Animation and Visual Effects
DSDN 142 – Creative Coding I / Waehere ā-Auaha I
This course introduces students to the concepts and fundamentals of interactive visual perception through creative coding for interactive interfaces. Students will develop their own visual, animated, multimedia and interactive design solutions to address an array of design problems.
15 pts
^ Limited entry course
DSDN 151 – Graphic Design / Hoahoa ā-Whakairoiro
This course explores the basics of graphic design through a hands-on visual identity project. Students will learn about logos, typography, colour palettes, style guides, and more. It provides a good introduction to Communication Design skills. Students will learn about professional design practice through the use of a brief, design processes, and critique. Using design software, as well as sketching and photography, students will produce a variety of materials that express the visual identity and voice of a brand.
15 pts
DSDN 171 – Design in a Global Context / Hoahoa i te Horopaki o te Ao Whānui
By observing and analysing historical approaches and responses in and between cultures and design, students will explore design history from a place-based perspective. Analytical, critical and discursive skills, that demonstrate visual, oral and written communication will be emphasised.
15 pts
Applied Linguistics
See also Linguistics and TESOL
LALS 510 – Listening and Speaking in the Language Classroom
This course explores a range of principles and practices for the teaching and learning of listening and speaking skills in the second/foreign language classroom. Drawing on evidence from classroom research, the course explores evidence-based proposals for addressing the practical issues that teachers face in planning and and implementing instruction. Particular emphasis is given to the design of classroom materials, activities and lessons, and principles for managing classroom learning.
15 pts • (X) ELIN 805
LALS 511 – Teaching Reading and Writing
Examination of the principles behind the effective teaching of reading and writing skills in another language and the application of these principles in the preparation and use of teaching materials. Teaching is over three weeks starting Monday 30 Aug to Monday 20 September.
15 pts
LALS 512 – Teaching and Learning Grammar
An analysis and evaluation of diverse pedagogical interventions intended to facilitate grammar acquisition, with a view to helping practitioners optimise their design of course materials and classroom activities.
15 pts
LALS 513 – The Pronunciation of English
Study of the phonological systems of English with a focus on using this knowledge for the preparation of teaching materials and assisting learners' language use.
15 pts
Not offered in 2022
LALS 515 – Language Curriculum Development
The aim of this course is to familiarise students with the processes, issues and options of language course design and evaluation.
15 pts • (X) LALS 505
LALS 519 – Special Topic: Teaching English as an International Language
The changing sociolinguistic landscape of English has led to a paradigm shift in the Applied Linguistics discipline, calling for a critical re-assessment of ELT assumptions and practices that have been traditionally oriented toward native- English speakers' linguistic norms and practices. This course engages students in exploring the recent sociolinguistic development of the English language in various international contexts, and its implications for teaching English in today's globalizing/globalized world.
15 pts
LALS 520 – Learners and Second Language Learning
This course looks at the role of the learner and the effect of individual differences on second language learning. Issues such as learner motivation, affect, aptitude and learner response to feedback are explored.
15 pts • (X) LALS 502
LALS 521 – Language for Specific Purposes
A study of the theory and practice of developing courses for adult learners with specific professional or academic purposes for learning a language. In particular, the course examines ways of understanding the specific purposes in detail through analysis of target communication, and how learning opportunities relevant to that target should be selected and managed in particular contexts of learning.
15 pts
Not offered in 2022
LALS 522 – Teaching and Learning Vocabulary
The study of second language vocabulary learning and teaching, including factors that influence vocabulary learning, the roles of incidental acquisition and deliberate learning, how to select words for learning and how to assess vocabulary knowledge.
15 pts • (X) LALS 508
LALS 523 – Language Assessment
A study of the theory and practice of language assessment, with particular reference to classroom learning. Both formal tests and a range of alternative procedures are covered, having consideration for the purpose of the assessment and the requirements of the learning environment.
15 pts • (X) ELIN 823
LALS 529 – Task-Based Language Teaching
Task-based language teaching (TBLT) has been extensively theorized and researched in recent decades and widely adopted in language teaching and learning internationally. Drawing on theoretical and classroom perspectives, this course explores task-based course design, teaching and assessment. It considers the practicalities of adopting TBLT in contexts familiar to teachers on the course.
15 pts • (X) LALS 519, 2014-2016
LALS 531 – Computer-assisted Language Learning
This course engages participants in a critical examination of theoretical and practical issues in Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL). Students will develop an understanding about using, evaluating and designing digital materials and tools for language learning and teaching. Students will also engage in creative thinking by undertaking a CALL project.
15 pts
LALS 540 – Quantitative Research in Applied Linguistics
A study of how to evaluate and design quantitative research in Applied Linguistics.
15 pts
LALS 541 – Qualitative Research in Applied Linguistics
A study of how to evaluate and design qualitative research in Applied Linguistics.
15 pts
LALS 542 – Interaction and Identity in Language Learning
This course explores what theories of identity contribute to our understanding of the teaching and learning of language in educational contexts. It examines how language and identity are interconnected, and considers implications for classroom practice.
15 pts
LALS 544 – Discourse Analysis and Language Teaching
Discourse is language in use. This course explores the analysis of discourse structure in spoken and/or written text, and considers applications in language teaching.
15 pts
LALS 580 – Research Paper
The collection, analysis and interpretation of data relating to a research question arising from other MA course work. This paper may also provide an opportunity to go more deeply into issues raised in one of the elective courses.
15 pts
LALS 581 – Research Paper
The collection, analysis and interpretation of data relating to a research question arising from other MA course work. This paper may also provide an opportunity to go more deeply into issues raised in one of the elective courses.
15 pts
LALS 582 – Research Project
The collection, analysis and interpretation of data relating to a research question arising from other MA course work.
30 pts
LALS 583 – Dissertation
The collection, analysis and interpretation of data relating to a research question arising from other MA course work.
60 pts
LALS 584 – Thesis
The collection, analysis and interpretation of data relating to a research question arising from other MA course work.
90 pts
Architecture
SARC 352 – Pacific Designed Environments / Ngā Taiao o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa
Introduction to issues relating to designed and built environments of the Pacific region. Examination of contemporary conditions within a wider spatial and historical framework. In addition to a central focus on the settlement of Aotearoa/New Zealand, course material extends to other cultures within the greater Pacific rim.
