艺术学士学位（BA）是奥塔哥大学最灵活的本科学位课程，使学生能够从40多种艺术和社会科学学科以及大学其他地方提供的论文中进行学习。学术广度是通过在一门或两门主修专业中选择一门或两门未成年专业而获得的深入知识来补充的。它通常在三年的全日制课程中进行，或者在兼职学习中进行同等水平的学习。社会学的目的是理解和解释社会行为和关系的各个方面。社会学鼓励人们对社会参与过程进行批判性分析，并将注意力集中在权力，不平等，社会分裂以及个人和文化认同的动态上。这些动态和社会结构随时间变化的方式受到重视。
Sociology considers the ways that everyday lives relate to the social structures that shape identity, relationships and power in society. Students of Sociology develop a set of critical lenses that shed new light on the social world. A Sociology degree will prepare students to dissect the multiple layers of our social reality with all its pitfalls and promises and apply that knowledge to guide our society to a better future. While the experience of being poor, unemployed or discriminated against is felt very deeply at the personal level, our sociological imagination encourages us to understand how the thoughts, feelings and actions of the individual relate to broader structural and historical realities.