A Massey Bachelor of Arts is your passport to discovering, questioning and understanding the big issues and big ideas. Discover new ways of making sense of life in the 21st century. You’ll explore humanity’s richness and diversity, its conflicts and cataclysms, its triumphs of art and knowledge.

With 26 majors to choose from, there’s something for everyone. You can also select your major in your second year, so there’s plenty of time to make a choice.

What you – and employers – are looking for

• Give you the transferable skills demanded by employers
• Position you for any career path you choose
• Be intellectually stimulating
• Offer you a rich diversity of subjects
• Complement your major(s) and/or minor(s)
• Help you make sense of and engage with the wider world.

Discover a whole new world

You’ll be introduced to new ways of making sense of the world. Your assumptions and ideas will be challenged. Your ability to make informed choices, evaluate evidence and construct reasoned arguments will be strengthened. And you will use your intellect and imagination to generate imaginative solutions to complex local and global challenges.

Shape your BA to fit your lifestyle

If studying on campus is not an option for you, study via distance. Your study will fit with your lifestyle and your commitments. Whatever your circumstances, we’ve got you covered.

The nature of work is rapidly changing, and our research with employers tells us that the BA is highly relevant to today’s business environment. Transferable skills such as problem solving, critical thinking and communication, which are at the core of the BA, ­will enable you to thrive in today’s job market.

Studying a BA at Massey will ensure you develop these skills and make you ready for the jobs of the future.

Our research tells us that our BA graduates work right across the public and private sectors. We have graduates working in:

• IT and other tech sectors
• education and training
• health care and social assistance
• public administration and government services
• information, media and telecommunications
• financial and insurance services
• arts, design and recreation
• defence.