Faculty of Arts postgraduate courses

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Currently displaying 540 courses.

Classical Studies and Ancient History

ANCIENT 742

Greek Language (Higher II)

Anthropology

ANTHRO 727	Ethnographies of Music-Making
ANTHRO 729	Special Studies in Anthropology
ANTHRO 732	Reading Medical Ethnography
ANTHRO 733	Research in Popular Music Culture
ANTHRO 739	Special Studies in Anthropology
ANTHRO 748	Human Osteology
ANTHRO 749	Advanced Primatology
ANTHRO 756	Anthropology and Intellectual Property
ANTHRO 759	Special Topic
ANTHRO 760	Anthropological Theory and the Contemporary World
ANTHRO 762	Theorising Human Evolution
ANTHRO 763	Emerging Bio-Anthropology
ANTHRO 766	Landscape Archaeology
ANTHRO 777	Theory in Archaeology
ANTHRO 780	Research Project
ANTHRO 782	Research Project
ANTHRO 790	Dissertation in Anthropology
ANTHRO 796	Thesis in Anthropology
ANTHRO 797	Research Portfolio
PACIFIC 717	Pacific Policies, Pacific Peoples
PACIFIC 718	Pacific Policies, Pacific Peoples

Applied Linguistics

LANGTCHG 708	Special Topic: Experimental approaches to SLA
LANGTCHG 715	Developing Academic Literacy
LANGTCHG 734	Identity in Language Teaching and Learning
LANGTCHG 739	Directed Study
LANGTCHG 746	Materials Development and Evaluation
LANGTCHG 751	Corpus Studies in Applied Linguistics
LANGTCHG 754	English for Specific Purposes
LANGTCHG 757	Conducting Research in Applied Language Studies
LANGTCHG 760	Curriculum Design
LANGTCHG 762	Second Language Acquisition
LANGTCHG 763	Discourse Analysis
LANGTCHG 764	Creativity: Research and Practice
LANGTCHG 765	Language Testing and Assessment
LANGTCHG 793	Dissertation
LINGUIST 721	Formal Syntax
LINGUIST 722	Phonology
LINGUIST 790	Research Project

Art History

Asian Studies

Chinese

Classical Studies and Ancient History

Communication

Comparative Literature

COMPLIT 705	Reading Across Cultures
COMPLIT 709	Reading Across Cultures
COMPLIT 750	Directed Study
COMPLIT 751	Directed Study
COMPLIT 777	Study Abroad
COMPLIT 778	Study Abroad
COMPLIT 793	Thesis

Creative Writing

CREWRIT 797

Creative Writing

Criminology

CRIM 700	Research in Criminology
CRIM 702	Advanced Issues in Penology
CRIM 703	Contemporary Criminology
CRIM 705	Special Topic: Quantitative Criminology
CRIM 708	Directed Study
CRIM 780	Research Project
CRIM 793	Dissertation
SOCIOL 710	Special Topic: Environmental Justice and Environmental Crimes

Conflict and Terrorism Studies

DEVELOP 710	Development Policies and Institutions
HISTORY 713	Empire and Insurgency, 1840-1950
HISTORY 715	Topics in the History of War and Peace
HISTORY 716	Topics in the History of War and Peace
POLITICS 701	Research Design in Empirical Political Inquiry
POLITICS 702	Transitional Justice: From Retribution to Reconciliation
POLITICS 708	Theorising International Relations
POLITICS 710	Security Development Nexus
POLITICS 711	Bodies in/at War
POLITICS 724	Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism
POLITICS 731	The Engendering of Global Conflict
POLITICS 770	Ethnic Conflict and Civil War
POLITICS 777	Politics of Terrorism and Counterterrorism
POLITICS 792	Dissertation
POLITICS 793	Dissertation
POLITICS 794	Thesis

Development Studies

DEVELOP 701	Development Praxis
DEVELOP 703	Independent Research
DEVELOP 709	Theories of International Development
DEVELOP 710	Development Policies and Institutions
DEVELOP 712	Research Methods in Development
DEVELOP 715	Independent Research
DEVELOP 780	Research Project
DEVELOP 791	Dissertation
DEVELOP 793	Portfolio in Research
DEVELOP 794	Thesis
INDIGEN 711	Indigenous Environmental Politics
INDIGEN 712	Indigenous Psychologies
MĀORI 732	Rangatiratanga
MĀORI 743	Torangapu / Issues in Māori Politics and Policy
PACIFIC 700	The Pacific: Interdisciplinary Studies
POLITICS 710	Security Development Nexus
POLITICS 724	Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism
POLITICS 731	The Engendering of Global Conflict
SOCIOL 718	Research Projects: Design and Practice

