Faculty of Arts undergraduate courses
2012 courses
This course finder displays all undergraduate courses taught within the Faculty of Arts.
Some subjects are available for the Bachelor of Theology only: Biblical Studies, Christian Thought and History, Practical Theology and Theology.
To find the courses you can take which are taught by other faculties see our subjects and courses pages.
For course timetables and room locations, see Student Services Online.
Currently displaying 1185 courses.
Academic English Studies
| ACADENG 100 | Forms in Academic English | Summer School, repeated Semester 1 and 2 |
| ACADENG 101 | Academic English Writing | Summer School, repeated Semester 1 and 2 |
| ACADENG 102 | Academic English Listening and Reading | Summer School, repeated Semester 1 and 2 |
| ACADENG 200 | Advanced Academic Spoken English | Summer School, repeated Semester 1 and 2 |
| ACADENG 201 | Advanced Academic Written English | Summer School, repeated Semester 1 and 2 |
| ACADENG 210 | Writing Research Reports | Semester 1, repeated Semester 2 |
| ACADENG 211 | Advanced Academic Seminar Discussion and Argumentation | Semester 2 |
Ancient History
| ANCHIST 100 | Ancient Egyptian History | Semester 1 |
| ANCHIST 102 | Ancient Greek History | Semester 2 |
| ANCHIST 103 | Roman History | Semester 1 |
| ANCHIST 210 | Egyptian Language 1A | Semester 1 |
| ANCHIST 220 | Egyptian Language 1B | Semester 2 |
| ANCHIST 253 | Early Egypt | Semester 2 |
| ANCHIST 255 | The Later Roman Empire | Semester 2 |
| ANCHIST 256 | The Ancient World at War | Semester 1 |
| ANCHIST 310 | Egyptian Language 2A | Semester 1 |
| ANCHIST 314 | Historians of Rome | Semester 1 |
| ANCHIST 353 | Early Egypt | Semester 2 |
| ANCHIST 355 | The Later Roman Empire | Semester 2 |
| ANCHIST 356 | The Ancient World at War | Semester 1 |
| ANCHIST 377 | Ancient History Study Abroad | Summer School |
| CLASSICS 270 | Art and Society in Ancient Greece | Semester 2 |
| CLASSICS 370 | Art and Society in Ancient Greece | Semester 2 |
Anthropology
Art History
Asian Studies
Biblical Studies
Chinese
Classical Studies
| ANCHIST 102 | Ancient Greek History | Semester 2 |
| ANCHIST 103 | Roman History | Semester 1 |
| ANCHIST 255 | The Later Roman Empire | Semester 2 |
| ANCHIST 256 | The Ancient World at War | Semester 1 |
| ANCHIST 314 | Historians of Rome | Semester 1 |
| ANCHIST 355 | The Later Roman Empire | Semester 2 |
| ANCHIST 356 | The Ancient World at War | Semester 1 |
| CLASSICS 110 | Classical Mythology through Tragedy | Semester 2 |
| CLASSICS 130 | Love and Death in Greek and Roman Literature | Semester 1 |
| CLASSICS 216 |
Special Topic: Gender, Women and Sexuality in Ancient Greek Literature |
Semester 2 |
| CLASSICS 250 | Philosophical Writing in Antiquity | Semester 1 |
| CLASSICS 270 | Art and Society in Ancient Greece | Semester 2 |
| CLASSICS 316 |
Special Topic: Gender, Women and Sexuality in Ancient Greek Literature |
Semester 2 |
| CLASSICS 350 | Philosophical Writing in Antiquity | Semester 1 |
| CLASSICS 370 | Art and Society in Ancient Greece | Semester 2 |
| PHIL 204 | Greek Philosophy | Semester 1 |
Comparative Literature
| COMPLIT 206 | When East Meets West | Semester 2 |
| COMPLIT 302 | When East Meets West | Semester 2 |
Cook Islands Māori
| COOKIS 101 | Conversational Cook Islands Maori | Semester 1 |
| COOKIS 201 | Cook Islands Maori Language 2 | Availability to be advised |
