MEMORANDUM/MANATU 
To/Ki a:   
Matt Angel, Secretary to the Senate 
From/Nā: 
Deputy Secretary to the Council  
CC/ He kapa mā: 
Date/Te rā: 
16 May 2023 
Re/Te Kaupapa:  
Approval from the University of Otago Council  
 
 
 
Communications from the Senate 
 
At its meeting on Tuesday, 9 May 2023, the University Council received Communications from the 
Senate, dated 14 March 2023 and 27 April 2023, and 
 
 
APPROVED 
 
 
(i) 
Academic Proposals to be submitted to the Committee on 
 
University Academic Programmes: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Registrar and Secretary to the Council 
University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand 
T: +64 3 479 8899  E: [email address]  W: otago.ac.nz 

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-  the deletion of the Bachelor of Applied Science and 
Bachelor of Applied Science with Honours, with some 
subjects to be retained and transferred to new qualifications: 
 
Transfer the following majors to the BSc 
•  Agricultural Innovation 
•  Aquaculture and Fisheries 
•  Data Science 
•  Energy Management 
•  Environmental Management 
•  Forensic Analytical Science 
•  Geographic Information Systems 
•  Physical Education, Activity and Health 
•  Software Engineering 
•  Sport and Exercise Nutrition 
 
Transfer the following minors to the BSc 
•  Agricultural Innovation 
•  Aquaculture and Fisheries 
•  Computational Modelling 
•  Energy Management 
•  Environmental Management 
•  Geographic Information Systems 
•  Physical Education, Activity and Health 
•  Software Engineering 

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•  Sport and Exercise Nutrition 
•  Supplementary Nutritional Science (for students 
majoring in Sport and Exercise Nutrition only) 
 
Add to the BA, BA(Hons), PGDipArts and BACom 
•  Environmental Management 
 
Transfer the following subjects to the BSc(Hons) 
•  Aquaculture and Fisheries 
•  Energy Management 
•  Environmental Management 
•  Forensic Analytical Science 
•  Geographic Information Systems 
•  Software Engineering 
•  Sport and Exercise Nutrition 
•  Telecommunications 
 
 
 

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