100-level

CRJU101
Introduction to Criminal Justice
Description
The structure of the Criminal Justice system and the role of government agencies: Investigative and prosecutorial agencies such as Police, Fisheries, Customs, Serious Fraud Office, Crown prosecutors (includes ESR); the criminal courts ( High, District and Youth Courts) jurisdiction and roles); Corrections and related activities (includes Probation, fines enforcement etc, community service etc; CYPS.
Occurrences
Semester One 2024
Semester One 2024 (Distance)
Special non-calendar-based One 2024 (UC Online)
Special non-calendar-based Three 2024 (UC Online)
Points
15 points
Restrictions
LAWS150

EDUC101
Spark! The Art & Science of Learning
Description
In this course, we address how people learn as well as the social, political, and global contexts in which learning takes place. Together, we walk through the art and science of learning, including contemporary debates and discussions in anthropology, history, philosophy, sociology, and psychology. Through questions, we view learning from diverse perspectives to understand learning in Aotearoa New Zealand and elsewhere around the world. Course assessments are designed in a way that links theories of learning to any academic discipline or subject area while also giving you the opportunity to apply your knowledge in a meaningful, purposeful, and unique way.
Occurrences
Summer Nov 2023 (Distance)
Semester Two 2024
Semester Two 2024 (Distance)
Points
15 points

WRIT101
Writing for Academic Success
Description
Writing for Academic Success fosters the capacity for analytical thought about texts and language. The course also provides training in the writing of clear and effective prose, inculcates awareness of crucial structural and rhetorical features of expository writing, and encourages the application of that awareness to writing in a range of academic and professional contexts.
Occurrences
Semester One 2024
Semester One 2024 (Distance)
Semester Two 2024
Semester Two 2024 (Distance)
Points
15 points
Restrictions

EDUC102
Child and Adolescent Development
Description
This course establishes a foundation in theory, concepts, processes and factual knowledge of infant, child, and adolescent development within the context of family, school, and community. Students will acquire an understanding of the developmental processes that take place within and across physical, cognitive, emotional, and social domains, and their associations with developmental outcomes.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2024
Semester Two 2024 (Distance)
Points
15 points
Restrictions
AKOE171, TEDU110, TEDU102, EDUC121, TEDU150

POLS102
Politics: An Introduction
Description
This course introduces the basic tools and techniques used in political science, including research techniques, formulation of hypotheses, and methods of analysis. It also introduces students to a selection of key theories and frameworks. The course covers topics such as nationalism and ethnicity, democracy, authoritarianism, people's power, conflict, globalisation, and the future of global politics. This course will be of great benefit to Political Science majors of all levels and to students who desire a broad-based introduction to the field.
Occurrences
Semester One 2024
Semester One 2024 (Distance)
Points
15 points

EDUC103
Education, Culture and Society
Description
This course provides an introduction to foundational theories, concepts and processes in the study of education. The course explores theories about power, justice and fairness in society, with a particular focus on how they relate to education. It also examines what part factors such as class, genders and sexualities, disability, and race may play in maintaining unequal forms of education. An important feature of the course will be analysing the role played by education in the development of colonial relations between Maori and Pakeha, and how that continues to shape contemporary New Zealand society.
Occurrences
Semester One 2024
Semester One 2024 (Distance)
Points
15 points
Restrictions
EDUC120 and TEDU111

POLS103
Introduction to New Zealand Politics and Policy
Description
How are decisions made in New Zealand? Who has how much power in this process? How can citizens, businesses, iwi, and a diverse range of groups have a say? This course is an introduction to New Zealand politics and public policy. The course examines the core features of New Zealand’s political landscape: The constitution, how MMP works, the roles of leaders, cabinet and parliament, and then explores issues that matter to the public, and asks how citizens can participate in politics, what role powerful groups including the media play in decision making and how new, diverse voices can be heard, including your own. The course includes a field day working in local communities learning about leadership and public attitudes.
Occurrences
Semester One 2024
Points
15 points

POLS104
Introduction to International Relations
Description
This course provides a broad introduction to the core issues and theories related to the study of international relations. Students will be introduced to the discipline through a study of key historical events, prominent theories of international relations, and a variety of practical examples.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2024
Semester Two 2024 (Distance)
Points
15 points

