Bachelor of Social and Environmental Sustainability

Summary

The BSEnS explores the biggest problems we face globally, from pollution and climate change to world hunger.

You will gain meaningful skills including understanding how and why these issues happen, and the actionable steps we need to change these.

Help us build a sustainable and equitable future in business, policy, and global society.

What will my study involve?

• Courses come from a variety of different subjects — including Environmental Science, Policy, and Marketing — so you can get a full view of the global issues that you are passionate about and learn how you can achieve behaviour change and social action.
• Use UC’s local and global contacts with entrepreneurs, environmental scientists, tangata whenua, and other change makers.
• You can take a minor from subjects across Arts, Commerce, Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Digital Screen, Health, Product Design, Science, Sport, and Youth and Community Leadership.

Subjects and Courses

• SENS101 Introduction to the Principles and Concepts of Sustainability
• ENVR101 Introduction to Environmental Science
• MAOR108 Te Patu a Maui: The Treaty of Waitangi — facing and overcoming colonisation
• COMS105 Public Communication OR WRIT101 Writing for Academic Success
• SENS201 Systems Thinking for Sustainability
• ARTS102 Problems, Questions, Evidence OR STAT101 Statistics 1
• SENS301 Sustainability Transitions, Transformation and Agents of Change
• PACE295 Internship
• Environmental Policy, Governance and Social Justice
• Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainable Partnerships
• Social Action, Community and Global Development
• Sustainable Business, Enterprise and Economics
• Accounting
• Animation
• Anthropology
• Art History and Theory
• Artificial Intelligence
• Astronomy
• Biochemistry
• Biological Sciences
• Business Analytics
• Business and Sustainability
• Chemical Formulation Design
• Chemistry
• Chinese
• Cinema Studies
• Cinematic Arts
• Classics
• Community Music
• Computer Science
• Criminal Justice
• Creative Writing
• Cultural Studies
• Cybersecurity and Networking
• Digital Humanities
• Digital Product Design
• Earth Science
• Economics
• Education
• English
• Entrepreneurship
• Environmental Science
• European and European Union Studies
• Exercise and Sport Nutrition
• Finance
• French
• Game Arts
• Game Development
• Gender and Sexuality Studies
• Geography
• Geology
• German
• Graphic Design
• Health Education
• Health Research
• Health Science
• Health Studies
• History
• Human Resource Management
• Human Services
• Indigenous Narrative
• Industrial Product Design
• Information Systems
• Innovation
• International Business
• Japanese
• Linguistics
• Māori and Indigenous Health
• Māori and Indigenous Studies
• Marketing
• Mathematics
• Media and Communication
• Music
• Nutrition
• Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Pacific Studies
• Performance Data Analysis
• Philosophy
• Physical Activity and Wellbeing
• Physics
• Political Science and International Relations
• Population Health Data Science
• Professional and Community Engagement
• Psychology
• Public Health
• Russian
• Screen Sound
• Screenwriting
• Sociology
• Spanish
• Sport Coaching
• Sport Management
• Sport Studies
• Statistics
• Strength and Conditioning
• Taxation
• Te Ao Hākinakina
• Te Reo Māori
• Tourism Marketing and Management
• Writing
• Youth and Community Leadership