The Unistart papers for 2025 are now available on the University of Waikato website. The website contains links to more information about each paper as well as Unistart programme information.

Some exciting fields that are being offered in papers are:

• Forensic and Criminological Psychology (in Trimester A this year)

• Gender and Sexuality: Representations and Realities

• Criminology and Social Justice in New Zealand

• Crime Science and Prevention

• Aotearoa Histories: Past and Future (New Paper!!)

• Promoting Mental and Physical Health (New Paper!!)

• 1000 Years of Music (New Paper!!)

• Jazz Improvisation Combo 1 (New Paper!!)

Those students interested in Climate Change and the changing world could also be interested in:

• Critical Social Science Research: The Crisis of Climate Change

• Introduction to Environmental Planning

• Future Cities

• Sustainable Geographies

• A Planet Under Pressure

This year there are more language papers on offer in:

• Spanish

• Chinese

• French

• Korean

• Japanese

For those students interested in Māori papers, we have the following papers available to Unistart students:

• Kōkiri: Academic Skills for Indigenous Studies

• He Hinātore ki te Ao Māori: Introducing the Māori World

• Te Tiriti o Waitangi: An Introduction to the Treaty of Waitangi

Students can enrol online now.