 9.40-10.10am | 12.20-12.50pm Civil, environmental and structural engineers play problems the world over. Eng 5.460, Faculty of Engineering Bldg. (6) crucial roles in supporting our growing global population. Experts in these fields are in high Mechatronics Engineering blends the disciplines of Mechanical, Electronics, Computer, and demand around the world, and in Aotearoa New Zealand we especially need experts in earthquake Engineering Science Software Engineering. Its interdisciplinary mitigation. We’re involved in all points of the approach means that practitioners tend to be built environment – from soils and foundations Mathematical modelling to solve generalists who can apply their skills to many to planning, designing, building and maintaining problems roles and industries. our existing structures and networks. We also 9-9.30am | 12.20-12.50pm consider the environmental, social and cultural impacts of what we build so we can come up with Eng 5.470, Faculty of Engineering Bldg. (6) Software Engineering From understanding the human body to sustainable solutions for our future. optimising the layout of a telecommunications network, modern engineers use sophisticated Enabling the connected world mathematical modelling to develop solutions 10.20-10.50am | 3-3.30pm for problems more diverse than you could ever Eng 5.470, Faculty of Engineering Bldg. (6) imagine. In today’s world, software systems are crucial. They support communication networks, the LECTURES: health service, banking systems and transport See map, pg. 38. networks. When these break down, the impact DISPLAYS: on society can be catastrophic. Software Level 2 Grafton Rd and Level 4 Engineering lies at the heart of our everyday Symonds St (both street level), lives, and will remain a vital area of innovation. Faculty of Engineering Bldg View webinars recorded at Open Day Online: 18 www.openday.ac.nz 19
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Interactive General Workshops Lectures Drop-in sessions Our Engineering degree 9am-3.30pm 10.20-10.50am | 1.40-2.10pm Faculty of Engineering Bldg, 5 Grafton Rd, Levels Eng 1.401, Engineering Bldg. (6) 2 and 3. (6) Get a complete picture of our Bachelor Students can pop in at any time throughout of Engineering (Honours), from the entry the day to participate in our various hands-on requirements to what you’ll be studying throughout workshops. For instance, we’ll have Coding for your four-year journey; our ten specialisations and Beginners, Smart Car Racing and workshops where they can lead you; student accommodation; hosted by our Women in Engineering network student life and more. This is the right place to running all day. start if you’ve been thinking about Engineering as a study pathway. Tuākana: Māori and Pacific students 12.20-12.50pm MDLS Flexi 3, Level 2, Faculty of Engineering Bldg, 1 Grafton Rd. (6) The BE(Hons) is a professional degree that can empower you with the skills and knowledge to enhance the sustainability of our Māori and Pacific communities. Find out how Tuākana Engineering and SPIES (South Pacific Indigenous Engineering Students’ Association) can provide Māori and Pacific students with the tools for a successful engineering career. Women in Engineering Network (WEN) 11.40am-12.10pm Eng 1.401, Engineering Bldg. (6) 1-1.30pm MDLS Flexi 3, Level 2, Faculty of Engineering Bldg, 1 Grafton Rd. (6) There are fantastic opportunities available to women who choose Engineering. We’re a friendly, collaborative and helpful group who will support you throughout your studies. Learn more about our social, networking, and career development initiatives. Find out why the University of Auckland has one of the best communities for women Engineering students in New Zealand and Australia! Life as an Engineering student 11-11.30am Eng 1.401, Engineering Bldg. (6) 2.20-2.50pm MDLS Flexi 3, Level 2, Faculty of Engineering Bldg, 1 Grafton Rd. (6) We’re known for being a faculty that’s passionate – for engineering as a discipline, and also for our vibrant student culture. Our 20-plus student clubs, networks and initiatives reflect our up-beat and diverse community focus. Hear what some of these clubs and networks do to support each other, generate interest in all sorts of hobbies, and more. With all our social, employment-related, and engineering-focused activities, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to make friends and enliven your University experience. View webinars recorded at Open Day Online: 22 www.openday.ac.nz 23