| COOKIS 204 | Special Topic | Availability to be advised |
| COOKIS 301 | Cook Islands Maori Language 3 | Availability to be advised |
| COOKIS 303 | Special Topic | Availability to be advised |
| MĀORI 201 | Whakatakoto Reo Tuarua: Intermediate Written Māori | Semester 1 |
| PACIFIC 105 | Pacific Languages and World-Views | Semester 2 |
| PACIFIC 110 | Pacific Music and Dance | Semester 1 |
| PACIFIC 302 | Pacific Language Structures | Semester 1 |
| SAMOAN 201 | Samoan Language 2 | Semester 1 |
| TONGAN 201 | Tongan Language 2 | Semester 1 |
Criminology
Christian Thought and History
Drama
| CLASSICS 110 | Classical Mythology through Tragedy | Semester 2 |
| DRAMA 204 | History and Performance | Semester 1 and 2 (full year) |
| DRAMA 301 | Drama: Topics and Themes | Semester 2 |
| DRAMA 302 | Performance Skills | Semester 1 |
| ENGLISH 109 | Drama on Stage and Screen | Semester 1 |
| ENGLISH 213 | Age of Shakespeare: Tragedy | Semester 2 |
| ENGLISH 332 | Contemporary Drama | Semester 1 |
| ENGLISH 353 | Age of Shakespeare: Tragedy | Semester 2 |
| MĀORI 190 | Kapa Haka 1 | Semester 1 |
| MĀORI 292 | Kapa Haka 2 | Semester 2 |
| MĀORI 393 | Kapa Haka 3 | Semester 1 |
| PACIFIC 110 | Pacific Music and Dance | Semester 1 |
English
English Language Acquisition & Linguistics
| ACADENG 200 | Advanced Academic Spoken English | Summer School, repeated Semester 1 and 2 |
| ACADENG 201 | Advanced Academic Written English | Summer School, repeated Semester 1 and 2 |
| ACADENG 210 | Writing Research Reports | Semester 1, repeated Semester 2 |
| ACADENG 211 | Advanced Academic Seminar Discussion and Argumentation | Semester 2 |
| LANGTCHG 300 | Teaching English in the Second/Foreign Language Classroom | Semester 1, repeated Semester 2 |
| LANGTCHG 303 | Instructed Language Learning | Semester 1 |
| LINGUIST 100 | Introduction to Linguistics | Semester 2 |
| LINGUIST 101 | Language and Society | Semester 1 |
| LINGUIST 103 | Introduction to English Linguistics | Semester 1 |
| LINGUIST 203 | Applied English Grammar | Semester 2 |
| LINGUIST 310 | Linguistics Essays Course | Semester 1, repeated Semester 2 |
| LINGUIST 313 | Lexical Functional Grammar | Semester 1 |
| LINGUIST 323 | Sociolinguistic Variation | Semester 1 |
English Writing
| ENGWRIT 101 | English Writing for Academic Purposes | Summer School, repeated Semester 1 and 2 |
Ethics
| PHIL 102 | Introduction to Ethics | Summer School, repeated Semester 2 |
| PHIL 103 | Freedom, Rights and Justice | Semester 1 |
| PHIL 152 | Philosophy and Theories of Human Nature | Semester 2 |
| PHIL 205 | Community, Society and Rights | Semester 1 |
| PHIL 210 | Applied Ethics | Semester 2 |
| PHIL 211 | Ethical Theory 2 | Semester 2 |
| PHIL 217 | Philosophy of Law | Summer School |
| PHIL 304 | Aristotelian Ethical Theory | Semester 1 |
| PHIL 310 | Political Philosophy 3 | Semester 1 |
| PHIL 337 | Philosophy of Law | Summer School |
| POLITICS 320 | Social Justice | Semester 1 |
Ethnomusicology
| ANTHRO 106 | Issues and History in Popular Music | Semester 1, repeated Semester 2 |
| ANTHRO 202 | Music and Identity in World Music Cultures | Semester 1 |
| ANTHRO 234 | Popular Musics of the Pacific | Semester 2 |
| ANTHRO 301 | Contemporary Research in Music and Culture | Semester 1 |
| ANTHRO 315 | Anthropology of Art and Performance | Semester 2 |
| ANTHRO 323 | Special Topic in Ethnomusicology | |
