200-level

EURA204
European Novels and Film Adaptations
Description
A study of important European novels and their film adaptations.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2024
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Any 15 points at 100 level from CINE, ENGL, EURA, or RUSS, or any 60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA.
Restrictions
CINE214, ENGL305, EULC 204, EULC 304, EURA304, RUSS 215, RUSS 216
ARTH210
Japanese Art
Description
This course presents an introduction to the arts of Japan, with a particular focus on the art of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
Occurrences
Semester One 2024
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Any 15 points at 100 level from ARTH, or 60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA.
ENGL211
Exceptional Americans: An Introduction to American Literature
Description
This course offers students the chance to engage with some of the most exceptional writers and texts in the American tradition and, at the same time, to think critically about the idea of exceptionalism itself.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2024
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Any 15 points at 100 level from ENGL, or any 60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA.
Restrictions
ENGL109 and AMST110
ARTH215
International Contemporary Art 1945-2000
Description
This course provides an introduction to international contemporary art, focusing on developments in Europe, the USA and Aotearoa New Zealand between 1945-2000. After looking at mid-twentieth-century tendencies such as Minimalism, Conceptual Art and Land Art, the course turns to consider some of the broader trajectories of contemporary art practice and criticism in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2024
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Any 15 points at 100 level from ARTH, or 60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA.
Restrictions
ARTT102, ARTH109
EURA226
The Rise and Fall of Communism in Central and Eastern Europe, 1944 - 1991
Description
The end of the Cold War and of Eastern European communism in 1989-1991 did not mean the loss of global interest in developments in the former communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe. On the contrary, the recent history of these countries, the period of their post-communist transition to political democracy and a market economy, has been marked with new instabilities, crises and wars which have had serious implications for global trends. This course is designed to provide a broad background to an understanding of the political, socio-economic, and cultural developments in the former communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe as an essential prerequisite to understanding the modern world.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2024
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Any 15 points at 100 level from EURA or HIST, or any 60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA.
Restrictions
EURA326, EURO 226, EURO 326, HIST269, HIST329
MAOR230
Ethnicity, Racism and Genocide
Description
This course provides a critical introduction to the historical and anthropological study of ethnicity, racism, genocide and migration.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2024
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Any 15 points at 100 level from ANTH, HIST, MAOR, SOCI, or TREO, or any 60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA.
Restrictions
ANTH223, HIST283, PACS204, SOCI223, SOCI323
HIST239
The First World War: Total War in Europe
Description
The First World War is often described as a total war. Between 1914 and 1918 over 9 million combatants were killed and European nations deliberately targeted civilians for attack. Governments gave themselves extraordinary powers over people’s lives as they tried to turn whole societies, economies and cultures to the war effort. The results of this ranged from social and political reform to revolution, genocide and the collapse of empires. Students will explore the war’s impacts on the people of Europe, investigating its origins; military, political and social developments; and the legacies of both peace diplomacy and war cultures. Focusing primarily on Britain, France and Germany, this course asks how the experience and endurance of total war affected Europe, and what this meant for the modern world.
Occurrences
Semester One 2024
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Any 15 points at 100 level in HIST or CLAS120, or any 60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA.
Restrictions
HIST301, HIST302, HIST305, HIST339
HIST253
Renaissance and Reformation Europe
Description
A thematic study of two major transformations in European History between c.1350 and c.1620.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2024
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Any 15 points at 100 level in HIST or CLAS120, or any 60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA.
Restrictions
HIST373
HIST257
America in Revolution and Civil War
Description
This course explores the basic political ideas and institutions of early America in association with a close examination of the American revolution and the Civil War. It considers ideas from multiple perspectives and by means of close reading of texts of multiple genre including political essays, letters, fiction and autobiography.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2024
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Any 15 points at 100 level in HIST or CLAS120, or any 60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA.
Restrictions
HIST377
HIST295
Crime, Criminology and Policing in Modern Europe since 1750
Description
Beginning in the mid-eighteenth century, this course traces the development of crime, criminology and policing in modern Europe. Paying particular attention to the rise of competing biological and sociological models of criminality and the birth of forensics, the course examines the social, political and professional implications of attempting to put the investigation, understanding, and punishment of crime on a scientific footing. Topics covered will include: crime and insanity, Lombroso and the born criminal, the professionalisation of policing, and the development of fingerprinting and crime scene analysis.
Occurrences
Semester One 2024
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Any 15 points at 100 level in HIST or CLAS120, or any 60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA, or 60 points at 100 level from Schedules C or E of the BCJ.
Restrictions
HIST395