15 pts • (P) One of ARCI/INTA/LAND 251
SARC 384 – Special Topic: Design Thinking Business
This course examines ways that business contributes to architecture and design enterprises. It also reviews a range of ways that creative strategic design-thinking contributes to various business enterprises. The course will look at how this is applied to architecture by looking at essential business concepts, tactics for starting practices and strategies for growing an established enterprise. In business application, it examines design-based concepts around Lean, Agile, Design Thinking and Scrum. The combined learnings will provide graduates with tools to open new business opportunities inside design and architecture, plus a broader set of transferable design-thinking skills to take into other businesses.
15 pts • (P) 60 200-level pts from the BAS and BDI schedules; (X) SARC 484
SARC 484 – Special Topic: Design Thinking Business
This course critically examines ways that business contributes to architecture and design enterprises. It also evaluates a range of ways that creative strategic design-thinking contributes to various business enterprises. The course will look at how this is applied to architecture by looking at essential business concepts, tactics for starting practices and strategies for growing an established enterprise. In business application, it examines design-based concepts around Lean, Agile, Design Thinking and Scrum. The combined learnings will provide graduates with tools to open new business opportunities inside architecture and a broader set of transferable design-thinking skills to take into other businesses.
15 pts • (P) 60 300-level pts from the BAS and BDI schedules; (X) SARC 384
Architecture History and Theory
SARC 352 – Pacific Designed Environments / Ngā Taiao o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa
Introduction to issues relating to designed and built environments of the Pacific region. Examination of contemporary conditions within a wider spatial and historical framework. In addition to a central focus on the settlement of Aotearoa/New Zealand, course material extends to other cultures within the greater Pacific rim.
15 pts • (P) One of ARCI/INTA/LAND 251
SARC 384 – Special Topic: Design Thinking Business
This course examines ways that business contributes to architecture and design enterprises. It also reviews a range of ways that creative strategic design-thinking contributes to various business enterprises. The course will look at how this is applied to architecture by looking at essential business concepts, tactics for starting practices and strategies for growing an established enterprise. In business application, it examines design-based concepts around Lean, Agile, Design Thinking and Scrum. The combined learnings will provide graduates with tools to open new business opportunities inside design and architecture, plus a broader set of transferable design-thinking skills to take into other businesses.
15 pts • (P) 60 200-level pts from the BAS and BDI schedules; (X) SARC 484
SARC 484 – Special Topic: Design Thinking Business
This course critically examines ways that business contributes to architecture and design enterprises. It also evaluates a range of ways that creative strategic design-thinking contributes to various business enterprises. The course will look at how this is applied to architecture by looking at essential business concepts, tactics for starting practices and strategies for growing an established enterprise. In business application, it examines design-based concepts around Lean, Agile, Design Thinking and Scrum. The combined learnings will provide graduates with tools to open new business opportunities inside architecture and a broader set of transferable design-thinking skills to take into other businesses.
15 pts • (P) 60 300-level pts from the BAS and BDI schedules; (X) SARC 384
Asian Studies
FHSS 110 – Exploring the World through Languages and Cultures
How do languages and cultures interrelate, and how can we read them in the world around us? This course provides students with insights into how languages and cultures shape and reflect identity by critically engaging with a wide variety of global texts and objects located in New Zealand’s capital city and beyond. Texts are studied in English translation.
20 pts
Biological Sciences
See also Cell and Molecular Bioscience, Conservation Biology, Ecological Restoration, Ecology and Biodiversity, Marine Biology and Microbiology
BIOL 132 – Biodiversity and Conservation
An introduction to the diversity, management and conservation of microbial, plant and animal communities. Using key taxa or ecosystems as examples, students will gain an appreciation of the current issues facing the world's biodiversity, and explore possible methods for conservation, including habitat restoration, translocation, and predator control.
15 pts
Biotechnology & Biodiscovery (Study Abroad)
BIOL 132 – Biodiversity and Conservation
An introduction to the diversity, management and conservation of microbial, plant and animal communities. Using key taxa or ecosystems as examples, students will gain an appreciation of the current issues facing the world's biodiversity, and explore possible methods for conservation, including habitat restoration, translocation, and predator control.
15 pts
Building Science
SARC 352 – Pacific Designed Environments / Ngā Taiao o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa
Introduction to issues relating to designed and built environments of the Pacific region. Examination of contemporary conditions within a wider spatial and historical framework. In addition to a central focus on the settlement of Aotearoa/New Zealand, course material extends to other cultures within the greater Pacific rim.
15 pts • (P) One of ARCI/INTA/LAND 251
SARC 384 – Special Topic: Design Thinking Business
This course examines ways that business contributes to architecture and design enterprises. It also reviews a range of ways that creative strategic design-thinking contributes to various business enterprises. The course will look at how this is applied to architecture by looking at essential business concepts, tactics for starting practices and strategies for growing an established enterprise. In business application, it examines design-based concepts around Lean, Agile, Design Thinking and Scrum. The combined learnings will provide graduates with tools to open new business opportunities inside design and architecture, plus a broader set of transferable design-thinking skills to take into other businesses.
15 pts • (P) 60 200-level pts from the BAS and BDI schedules; (X) SARC 484
Business (Study Abroad)
ECON 130 – Microeconomic Principles
An introduction to economic principles and their application to issues facing households, businesses and government in the New Zealand economy and the international economic environment. Note: CRNs 17450 and 15517 are for Vietnam-based students only.
15 pts • (X) ECON 113
tut tba
ECON 141 – Macroeconomic Principles
An introduction to macroeconomics, including fiscal and monetary policies, the international sector, and analysis of income-expenditure, IS-MPR and aggregate demand-aggregate supply models.
15 pts • (X) ECON 140
MARK 101 – Principles of Marketing
An introduction to the study of marketing and its role in developing a strategic customer/client focus within commercial, public sector and not-for-profit organisations. Summer CRN 19872 is offered by distance mode.
15 pts
tut tba
QUAN 102 – Statistics for Business
An introduction to techniques useful in business research or practice. Topics include sampling, graphs and diagrams, measures of location and dispersion, correlation and simple regression, probability, estimation and hypothesis testing. Note: QUAN 102 CRNs 1482, 5010, 7212 have lectures and tutorials at Kelburn; CRNs 4501, 16016, 32186 are online with tutorials at Kelburn campus. CRNs 17433 and 17434 are for Vietnam-based students only.
15 pts • (X) MATH 277, STAT 193
tut tba
Chinese
FHSS 110 – Exploring the World through Languages and Cultures
How do languages and cultures interrelate, and how can we read them in the world around us? This course provides students with insights into how languages and cultures shape and reflect identity by critically engaging with a wide variety of global texts and objects located in New Zealand’s capital city and beyond. Texts are studied in English translation.