Drama

Education

PACIFIC 717	Pacific Policies, Pacific Peoples
PACIFIC 718	Pacific Policies, Pacific Peoples

English

European Studies

ENGLISH 785	Directed Study
HISTORY 715	Topics in the History of War and Peace
PHIL 758	European Continental Philosophy 2

French

Media, Film and Television (FTVMS)

Gender Studies

German

COMPLIT 705	Reading Across Cultures
COMPLIT 709	Reading Across Cultures
COMPLIT 750	Directed Study
COMPLIT 751	Directed Study
COMPLIT 777	Study Abroad
COMPLIT 778	Study Abroad
GERMAN 741	German Translation Project
GERMAN 750	Special Study
GERMAN 751	Special Study
GERMAN 777	Study Abroad
GERMAN 778	Study Abroad
GERMAN 780	Research Project
GERMAN 791	Dissertation
GERMAN 796	Thesis
GERMAN 797	Research Portfolio
LANGTCHG 739	Directed Study
LANGTCHG 746	Materials Development and Evaluation
LANGTCHG 751	Corpus Studies in Applied Linguistics
LANGTCHG 757	Conducting Research in Applied Language Studies
LANGTCHG 762	Second Language Acquisition
LANGTCHG 764	Creativity: Research and Practice
LANGTCHG 765	Language Testing and Assessment
LINGUIST 709	Linguistic Research
LINGUIST 722	Phonology

Greek

ANCIENT 719	Directed Study in Ancient Culture
ANCIENT 742	Greek Language (Higher II)
ANCIENT 749	Themes and Issues in Ancient Culture
ANCIENT 750	Sources and Approaches for the Ancient World
ANCIENT 756	Research Essays in Ancient Culture
GREEK 707	Selected Greek Texts 1
GREEK 709	Directed Study
GREEK 714	Translation Portfolio: Greek to English
GREEK 792	Dissertation

History

Indigenous Studies

International Relations & Human Rights

DEVELOP 709	Theories of International Development
DEVELOP 710	Development Policies and Institutions
POLITICS 702	Transitional Justice: From Retribution to Reconciliation
POLITICS 724	Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism
POLITICS 770	Ethnic Conflict and Civil War
POLITICS 776	Media & Politics in an Age of Globalisation
POLITICS 789	Dissertation in International Relations and Human Rights

Italian

COMPLIT 705	Reading Across Cultures
ITALIAN 701	Special Topic in Italian Language Acquisition
ITALIAN 777	Study Abroad
ITALIAN 778	Study Abroad
ITALIAN 779	Study Abroad – Internship
ITALIAN 780	Research Project
ITALIAN 782	Research Essay
ITALIAN 791	Dissertation

Japanese

Language Teaching & Learning

Latin

ANCIENT 719	Directed Study in Ancient Culture
ANCIENT 749	Themes and Issues in Ancient Culture
ANCIENT 750	Sources and Approaches for the Ancient World
ANCIENT 756	Research Essays in Ancient Culture
LATIN 707	Selected Latin Texts 1
LATIN 709	Directed Study
LATIN 714	Translation Portfolio: Latin to English
LATIN 792	Dissertation
LATIN 797	Research Portfolio

Linguistics

LINGUIST 705	Field Methods: Phonetics and Phonology
LINGUIST 706	Field Methods: Morphosyntax
LINGUIST 709	Linguistic Research
LINGUIST 721	Formal Syntax
LINGUIST 722	Phonology
LINGUIST 790	Research Project
LINGUIST 791	Dissertation

Logic & Computation

LINGUIST 721	Formal Syntax
LOGICOMP 701	Directed Studies
LOGICOMP 703	Directed Study
LOGICOMP 782	Research Project
LOGICOMP 796	Thesis
PHIL 737	Logic 2

