Te Ngao Tu: Conversational Maori for Absolute Beginners

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.

15 points

MAOR105, MAOR110, MAOR111, MAOR112, MAOR115, MAOR124, MAOR125

Te Ngao Pae 1: Introductory Reo 1

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.

15 points

MAOR105, MAOR110, MAOR111, MAOR115, MAOR124, MAOR125

Art and Things: introduction to Art History and Material Culture

This is an integrated introduction to Art History and Material Culture, providing you with an up-to-date, varied and critical 'toolkit' for thinking about art, architecture and objects. The discipline of Art History has a history of its own, and as you will see, this distorts what we understand about art and about 'things'.

15 points

People, Places and Histories of the Graeco-Roman World

In this course we will survey events in antiquity from Homer through to the Roman Emperor Constantine. On the way we will explore the world of fifth century Athens, gaining an insight into the society that established democracy and move on to appreciate Alexander's campaigns and the formation of the Hellenistic kingdoms after his death. We will also turn to the west of the Mediterranean Sea and investigate the development of Rome from a small town to the capital of a large Empire, its constitutional transformations and the social impact of those changes on people's sense of place and identity.

15 points

CLAS111; CLAS112; CLAS113

Medieval Europe: from Rome to the Black Death

A survey course covering a range of themes in Western European history including social and economic developments, government, religion and warfare (c. 300 - 1400).

15 points

HIST125, HIST130

Te Ngao Tu: Conversational Maori for Absolute Beginners

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.

15 points

MAOR105, MAOR110, MAOR111, MAOR112, MAOR115, MAOR124, MAOR125

Te Ngao Pae 2: Introductory Reo 2

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.

15 points

TREO111, or 18 credits in NCEA Te Reo Maori level 1, mostly excellence, or by placement test.

MAOR106, MAOR110, MAOR112, MAOR115, MAOR125, MAOR126

Myth, Power and Identity in the Graeco-Roman World

In this course students will consider how the Greeks and the Romans thought of themselves and others in their mythology and social power structures. Students will gain an understanding of ancient cosmic world-views, gender issues, colonisation and identity in Archaic and Classical Greece and Augustan Rome, and the relevance of such ideas now. Students will read, analyse and interpret ancient literary texts (selections from epic, tragedy, etc.) and material culture (art and architecture) that depict Greek and Roman myths as well as expressing ancient political and social views.

15 points

CLAS104; CLAS105

'Picasso who?' Introducing Modern Art

What makes modern art modern? This course covers all you've always wanted to know about modern art and never dared asking. This course offers a general introduction to modern art from 1850 to 1945. It examines key art movements from Impressionism to Surrealism in their cultural and social contexts while introducing you to art historical methodologies and key art theories.

15 points

Te Ngao Tu: Conversational Maori for Absolute Beginners

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.

15 points

MAOR105, MAOR110, MAOR111, MAOR112, MAOR115, MAOR124, MAOR125