ANTH105
Human Evolution
Description
This course is an introduction to the biological, behavioural, and cultural evolution of hominids from the earliest evidence to the emergence of the Neolithic revolution. Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of evolutionary theory, paleoanthropology, archaeology and physical anthropology. Up-to-date knowledge about how we have become what we are today, and how such knowledge has been produced in academic research will be presented. By examining the human past, students will develop an understanding human universals and sociocultural variation, which enables us to develop a deeper bicultural understanding of Aotearoa New Zealand today.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2024
Semester Two 2024 (Distance)
Points
15 points

POLS105
Comparing the Politics of Nations: A Global Introduction
Description
This course serves as an introduction to the basics of comparative political studies. It is designed to provide the student with a broad comparative overview of the world’s political systems. The main objective is to give students the necessary tools to assess and understand the differences in political culture, political organizations, governmental structures, and political behaviour.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2024
Points
15 points

PSYC105
Introductory Psychology - Brain, Behaviour and Cognition
Description
An introduction to the brain and its role in thought and behaviour, and to perception, learning and cognition.
Occurrences
Summer Nov 2023 (Distance)
Points
15 points
Restrictions
PSYC103, PSYC104

PSYC105
Introductory Psychology - Brain, Behaviour and Cognition
Description
Psychology is a diverse and thriving science devoted to understanding behaviour and the human mind. In PSYC105 you will receive an introduction to the following areas: positive psychology; wellbeing; visual perception; research methods; learning and behaviour change; forensic psychology; neuropsychology; drugs and behaviour; memory and cognition; and health psychology.
Occurrences
Semester One 2024
Semester One 2024 (Distance)
Points
15 points
Restrictions
PSYC103, PSYC104

POLS106
Plato to Nato: Introduction to Political Thought
Description
What’s the right thing for a group of people to do? How does a society know it is well governed? How do you know you are doing the right thing for your country, or your fellow citizens, or how that will impact on your family and friends? Who matters more, your family or your fellow citizens? The best way to answer these questions has been debated for more than over 2000 years. This course is an introduction to the thinkers that have suggested answers to these questions and influenced everyone from Plato to Trump and you. In this course, you will study the evolution of the ideas that form the building blocks of the political and social sciences. The course traverses the political ideas that arose in the Greek and Roman civilisations, the Renaissance, the birth of America, the death of the English and French despotic monarchies, and the great traumas of socialism, Marxism and the political upheavals that followed the wars of the 20th century. We will trace the changes in the fundamental political concepts such as freedom, equality, rights, justice, government, the state, markets, and domination.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2024
Semester Two 2024 (Distance)
Points
15 points
Restrictions

PSYC106
Introductory Psychology - Social, Personality and Developmental
Description
Psychology is a diverse and thriving science devoted to understanding behaviour and the human mind. In PSYC106 you will receive an introduction to five major domains: personality, abnormal, social, developmental, and organisational psychology. You will also learn about the different research methods used in each of these domains.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2024
Semester Two 2024 (Distance)
Summer Jan 2024 (Distance)
Points
15 points
Restrictions
PSYC103, PSYC104

MAOR107
Te Ara o Tawhaki: Maori Thought, Beliefs and Practices
Description
This course provides an introduction to Maori knowledges and metaphysics through a study of topics such as voyaging, art and aesthetics, warfare, conflict and peace. We also look at how approaches to Maori knowledges and their impacts are critiqued.
Occurrences
Semester One 2024
Semester One 2024 (Distance)
Points
15 points
Restrictions

PSYC107
Foundations of Psychological Science
Description
Approaches to understanding the nature of human thought and behaviour have permeated societies and cultures throughout history. Psychology as a scientific discipline, however, emerged just in the last 200 years or so. Over this relatively short time period, psychologists have gained substantial insight into what drives our mental lives and shapes our social interactions, and have made possible vast improvements in the quality of life of millions of people. This course delves into the ideas and methods that have allowed all of this to happen. We’ll take a holistic and critical look at the science of psychology itself: its questions, methods, evidence, and unique challenges; as well as its place within modern Aotearoa New Zealand society. You’ll learn how psychologists measure a world of unobservable mental traits, devise experiments that reveal the underlying organisation and mechanisms of the mind, and convert raw data into real world conclusions that have a meaningful impact on people’s lives. You’ll build the critical thinking skills to distinguish good psychological science from bad, genuine breakthroughs from glorified clickbait, and evidence-based interventions from scams and grifts. Upon these foundations you’ll be able to build with confidence the pathway of your choosing through the psychological sciences (and beyond).
Occurrences
Semester Two 2024
Semester Two 2024 (Distance)
Points
15 points

