The Bachelor of Arts (BA) is Otago's most flexible undergraduate degree programme, enabling students to study from a selection of more than 40 arts and social science subjects, as well as papers offered elsewhere in the University. Academic breadth is complemented by in-depth knowledge gained through majoring in one or two subjects with the option of minors in one or two others. Students are taught by research-active scholars, are expected to undertake a diverse range of learning tasks and are challenged to develop their intellectual independence. Graduates of the programme are well-informed, versatile, independent thinkers with the information literacy, communication, research and interpersonal skills necessary for a career or further academic study. The completed BA is an entry qualification for the PGDipArts in the major subject of the degree. Pacific Islands Studies Pacific Islands Studies is taught across several departments. Papers are chosen for their coverage of topics such as Pacific prehistory, Pacific people's issues, Pacific history, Pacific religion and church history, Pacific art history, intercultural film and media studies, as well as Māori culture and history. Programme Requirements 100-level PACI 101 Pacific Societies. One of: ANTH 103 Anthropology, Culture and Society; ANTH 105 Global and Local Cultures; HIST 107 New Zealand in the World from the 18th Century; MAOR 102 Māori Society; MFCO 102 Understanding Contemporary Media; PACI 102 Pacific Dance: An Introduction; PACI 103 Languages and Cultures of the Pacific: An Introduction. 200-level PACI 201 Contemporary Pacific Island Issues or PACI 210 Special Topic: Pacific Bodies: Pacific Worlds; ARCH 204 Pacific Archaeology. One of: ANTH 205 Contemporary Pacific Cultures; GEOG 278 Geographies of the South Pacific; HIST 208 Pacific Islands to c. 1900; MAOR 207 Ngā Kōrero Nehe - Tribal Histories; MFCO 212 Media and Intercultural Communication; MUSI 228 Music in Pacific Cultures; or approved Special Topic papers relevant to the Pacific Islands in ANTH, ARCH, ARTV, CHTH, GEOG, HIST, MAOR. 300-level PACI 301 Gafa o Tagata Pasifika - Pacific Diaspora in New Zealand or PACI 310 Special Topic: Sino Pasifika - Pacific Bodies Three of: ANTH 316 Labour and Society GEOG 378 Geographies of the South Pacific HIST 337 Environmental History of the Pacific INDV 307 Ancient East Polynesian Histories MAOR 307 Te Tūtakitanga o Ngā Ao e Rua MUSI 328 Music in Pacific Cultures (Advanced) POLS 320 Pacific Geopolitics in the 21st Century SOWK 304 Kaupapa Māori, and Indigenous Approaches to Social Work or approved Special Topic papers relevant to the Pacific Islands in ANTH, ARTV, CHTH, GEOG, HIST, MAOR Up to 90 points may be taken from outside Arts