| ANTHRO 329 | Music of East Asia: Tradition, Modernity and Globalisation | Semester 2 |
| ANTHRO 357 | Gender, Sexuality and Popular Music | Semester 2 |
European Studies
French
Film, TV & Media Studies
German
Greek
| GREEK 100 | Introduction to Ancient Greek Language 1 | Semester 1 |
| GREEK 101 | Introduction to Ancient Greek Language 2 | Semester 2 |
| GREEK 200 | Ancient Greek Language Acquisition: Intermediate | Semester 1 |
| GREEK 201 | Ancient Greek Literary Texts 2A | Semester 2 |
| GREEK 202 | Ancient Greek Literary Texts 2B | Semester 1 |
| GREEK 203 | Ancient Greek Literary Texts 2C | Semester 2 |
| GREEK 204 | Ancient Greek Literary Texts 2D | Semester 1 |
| GREEK 300 | Advanced Language Study Part 1 | Semester 2 |
| GREEK 301 | Ancient Greek Literary Texts 3A | Semester 2 |
| GREEK 302 | Ancient Greek Literary Texts 3B | Semester 1 |
| GREEK 305 | Special Topic | Availability to be advised |
Hebrew
| BSTHEO 135 | Biblical Hebrew 1 | Semester 1 |
History
Italian
Japanese
Korean
| ASIAN 100 | Images of Asia | Semester 1 |
| ASIAN 208 | Writing Systems in East Asian Cultures | Semester 1 |
| ASIAN 302 | Asian Diasporas | Semester 1 |
| ASIAN 308 | Writing Systems in East Asian Cultures | Semester 1 |
| KOREAN 110 | Korean for Beginners 1 | Semester 1 |
| KOREAN 111 | Korean for Beginners 2 | Semester 2 |
| KOREAN 120 | Korean Society and Culture | Semester 2 |
| KOREAN 200 | Intermediate Korean 1 | Semester 1 |
| KOREAN 201 | Intermediate Korean 2 | Semester 2 |
| KOREAN 230 | Traditional and Modern Korean Literature | Availability to be advised |
| KOREAN 277 | Korean Study Abroad 2A | Summer School, repeated Semester 1 and 2 |
| KOREAN 278 | Korean Study Abroad 2B | Summer School, repeated Semester 1 and 2 |
| KOREAN 300 | Advanced Korean 1 | Semester 1 |
| KOREAN 301 | Advanced Korean 2 | Semester 2 |
| KOREAN 377 | Korean Study Abroad 3A | Summer School, repeated Semester 1 and 2 |
| KOREAN 378 | Korean Study Abroad 3B | Summer School, repeated Semester 1 and 2 |
Language Teaching & Learning
| LANGTCHG 101 | Introduction to ELT | Semester 1, repeated Semester 2 |
| LANGTCHG 202 | Introductory English Language Analysis for TEFL | Semester 1 |
| LANGTCHG 205 | Developing Literacy in a Second Language | Semester 1 |
| LANGTCHG 206 | Special Topic | Availability to be advised |
| LANGTCHG 300 | Teaching English in the Second/Foreign Language Classroom | Semester 1, repeated Semester 2 |
| LANGTCHG 301 | Introduction to TEFL Curriculum | Semester 2 |
| LANGTCHG 302 | Practical Language Teaching | Semester 2 |
| LANGTCHG 303 | Instructed Language Learning | Semester 1 |
| LANGTCHG 304 | The Young Second Language Learner | Semester 2 |
| LANGTCHG 306 | Task-based Language Teaching in Primary School | Semester 1 |
| LANGTCHG 310 | Literature in Second Language Learning | Semester 1 |
| LANGTCHG 311 | Special Topic | Availability to be advised |
| LANGTCHG 312 | Special Topic | Availability to be advised |
Latin
| LATIN 100 | Introduction to Latin Language 1 | Semester 1 |
| LATIN 101 | Introduction to Latin Language 2 | Semester 2 |
| LATIN 200 | Latin Language Acquisition: Intermediate | Semester 1 |
| LATIN 201 | Latin Literary Texts 2A | Semester 1 |
| LATIN 202 | Latin Literary Texts 2B | Semester 2 |
| LATIN 203 | Latin Literary Texts 2C | Semester 1 |
| LATIN 204 | Latin Literary Texts 2D | Semester 2 |
| LATIN 205 | Special Topic: Latin Texts | Availability to be advised |
