University Lecture Series
What are University lecture Courses?
Our University Lecture Course Programme gives participants the opportunity to attend regular lectures in a selection of courses, alongside enrolled students as an observer. Please note that you are not eligible to attend tutorials, take part in assessments, sit exams and will not have access to online course material. This is a no-stress learning opportunity. Find more information here.
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University Lecture Course 2024:
Semester One 2024:
Semester One 2024 courses run from Monday 26 February until Friday 31 May 2024, and includes a two-week mid-semester break from Friday 29 March – Friday 12 April. There are no classes during the mid-semester break.
Semester Two 2024:
Semester Two 2024 courses run from Monday 15 July until Friday 18 October 2024, and include a two-week mid-semester break from Monday 26 August – Friday 6 September. There are no classes during the mid-semester break.
REGISTER HERE for Semester Two 2024
* Registrations close Sunday 7th July 2024
Course List Semester Two 2024:
HISTORY 205 - Bloodlands: Global Warfare
Asks historical questions about warfare in the modern era. Analyses conflicts and state violence and their impacts on people and their governments in a global setting. Themes include: the causes, course and consequences of warfare; restraint in warfare; ideologies of war and peace; civil war and revolution; imperial warfare; genocide; the human impact and context of war.
Lecturer: Maartje Abbenhuis
Monday 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Tuesday 9:00 am – 10:00 am
MUS 149 - Rock to Reggae: Tracking Popular Music in New Zealand
An introduction to New Zealand’s home-grown popular music, from the 1950s to the present day. A broad range of musical styles will be considered and situated within various social contexts. The issue of cultural identity in music – at national and local levels – will also be explored.
Lecturer: Aleisha Ward
Wednesday 9:00 am – 11:00 am
LAW 131 - Legal Method
An introductory study of how law is made and applied in New Zealand – an overview of the law-making roles of the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government; other influences on the development of the law; an introduction to case law, including judicial reasoning and the doctrine of precedent; an introduction to statute law, including the legislative process and techniques of statutory interpretation and application; the interaction between case law and legislation.
Lecturer: Mark Henaghan, Vincent Cogliati-Bantz
Monday 9:00 am -10:00 am
Wednesday 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Friday 9:00 am -10:00 am
SOCIAL 103 - Aotearoa New Zealand Social Policy and Social Justice
Provides an overview of key contemporary social policy issues within the context of globalising economic processes and continuing gendered and racialised divisions. Discusses the way in which debates around social policy are constructed and the implications this has for social justice. Case studies may include food and health, technology, indigeneity and children.
Lecturers: Moeata Keil
Thursday 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Friday 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
MUS 144 - Turning-points in Western Music
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.
Lecturer: Allan Badley
Friday 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
THEOREL 222 - Religion, Climate Change and Justice
An exploration of the influence of religion on how we understand and relate to the natural world. Students will learn about some religious ideas that have contributed to the current climate crisis, as well as the role that religion and spirituality are playing in responses to this crisis.
Lecturers: Michael Mawson
Monday 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm