been a real success and will be further improved in 2019 and cemented for 2020. We are delighted to have established ourselves as key supporters and contributors to the Diversity Agenda – an industry-wide campaign that is galvanising scores of Kiwi companies around one common goal: 20 percent more women engineers and architects by 2021. Some of our initiatives have been the WiECan event, and clear expectations about behaviours aimed at changing the culture within the University. Industry work experience was an area of concern and changes have been made to make students safe in those work placements.
4. Globally aware and prepared to make a difference: Unique to UC is our Diploma in Global Humanitarian Engineering that focuses on improving the lot of under- served communities, be they poor, marginalised or otherwise disadvantaged, by increasing standard of living, capacity and resilience. This diploma shares 45 points with the Engineering (honours) degree making it achievable within the standard 4 year (honours) programme. 5. Catering for those without entry qualifications and for those with high School achievements:
Modified first year is offered to students who have achieved outstanding results in NCEA or similar. Top marks in calculus alone is no longer sufficient for a modified entry but top marks in MATH199 will be considered. This is a STAR course offered via distance. If you want more information please email liz.ackerley@canterbury.ac.nz or franka.menzies@canterbury.ac.nz Entry requirements remain at UE including 14 credits of more in calculus (including differentiation and integration), physics and for some disciplines (excluding Computer, Electrical and Electronic, Mechatronics and Software Engineering) Chemistry. Should a student not achieve any or all of these but do gain UE we have introductory courses that
they can take to meet the course prerequisites for the first year Engineering courses. The same goes for IB and CIE students who do not have a strong history in Mathematics ,Physics and Chemistry (minimum D at A level for CIE, 4HL or 6SL for IB). Other points of interest: • In 2020 you will see us changing our language to better align with other programmes on offer and to reduce confusion. Gone is the term “ Intermediate year ” , and in comes 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th year descriptors.
• Engineering double degrees and conjoints at UC are not encouraged. Double degrees can be entertained after the first year but we generally recommend focussing on the Bachelor of Engineering (honours) and then moving on to appropriate post graduate study e.g. 1 year Master of Engineering Management. This way students have the opportunity to graduate with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Diploma in Global Humanitarian Engineering and a Masters in Engineering Management within 5 years! We think this is better than a conjoint Bachelors degree within 5 and a half years or similar.
• Subject in the spot light: ENGR100. This is a 0 point, 0 cost compulsory course in first year. Engineering Academic Skills includes the Academic Writing Assessment that ALL Engineering students will need to pass before they can be approved into the 2 nd year of the Engineering programmes. Students will also be assigned into groups with a peer mentor (usually 2-3 rd year student) who will run a series of events around study habits, engineering challenges and social events. There will also be Ted-X style talks from each of the engineering programmes, so students can learn about what projects they will be working on as they study and where this can lead in industry.
• Statistics. Progression into 2nd Year generally sits around 70%. 10% transfer to other programmes, 15% come back to repeat, and 5% leave. In 2019, all students who passed all courses got there first choice of specialisation. Employment outcomes: While we can ’ t say we have 100% graduate employment we are pretty close! With so many interactions throughout the 4 years where students are meeting and working for companies, they generally develop a large enough network to find a job upon graduating.
Bachelor of Criminal Justice UC is the only university in Aotearoa offering a Bachelor of Criminal Justice. It takes a 360-degree look at the criminal justice system and brings in other disciplines such as sociology and psychology. It combines multi-disciplinary study with a strong vocational focus and can lead to careers in law enforcement, corrections, offender rehabilitation, working with young offenders, security, and border control.
The three-year degree combines multi-disciplinary academic study with a strong vocational focus, and provides the only comprehensive grounding in the New Zealand criminal justice system. Multi-disciplinary degree Students receive a solid grounding in New Zealand ’ s criminal justice system and its processes, including governance, enforcement, rehabilitation and improvement. Areas on interest covered include criminology, sociology, forensic science, developmental and abnormal psychology, criminal law and procedure, human services and policing.
Double degree It is possible to combine a BCJ with a second degree, such as Arts, Law or Science. Depending on what combination of degree this will generally take between 5 and 5 and a half years. Recommended background The degree does not require students to have a background in any specific subject at school and is open to all students with entry to university. Careers in criminal justice
Graduates with this degree have an edge in the crime and justice job markets, which are areas of growing national need and international specialisation. The qualification carries full endorsement from the Ministry of Justice, the Department of Corrections, and the New Zealand Police, all of which have senior members involved in the governance and development of the degree programme. A degree in Criminal Justice can lead to a wide range of careers, including law enforcement, corrections, offender rehabilitation, working with young offenders, criminal law, security and border control. There are 30 different career pathways within the police service, ranging from youth
education to criminal investigations. Graduates are currently working with the police and ministry of Corrections or with the Coroners office. Strong law, police, corrections and gang connections allow for students to get access to guest speakers from each of these areas. There are also internship opportunities offered through the PACE team at undergraduate level. CRIMSOC As the Faculty Club for the Bachelor of Criminal Justice Degree at UC, CRIMSOC is dedicated to all things criminal justice.
Bachelor of Communication • Develops a board skillset in media content production, planning, and research in international and national contexts • Students use a variety of communication technologies, including digital, audio and visual, and social media • Majors in: • Communication Strategy and Practice • Journalism • Political Communication • Tauwhitinga Māori: Māori Communication Strategy and Practice
Applied Communication degree, developed by those with links to communications degrees throughout the country with an aim to take the best of the rest and put them together in a complete package, then improve it! The outcome is a degree with a really solid structure that embeds digital communication throughout, with a unique major in Tauwhitinga M ā ori: M ā ori Communication Strategy and Practice. Benefits of taking BC at UC are that: • it is future proofed (digital, audio visual and social media); which is a real strength over other programmes • Smaller in size – so students won ’ t get ‘ lost in the crowd ’ • Unique major in Tauwhitinga M ā ori
• High employability • UC has 50 years of journalism as a foundation background. Some facts and figures: 62 first year in 2019, predicting 80-90 for 2020. Journalism major is restricted to 25. UC strength in political and international relations at undergrad and post grad level (Times Higher – top in NZ).
Bachelor of Product Design A combination of; • Creative design • Science/Engineering • Business studies Where graduates plan and develop items for use in homes, businesses, and industry. NZs only major in Chemical, Natural and Health Care Product Formulation alongside the ever popular Applied and Immersive Game Design and Industrial Product Design majors. Double degrees and conjoints available
What is it? Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijmj2RMJjMc&feature= emb_logo ; Applied Immersive Game Design https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl3K6VRW3gw&featur e=emb_logo ; Chemical, Natural and Healthcare Product Formulation https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=8sN mj7Aze7I&feature=emb_logo ; Industrial Product Design Benefits of the Bachelor of Product Design at UC:
• Expertise (within and external to the School of Product Design e.g. Engineering department and triple crown accredited School of Business) • A true multidisciplinary degree (that can only come about through a campus University) Product Design is going from strength to strength: • The facilities have been refurbished to a high standard and recruitment of new specialist academics into vacancies have been made, additional kit has also been
purchase which allows for a greater practical nature to the degree. • UC was awarded large funding grant from Govt. around Applied Immersive Game Design, allowing for the hiring of further additional specialised staff and equipment. • Technical electives will need to be selected from the Science/Engineering schedules (as per the regulations) with new special topics under development. First year students developed playground equipment for children with disabilities, skin care for people with diabetes,
a device to assist visually impaired with drinking a cup of tea and developed an app to create a safe learning space for children with autism. Common question with our Product Design students is what type of devise/computer should they get: For students majoring in Industrial Product Design who would like the option to do CAD work on their laptop then an Nvidia GPU, even a low end one is a good idea, and 16GB of RAM is a good choice if they want to upgrade a little. For students majoring in Applied Immersive Game Design, an Nvidia GPU, even a low end one, is almost essential.
The first cohort are in their final year, so there is no concrete graduate data related to employability. Though, it must be remembered that this degree was designed at the request of industry.
Majors and Minors worth noting Commerce • Innovation • Tourism Marketing and Management Science • Financial Engineering Engineering • Biomedical Engineering Youth and Community Leadership Mix and match
Image: Samantha Jones (Bachelor of Commerce, Master of Engineering in Management) started the ethical uniform manufacturer Little Yellow Bird through UC's Centre for Entrepreneurship | Te Pokap ū Rakahinonga. Little Yellow Bird produces clothing through ethical trade labour and sustainable materials in India. Samantha was named New Zealand's Young Innovator of the Year in 2017, and is a recipient of a prestigious Edmund Hillary Fellowship for entrepreneurs. Innovation Through Innovation studies at UC, students will learn about the development and commercialisation of new ideas, with direct input from local organisations. Students
will use real-world examples to identify opportunities for innovation, learn how to recognise the impact their ideas will have, and also have the chance to implement these within an organisation. We treat this set of skills as a different sub set to strategy and entrepreneurship which is focussed on the highest level of managerial activity. Tourism Marketing and Management explores the growth of the contemporary tourism industry, and its vast impact on a country ’ s economy, environment, culture, residents, and on tourists themselves. This subject focuses strongly on the development, management, and marketing of tourism, including issues of destination marketing and branding,
impacts of tourism, M ā ori tourism, and insights into marketing practices in the hospitality and events sector. UC ’ s focus on the management and marketing side of tourism is unique from other universities. On a national level, Aotearoa New Zealand ’ s tourism industry is mostly composed of medium to small tourism businesses, so there is a growing need for graduates with managerial experience in tourism. UC is ranked first in Aotearoa New Zealand for research in Marketing and Tourism (Te Amorangi M ā tauranga Matua | Tertiary Education Commission 2018 PBRF assessment).
