Open Schedule
General Education courses in the Open Schedule are approved for all undergraduate programmes.
Please visit Course Outlines to find more details about the following courses.
| Subject | Code | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Transdisciplinarity | TDAIS 100* | Artificial Intelligence and Society |
| Transdisciplinarity | TDDEM 100* | Democracy in the 21st century |
| Transdisciplinarity | TDENVF 100* | Our Environmental Futures: Te Taiao Tāngata |
| Transdisciplinarity | TDFOOD 100* | The Future of Food |
| Transdisciplinarity | TDMIGR 100* | Migration Futures |
| Transdisciplinarity | TDMOANA 100* | Tagata Moana, Tangata Whenua: Hawaki Futures |
| Accounting | ACCTG 151G | Financial Literacy |
| Astrosciences | ASTRO 200G | Astrobiology |
| Biological Sciences | BIOSCI 100G | Antarctica: The Frozen Continent |
| Chinese | CHINESE 100G | Beginning Modern Chinese 1 |
| Design | DESIGN 102G | Design for Sustainable Futures |
| Disability Studies | DISABLTY 113G** | Making Disabilities: The Construction of Ideas |
| Drama | DRAMA 100G | Taking the Stage: Performance and Presentation Skills |
| Education | EDUC 100G | The Creative Process |
| Education | EDUC 105G | Teaching:Tales and Traditions |
| English | ENGLISH 121G | Reading/Writing/Text |
| Exercise Sciences | EXERSCI 100G | Exercise and Fitness: Myths and Reality |
| Fine Arts | FINEARTS 109G | Introduction to Photographic Practice |
| Fine Arts | FINEARTS 211G | Understanding Contemporary Fashion Design |
| French |
FRENCH 101G | Introductory French Language 1 |
| Gender Studies | GENDER 101G | Gender: Global and Local |
| Geography | GEOG 104G | Cities and Urbanism |
| German | GERMAN 101G | German Language Introductory 1 |
| Global Studies | GLOBAL 101G | Global Issues, Sustainable Futures |
| Innovation | INNOVATE 100G | Innovation Through Design |
| Italian | ITALIAN 100G | Introductory Italian Language |
| Japanese | JAPANESE 130G | Introduction to Japanese Language 1A |
| Korean | KOREAN 110G | Korean for Beginners 1 |
| Latin | LATIN 100G | Introduction to Latin Language 1 |
| Māori Studies | MĀORI 101G | Introduction to Written Māori |
| Māori Studies | MĀORI 130G | Te Ao Māori / The Māori World |
| Marine Science | MARINE 100G | The Oceans Around Us |
| Medical Science |
MEDSCI 100G | Human Mind and Body Relationships |
| Medical Science | MEDSCI 101G | Environmental Threats to Human Health |
| Pharmacy | PHARMACY 111G | Drugs and Society |
| Philosophy | PHIL 105G | Critical Thinking |
| Population Health | POPLHLTH 103G | Epidemics: Black Death to Bioterrorism |
| Samoan | SAMOAN 101G | Samoan Language 1 |
| Science General |
SCIGEN 101G | Communicating in a Knowledge Society |
| Spanish | SPANISH 104G | Beginners’ Spanish 1 |
| Sustainability | SUSTAIN 100G | Sustainability and Us |
| Theology | THEOREL 101G | The Bible and Popular Culture |
| Tongan | TONGAN 101G | Tongan Language 1 |
**Please refer to the General Education Regulations, note (v) in the University Calendar.
*Please refer to the New in 2025.
More information about General Education courses
- You can also choose courses from the General Education Faculty Schedule(s) approved for your degree.
- Please note, as of 12 June 2023 the regulations for General Education have changed. The changes now allow for you to take courses in the same subject to fulfil your General Education requirements. However, if you pass other non-General Education courses in the same subject as your completed General Education courses, then any General Education course/s you have previously taken in this same subject can no longer be used to meet the General Education requirement for the degree they are in, e.g., if you pass DANCE 101G and DANCE 201G and then subsequently take DANCE 131, then DANCE 101G and DANCE 201G will no longer meet your General Education requirement. If you have any questions about how to meet your General Education requirement, please see the Student Hubs.