ANTH108
Witchcraft, Magic and The Dead
Description
This course aims to challenge taken-for-granted assumptions about witchcraft, magic and the dead, as well as introducing students to key anthropological concerns such as ritual, symbolism and religion.
Occurrences
Semester One 2024
Semester One 2024 (Distance)
Points
15 points

MAOR108
Te Patu a Maui : The Treaty of Waitangi - facing and overcoming colonisation
Description
Through focus on the themes of Power, Property and Citizenship, this course examines the historical realities of the Treaty, enabling an understanding of the modern colonial nation state and its processes with respect to Indigenous peoples. The course examines Maori responses, engagement with, and resistance to the colonial project leading to a critical understanding of colonialism.
Occurrences
Summer Nov 2023 (Distance)
Points
15 points
Restrictions
CULT114, MAOR113 (prior to 2006)

MAOR108
Te Patu a Maui : The Treaty of Waitangi - facing and overcoming colonisation
Description
Through focus on the themes of Power, Property and Citizenship, this course examines the historical realities of the Treaty, enabling an understanding of the modern colonial nation state and its processes with respect to Indigenous peoples. The course examines Maori responses, engagement with, and resistance to the colonial project leading to a critical understanding of colonialism.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2024
Semester Two 2024 (Distance)
Special non-calendar-based One 2024 (UC Online)
Special non-calendar-based Three 2024 (UC Online)
Points
15 points
Restrictions
CULT114, MAOR113 (prior to 2006)

TREO110
Te Ngao Tu: Conversational Maori for Absolute Beginners
Description
A beginner's course in Maori language for those with no previous background in Te Reo Maori. Students will learn basic informal and formal greetings, introductory songs, proverbs and idiom, how to introduce themselves, express family relationships. The course will enable students to hold a basic conversation. This is a highly recommended language option for those who might work with Maori people or who just wish to familiarise themselves with the language. Students who have been credited with higher level TREO language courses cannot credit TREO 110. Students with prior knowledge or who are literate and/or fluent speakers of Te Reo may not enrol in this course without the permission of the Programme Director.
Occurrences
Summer Nov 2023
Summer Nov 2023 (Distance)
Points
15 points
Restrictions
MAOR105, MAOR110, MAOR111, MAOR112, MAOR115, MAOR124, MAOR125

TREO110
Te Ngao Tu: Conversational Maori for Absolute Beginners
Description
A beginner's course in Maori language for those with no previous background in Te Reo Maori. Students will learn basic informal and formal greetings, introductory songs, proverbs and idiom, how to introduce themselves, express family relationships. The course will enable students to hold a basic conversation. This is a highly recommended language option for those who might work with Maori people or who just wish to familiarise themselves with the language. Students who have been credited with higher level TREO language courses cannot credit TREO 110. Students with prior knowledge or who are literate and/or fluent speakers of Te Reo may not enrol in this course without the permission of the Programme Director.
Occurrences
Semester One 2024
Semester Two 2024
Points
15 points
Restrictions
MAOR105, MAOR110, MAOR111, MAOR112, MAOR115, MAOR124, MAOR125

SOCI111
Exploring Society
Description
An introduction to the major themes in contemporary sociology in a way that is relevant to New Zealand culture and society.
Occurrences
Semester One 2024
Points
15 points

TREO111
Te Ngao Pae 1: Introductory Reo 1
Description
An entry level course for those who wish to develop writing and speaking skills in Maori. Students learn an array of sentence constructions and vocabulary that will enable them to talk and write in several contexts about a wide variety of relationships and events in the present and the past. Students are exposed to cultural elements such as mihi, whakatauki and kiwaha, including a variety specific to Ngai Tahu. The course blends academic study of the language with a range of teaching techniques including language games, waiata and group activities.
Occurrences
Semester One 2024
Points
15 points
Restrictions
MAOR105, MAOR110, MAOR111, MAOR115, MAOR124, MAOR125

SOCI112
Global Society
Description
Combining sociological theory and concepts with arguments and examples drawn from around the globe, this course conveys the scope and value of sociology for understanding the complex and fast-changing world in which we live.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2024
Points
15 points