Global Global Studies Studies Lecture Become an informed global Dare to be different, make a difference: Go Global! citizen with the capacity to 9.40-10.10am | 1.40-2.10pm think on a global scale, and in Lecture Theatre B28, General Library, relation to real-world problems. Alfred St. (2) The University’s inter-faculty The Bachelor of Global Studies addresses the growing demand for people who understand degree, the Bachelor of Global current global issues and are prepared to Studies is the only one of its tackle them. Learn how to better understand the increasingly complex political, economic, kind in New Zealand. scientific and cultural issues of our world. Come along to our lecture and find out whether Global With the Bachelor of Global Studies, you’ll Studies is for you. get to apply your knowledge to practical The four Global Studies majors are: contexts in the workplace through experiential learning and a capstone • Global Environment and Sustainable research project. You will also complete Development language training and study an area of the • Global Politics and Human Rights world where your chosen language is spoken. • International Relations and Business Global Studies graduate careers include: • Transnational Cultures and Creative Practice human rights advocacy, journalism, policy analysis and international trade consultancy – in environments such as: NGOs and not-for-profits, local and national government, international development and the environmental sector. Quick facts Bachelor of Global Studies (BGlobalSt) 3 years full-time 360 points Applications close 8 December 2021. LECTURES: See map, pg. 38. DISPLAY: Level 0 Sir Owen G Glenn Bldg 12 Grafton Rd View webinars recorded at Open Day Online: 24 www.openday.ac.nz 25
Law Law Lectures Have you enjoyed Classical Auckland Law School: Where your Moana students’ guide to Law School Clubs Expo Studies, Languages and History legal journey begins 9.40-10.10am | 3-3.30pm 9am-1.30pm at school? Are you analytical 10.20-11.20am | 1-2pm Algie Lecture Theatre, Bldg 801, Law Student Common Room, Bldg 801, Fisher & Paykel Appliances Auditorium, Level 1, Auckland Law School. (9) and a critical thinker who wants Auckland Law School. (9) Sir Owen G Glenn Bldg, 12 Grafton Rd. (8) This session will showcase what the University to help improve access to The Dean of Auckland Law School welcomes you of Auckland and the Law School offers to help Some of your best university memories and experiences will be made through justice? If so, come along to our to join a panel of academics, alumni, students Pasifika students thrive here. Hosted by FOLOU, new friends and social groups. We have and staff. They will talk about the merits of this session will also have the contribution of Open Day On Campus and be choosing Law and provide an overview of the PILSA, the MALOSI Project, PASS tutors and a vast and expanding range of clubs at the Law School that create a fun campus inspired by a Bachelor of Laws. first-year courses. There will be opportunity to second year Pacific students who will speak experience. Join our wonderful club ask questions at the end of the session. about their experiences of studying Part 1 Law presidents as they welcome you onto and moving into Part 2 Law. Campus. Get your Law School Open Day When you embark on a Law degree, you pack at the Clubs Expo. How to apply for an LLB: Why do I will develop analytical, communication have to apply for two programmes? and research skills. You will also build your understanding of legal ethics, professional responsibility and the role that law plays 9-9.30am OGGB3, Level 0, Sir Owen G Glenn Bldg. (8) “Law Live” Law School tour 9-9.30am and 12.20-12.50pm in society. Auckland Law School is the top-ranked Whether you’ve chosen to study Law or are still deciding, this session will be helpful. The Experiences Meet in front of the Davis Law Library. (9) Take a walk around the Law School with our law school in Aotearoa New Zealand and Bachelor of Laws regulations require students student ambassadors to see our student one of the best in the world (QS World to enrol in five non-Law courses during their and study spaces, including our Moot University Rankings in Law 2021). programme, as studying two disciplines Mooting demonstration: A day in court Court – an unaltered courtroom used for You can study Law in a conjoint broadens their knowledge. One of our student 10.20-10.50am | 1.40-2.10pm simulated court proceedings. The tour will programme with Advanced Science, Arts, advisors, Kelly Zhong, will explain more. Northey Lecture Theatre, Bldg 801, end back at the Davis Law Library. Commerce, Design, Engineering, Fine Arts, Auckland Law School. (9) Global Studies, Health Sciences, Music, Career pathways: Where can a Law Join the Mooting Society as they demonstrate Self-guided library tour Property or Science. degree take you? an exciting live court simulation. A “judge” will We look forward to exploring our courses preside over the court case while you get to act 9am-1.30pm 9.40-10.10am | 2.20-2.50pm and career opportunities with you. as the jury and decide