20 pts
Climate, Environment & Biodiversity (Study Abroad)
BIOL 132 – Biodiversity and Conservation
An introduction to the diversity, management and conservation of microbial, plant and animal communities. Using key taxa or ecosystems as examples, students will gain an appreciation of the current issues facing the world's biodiversity, and explore possible methods for conservation, including habitat restoration, translocation, and predator control.
15 pts
SCIS 212 – Energy, Society and the Future
This course overviews different energy sources, past, present (including thermal, gravity and fluid, and solar) and future, and examines associated scientific, environmental, economic and social issues including issues specific to New Zealand and Maori. On completion, students will be able to assess energy-related issues and arguments with reference to sound scientific and historical information.
15 pts • (P) 60 100-level points (X) SCIE 201 in 2013-2015; SCIE 212 in 2016-2017
Communication Design
DSDN 142 – Creative Coding I / Waehere ā-Auaha I
This course introduces students to the concepts and fundamentals of interactive visual perception through creative coding for interactive interfaces. Students will develop their own visual, animated, multimedia and interactive design solutions to address an array of design problems.
15 pts
^ Limited entry course
DSDN 151 – Graphic Design / Hoahoa ā-Whakairoiro
This course explores the basics of graphic design through a hands-on visual identity project. Students will learn about logos, typography, colour palettes, style guides, and more. It provides a good introduction to Communication Design skills. Students will learn about professional design practice through the use of a brief, design processes, and critique. Using design software, as well as sketching and photography, students will produce a variety of materials that express the visual identity and voice of a brand.
15 pts
DSDN 171 – Design in a Global Context / Hoahoa i te Horopaki o te Ao Whānui
By observing and analysing historical approaches and responses in and between cultures and design, students will explore design history from a place-based perspective. Analytical, critical and discursive skills, that demonstrate visual, oral and written communication will be emphasised.
15 pts
DSDN 173 – Design Thinking for Sustainability / Whakaaro hoahoa mō te toitūtanga
This course introduces design thinking and its interdisciplinary application in addressing complex sustainability challenges. Students will use design thinking to interpret the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how they apply to Aotearoa New Zealand and global contexts.
15 pts • (X) DSDN 183 (2018–2020)
Creative Arts & Communication (Study Abroad)
MUSC 150 – Music in Global Contexts
An introduction to music in world cultures. A survey of examples from the Pacific, Asia, Africa and the Americas that examines music within its cultural context, and an introduction to the study of ethnomusicology.
20 pts
Creative Writing
See also Writing (Academic and Professional)
FHSS 103 – Great Ideas
Great Ideas is a course reflecting on some of the most exciting, important and revolutionary ideas that have shaped society and culture as it is today. It also considers how those ideas have an ongoing influence. It’s an interdisciplinary course looking at topics across the humanities, arts and social sciences.
20 pts
Data Science (Study Abroad)
RELI 226 – Psychology of Religion
This course provides an introduction to the psychology of religion. Many people identify with religious groups or traditions and claim to have religious or spiritual experiences. This course explores how contemporary psychology research sheds light on human religiosity. Topics include: the development of religion in children, the relationship between religion and morality, rituals, altered states of consciousness, and religion and identity.
20 pts • (P) 20 RELI pts or 40 pts from Part A of the BA Schedule or 30 PSYC pts; (X) RELI 310
tut tba
Design for Social Innovation
DSDN 151 – Graphic Design / Hoahoa ā-Whakairoiro
This course explores the basics of graphic design through a hands-on visual identity project. Students will learn about logos, typography, colour palettes, style guides, and more. It provides a good introduction to Communication Design skills. Students will learn about professional design practice through the use of a brief, design processes, and critique. Using design software, as well as sketching and photography, students will produce a variety of materials that express the visual identity and voice of a brand.
15 pts
DSDN 171 – Design in a Global Context / Hoahoa i te Horopaki o te Ao Whānui
By observing and analysing historical approaches and responses in and between cultures and design, students will explore design history from a place-based perspective. Analytical, critical and discursive skills, that demonstrate visual, oral and written communication will be emphasised.
15 pts
DSDN 173 – Design Thinking for Sustainability / Whakaaro hoahoa mō te toitūtanga
This course introduces design thinking and its interdisciplinary application in addressing complex sustainability challenges. Students will use design thinking to interpret the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how they apply to Aotearoa New Zealand and global contexts.
15 pts • (X) DSDN 183 (2018–2020)
Econometrics
See also Economics
QUAN 102 – Statistics for Business
An introduction to techniques useful in business research or practice. Topics include sampling, graphs and diagrams, measures of location and dispersion, correlation and simple regression, probability, estimation and hypothesis testing. Note: QUAN 102 CRNs 1482, 5010, 7212 have lectures and tutorials at Kelburn; CRNs 4501, 16016, 32186 are online with tutorials at Kelburn campus. CRNs 17433 and 17434 are for Vietnam-based students only.
15 pts • (X) MATH 277, STAT 193
tut tba
QUAN 111 – Mathematics for Economics and Finance
Mathematical methods appropriate for study of economics and finance: set theory, functions, calculus of functions of one or several variables, financial mathematics, vectors, matrices and systems of linear equations. Note: QUAN 111, CRN 15973 is for Vietnam-based students only.
15 pts • (X) MATH 141/142 and 151
tut tba
QUAN 201 – Introduction to Econometrics
The course focuses on the estimation and interpretation of ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models. The OLS assumptions and their implications are discussed. The methods learned are applied to real data.
15 pts • (P) ECON 130, QUAN 102 (or MATH 177 or STAT 193); QUAN 111 (or MATH 141/142, 151);
tut tba
Economics
ECON 130 – Microeconomic Principles
An introduction to economic principles and their application to issues facing households, businesses and government in the New Zealand economy and the international economic environment. Note: CRNs 17450 and 15517 are for Vietnam-based students only.
15 pts • (X) ECON 113
tut tba
ECON 141 – Macroeconomic Principles
An introduction to macroeconomics, including fiscal and monetary policies, the international sector, and analysis of income-expenditure, IS-MPR and aggregate demand-aggregate supply models.
15 pts • (X) ECON 140
Education
EDUC 117 – Motivation and Grit
Why do you do the things you do? Why are some activities more effective than others in trying to achieve goals? What is grit and how does it relate to motivation? This course will address all of these questions and will help students understand what affects peoples’ motivation. This course is taught online and can only be added until 13 November 2020.