TREO112
Te Ngao Pae 2: Introductory Reo 2
Description
A second level beginners’ course in Te Reo Maori for those who have completed TREO111 or who have the equivalent level of proficiency. This course focusses on acquisition of more complex sentence constructions and extends knowledge of Maori vocabulary. In particular, knowledge of verbal sentences is enhanced by a study of commands, passive sentences, negatives and future constructions. Possessive phrases and sentence structures are also studied. The course blends academic study of the language with a range of teaching techniques including language games, waiata, group activities and the introduction of an immersion learning environment. Students are also exposed to whakatauki and kiwaha including some of those from Ngai Tahu.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2024
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
TREO111, or 18 credits in NCEA Te Reo Maori level 1, mostly excellence, or by placement test.
Restrictions
MAOR106, MAOR110, MAOR112, MAOR115, MAOR125, MAOR126

CRJU120
Special Topic: Understanding Human Behaviour in Criminal Justice
Description
The course explores the application of psychological theories and principles within the criminal justice system. Psychological theories will be applied to crime and people who commit crimes and there will be a focus both on research evidence supporting these theories and, most importantly, how these theories and psychological principles can be applied within criminal justice to respond to, and prevent, criminal behaviours. Through theoretical knowledge and practical case studies, aspiring professionals will develop skills to positively impact individual lives and contribute to a fairer justice system, promoting safer communities overall.
Occurrences
Special non-calendar-based Two 2024 (UC Online)
Special non-calendar-based Three 2024 (UC Online)
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Subject to the approval of the Head of Department.

MAOR121
Special Topic: Arohaehaetia mai: critical thinking to creative making
Description
This is a foundational/introductory course into the university setting which centrally utilises Kaupapa Maori & various ideas from Te Moana Nui a Kiwa as the overarching theoretical frameworks. These digital native tauira will learn their use in the analysis, critique and construction of the media. Through examining how narrative, structure, composition, style, and technical crafts contribute to medias, this course will inform tauira in the production of developable original screen concepts.
Occurrences
Summer Jan 2024
Points
15 points

MAOR130
Maori Storytelling
Description
This course introduces students to a wide range of Maori writing in English, and situates these works within a vast and vibrant whakapapa of Maori creative production in Aotearoa and beyond. Key themes within the course include: purakau and their contemporary retellings, Maori futurism(s), representations of kai and palate politics, the relationship between birds, writers, and the written word, and narrative sovereignty.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2024
Semester Two 2024 (Distance)
Points
15 points
Restrictions

CRJU150
Legal Method in the Criminal Justice Context
Description
Legal method in the criminal law context provides an introduction to understanding legal concepts, the sources of law, and the structure of the criminal justice system in New Zealand. Students will be introduced to important concepts and definitions and to the techniques of legal reasoning, case analysis and statutory interpretation through an examination of criminal cases and laws. They will also be introduced to the impact Tikanga and customary law has on understanding legal method in New Zealand. Students who study this course will be well equipped to understand legal method from a New Zealand criminal law perspective.
Occurrences
Semester One 2024
Points
15 points
Restrictions

CRJU160
Legal Issues in the New Zealand Criminal Justice System
Description
Legal Issues in the New Zealand criminal justice system will introduce students to current and emerging issues in the criminal justice system. It will begin by providing an overview of the complex legal rules which regulate the investigation and prosecution and punishment of criminal offences and offenders. Case studies and contemporary law reform initiatives will be used to provide perspectives on the working of these legal rules as practice, and as tools to discuss the process in which the law might be changed. Students who study this course will be well equipped to understand the nature of the New Zealand criminal justice system.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2024
Points
15 points

MAOR165
Tuakiri : Culture and Identity
Description
What does it mean to live in Aotearoa/New Zealand in the 21st century? This course examines identity as a lived experience for Maori and non-Maori and how it shapes our thinking at individual, organisation and systemic levels in this country. The course also focusses on contemporary issues arising from identity tensions, enabling students to apply insights to effect positive social change in order to work effectively in a bicultural manner.
Occurrences
Semester One 2024
Semester One 2024 (Distance)
Semester Two 2024
Semester Two 2024 (Distance)
Points
15 points

MAOR172
Science, Maori and Indigenous Knowledge
Description
This is an integrated multi-disciplinary course between Aotahi: School of Maori and Indigenous Studies and the College of Science. This course provides a basic understanding of Maori and indigenous peoples’ knowledge in such fields as astronomy, physics, conservation biology, aquaculture, resource management and health sciences. The course provides unique perspectives in indigenous knowledge, western science and their overlap. The course will provide an essential background in cultural awareness and its relationship with today’s New Zealand scientific community.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2024
Points
15 points
Restrictions

