Ngati Apopo: Maori Futures

This course explores the local, national and global trends that will materially impact on the future trajectory of Maori self determination and futures making. Students will investigate how Maori navigate such shifts and trends to advance self-determination as change agents.

30 points

Any 30 points at 200 level from CULT, MAOR, POLS, or TREO, or any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

POLS331, POLS358, CULT319

Takahi: Colonisation

Colonisation has had a significant effect on the shaping of contemporary New Zealand society. This course will cover key events in the colonisation throughout New Zealand’s brief colonial history. This course utilises different theories of colonisation to critically examine the continued subjugation of Indigenous Peoples in Aotearoa and around the world. Special attention will also be paid to breaking down the power relationships that have emerged between coloniser and colonised.

30 points

Any 30 points at 200 level from CULT, HIST, or MAOR, or any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

MAOR317, RELS322, HIST366

Sexualities in Culture

This course analyses representations and models of 'normal' and 'abnormal' sexuality as these occur in sexology, psychiatry, self-help psychology, cinema and popular culture, and queer activism.

30 points

Any 30 points at 200 level from CULT or ENGL, or any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

AMST332, ENGL332, GEND307, GEND211

Special Topic: Modern Poetry

This course takes a broad view of modern poetry. We begin with a selection of English and American poets identified with literary modernism, before widening our reading to encompass poets of other places and more recent eras who have responded in a variety of ways to modernist forms, techniques and preoccupations.

30 points

Any 30 points at 200 level from ENGL, or any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

ENGL434

Takahi: Colonisation

Colonisation has had a significant effect on the shaping of contemporary New Zealand society. This course will cover key events in the colonisation throughout New Zealand’s brief colonial history. This course utilises different theories of colonisation to critically examine the continued subjugation of Indigenous Peoples in Aotearoa and around the world. Special attention will also be paid to breaking down the power relationships that have emerged between coloniser and colonised.

30 points

Any 30 points at 200 level from CULT, HIST, MAOR, or TREO, or any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

RELS322, HIST366, CULT302

Ngati Apopo: Maori Futures

This course explores the local, national and global trends that will materially impact on the future trajectory of Maori self-determination and futures making. Students will investigate how Maori navigate such shifts and trends to advance self-determination as change agents.

30 points

Any 30 points at 200 level from CULT, MAOR or POLS, or any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

MAOR301, POLS331, POLS358

Sexualities in Culture

This course analyses representations and models of 'normal' and 'abnormal' sexuality as these occur in sexology, psychiatry, self-help psychology, cinema and popular culture, and queer activism.

30 points

Any 30 points at 200 level from CULT or ENGL, or any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

AMST332, CULT303, GEND307, GEND211

Crime Stories

The course addresses the usefulness and range of the crime genre as an appropriate focus for the acquisition of the skills (in research, critical analysis, and written expression) peculiar to English studies, as well as a form of social and political critique. It will particularly concentrate on the last two centuries of the representations of crime, detection, confession, and punishments, assaying major trends and preoccupations present in a range of texts and theories. Within a general contextual examination of engagements between these facets, the development of genre forms and concerns will be considered, especially because the genre often speculates the fears and desires of its time in ways that likewise shape wider perceptions of crime and punishment. Students will be expected to read a range of key material, including a small selection of novels, some short fiction, theoretical writings and visual texts that should represent differences and similarities in representation and subject choice that writers and directors negotiate.

30 points

Any 30 points at 200 level from CULT or ENGL, or any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

ENGL252; CULT252; CULT352

Takahi: Colonisation

Colonisation has had a significant effect on the shaping of contemporary New Zealand society. This course will cover key events in the colonisation throughout New Zealand’s brief colonial history. This course utilises different theories of colonisation to critically examine the continued subjugation of Indigenous Peoples in Aotearoa and around the world. Special attention will also be paid to breaking down the power relationships that have emerged between coloniser and colonised.

30 points

Any 30 points at 200 level from CULT, HIST, or MAOR, or any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

MAOR317, RELS322, CULT302

Documentary: From the Margins to the Mainstream

This course examines the artistic, ethical and political principles that govern the representation of reality in contemporary documentary film.

30 points

Any 30 points at 200 level from CINE or CULT, or any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

CULT322

Sexualities, Gender and Relationalities

This course explores the changing landscape of sexuality and gender categories and identities, as well as new forms and understandings of intimacy and relationality. It considers how various identities, representations and practices disrupt and/or reproduce gendered, sexual and non-sexual intimacies and relationship normativities in a range of sites. These include mediated intimacies, polyamory and other non-consensual non-monogamies, asexualities, incels and PUAs (‘pick up artists’), ‘sexting’ and dating apps.

30 points

Any 30 points at 200 level from ANTH or SOCI, or any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

Global China on Screen

A survey of Chinese cinema - the first one hundred years of the Chinese film industry, major Chinese film genres, social implications of film and the Chinese culture reflected through film. The course is taught in English and all Chinese films are subtitled.

30 points

Any 30 points at 200 level from CHIN, CINE, or CULT, or any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

CINE215, CHIN206 and CULT334

Animals in Culture

This course explores the role of imagery and narrative in producing historical and contemporary ideas about ‘animality’ and ‘speciesism’ across a range of texts and media (including mythology, fables and bestiaries; wildlife documentaries; contemporary art; graphic novels; animal biographies; online activism; social media). Students will also learn about intersectional theory and its use in the field of Critical Animal Studies.

30 points

Any 30 points at 200 level from CULT or ENGL, or any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

CULT335

Documentary: From the Margins to the Mainstream

This course examines the artistic and political principles that govern the representation of reality in contemporary documentary film.

30 points

Any 30 points at 200 level from CINE or CULT, or any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

CINE302

Animals in Culture

This course explores the role of imagery and narrative in producing historical and contemporary ideas about ‘animality’ and ‘speciesism’ across a range of texts and media (including mythology, fables and bestiaries; wildlife documentaries; contemporary art; graphic novels; animal biographies; online activism; social media). Students will also learn about intersectional theory and its use in the field of Critical Animal Studies.

30 points

Any 30 points at 200 level from CULT or ENGL, or any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

ENGL318

Heroines in History

From the days of the Virgin Mary to the advent of Lorde, this course travels through time critically recovering a wide variety of global and local historical heroines. It moves beyond traditional mythological celebration to consider how women's histories have been told, re-told, and represented. What does it take to become celebrated as an icon or role model? Themes include spirituality, health and well-being, warrior and regal identities, politics, governance and domesticity, cross-dressing, martyrdom and untimely death, imperialism, science and technology, education and glamour.

30 points

Any 30 points at 200 level from CULT or HIST, or any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

HIST361, HIST255

Heroines in History

From the days of the Virgin Mary to the advent of Lorde, this course travels through time critically recovering a wide variety of global and local historical heroines. It moves beyond traditional mythological celebration to consider how women's histories have been told, re-told, and represented. What does it take to become celebrated as an icon or role model? Themes include spirituality, health and well-being, warrior and regal identities, politics, governance and domesticity, cross-dressing, martyrdom and untimely death, imperialism, science and technology, education and glamour.

30 points

Any 30 points at 200 level from CULT or HIST, or any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

HIST255, CULT336