20 pts
EDUC 403 – Research Methods in Education
An introduction to quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research. This course addresses methods of inquiry used to study topics in education. This course is taught on campus in trimester one and two, but is taught online in trimester three.
30 pts • (X) EDUC 503, EPSY 401, 501 or X EDUC 416, 532,C 502 TEAC 502
EDUC 406 – Effective Mentoring and Coaching for Educational Leadership
A critical examination of theory and practice related to effective mentoring and coaching for educational leadership in diverse cultures and contexts. This course provides an opportunity for participants to critically engage with the research and to contextualise key understandings from the course to their own area of interest. Co-taught with EDUC 538.
30 pts • (X) EDUC 538, EPOL 511, EPOL 585 in 2011 and 2012
EDUC 423 – Education, engagement and community
A critical examination of the intersections between education and engagement with social and environmental issues.. Theoretical and philosophical perspectives are used to examine such issues and generate effective educational responses to them. Participants will contextualise course understandings to their area of interest in community, informal or formal education.
30 pts • (X) EDUC 523
EDUC 462 – Special Topic: Working with High Achieving (Gifted and Talented) Learners
This course provides a broad introduction into the provision of gifted and talented education, focusing on New Zealand. The course will involve analysis and application of the principles and history underpinning gifted and talented education, and a study of theoretical and research-based practices relating to developing exceptional abilities. This course is taught online.
15 pts • (X) EDUC 562
EDUC 503 – Research Methods in Education
An introduction to quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research. This course addresses methods of inquiry used to study topics in education. This course is offered on campus in trimester one and two, but is taught online in trimester three.
30 pts • (X) EPSY 401, 501, EDUC 403
EDUC 504 – International Education: Issues and trends in policy, theory and practice
This course provides a broad introduction into the study and practice of international education. In this course students develop the capacity to critically examine international education policies and practices. Attention is paid to intercultural relations and approaches to developing intercultural competencies. X EDUC 460, 560 in 2015-2018. .
15 pts
EDUC 509 – Teaching and Learning in a Digital Age
This course examines the theoretical and practical implications of a digital age for educational contexts. Participants in this course will critique pedagogy, curricula, learning environments and educational policy from a digital age perspective. Learning in this course includes an evaluation of digital intergration within a selection of educational context. This course is taught online.
30 pts • (X) EDUC 407
EDUC 512 – Evaluating the Design and Use of Learning Environments
This course examines the relationship between learning environment design and user experience. Drawing on research from building science and education, students will examine historical and cultural contexts, the impact of environmental quality on cognitive processes, spatial and furniture design, and the impact of the digital age on the design and use of physical learning environments. A focus of this course is the critique of learning environments and policies that inform design and use. Tools for evaluating environments will be introduced.
30 pts
EDUC 515 – Teaching Linguistically Diverse Learners
A critical examination of issues surrounding equitable educational access for linguistically diverse students. Participants will make informed decisions when designing preparing and evaluating resources to promote the learning of these students. This course is co-taught with EDUC 415 and is taught online.
30 pts • (X) EDUC415, EPSY 502
EDUC 516 – The Language of the Classroom
An investigation into the form and function of language and its contribution to learning, student engagement and achievement in the classroom. Participants will make informed decisions about how to facilitate the language development of their learners. This course is is taught online.
30 pts • (X) EDUC 416; EPSY 503
EDUC 523 – Education, engagement and community
A critical examination of the intersections between education and engagement with social and environmental issues. Theoretical and philosophical perspectives are used to examine such issues and generate effective educational responses to them. Participants will contextualise course understandings to their area of interest in community, informal or formal education.
30 pts • (X) EDUC 423
EDUC 538 – Effective Mentoring and Coaching for Educational Leadership
A critical examination of theory and practice related to effective mentoring and coaching for educational leadership in diverse cultures and contexts. This course provides an opportunity for participants to critically engage with the research and to contextualise key understandings from the course to their own area of interest.
30 pts • (X) EDUC406, EPOL 511, EPOL 585 in 2011- 2012
EDUC 562 – Special Topic: Working with High Achieving (Gifted and Talented) Learners
This course provides a broad introduction into the provision of gifted and talented education, focusing on New Zealand. The course will involve analysis and application of the principles and history underpinning gifted and talented education, and a study of theoretical and research-based practices relating to developing exceptional abilities. This course is taught online.
15 pts • (X) EDUC 462
EDUC 568 – Sport and Physical Activity: Supporting Youth Development
This course critically examines beliefs about the use of sport and physical activity contexts for youth development and the implications for policy and practice. Students will examine contemporary models and evidence based practice in relation to the evaluation of programmes designed to promote positive youth development.
30 pts • (X) EDUC 464, EDUC 564 in 2015-2018
EDUC 575 – Language and Literacy Acquisition
A critical examination of current philosophies and constructs of literacy, and current curriculum contexts for literacy acquisition. This course is taught online.
30 pts • (X) EDUC 475, EPOL 507
Education (Study Abroad)
PSYC 122 – Introduction to Psychology 2
This course introduces students to theory and research in the biological basis of behaviour, learning and memory, cognition and perception, and applied psychology. In 2021, PSYC 122 will be delivered using a combination of online lecture modules, live lectures and a live lab programme accessible remotely or face to face on our Kelburn campus.
15 pts
Education and Psychology
PSYC 122 – Introduction to Psychology 2
This course introduces students to theory and research in the biological basis of behaviour, learning and memory, cognition and perception, and applied psychology. In 2021, PSYC 122 will be delivered using a combination of online lecture modules, live lectures and a live lab programme accessible remotely or face to face on our Kelburn campus.
15 pts
Education Policy & Implementation
Refer to Education website for information on which courses are part of teacher education programmes
MSSL 507 – Decolonising schools through leadership
This course deepens critical thinking regarding how culture and ethnicity are constructed in New Zealand schools. Participants will have opportunities to reflect on how issues of race and colonialism underpin New Zealand society and the school system, and to develop leadership approaches that challenge cultural bias and structural racism in the workplace.
15 pts
Education Postgraduate
Refer to Education website for information on which courses are part of teacher education programmes
EPSY 534 – Promoting Positive Behaviour for Learning and Well-Being
The course explores the understanding of factors that contribute to behaviours which reduce opportunities and alienate children and young persons from their learning environment. It promotes an ecological approach to address such behaviours that takes into account contextual and cultural consideration at both systemic and individual levels.