Not Offered Courses in 2024

100-level

ANTH102
Cultural Diversity and The Making of The Modern World
Description
Global in its scope and comparative in its analysis, social and cultural anthropology is ideally equipped to explore the diversity of human social life and the variety of cultural understandings that emerge from it. This course introduces the discipline of socio-cultural anthropology, the peoples and places with whom anthropologists work, and key themes in the study of society and culture. Crucially, it also explores fundamental questions about cultural diversity, and provides the intellectual tools for making sense of the diverse, interconnected world in which we live.
Occurrences
Not offered 2024, offered in 2017 , 2018 , 2019 , 2020 , 2021
For further information see ANTH102 course details
Points
15 points

ANTH104
Indigenous peoples, development and anthropology
Description
This course provides a critical view of the contemporary and historical situation of indigenous people in New Zealand and elsewhere. The course pays attention especially to the wider socio-political and economic contexts that indigenous people have experienced and continue to live in. This includes questions relevant to colonial and post-colonial contexts, the relationship between indigenous people and the modern nation-state, and their position within a globalized world. The question of cultural survival is addressed through analyses of genocide and ethnocide, constructions of identity (including bi-cultural identity), and the nature and extent of appropriation and modification of culture by both indigenous peoples and those with whom they have political and economic relationships. The nature and effects of hegemonic rule, accommodation of new cultural elements, subaltern resistance and the development of new identities and movements, are also included. The course illustrates that indigenous people are not simply victims of oppression and marginalization, but self-conscious actors who in all periods of history and with different means have - more or less successfully - resisted structures of power and domination and fought for their rights.
Occurrences
Not offered 2024
For further information see ANTH104 course details
Points
15 points

MAOR108
Te Patu a Maui : The Treaty of Waitangi - facing and overcoming colonisation
Description
Through focus on the themes of Power, Property and Citizenship, this course examines the historical realities of the Treaty, enabling an understanding of the modern colonial nation state and its processes with respect to Indigenous peoples. The course examines Maori responses, engagement with, and resistance to the colonial project leading to a critical understanding of colonialism.
Occurrences
MAOR108-24X4 (O)
Special non-calendar-based Four 2024 (UC Online) - Not offered
For further information see MAOR108 course details
Points
15 points
Restrictions
CULT114, MAOR113 (prior to 2006)

MAOR120
He takere waka nui
Description
This course will be delivered as part of the UC Takere programme through a series of workshops, tutorials, PALS (Peer Assisted Learning Sessions) and haerenga (field trips). The course introduces students to a pre and post-colonial history of Maori and Pacific society and innovation and provides a basic understanding of concepts that comprise a Maori and Pacific worldview of cultural similarities and differences shared across the Pacific. This course will cover: - Cultural narratives and navigation - European settlement and colonisation of the Pacific - Biculturalism in Aotearoa - Understanding identity as a lived experience - Influences of Maori and Pacific identities in historical and contemporary contexts.
Occurrences
MAOR120-24SU1 (C)
Summer Jan 2024 - Not offered
For further information see MAOR120 course details
Points
15 points

POLS137
Computers, Artificial Intelligence, and the Information Society
Description
Our art, culture, politics, society, and economy are powered by computing machines. This course will provide a history of computing from the 1930s to the present day, offering students an introduction to the fundamentals of computing technology, the corporations who sell us our devices and software, and moral and ethical issues at the heart of the information society. The course also examines Artificial Intelligence. What is AI and can it be achieved? How could you tell whether a computer has a mind? Is the human brain in fact a computer?
Occurrences
Not offered 2024
For further information see POLS137 course details
Points
15 points

MAOR170
Indigenous Peoples, Development and Anthropology
Description
An introduction to a broad range of issues related to the social circumstances and survival of the world's indigenous peoples
Occurrences
Not offered 2024
For further information see MAOR170 course details
Points
15 points

TREO180
He Reo Rumaki - 1
Description
A course intended for students who have a beginner's knowledge of te reo Maori. Set in a total immersion situation, students actively engage with level 2 students in a tuakana/teina based environment to actively promote the conversational use of language skills that have been learnt in previous language courses. Students will extend their abilities in a range of basic conversational situations, and in listening to a range of speakers. Appropriate waiata, karakia, whakatauki and kiwaha will form the basis of the course while language games and interactive activities will accentuate the student’s language knowledge. Students must have already attained a beginner’s level of te reo Maori at a tertiary level to enrol in this course.
Occurrences
Not offered 2024
For further information see TREO180 course details
Points
15 points