Not Offered Courses in 2024

200-level

EURA201
European Identity and Culture: Multicultural Societies of Europe and the European Union
Description
This course looks at the social and cultural impacts of European integration. Employing a multidisciplinary perspective, this course aims to answer a set of questions: What are the key issues confronting the European Union (EU) and its citizens? How do current issues facing the EU - immigration multi-cultural and multi-lingual society, religious and political diversity - influence the motivation behind integration? The course examines the notions of Europe and the EU and the roles of individual, national and supranational identities in the EU's interactions with its citizens and the world. There is an emphasis on interactive discussions, small group activities and access to experts in the field.
Occurrences
Not offered 2024, offered in 2019 , 2020 , 2021 , 2022 , 2023
For further information see EURA201 course details
Points
15 points
ARTH202
Art and Revolution
Description
This course explores the relationship between art and a particularly eventful and transformative period in European history, from c.1750 to c.1850.
Occurrences
Not offered 2024, offered in 2021 , 2022 , 2023
For further information see ARTH202 course details
Points
15 points
ENGL202
Rebels, Devils and Cannibals: Literature and the Origins of Modernity
Description
Examining a range of literary texts in English from the late sixteenth to the early eighteenth centuries, ENGL202/302 focuses on how the chosen works represent and are shaped by the first glimmerings of modern forms of culture and consciousness.
Occurrences
Not offered 2024, offered in 2018 , 2020 , 2021 , 2023
For further information see ENGL202 course details
Points
15 points
CINE203
Coming of Age in Global Cinema
Description
The coming-of-age experience is familiar to all social classes and cultures. Stories of youth after childhood are compellingly represented in films across the globe. In this course, we will examine the representation of adolescence within an international context, focusing primarily on the experience of youth beyond dominant Hollywood. We will closely analyse those films from across the globe that complicate our understanding of adolescent identity by acknowledging its intersection with other kinds of identification - in particular racial, class, national, and that of sexual orientation.
Occurrences
Not offered 2024, offered in 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2020 , 2022
For further information see CINE203 course details
Points
15 points
HIST235
Tsardom to Empire: Russian History 1480 to 1917
Description
This course explores aspects of social, political, economic, cultural, religious, and intellectual history of Russia prior to 1917, with a particular emphasis on the autocratic tradition as developed from 1480 onwards. The course also investigates the making of the Russian Empire while also examining ways in which political forces unique to Russia shaped the country's cultural specificity in the European context.
Occurrences
Not offered 2024, offered in 2016 , 2017 , 2019 , 2021 , 2023
For further information see HIST235 course details
Points
15 points
HIST279
Social and Cultural History of India
Description
Focussing on ancient, colonial and contemporary India, this course considers themes such as untouchability and caste relationships, village and high culture Hinduism, religious conversion as social protest, violence against women and state use of spy and surveillance techniques throughout Indian history. The course investigates religion, gender and the state as contexts for regulation of and resistance to cultural and political authority at different times in Indian history.
Occurrences
Not offered 2024, offered in 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2019
For further information see HIST279 course details
Points
15 points
HIST281
The Third Reich: Terror, Complicity and Resistance
Description
This course examines the rise of Nazism in Germany and the responses of Germans to it, including complicity and resistance. Beginning in 1919, the course traces the fortunes of the NSDAP during the Weimar Republic, explains their seizure of power in 1933 and their domestic and foreign policy up until the Second World War, concluding with an examination of the genocidal war they waged between 1939 and 1945.
Occurrences
Not offered 2024, offered in 2023
For further information see HIST281 course details
Points
15 points
HIST298
An Environmental History of Ancient to Modern India: Elephants and Empires
Description
This course considers the way humans have historically interacted with the land, water, plant and animal life in the Indian sub-continent and how these interactions shaped and were shaped by human kingdoms and empires from ancient to modern times.
Occurrences
Not offered 2024, offered in 2022 , 2023
For further information see HIST298 course details
Points
15 points