15 pts • (X) EDUC 419, 519, EPSY 434, 509, 510, 521
MSSL 507 – Decolonising schools through leadership
This course deepens critical thinking regarding how culture and ethnicity are constructed in New Zealand schools. Participants will have opportunities to reflect on how issues of race and colonialism underpin New Zealand society and the school system, and to develop leadership approaches that challenge cultural bias and structural racism in the workplace.
15 pts
Educational Psychology & Pedagogy
Refer to Education website for information on which courses are part of teacher education programmes
EPSY 534 – Promoting Positive Behaviour for Learning and Well-Being
The course explores the understanding of factors that contribute to behaviours which reduce opportunities and alienate children and young persons from their learning environment. It promotes an ecological approach to address such behaviours that takes into account contextual and cultural consideration at both systemic and individual levels.
15 pts • (X) EDUC 419, 519, EPSY 434, 509, 510, 521
e-Government
EGOV 512 – Directed Individual Study
To be determined for each individual student.
15 pts
English as a Second Language
See also Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, and TESOL
ELIN 001 – English for Academic Purposes
This course is for ESOL students who wish to improve their skills in academic English as preparation for further studies at a tertiary institution. The course aims to develop skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing.
60 pts
^ Limited entry course
English Literature
FHSS 103 – Great Ideas
Great Ideas is a course reflecting on some of the most exciting, important and revolutionary ideas that have shaped society and culture as it is today. It also considers how those ideas have an ongoing influence. It’s an interdisciplinary course looking at topics across the humanities, arts and social sciences.
20 pts
Fashion Design Technology
DSDN 151 – Graphic Design / Hoahoa ā-Whakairoiro
This course explores the basics of graphic design through a hands-on visual identity project. Students will learn about logos, typography, colour palettes, style guides, and more. It provides a good introduction to Communication Design skills. Students will learn about professional design practice through the use of a brief, design processes, and critique. Using design software, as well as sketching and photography, students will produce a variety of materials that express the visual identity and voice of a brand.
15 pts
DSDN 171 – Design in a Global Context / Hoahoa i te Horopaki o te Ao Whānui
By observing and analysing historical approaches and responses in and between cultures and design, students will explore design history from a place-based perspective. Analytical, critical and discursive skills, that demonstrate visual, oral and written communication will be emphasised.
15 pts
DSDN 173 – Design Thinking for Sustainability / Whakaaro hoahoa mō te toitūtanga
This course introduces design thinking and its interdisciplinary application in addressing complex sustainability challenges. Students will use design thinking to interpret the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how they apply to Aotearoa New Zealand and global contexts.
15 pts • (X) DSDN 183 (2018–2020)
FADN 273 – Fashion in Society / Kākahu i te Papori
Across human history, fashion has played an important role in every aspect of culture: religious order, social status, occupational position and rank, personal freedom (or lack thereof) and rejection of the status quo. In this course students will analyse precedents as well as cross-cultural examples, including Mātauranga Māori (framed in Transition Design) that reveal the nuanced socio-political narratives embodied in the garments and objects that people wear.
15 pts • (P) 75 points including 30 pts from the BDI or BAS schedules or permission of Head of School
Forensic Psychology
FPSY 401 – Forensic Psychology Fieldwork/Internship 1
This course provides students with an opportunity to complete a special project or take part in the day to day operations of a workplace or agency, undertaking forensic psychology-relevant work. The student will be jointly supervised by university staff and field supervisors.
15 pts • (P) permission of Head of School
^ Limited entry course
FPSY 402 – Forensic Psychology Fieldwork/Internship 2
This course provides students with an opportunity to complete a special project or take part in the day to day operations of a workplace or agency, undertaking forensic psychology-relevant work. The student will be jointly supervised by university staff and field supervisors.
15 pts • (P) permission of Head of School
^ Limited entry course
FPSY 403 – Forensic Psychology Fieldwork/Internship
This course provides students with an opportunity to spend 2 trimesters working on a special project or taking part in the day to day operations of a workplace or agency that undertakes forensic psychology-related work. The student will be jointly supervised by university staff and field supervisors.
30 pts • (P) permission of Head of School (X) FPSY 401, 402
^ Limited entry course
French
FHSS 110 – Exploring the World through Languages and Cultures
How do languages and cultures interrelate, and how can we read them in the world around us? This course provides students with insights into how languages and cultures shape and reflect identity by critically engaging with a wide variety of global texts and objects located in New Zealand’s capital city and beyond. Texts are studied in English translation.
20 pts
German
FHSS 110 – Exploring the World through Languages and Cultures
How do languages and cultures interrelate, and how can we read them in the world around us? This course provides students with insights into how languages and cultures shape and reflect identity by critically engaging with a wide variety of global texts and objects located in New Zealand’s capital city and beyond. Texts are studied in English translation.
20 pts
Global Studies (Study Abroad)
FHSS 110 – Exploring the World through Languages and Cultures
How do languages and cultures interrelate, and how can we read them in the world around us? This course provides students with insights into how languages and cultures shape and reflect identity by critically engaging with a wide variety of global texts and objects located in New Zealand’s capital city and beyond. Texts are studied in English translation.
20 pts
Health
See also Midwifery and Nursing
HLWB 211 – Special Topic: Nutrition Literacy for the 21st Century
This course introduces students to the fundamentals in human nutrition and nutrition literacy in the 21st century. Students will critically evaluate determinants of sustainable diets thereby generating students’ consciousness as global citizens in a challenging ‘food’ future.
15 pts • (P) 30 pts from 100-level courses, or by permission of the course coordinator
HLTH 501 – Research for Practice
This course focuses on locating, interpreting, critiquing and using research as a means for improving decision-making in the clinical or health setting.
30 pts
HLTH 502 – Applied Pathophysiology
Pathophysiology is explored in relation to clinical practice and emerging evidence. This course provides a foundation for clinical decisions related to interventions, management and expected health outcomes across the lifespan.
30 pts
HLTH 513 – Real World Midwifery
This course explores the role of the midwife as it is constructed in contemporary society. In particular it explores the context in which midwifery is practised and in which it attempts to support and promote normal childbirth.
30 pts • (X) MIDW 523
HLTH 514 – Advanced Assessment and Clinical Reasoning
This course is designed to develop the skills of systematic history taking, clinical examination and diagnostic reasoning with a focus on the respiratory, cardiovascular, abdominal, and neurological, systems. Students work alongside mentors in their clinical practice to develop these skills. Students must be in direct patient contact.