Māori Studies

Media and Screen Studies

Museums & Cultural Heritage

Pacific Studies

Philosophy

Public Policy

CRIM 703	Contemporary Criminology
MĀORI 743	Torangapu / Issues in Māori Politics and Policy
PACIFIC 717	Pacific Policies, Pacific Peoples
PACIFIC 718	Pacific Policies, Pacific Peoples
POLICY 701	Policy Analysis and Evaluation
POLICY 702	Economics of Policy
POLICY 737	Applied Policy Project
POLICY 740	Policy Design, Analysis and Implementation
POLICY 741	Government and Policy: New Zealand Compared
POLICY 742	Statistics and Data Analysis for Policy
POLICY 743	Economics, Budgets and Bureaucrats
POLICY 744	Policy in Practice
POLICY 790	Research Project
POLICY 792	Dissertation
POLICY 793	Dissertation
POLICY 794	Thesis
POLITICS 701	Research Design in Empirical Political Inquiry
POLITICS 741	Ethics and Health Policy
POLITICS 756	New Zealand Government
POLITICS 757	Comparative Public Policy
POLITICS 774	Politics-Policy Internship
SOCIOL 728	Family, Gender and the State

Politics and International Relations

PACIFIC 717	Pacific Policies, Pacific Peoples
PACIFIC 718	Pacific Policies, Pacific Peoples
POLICY 701	Policy Analysis and Evaluation
POLICY 702	Economics of Policy
POLICY 742	Statistics and Data Analysis for Policy
POLITICS 701	Research Design in Empirical Political Inquiry
POLITICS 702	Transitional Justice: From Retribution to Reconciliation
POLITICS 708	Theorising International Relations
POLITICS 710	Security Development Nexus
POLITICS 711	Bodies in/at War
POLITICS 724	Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism
POLITICS 731	The Engendering of Global Conflict
POLITICS 737	Directed Research
POLITICS 741	Ethics and Health Policy
POLITICS 756	New Zealand Government
POLITICS 757	Comparative Public Policy
POLITICS 770	Ethnic Conflict and Civil War
POLITICS 774	Politics-Policy Internship
POLITICS 776	Media & Politics in an Age of Globalisation
POLITICS 777	Politics of Terrorism and Counterterrorism
POLITICS 780	Research Project
POLITICS 793	Dissertation

Screen Production

Sociology

Spanish

SPANISH 728	Research Essays
SPANISH 742	Spanish Word Formation
SPANISH 750	Special Study
SPANISH 777	Study Abroad
SPANISH 778	Study Abroad
SPANISH 782	Research Project
SPANISH 791	Dissertation

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Theology

THEOLOGY 780	Dissertation
THEOLOGY 781	Research Essay
THEOLOGY 782	Research Essay
THEOLOGY 796	Thesis

Translation Studies

ARTHIST 722	Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age
ARTHIST 725	Concepts in Contemporary Art
ARTHIST 730	Exploring Pacific Art
ARTHIST 734	Art Writing and Curatorial Practice
ARTHIST 790	Research Project
ARTHIST 791	Dissertation
ARTHIST 792	Dissertation
ARTHIST 793	Research Essay
ARTHIST 794	Research Project
MUSEUMS 700	Exhibiting Cultures: International
MUSEUMS 702	Inside the Museum
MUSEUMS 704	Exhibiting Cultures
MUSEUMS 705	Exhibiting Cultures: Māori and Indigenous

ASIAN 702	Approaches to Research in Asian Studies
ASIAN 752	A Course-linked Research Topic
ASIAN 755	Directed Study
ASIAN 756	Directed Study
ASIAN 757	Research Essay
ASIAN 758	Research Essay
ASIAN 759	Research Essay
ASIAN 780	Research Project
ASIAN 793	Thesis
COMPLIT 705	Reading Across Cultures
HISTORY 737	Rethinking History
JAPANESE 702	Topics in Japanese Culture and Society
JAPANESE 745	Directed Study
JAPANESE 746	Research Essay
JAPANESE 747	Directed Study
JAPANESE 748	Research Essay

ASIAN 702	Approaches to Research in Asian Studies
ASIAN 752	A Course-linked Research Topic
ASIAN 755	Directed Study
ASIAN 756	Directed Study
ASIAN 757	Research Essay
ASIAN 758	Research Essay
ASIAN 759	Research Essay
CHINESE 777	Chinese Study Abroad I
CHINESE 778	Chinese Study Abroad II
CHINESE 780	Research Project
CHINESE 782	Research Essay
CHINESE 792	Dissertation

ANCIENT 719	Directed Study in Ancient Culture
ANCIENT 724	Egyptian Language 1
ANCIENT 727	Directed Study in Ancient Culture
ANCIENT 728	Directed Study in Ancient Culture
ANCIENT 729	Egyptian Language (Higher)
ANCIENT 739	Greek Language (Higher)
ANCIENT 741	Latin Language (Higher)
ANCIENT 742	Greek Language (Higher II)
ANCIENT 743	Latin Language (Higher II)
ANCIENT 745	Latin Language (Higher III)
ANCIENT 749	Themes and Issues in Ancient Culture
ANCIENT 750	Sources and Approaches for the Ancient World
ANCIENT 756	Research Essays in Ancient Culture
ANCIENT 792	Dissertation
ANCIENT 796	Thesis
ANCIENT 797	Research Portfolio

