Course descriptions

ACCTG 151G Financial Literacy

Provides a grounding in the concepts and basic tools that form a foundation for financial competence.

ANCIENT 110G Classical Mythology

A study of ancient Greek and Roman mythology through the works of major writers and artists from the Greco-Roman world.

ARTSGEN 103G Ko Wai Tātou? Who Are We?

Ko wai tātou? Who are we? Who are our people and communities? What do our ideas about who we are mean for relations of in/equality or how we experience belonging individually and collectively? In addressing these questions, this course considers how knowledge of place enhances your learning, the significance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and how knowledge systems frame understanding.

ASTRO 100G Planets, Stars and Galaxies

Combines interdisciplinary research to consider the origins of life on earth and the possibility of life on other planets.

ASTRO 200G Astrobiology

Examines the potential of the universe to harbour life using perspectives from Geology, Biology, Astronomy, Chemistry, Physics, Philosophy, and Ethics.

BIOSCI 100G Antarctica: The Frozen Continent

A general introduction to Antarctica and its environs including the Southern Ocean and the sub-Antarctic islands.

CHEM 100G Molecules that Changed the World

The impact of chemistry on the modern world will be explored by focusing on the stories of specific molecules.

CHINESE 100G Beginning Modern Chinese 1

Learn with basic Chinese grammar patterns, vocabulary and conversational skills.

DANCE 101G Introduction to Dance and Creative Processes

Develop an understanding of our moving bodies through movement awareness, dance improvisation, choreography, and interdisciplinary arts processes.

DESIGN 102G Design for Sustainable Futures

Learn how design approaches complement current practices across a variety of fields.

DISABLTY 113G Making Disabilities: The Construction of Ideas

This course looks at how social and cultural ideas of disability are expressed in popular culture through film, television and print media.

DRAMA 100G Presentation and Performance: Taking the Stage

Acting enhances your oral communication and performance skills. This course helps you develop transferable skills in public speaking, improvisation and group-devised performance.

EARTHSCI 105G Natural Hazards: A Global Perspective

This course examines how normal processes of the earth-atmosphere-hydrosphere-space systems result in events that are capable of dealing disastrous blows to humans on the scale of individual lives to civilizations.

ECON 151G Understanding the Global Economy

This course engages with how economics affects our daily lives and the global environment in many ways.

EDUC 100G The Creative Process

Examines theories and practices of creativity through a variety of disciplines. What is creativity? Can creativity be learnt?

EDUC 105G Teaching: Tales and Traditions

How should we teach? What counts as knowledge? What contradictions do teachers encounter? This course explores teaching traditions and stories.

EDUC 121G How People Learn

This course focuses on learning in formal and informal settings, examining the nature of intelligence and how to help personal learning and the learning of others.

ENGLISH 121G Reading/Writing/Text

A course developing university-wide skills of reading, writing and analysis.

ENVPHYS 100G Sun, Sand, Surf: Science of Aotearoa

This course establishes the physical principles underlying nature, empowering students to explain everyday environmental phenomena.

EXERSCI 100G Exercise and Fitness: Myths and Reality

How does the body move and respond to exercise, how can its performance be measured, and how is fitness developed and maintained to optimise health? What are the common myths about exercise and how are they debunked?

FINEARTS 109G Introduction to Photographic Practice

The course introduces the methods, concepts and contemporary contexts of photographic practice alongside the development of a photographic portfolio.

FRENCH 101G Introductory French 1

This course introduces students to spoken and written French.

GENDER 101G Global and Local

The course examines the meaning of gender across a range of subjects and issues on the global stage and in our everyday lives.

GEOG 104G Cities and Urbanism

This course introduces geographic approaches to urban environments and issues.

GERMAN 101G German Language Introductory 1

Aims to provide German learners with basic vocabulary and conversational skills.

GLOBAL 101G Global Issues, Sustainable Futures

Introduces students to the theory, science and practice of sustainability including population issues, consumption, resource issues and environmental degradation.

HISTORY 103G Global History

Encourages students to think historically about concepts such as globalisation and global connectedness by examining key themes and developments that have affected the world’s peoples over the last six centuries.

INNOVATE 100G Innovation Through Design

Offers students the opportunity to learn about design using a range of tools ranging from virtual reality headsets, 3D printing, LEGO serious play and storytelling.

INTBUS 151G Business Across Borders

Explores the influence of international trade and multinational corporations on the contemporary global economy.

ITALIAN 100G Introductory Italian Language

Learn basic Italian communication skills through a combination of in-class instruction and interactive online activities.

JAPANESE 130G Introduction to Japanese Language 1A

Aims to develop basic proficiency in modern Japanese necessary to communicate in particular situations.

KOREAN 110G Korean for Beginners 1

Aims to introduce beginners to basic spoken and written skills in modern Korean.

LATIN 100G Introduction to Latin Language 1

Teachs the fundamentals of Latin grammar and vocabulary.