30 pts • (P) HLTH 502, students must be in direct patient contact
HLTH 517 – Diagnostics and Therapeutics
This course examines the sensitivity, specificity and utility of commonly used diagnostic testing methods (including the FBC, 12 lead ECG and telemetry monitoring, radiological imaging, and cardio-pulmonary diagnostics). In addition, course modules will explore the assessments of nutrition, infection, and anaemia alongside their associated common therapies. Students must be in direct patient contact.
30 pts • (P) HLTH 502, HLTH 514 Students must be in direct patient contact
HLTH 518 – Clinical Pharmacology
This course examines principles of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics in the context of safe and quality use of medicines.
30 pts • (P) HLTH 502
HLTH 520 – Practice Project
Students negotiate, design, undertake and report on an evidence based project of relevance to their practice area under the supervision of academic and workplace mentors.
30 pts • (P) 60 points from HLTH 501-550; (X) HLTH 551, HLWB 513
HLTH 521 – Research Methods
This course prepares students to undertake independent research by developing knowledge and skills in a variety of paradigms and methods, and engaging in higher-level debates on research philosophy and theory, ethics, limitations, data gathering and analysis.
30 pts
HLTH 523 – Contemporary Issues in Nursing
This course will explore the role, place and voice of nurses influencing health and wellbeing at a national and international level. Students will be challenged to articulate their contribution to healthcare and encouraged to think innovatively about healthcare delivery. The course is designed to build professional self-confidence, by cultivating professional identity and professional voice.
30 pts
HLTH 524 – Health Leadership and Management
This course will examine the issues that arise in leading and managing in the health sector. It will cover leadership and management theories and concepts, organisational development, budgeting and financing processes in health care, planning human resources and managing people, and consider issues relating to cultural safety.
30 pts
HLTH 525 – Diversity in Health Care
This course explores health from a cultural, ethnic and population perspective. Differences in health and illness patterns amongst groups are examined. The potential development of more appropriate services to address diversity is assessed.
30 pts
HLTH 528 – Evaluation for Health
This course prepares students to systematically use a programme logic approach to introduce and evaluate practices, systems and processes within a health context.
30 pts
HLTH 532 – Midwifery Assessment and Decision-making in Complex Maternity Care
This clinically oriented course is focused on building midwifery assessment and decision-making for complexity in maternity care across the full range of midwifery practice. Clinical contact with childbearing women is required.
30 pts • (P) Students hold a midwifery registration and a current New Zealand practising certificate
HLTH 533 – Midwifery Practicum in Complex Care
This course integrates theoretical knowledge into practice and extends the midwife's experience, knowledge, skills and practice in complex maternity care.
30 pts • (P) Students hold a midwifery registration and a current New Zealand practising certificate
HLTH 541 – Advanced Health Leadership and Management
This course will examine leadership and management in the health sector, including strategy development, and monitoring and evaluating organisational performance.
15 pts • (P) HLTH 524 or approved substitute
HLTH 543 – Prescribing Practicum
This course will develop prescribing knowledge and skills, drawing on the student’s previous learning in advanced health assessment, diagnostic reasoning/therapeutics and pharmacology. This course supports students to meet the Nursing Council of New Zealand requirements for registered nurse prescribing authority.
30 pts • (P) HLTH 502; At least a B in HLTH 514 & HLTH 518; students must be in direct patient contact
HLTH 544 – Nurse Practitioner Practicum
This course provides an opportunity for Nurse Practitioner students to synthesise and apply all previous Advanced nursing practice learning within the context of Mentored practice. This course supports students to meet the Nursing Council of New Zealand requirements for Nurse Practitioner registration and prepares them to contribute to Improvements in health outcomes for Maori through an Understanding of key concepts such as policy that supports Equitable health outcomes, Whanau Ora and Maori models of Health.
60 pts • (P) At least a B in each of the following courses: HLTH 514, HLTH 517, HLTH 518; students must be in direct patient contact (X) HLTH 531;
HLTH 550 – Transition to Professional Nursing Practice
This course facilitates the transition of the newly graduated nurse to practice using the New Zealand quality and safety capability framework to support the provision of safe person-centred care. Graduate nurses will focus on developing professional resilience, confidence in their clinical assessment and reasoning skills including the application of pathophysiology knowledge to clinical decision making as part of the wider healthcare team in order to provide safe, competent and comprehensive care inclusive of family/whānau.
30 pts • (P) Must have gained registration with Nursing Council of New Zealand no more than 12 months before enrolment; (X) HLTH 540 in 2013
HLTH 551 – Professional Project
This course will provide students with the knowledge and skills to plan, execute and complete a project that demonstrates advanced knowledge in a field of professional practice. Students will apply skills acquired during the study programme to solve a practice problem or problems. The outcomes of the project will be presented in a report targeting relevant key stakeholders.
60 pts • (P) Part 1 of subject requirement and one of HLTH 501, 521, 528 (X) HLTH 520, HLWB 513
HLTH 591 – Master of Health Research - Thesis
120 pts
HLTH 592 – Master of Health Research - Thesis in Nursing
120 pts
HLTH 593 – Master of Health Research - Thesis in Midwifery
120 pts
HLTH 594 – Thesis for Master of Nursing Science
A research project is undertaken. Emphasis is placed on the practice of research and theory development in relation to nursing practice and/or health outcomes. The thesis report demonstrates generation and synthesis of knowledge and makes a contribution to nursing knowledge.
90 pts • (P) At least B in HLTH 521 and an average grade of at least B in Part 1 of the MNS
HLTH 596 – Thesis for Master of Health Care
A research project is undertaken. Emphasis is placed on the practice of research and theory development in relation to health care and/or health outcomes. The thesis report demonstrates generation and synthesis of knowledge and contributes to knowledge in health practice, education and/or health services.
90 pts • (P) At least B in HLTH 521 and an average grade of at least B in Parts 1 and 2 of MHC degree
HLWB 501 – Health Policy and Planning
This course will examine governance, policy, strategy, service-delivery and decision-making in the health sector. It will consider policy and service delivery issues: key institutions, influences and behaviours, and the roles of the public and private sectors in healthcare systems; the efficiency and quality of health services, and policies to reduce inequities in healthcare services and health outcomes for Māori, Pasifika and other disadvantaged groups. Participants will learn health economics and policy concepts and develop knowledge and skills to address policy and service delivery challenges; design and analyse options; advance health policy and service delivery goals and objectives and advise decision-makers.