who wins. Davis Law Library, Bldg 802, OGGB5, Level 0, Sir Owen G Glenn Bldg. (8) Auckland Law School. (9) If you’re considering studying Law, then this Negotiation demonstration: The art of The Library houses the largest collection Quick facts session is for you! We have invited some of our successful graduates to talk to you about their dispute resolution of legal texts, statutes and commentaries in Aotearoa. Students can access an experiences and career pathways. They will also 11-11.30am | 2.20-2.50pm extensive collection of specialist legal and share what it’s like to transition from being a Algie Lecture Theatre, Bldg 801, Auckland Law general databases as well as e-journals and Bachelor of Laws (LLB) school student to becoming a Law student. School. (9) e-books via the Library network 24/7. 4 years full-time Most cases before the courts are resolved 480 points Hui for future Māori Law students privately between the disputing parties before even making it to the courtroom steps. Walking bus Applications close 8 December 2021. 9.40-10.10am | 3-3.30pm Litigators have to be adept at resolving disputes 11.40am Northey Lecture Theatre, Bldg 801, using negotiation, mediation, arbitration and Sir Owen G Glenn Bldg to Auckland Law Auckland Law School. (9) other methods of dispute resolution. Come School. Meet at the Law School display. Why should Māori school leavers choose along to a demonstration of negotiation advocacy skills in practice. 12.20pm Auckland Law School? We will discuss the unique Auckland Law School to Sir Owen G Glenn support and opportunities available to tauira Bldg. Meet in front of the Davis Law Library. Māori here. These include the Māori Academic Programme (MAP), Undergraduate Targeted Join one of our walking buses and take the Admission Scheme for Māori (UTAS Māori), Te scenic route from the Owen G Glenn Bldg Rākau Ture, specialised Māori staff (Pouāwhina to the Law School or back via the University Māori, Pūkenga and Te Tai Haruru (TTH)). The grounds. Our student ambassadors will presentation will be followed by a question and point out key locations as you tread the answer session. well-worn path of many Law students before you. LECTURES: See map, pg. 38. DISPLAY: Level 1 Sir Owen G Glenn Bldg 12 Grafton Rd View webinars recorded at Open Day Online: 26 www.openday.ac.nz 27
Medical and Medical and Health Sciences Health Sciences Lectures Start your Open Day by attending our Introduction to Medical and Health Sciences lectures at City Campus. We’ll tell you about our Introduction to Medical and Health varied degree programmes and the associated study pathways you Sciences 9.40-10.10am | 11.40am-12.10pm | will need to follow. 2.20-2.50pm | 3-3.30pm Fisher & Paykel Appliances Auditorium, Level 1, Are you interested in a career in Medicine, Surgery, Pharmacy, Optometry or Medical Imaging? If Sir Owen G Glenn Bldg, 12 Grafton Rd. (8) so, your journey will begin with either the first year of a Bachelor of Health Sciences (BHSc) or the Attend this lecture to learn about which first year of a Bachelor of Science (BSc) majoring in Biomedical Science. The Bachelor of Nursing programme you should enter for your first (BNurs), Bachelor of Health Sciences, and Certificate in Health Sciences (CertHSc) are by direct step towards a career in Medical and Health entry from high school. Sciences. Māori and Pacific representation in the Quick facts health workforce 10.20-10.50am | 1-1.30pm Bachelor of Health Sciences Bachelor of Optometry (BOptom) OGGB3, Level 0, Sir Owen G Glenn Bldg, (BHSc) 12 Grafton Rd. (8) 5 years full-time 3 years full-time Learn about MAPAS, the Whakapiki Ake 600 points Project and the Certificate in Health Sciences 360 points You must meet the second-year entry programme. Applications close 8 December 2021. criteria.* Bachelor of Medical Imaging Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) (Hons) (BMedImag (Hons)) 4 years full-time 4 years full-time 480 points 480 points You must meet the second-year entry You must meet the second-year entry criteria.* criteria.* Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor (BSc Biomedical Science) of Surgery (MBChB) 3 years full-time 6 years full-time 360 points 720 points Applications close 8 December 2021. You must meet the second-year entry criteria.* Certificate in Health Sciences (CertHSc) Bachelor of Nursing (BNurs) 1 year full-time 3 years full-time 120 points 360 points Applications close 8 December 2021. Applications close 8 December 2021. LECTURES: See map, pg. 38. DISPLAY: Level 0 Sir Owen G Glenn Bldg 12 Grafton Rd *You can attend the Introduction to Medical and Health Sciences lecture and/or speak with us at our display stand. View webinars recorded at Open Day Online: 28 www.openday.ac.nz 29
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