LAW 121G Law and Society

What are the characteristics of the New Zealand legal system? How do law and society relate?

LINGUIST 101G Language, Mind and Society

This course looks at how different groups in society use language to keep our communities functioning and to manage our identities.

MĀORI 101G Introduction to Written Māori

An introduction to listening, reading, writing and translation techniques used in the composition, reading and understanding of basic Māori.

MĀORI 103G Introduction to Spoken Māori

An introduction to spoken Māori for those with no previous knowledge of the language.

MĀORI 130G Te Ao Māori / The Māori World

Māori 130G is an introduction to the Māori world, culture and experiences.

MARINE 100G The Ocean Around Us

An interdisciplinary approach to oceans which considers them as drivers of climate, sources of sustenance, and the focus of domestic and international political, economic and legal negotiations.

MATHS 101G Mathematics in Society

Explores some of the fundamental mathematical ideas that pervade everyday activity.

MEDSCI 100G Human Mind and Body Relationships

How does the structure of your body affect your thoughts and feelings, and how do your thoughts and feelings affect your body?

MEDSCI 101G Environmental Threats to Human Health

Considers the potential health impacts of climate change, pollution, lifestyle choices, workplace hazards, infectious diseases and cancer.

MKTG 151G Essential Marketing

This course is designed for non-business students and provides an inside view of the world of marketing.

MUS 144G Turning-Points in Western Music

A study of the history and literature of Western music from medieval times to the late 20th-century.

MUS 149G From Rock to Reggae: Tracking Popular Music in New Zealand

An introduction to New Zealand’s home-grown popular music, from roughly the 1950s to the present day.

PACIFIC 100G Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa/Pacific Worlds

An introduction to the discipline of Pacific Studies, using the twin perspectives of language and indigenous knowledges as a framework for the expression and understanding of Pacific cultures.

PHARMACY 111G Drugs and Society

Enhance your understanding and appreciation of the multifaceted and diverse roles that drugs play in human societies particularly in contemporary New Zealand.

PHIL 105G Critical Thinking

In this course, you will learn how to systematically evaluate your beliefs and develop techniques to form good beliefs and avoid bad ones.

POPLHLTH 103G Epidemics: Black Death to Bioterrorism

Epidemics have devastated human populations. Learn about past and present epidemics and how we might control them.

PSYCH 109G Mind, Brain and Behaviour

Designed to introduce students to the experimental study of, and research in, psychology.

SAMOAN 101G Samoan Language 1

In this course you will gain knowledge of basic Samoan by developing skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing.

SCIGEN 101G Communicating in a Knowledge Society

In this course students gain an understanding of the important role communication plays in a knowledge society.

SCIGEN 201G Innovating in a Knowledge Society

A case study analysis of the ways innovation is enabled (or constrained) in science-based organisations and social environments.

SOCIOL 101G Understanding Aotearoa New Zealand

Provides an introduction to the sociological analysis of New Zealand society.

SPANISH 104G Beginners Spanish 1

This course introduces the language, cultures and traditions of Spain and Latin America.

SUSTAIN 100G Sustainability and Us

What is 'sustainability'? What values underpin it and what role can individuals and organisations play in creating sustainable practices?

TDAIS 100 Artificial Intelligence and Society

Explores the impacts of Artificial Intelligence on society. Working in teams, students will investigate how Artificial Intelligence systems work and their impacts on the legal, social, ethical, and indigenous systems.

TDDEM 100 Democracy in the 21st Century

Examines the challenges to democracy in New Zealand and globally arising from high inequality, the changing information environment, and authoritarian movements.

TDENVF 100 Our Environmental Futures: Te Taiao Tāngata

Explore the complex relationships between environmental systems and humans by examining the real-world contexts of waitā (sea), waitī (freshwater) and whenua (land) and develop the mindset to tackle current and future environmental challenges.

TDFOOD 100 The Future of Food

Explores the global food system with a focus on sustainability, health, sovereignty, culture, science and technology, particularly within Aotearoa, New Zealand.

TDMIGR 100 Migration Futures

Explores systems, patterns and experiences of international migration, globally and in Aotearoa New Zealand.

TDMOANA 100 Tagata Moana, Tangata Whenua: Hawaiki Futures

Explores Māori and Pacific futurities, the futures that are designed and embodied in the present in response to over a century of colonialism and the ravages of global capitalism.

THEOREL 101G The Bible in Popular Culture

This course introduces students to the various ways that biblical themes, images and characters have an enduring presence and influence within contemporary popular culture.

TONGAN 101G Tongan Language 1

Attain an initial degree of spoken and written competence in the Tongan language, study its structure, and appreciate some forms of Tongan literature such as songs and speeches.

YOUTHWRK 152G Understanding New Zealand Youth

This course examines the concept of ‘youth’ and the social, economic and political contexts in which young people live in New Zealand society.

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