30 pts
HLWB 503 – Financing, Purchasing and Organising Health Services
This course will examine and critique alternative approaches to financing and organising health care, with international comparisons. It will draw on economic concepts to explore in depth issues relating to financing health care; accountability and performance; purchasing and contracting, and paying providers. The course will explore the role of competition in the delivery of health care, and examine issues relating to the integration of health, and health and social services.
15 pts • (X) GOVT 537, MAPP 551
HLWB 504 – Health Economics and Economic Evaluation
This course introduces key concepts in health economics and applies health economics to health policy and planning issues. It then introduces the role of monitoring and evaluation in health policy and planning and discusses economic evaluation in depth.
15 pts
HLWB 505 – Health Promotion Theory and Practice
This course develops students' knowledge in core health promotion approaches and perspectives in relation to the economic, social, cultural and environmental influences on well-being. Students will critically appraise health promotion strategies and issues, design and evaluate interventions, and gain skills for health promotion practice.
30 pts
HLWB 506 – Emerging Issues in Health Promotion
In this guided study course students will apply their knowledge of health promotion, needs assessment and intervention to an emerging issue in health promotion. The course will provide the opportunity for students to engage with and critically analyse the contribution of alternative paradigms for health promotion, including whanau based initiatives, the use of digital technologies and social marketing.
30 pts
HLWB 507 – Principles of Health and Safety Management
This course will provide advanced knowledge of management systems, organisational culture, and the integration of legal, regulatory and societal factors in the context of health and safety management.
15 pts
HLWB 508 – Human and Biological Factors in Workplace Health and Safety
This course applies principles of human function and considers the application of cognitive and behavioural psychology to workplace health and safety practice.
15 pts
HLWB 509 – Identification, Assessment and Control of Hazards and Risks
This course provides advanced knowledge about practice and performance in workplace health and safety risk management.
15 pts
HLWB 510 – Principles of Occupational Health and Hygiene
This course will provide advanced knowledge of the principles and practice of work related health – health protection, health promotion and wellbeing. It provides knowledge and understanding of the main work-related health hazards, and the practices to recognise, assess, control and monitor risks.
15 pts
HLWB 511 – Health and Safety Management and Leadership
This course provides insights into organisational behaviour, structures, functions, roles and responsibilities and accountabilities. The approach to workplace health and safety strategies is discussed. The principles of effective project management and human resource management are also covered.
15 pts
HLWB 512 – Professional Role and Functioning
This course provides advanced knowledge about the role and function of corporate governance and corporate social responsibility. The professional role and ethical framework for the workplace health and safety professional is described. Theories of communication and fostering teamwork are also explored. Please note this course will not be offered for the first time until 2020.
15 pts
HLWB 513 – Research Project
In this course students will design, undertake and report on a research project relevant to their subject area and area of professional interest.
60 pts • (P) Part 1 of the MHlth; (X) HLTH 520, HLTH 551
HLWB 513 – Research Project
In this course students will design, undertake and report on a research project relevant to their subject area and area of professional interest.
60 pts • (P) Part 1 of the MHlth; (X) HLTH 520, HLTH 551
HLWB 591 – Master of Health Research - Thesis
120 pts
HEAL 690 – Health for PhD
For exact school dates, times and venues please refer to the Graduate School’s website - www.vuw.ac.nz/nmh.
120 pts
HLTH 601 – Critical Analysis of a Health Issue
During this course, students complete a critical review of the relevant literature as background to framing the proposed research question(s) and methodological approach for their investigation of the health issue that is the focus of their thesis research, including consideration of the importance of the issue for Māori communities.
30 pts • (P) HLTH 521 (or an approved equivalent)
HLTH 602 – Issues in Professional Contexts
In this course, students develop a detailed understanding of the philosophical and theoretical frameworks and their application to professional contexts that are required for critically examining and addressing professional issues in the health sector, including the importance of Māori worldviews.
30 pts • (C) HLTH 601
HLWB 690 – Health and Wellbeing Thesis for PhD
A supervised research project leading to a comprehensive thesis.
120 pts • (P) Approval of the Programme Director
Health Informatics
QUAN 102 – Statistics for Business
An introduction to techniques useful in business research or practice. Topics include sampling, graphs and diagrams, measures of location and dispersion, correlation and simple regression, probability, estimation and hypothesis testing. Note: QUAN 102 CRNs 1482, 5010, 7212 have lectures and tutorials at Kelburn; CRNs 4501, 16016, 32186 are online with tutorials at Kelburn campus. CRNs 17433 and 17434 are for Vietnam-based students only.
15 pts • (X) MATH 277, STAT 193
tut tba
HLWB 211 – Special Topic: Nutrition Literacy for the 21st Century
This course introduces students to the fundamentals in human nutrition and nutrition literacy in the 21st century. Students will critically evaluate determinants of sustainable diets thereby generating students’ consciousness as global citizens in a challenging ‘food’ future.
15 pts • (P) 30 pts from 100-level courses, or by permission of the course coordinator
Health Promotion
QUAN 102 – Statistics for Business
An introduction to techniques useful in business research or practice. Topics include sampling, graphs and diagrams, measures of location and dispersion, correlation and simple regression, probability, estimation and hypothesis testing. Note: QUAN 102 CRNs 1482, 5010, 7212 have lectures and tutorials at Kelburn; CRNs 4501, 16016, 32186 are online with tutorials at Kelburn campus. CRNs 17433 and 17434 are for Vietnam-based students only.
15 pts • (X) MATH 277, STAT 193
tut tba
HLWB 211 – Special Topic: Nutrition Literacy for the 21st Century
This course introduces students to the fundamentals in human nutrition and nutrition literacy in the 21st century. Students will critically evaluate determinants of sustainable diets thereby generating students’ consciousness as global citizens in a challenging ‘food’ future.
15 pts • (P) 30 pts from 100-level courses, or by permission of the course coordinator
EDUC 568 – Sport and Physical Activity: Supporting Youth Development
This course critically examines beliefs about the use of sport and physical activity contexts for youth development and the implications for policy and practice. Students will examine contemporary models and evidence based practice in relation to the evaluation of programmes designed to promote positive youth development.
30 pts • (X) EDUC 464, EDUC 564 in 2015-2018
HLTH 501 – Research for Practice
This course focuses on locating, interpreting, critiquing and using research as a means for improving decision-making in the clinical or health setting.