| LATIN 300 | Advanced Language Study Part 1 | Semester 2 |
| LATIN 301 | Latin Literary Texts 3A | Semester 1 |
| LATIN 302 | Latin Literary Texts 3B | Semester 2 |
| LATIN 305 | Latin Special Topic | Availability to be advised |
Latin American Studies
| LATINAM 101 | Introductory Portuguese Language | Availability to be advised |
| LATINAM 216 | Music, Politics and Social Change | Semester 2 |
| LATINAM 301 | Music, Politics and Social Change | Semester 2 |
| LATINAM 320 | Latin American Knowledges | Semester 1 |
| LATINAM 350 | Directed Reading and Research | Semester 1, repeated Semester 2 |
| POLITICS 327 | International Security and Conflict | Semester 1 |
| SOCIOL 210 | Colonisation, Globalisation and Development | Semester 1 |
| SPANISH 103 | Iberian and Latin American Civilisations | Semester 1 |
| SPANISH 105 | Beginners' Spanish 2 | Semester 2 |
Linguistics
| LINGUIST 100 | Introduction to Linguistics | Semester 2 |
| LINGUIST 101 | Language and Society | Semester 1 |
| LINGUIST 103 | Introduction to English Linguistics | Semester 1 |
| LINGUIST 200 | Syntax | Semester 1 |
| LINGUIST 201 | Phonetics and Phonology | Semester 1 |
| LINGUIST 202 | Language Change | Semester 2 |
| LINGUIST 203 | Applied English Grammar | Semester 2 |
| LINGUIST 206 | Semantics and Pragmatics | Semester 2 |
| LINGUIST 300 | Syntax: Function and Typology | Semester 2 |
| LINGUIST 301 | Advanced Phonology | Semester 2 |
| LINGUIST 305 | Child Language Acquisition | Semester 1 |
| LINGUIST 306 | Polynesian Comparative Linguistics | Semester 1 |
| LINGUIST 308 | Language Change | Semester 2 |
| LINGUIST 310 | Linguistics Essays Course | Semester 1, repeated Semester 2 |
| LINGUIST 313 | Lexical Functional Grammar | Semester 1 |
| LINGUIST 323 | Sociolinguistic Variation | Semester 1 |
Linguistics & English Language Teaching
Logic & Computation
| LINGUIST 100 | Introduction to Linguistics | Semester 2 |
| LINGUIST 103 | Introduction to English Linguistics | Semester 1 |
| LINGUIST 200 | Syntax | Semester 1 |
| LINGUIST 300 | Syntax: Function and Typology | Semester 2 |
| LINGUIST 313 | Lexical Functional Grammar | Semester 1 |
| LOGICOMP 301 | Special Topic: Philosophy and Computation | Semester 1 |
| PHIL 101 | Introduction to Logic | Summer School, repeated Semester 1 and 2 |
| PHIL 105 | Critical Thinking | Summer School, repeated Semester 1 and 2 |
| PHIL 222 | Intermediate Logic | Semester 2 |
| PHIL 305 | Advanced Logic | Semester 1 |
| PHIL 315 | Topics in Applied Logic | Semester 2 |
| PHIL 323 | Philosophy of Logic | Semester 2 |
Māori Studies
Medieval & Early Modern European Studies
Music
| ANTHRO 106 | Issues and History in Popular Music | Semester 1, repeated Semester 2 |
| ANTHRO 234 | Popular Musics of the Pacific | Semester 2 |
| ANTHRO 357 | Gender, Sexuality and Popular Music | Semester 2 |
Pacific Studies
Philosophy
Polish
| POLISH 100 | Beginners' Polish 1 | Availability to be advised |
| POLISH 101 | Introduction to Contemporary Poland | Availability to be advised |
| POLISH 210 | Poland, Heart of Europe | Availability to be advised |
Political Studies
Practical Theology
Russian
| RUSSIAN 100 | Beginners' Russian 1 | Semester 1 |
| RUSSIAN 101 | Beginners' Russian 2 | Semester 2 |
| RUSSIAN 200 | Intermediate Russian 1 | Semester 1 |
| RUSSIAN 201 | Intermediate Russian 2 | Availability to be advised |
| RUSSIAN 277 | Russian Study Abroad 2A | Summer School, repeated Semester 1 and 2 |
