General Education Regulations and Schedules
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General Education Regulations
1 Students required to include General Education in their programme must pass courses as specified in the Regulations and Schedules for their programme.
2 a A student will not meet the General Education requirement for their programme if they complete a General Education course with the same subject code as any non-General Education course they have previously passed, or are already enrolled in.
b A student will not meet the General Education requirement for their programme if they subsequently enrol in and pass a course with the same subject code as a General Education course which has been passed for their programme, unless the subsequent course is either another General Education course or is assigned to a different programme. Where appropriate the student may be able to use previously completed General Education course(s) to meet another degree requirement. This regulation does not apply to the following courses:
(i) LAW 121G, 131 and 141 provided no other courses from Parts II–IV of the LLB were completed
(ii) EDUC 100G for students enrolled in the BEd(Tchg).
c A student who transfers programmes can meet the General Education requirement of their new programme using a course in a subject in which they have passed more than one course if the only courses in that subject credited or reassigned to their new programme are General Education courses.
d DISABLTY 113G does not meet the General Education requirement for the Bachelor of Social Work.
3 a Where multiple Waipapa Taumata Rau (WTR) courses are listed in the General Education Schedules as meeting a programme’s General Education requirement, a student may only enrol in the WTR course that is aligned with the faculty offering their programme, or, for a conjoint degree programme, with a faculty offering a component of their conjoint degree programme.
b A student may only use up to one WTR course (WTR 101, WTRAED 100, WTRBUS 100, WTRENG 100, WTRMHS 100, WTRSCI 100) to meet their General Education requirement.
c WTRENG 100 only meets the General Education requirement for the Bachelor of Design, and all Bachelor of Design conjoint degree programmes except for the BDes/BE(Hons). WTRENG 100 does not meet the General Education requirement for any other programmes, including the BDes/BE(Hons) conjoint degree programme.
d WTR 100, WTR 101, WTRAED 100, WTRBUS 100, WTRENG 100, WTRMHS 100, WTRSCI 100 do not meet the General Education requirement for any programme where a WTR course is listed as a compulsory course or core requirement for the programme. From 2026 this includes the Bachelor of Architectural Studies, the Bachelor of Education (Teaching), the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), any Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) conjoint degree programme, the Bachelor of Health Sciences, any Bachelor of Health Sciences conjoint degree programme, the Bachelor of Optometry or the Bachelor of Urban Planning (Honours).
e A student enrolled in the Bachelor of Global Studies, Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Laws (Honours), a Bachelor of Global Studies conjoint degree programme, a Bachelor of Laws conjoint degree programme or a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) conjoint degree programme may meet the General Education requirement by completing one of WTRAED 100, WTRBUS 100 or WTRSCI 100.
4 Language courses do not satisfy the General Education requirement for a student who has prior knowledge of the language (for example, as a native speaker, through formal or informal study, or through living with others who speak the language). A student with prior knowledge of the language may be declined enrolment or the enrolment may be deleted at the discretion of the Academic Head or nominee.
5 a A student who is required to meet the Academic English Language Requirement through the completion of an approved academic English Language course, as specified in the Enrolment and Programme Regulations, Academic English Language Requirement, of the University Calendar, may substitute one of ACADENG 100, 101, 104, ENGWRIT 101 for 15 points of General Education.
b In exceptional circumstances approval may be given by the relevant Associate Dean Academic for a student who has already met the Academic English Language Requirement to substitute one of ACADENG 100, 101,104, ENGWRIT 101 for 15 points of General Education.
Notes:
(i) Some courses available for General Education are also available as part of regular degree requirements. The content and assessment for both occurrences of the course are the same. Where a course is offered as both a General Education and non-General Education version, a student must enrol in the General Education offering of a course in order to meet the General Education requirements of their programme.
(ii) Some General Education courses have limits on the number of students who can enrol. Places in these courses will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.