Departments and Programmes within the College

School of Humanities American Studies Art History and Theory Cinema Studies Classics Cultural Studies English History Philosophy Centre for Fine Arts, Music and Theatre School of Fine Arts School of Music Theatre and Film Studies

School of Social and Political Sciences Anthropology Diplomacy and International Relations Gender Studies Health Studies Human Services International Law and Politics Media & Communication Journalism Political Science Sociology Social Work South Asia Studies

School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics Chinese European Languages and Cultures French German Japanese Linguistics Russian Spanish School of Maori and Indigenous Studies Maori and Indigenous Studies Te Reo Maori

Research Centres

Confucius Institute at University of Canterbury Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies NZ Australia Research Centre

NZ Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour (NZILBB) New Zealand South Asia Centre Social Science Research Centre Te Awatea Violence Research Centre

Te Puna Puoru National Centre for Research in Music Education and Sound Arts New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies National Centre for Research on Europe

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Announcements and Features

Apply now for 'Arts Scholars' Scholarships
The College of Arts has established 20 new scholarships to provide an enhanced learning experience for high achieving students studying in 2012. These scholarships will be available to school leavers and previously enrolled students returning to study any undergraduate or honours degree in the College.
For an application form visit the scholarships website.

NZILBB Experiments
NZILBB needs participants for the following experiments that we are currently running. All of our experiments have been approved by the UC Human Ethics Committee.

 

"Broad based critical thinking, the ability to acquire new knowledge, in new settings is so important. A liberal arts education is an extremely valuable skill to have." - Dr Rod Carr, Vice-Chancellor.

Spring Lecture Series
A free six-week series of lectures on politics, music, media, entrepreneurship, cycling and economics. Enrolment is essential - you may enrol in the full series by clicking on the QSP01 title link OR the title links for the individual lectures of your choice.

News

UC prepares for new academic year (18 January 2012)
The University of Canterbury is preparing to welcome students from around the world for the start of the 2012 academic year on 20 February.

UC academic wins prestigious essay prize (12 January 2012)
University of Canterbury English lecturer Philip Armstrong has won the prestigious Landfall essay prize for his essay on life following the Christchurch earthquakes, On Tenuous Ground.

Honours for UC alumni (10 January 2012)
Fourteen University of Canterbury alumni have been recognised in the 2012 New Year Honours List.

February start for UC Community Education programme (9 January 2012)
A new University of Canterbury Community Education programme will begin in February featuring a wide range of courses from archaeology, art history and biodiversity to mathematics and language development in children.

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