| RUSSIAN 278 | Russian Study Abroad 2B | Summer School, repeated Semester 1 and 2 |
| RUSSIAN 300 | Advanced Russian 1 | Availability to be advised |
| RUSSIAN 301 | Advanced Russian 2 | Availability to be advised |
| RUSSIAN 377 | Russian Study Abroad 3A | Summer School, repeated Semester 1 and 2 |
| RUSSIAN 378 | Russian Study Abroad 3B | Summer School, repeated Semester 1 and 2 |
| RUSSIAN 390 | East European Interdisciplinary Essay | Summer School, repeated Semester 1 and 2 |
Samoan
| COOKIS 201 | Cook Islands Maori Language 2 | Availability to be advised |
| PACIFIC 105 | Pacific Languages and World-Views | Semester 2 |
| PACIFIC 110 | Pacific Music and Dance | Semester 1 |
| PACIFIC 302 | Pacific Language Structures | Semester 1 |
| SAMOAN 101 | Samoan Language 1 | Summer School, repeated Semester 2 |
| SAMOAN 201 | Samoan Language 2 | Semester 1 |
| SAMOAN 203 | Special Topic | Availability to be advised |
| SAMOAN 301 | Samoan Language 3 | Semester 2 |
| SAMOAN 303 | Special Topic | Availability to be advised |
| TONGAN 201 | Tongan Language 2 | Semester 1 |
Sociology
Social Science for Public Health
Spanish
Theology
| THEOLOGY 100 | Beginning Theology in Aotearoa New Zealand | Semester 2 |
| THEOLOGY 101 | The Bible in Popular Culture | Semester 2 |
| THEOLOGY 103 | Reading the Bible | Semester 1 |
| THEOLOGY 104 | Christianity in Aotearoa New Zealand | Semester 2 |
| THEOLOGY 105 | Worlds and Cultures of the Bible | Availability to be advised |
| THEOLOGY 106 | Islam and the Contemporary World | Semester 1 |
| THEOLOGY 107 | Introduction to Christian Theology | Semester 1 |
| THEOLOGY 301 | Māori Theology | Availability to be advised |
| THEOLOGY 304 | Ecotheology | Semester 2 |
| THEOLOGY 305 | Missiology | Availability to be advised |
| THEOLOGY 306 | Religious Themes in the Arts | Availability to be advised |
| THEOLOGY 308 | Special Topic | Semester 1 |
Tongan
| COOKIS 201 | Cook Islands Maori Language 2 | Availability to be advised |
| PACIFIC 105 | Pacific Languages and World-Views | Semester 2 |
| PACIFIC 110 | Pacific Music and Dance | Semester 1 |
| PACIFIC 302 | Pacific Language Structures | Semester 1 |
| SAMOAN 201 | Samoan Language 2 | Semester 1 |
| TONGAN 101 | Tongan Language 1 | Semester 2 |
| TONGAN 201 | Tongan Language 2 | Semester 1 |
| TONGAN 203 | Special Topic | Availability to be advised |
| TONGAN 301 | Tongan Language 3 | Semester 2 |
| TONGAN 303 | Special Topic | Availability to be advised |
Women's Studies
| ANTHRO 241 | Anthropology of the Body | Semester 1 |
| ANTHRO 354 | Anthropology of the Body | Semester 1 |
| ANTHRO 357 | Gender, Sexuality and Popular Music | Semester 2 |
| ENGLISH 107 | Fundamental Questions: Desire | Semester 2 |
| ENGLISH 205 | Women's Texts of Experience | Summer School |
| HISTORY 102 | Sexual Histories: Western Sexualities from Medieval to Modern Times | Semester 1 |
| HISTORY 206 | Making Sex: Modern Histories of Sex | Semester 1 |
| HISTORY 306 | Making Sex: Modern Histories of Sex | Semester 1 |
| SOCIOL 214 | Sociology of Gender | Semester 1 |
| SOCIOL 222 | Families, Labour and Love | Semester 1 |
| SOCIOL 226 | Earning and Caring: Cross-national Comparisons | Semester 2 |
| WOMEN 100 | Gender and the Culture of Everyday Life | Semester 2 |
| WOMEN 202 | Gender and Visual Culture in the Pacific | Availability to be advised |
| WOMEN 307 | Special Topic | Availability to be advised |

