An in-depth look into a period of history that has simultaneously fascinated and horrified generations of people around the world. Topics include: the origins of Nazism, Adolf Hitler and the rise of the NSDAP, life in Nazi Germany in peace and war, Hitler’s foreign policy, the Second World War, the Holocaust and its myriad legacies in history and popular culture.

Lecture’s: Prof. Maartje Abbenhuis, Dr Nicole Perry.

Tuesday 2-4pm, room 405-460 (Engineering building, room 460) 

Astrobiology examines the potential of the universe to harbour life and is interdisciplinary, combining Geology, Biology, Astronomy, Chemistry, Physics, Philosophy, Ethics. Course focus is on how these disciplines combine with technology, addressing questions of life in the universe. Key topics include origin and evolution of life, definitions and environmental limits of life, and how to search for life beyond Earth.

Lecturers: Kathleen Campbell, Jan Eldridge, Nick Rattenbury, Emily Parke, Matthew Egbert, Dan Hikuroa, Sarah Seabrook, Priyanka Dhopade, Haritina Mogosanu

Mondays, 11am – 1pm, room 405- 460, (Engineering building, room 460)

 Lecturer: Matheson Russell

Tues 10am, room ClockT039/105S-039 (building clock tower, room 039)

Thurs 10am room BLT100/106-100 (biology building, room 100) 

Why do politicians promote certain policies and not others? How do these policy choices reflect their differing values and views on social justice? What policy alternatives emerge from less commonly known values and views?

This course helps to answer these questions. The first section of the course introduces key concepts and theoretical perspectives crucial to the study of social policy. This sets the scene for a series of case studies – growing inequality, children: our future and ethnic diversity – focusing on current social policy challenges in New Zealand and elsewhere. The course will conclude with a brief consideration of the current reality and future potential for social policy to facilitate social justice.

We hope the course will give you a better idea of not only how policy matters because it affects all of our lives but also of how we can influence policy to achieve social justice.

Lectuer: Dr Moeata Keil

Tues 5-6pm and Thurs 1-2pm,  Room B28, General Library. 

Examines the history of Christianity from its origins in Palestinian and diaspora Judaism through to its official endorsement by the Roman Empire at the end of the fourth century. Explores how various traditions about Jesus evolved, how Christians both accommodated and resisted the wider culture, and how norms for “orthodoxy” (correct teaching) gradually took shape.

Lecturer: AP Allan Badley

Tuesday 1 – 2pm, room 105-012 (Clock Tower building, Room 012)

Wednesday 2- 3pm, room 110-110 (Clock Tower building – East, Room 110)

A study of significant people, major discoveries and inventions, and key factors (artistic, intellectual, social, technical) that were important agents of change in Western music. No previous knowledge of music is assumed.

Lecturers: AP Allan Badley

Tuesdays. 9-11am, room 421W-201 (the Architecture and Planning Building, room 421W)

Focuses on the study of history and how historians have understood and explained the past as well as the challenges facing the discipline today. Topics include post-structuralism and history, gender and history, the nature of historical memory and the impact of non-Western perspectives on the discipline.

Lecturer: Kim M. Phillips

Thursdays 10am-11am, room 206-315 (arts building, room 315) 

A broad overview of ancient Egyptian society and history. It encompasses the approximately 2000 years between the early period of formation of the state of Egypt and the end of the New Kingdom. A focus on political history forms the framework for discussions of the art, literature, and religion of the period.

Lectuer: Dr Jennifer Hellum

Monday 5-6pm, room 303-102 (science centre, room 102) 

Fridays 10-11am, room 105S-039 (the clocktower south wing, room 039) 

An introduction to theories of the nature, functions and origins of law and legal systems, including sources of law; comparative concepts of law; an overview of constitutional and legal arrangements in New Zealand, including the role of the courts; the operation of the legal system in historical and contemporary New Zealand with a focus on concepts of property rights, the Treaty of Waitangi, Treaty Settlements and proposals for constitutional change.

Lecturer: Dr Anna Hood

Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 12pm – 1pm, room 109-B15 (library building, room B15)