MEDIA 713	Media, Sound and Music
MEDIA 715	Visualising Difference
MEDIA 716	Love in/Loving the Cinema
MEDIA 726	Directed Study
MEDIA 741	Time and the Moving Image
MEDIA 742	Directed Study
MEDIA 743	Chinese Film Genres
MEDIA 781	Research Project
MEDIA 781	Research Project
MEDIA 793	Dissertation
MEDIA 796	Thesis
MEDIA 797	Research Portfolio
SCREEN 700	Screenwriting Project

DRAMA 708	Drama and the Mind
DRAMA 709	Studio
DRAMA 716	Directed Study in Playwriting
DRAMA 717	Long Play
DRAMA 718	Playwriting
DRAMA 720	Advanced Playwriting
DRAMA 721	Directed Study in Drama 1
DRAMA 722	Directed Study in Drama 2
DRAMA 728	Research Principles for Theatre
DRAMA 783	Dissertation
DRAMA 790	Dissertation in Drama
DRAMA 793	Thesis
DRAMA 795	Thesis
ENGLISH 781	Research Project

DRAMA 708	Drama and the Mind
GENDER 700	Critical Theories and Methods in Gender Studies
GENDER 701	Special Study
GENDER 780	Research Project
GENDER 785	Dissertation
GENDER 793	Dissertation
GENDER 797A	Research Portfolio
HISTORY 725	Health, Medicine and Society
POLITICS 711	Bodies in/at War
POLITICS 724	Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism
SOCIOL 728	Family, Gender and the State

HISTORY 705	Writing New Zealand
HISTORY 713	Empire and Insurgency, 1840-1950
HISTORY 715	Topics in the History of War and Peace
HISTORY 716	Topics in the History of War and Peace
HISTORY 725	Health, Medicine and Society
HISTORY 737	Rethinking History
HISTORY 760	Special Study
HISTORY 761	Special Study
HISTORY 780	Research Project
HISTORY 793	Dissertation
HISTORY 797	Research Portfolio
PACIFIC 717	Pacific Policies, Pacific Peoples
PACIFIC 718	Pacific Policies, Pacific Peoples

ARTHIST 730	Exploring Pacific Art
ENGLISH 700	Pacific Poetry
INDIGEN 711	Indigenous Environmental Politics
INDIGEN 712	Indigenous Psychologies
MUSEUMS 705	Exhibiting Cultures: Māori and Indigenous
PACIFIC 700	The Pacific: Interdisciplinary Studies
PACIFIC 708	Special Study
PACIFIC 710	Special Study
PACIFIC 714	Pacific Research Methodologies and Practices
PACIFIC 716	The Pacific: Interdisciplinary Studies
PACIFIC 717	Pacific Policies, Pacific Peoples
PACIFIC 718	Pacific Policies, Pacific Peoples
PACIFIC 785	Research Project
PACIFIC 792	Dissertation
PACIFIC 793	Dissertation

PHIL 728	Political Philosophy 1
PHIL 737	Logic 2
PHIL 752	Ancient/Medieval Philosophy 1
PHIL 758	European Continental Philosophy 2
PHIL 765	Special Topic: Indigenous Philosophies
PHIL 768	Special Studies
PHIL 769	Special Studies
PHIL 770	Special Studies: Honours
PHIL 771	Special Studies: Honours
PHIL 772	Special Studies: Honours
PHIL 773	Special Studies: Honours
PHIL 774	Special Studies: Masters
PHIL 775	Special Studies: Masters
PHIL 776	Special Studies: Masters
PHIL 777	Special Studies: Masters
PHIL 782	Dissertation

FRENCH 705	Advanced Language
FRENCH 720	Advanced French Translation
FRENCH 777	Study Abroad
FRENCH 778	Study Abroad
GERMAN 777	Study Abroad
GERMAN 778	Study Abroad
GREEK 714	Translation Portfolio: Greek to English
ITALIAN 777	Study Abroad
ITALIAN 778	Study Abroad
JAPANESE 745	Directed Study
LATIN 714	Translation Portfolio: Latin to English
SPANISH 777	Study Abroad
SPANISH 778	Study Abroad