Financial Engineering Only major of its kind in New Zealand and echoes trends abroad in the UK, USA and Europe. This subject was created in response to employer demand and international growth in this and related fields. Combines Actuarial science with Finance/economics and computer/software engineering. Biomedical Engineering is an important sub-discipline in Mechanical Engineering, and there has been a long tradition of postgraduate study and research in the biomedical engineering and medical device fields at UC.
This undergraduate minor will allow students to retain the breadth of knowledge acquired in Mechanical Engineering, and acquire specialised skills in Biomedical Engineering; rather than specialising in one sub-discipline for their whole degree. This approach is intended to enhance the employability of our graduates who desire to pursue their career as a professional engineer in the health sector, and expose students to postgraduate study UC has in the field. Youth and Community leadership can be taken as a minor in Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Sports Coaching.
Mix n ’ match • Doing a Bachelor of Science – take a minor from Sports Coaching, Youth and Community Leadership, Commerce or Arts • Doing a Bachelor of Commerce – take a minor from Arts, Science, Sports Coaching or Youth and Community Leadership • Doing a Bachelor of Arts – take a minor from Science, Sports Coaching, Commerce, Youth and Community Leadership • Doing Sports Coaching – take a minor from Arts, Commerce, Science, Youth and Community Leadership
UC Learn| Ako Employability
2018 Graduate Destination Survey Domestic, Permanent Resident New Zealanders 84% of all respondents (89% Intl and International students report nearly equal proportions of full-time employment after respondents) indicated that they participated graduating in at least one form of work integrated learning 81% were in employment 80% of those not in employment were in further study (most with the aim of further specialisation)
84% of all respondents (89% Intl respondents) indicated that they participated in at least one of the following: Clinical placement/practice, engineering practical work, teaching placement, industry project, internship for credit, research placement, international exchange/study abroad, volunteer work, work experience.
Attitudes to current employment
Just short of 90% of those in employment were in their ideal employment or indicated that it was a step in the right direction towards their ideal employment.
Employment by field of study
We also looked at employment relative to their field of study and found unsurprising patterns of employment dependant on field of study. Visual and Performing Arts, and Health graduates tended to have 203 employment roles where as those in Law were most likely to be in one employment position. This is important data when looking to match up personality traits and prospective careers.
Tim Williams (Takapuna Grammar School) Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Natural Resources Engineering • Worked at Beca • Currently a PhD student, University of Michigan, USA • Switched from Science to Engineering • Study Exchange to Berkeley in California • Recommends moving away from home to study to help make the experience richer and more memorable
'I was originally doing a Science degree, but halfway through the first year I saw the light and realised that Engineering was the perfect match for me, combining my interests in maths and physics and applying these principles to real- world problems. In the future I'd like to do something that is helping the world in some way, ’ he says. Tim took advantage of the opportunity to study abroad and did a study exchange at Berkeley in California. 'Exchanges are great – you don't have to pay extra fees and there is a huge range of places that you can go to. It's been a great way to get to know a different country and have fun travelling while
studying – I ’ ve been to Yosemite, San Francisco, Lake Tahoe and the Grand Canyon. I've met people from all over the world who will be good to keep in touch with for the rest of my life. It's allowed me to study new areas such as climate change mitigation and air pollution. ‘ Having taken part in UC's Emerging Leaders programme in his first year, Tim went on to serve on the committee of Engineers Without Borders and help organise its national conference. Tim says that this culture is a highlight of studying at UC. 'There is an amazing community here and if you get involved
I can guarantee that you won't regret it. The UCSA puts on some great events and has so many clubs to join, which cater for any interest – I know my friends at other universities are jealous. Tim is from Auckland and was keen to move away from home to study. With UC already a top choice, visiting for a campus tour sealed the decision for him. 'The wide open grassy areas and all the huge trees were amazing, and something you don't get at other campuses in the centre of a city. I'm also a huge fan of the outdoors and I love skiing and tramping. Christchurch is the perfect place for
this. I think this attracts a lot of people to UC, so it brings all these like-minded people together, and it's really easy to make friends. 'I'd definitely recommend moving away from home for university. Although it may seem daunting, university is the next stage in your life after high school and moving away from home helps to make the experience richer and much more memorable. ‘ After graduating Tim worked at Beca for a while before deciding that research was for him – asking the
questions not solving them. He is now at the university of Michigan, USA.
Emma Lowe (Kings’ College) Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Civil Engineering • Works at Beca in Auckland as a graduate Civil Engineer • Interned at Fulton Hogan in Christchurch and Beca in Auckland • ENSOC – industry representative • UC Women in Engineering – President & Secretary • Salvation Army Food Truck Volunteer
Emma always knew she wanted to get in to Civil Engineering and saw UC as an attractive University to go to because it allowed for the away from home University experience.
Georgie Dibble (Kristin School) Bachelor of Commerce in Finance, International Business and Management • UC Thailand Internship programme • Newly elected to UCSA executive as Equity and wellbeing representative • Enjoys the slightly smaller scale of UC Business – not just a number and so many more opportunities
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