30 pts
HLTH 521 – Research Methods
This course prepares students to undertake independent research by developing knowledge and skills in a variety of paradigms and methods, and engaging in higher-level debates on research philosophy and theory, ethics, limitations, data gathering and analysis.
30 pts
HLTH 528 – Evaluation for Health
This course prepares students to systematically use a programme logic approach to introduce and evaluate practices, systems and processes within a health context.
30 pts
HLWB 505 – Health Promotion Theory and Practice
This course develops students' knowledge in core health promotion approaches and perspectives in relation to the economic, social, cultural and environmental influences on well-being. Students will critically appraise health promotion strategies and issues, design and evaluate interventions, and gain skills for health promotion practice.
30 pts
Health Psychology
PSYC 122 – Introduction to Psychology 2
This course introduces students to theory and research in the biological basis of behaviour, learning and memory, cognition and perception, and applied psychology. In 2021, PSYC 122 will be delivered using a combination of online lecture modules, live lectures and a live lab programme accessible remotely or face to face on our Kelburn campus.
15 pts
QUAN 102 – Statistics for Business
An introduction to techniques useful in business research or practice. Topics include sampling, graphs and diagrams, measures of location and dispersion, correlation and simple regression, probability, estimation and hypothesis testing. Note: QUAN 102 CRNs 1482, 5010, 7212 have lectures and tutorials at Kelburn; CRNs 4501, 16016, 32186 are online with tutorials at Kelburn campus. CRNs 17433 and 17434 are for Vietnam-based students only.
15 pts • (X) MATH 277, STAT 193
tut tba
HLWB 211 – Special Topic: Nutrition Literacy for the 21st Century
This course introduces students to the fundamentals in human nutrition and nutrition literacy in the 21st century. Students will critically evaluate determinants of sustainable diets thereby generating students’ consciousness as global citizens in a challenging ‘food’ future.
15 pts • (P) 30 pts from 100-level courses, or by permission of the course coordinator
Health Software Development
QUAN 102 – Statistics for Business
An introduction to techniques useful in business research or practice. Topics include sampling, graphs and diagrams, measures of location and dispersion, correlation and simple regression, probability, estimation and hypothesis testing. Note: QUAN 102 CRNs 1482, 5010, 7212 have lectures and tutorials at Kelburn; CRNs 4501, 16016, 32186 are online with tutorials at Kelburn campus. CRNs 17433 and 17434 are for Vietnam-based students only.
15 pts • (X) MATH 277, STAT 193
tut tba
HLWB 211 – Special Topic: Nutrition Literacy for the 21st Century
This course introduces students to the fundamentals in human nutrition and nutrition literacy in the 21st century. Students will critically evaluate determinants of sustainable diets thereby generating students’ consciousness as global citizens in a challenging ‘food’ future.
15 pts • (P) 30 pts from 100-level courses, or by permission of the course coordinator
Health Studies (Study Abroad)
PSYC 122 – Introduction to Psychology 2
This course introduces students to theory and research in the biological basis of behaviour, learning and memory, cognition and perception, and applied psychology. In 2021, PSYC 122 will be delivered using a combination of online lecture modules, live lectures and a live lab programme accessible remotely or face to face on our Kelburn campus.
15 pts
Humanities and Social Sciences
FHSS 103 – Great Ideas
Great Ideas is a course reflecting on some of the most exciting, important and revolutionary ideas that have shaped society and culture as it is today. It also considers how those ideas have an ongoing influence. It’s an interdisciplinary course looking at topics across the humanities, arts and social sciences.
20 pts
Industrial Design
See also Design Innovation
DSDN 151 – Graphic Design / Hoahoa ā-Whakairoiro
This course explores the basics of graphic design through a hands-on visual identity project. Students will learn about logos, typography, colour palettes, style guides, and more. It provides a good introduction to Communication Design skills. Students will learn about professional design practice through the use of a brief, design processes, and critique. Using design software, as well as sketching and photography, students will produce a variety of materials that express the visual identity and voice of a brand.
15 pts
DSDN 171 – Design in a Global Context / Hoahoa i te Horopaki o te Ao Whānui
By observing and analysing historical approaches and responses in and between cultures and design, students will explore design history from a place-based perspective. Analytical, critical and discursive skills, that demonstrate visual, oral and written communication will be emphasised.
15 pts
Information Studies
INFO 520 – The Information Professions
This course explores the role of the information professions in society, focusing on the diverse nature of librarianship/information work and the key issues and trends impacting its development.
15 pts
INFO 521 – Management in Information Services
Introduces the key concepts of management and organisation theory necessary for the effective management of information services.
15 pts
INFO 522 – Information Policy Concepts, Issues and Processes
This course explores information policy concepts and issues with which information professionals need to be familiar, including the processes through which information policy and legislation are created in New Zealand, individual policies which influence information creation, access and use and the role of information professionals in information policy development.
15 pts
INFO 523 – Information Access and Use
This course covers models of information seeking behaviour and information literacy, and will equip students with the skills to assist users efficiently and effectively to access information in contexts such as libraries, museums, records management systems, and archives.
15 pts
INFO 525 – Digital Technologies for Information Professionals
A study of the technologies used for creating, storing, and disseminating information, including hardware, software, and virtual and physical environments. The student will use and evaluate technologies for information management.
15 pts
INFO 527 – Creating and Managing Metadata
An introduction to the theories, standards, and systems used for the storage and retrieval of information. Topics include metadata schemes, standards for record structure and content, and the design principles of databases used for information management and retrieval.
15 pts
INFO 528 – Research Methods for Information Management Environments
An introduction to the common forms of research for libraries, archives, records centres, and other information management environments; including quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research, as well as the evaluation and application of such methods within the discipline.
15 pts
INFO 530 – Maori Information Sources
An introduction to the range and characteristics of Maori information sources: including oral texts, databases held by organisations such as the Waitangi Tribunal and the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, iwi and whakapapa information.
15 pts
INFO 534 – Archival Systems
Theory, systems and strategies for the determination of those records worthy of long-term preservation and their management in the digital age.
15 pts
INFO 535 – Managing Current Records
Theory, tools and strategies to ensure that records in the digital working environment are created and maintained in accordance with organisational and societal requirements.
15 pts
INFO 538 – Practicum
A period of work experience in an information service for students with little or no prior relevant work experience. The placement will be subject to protocols and managed through a set of learning objectives, and must be approved by the course coordinator before commencement.
15 pts • (P) 60 500-level INFO pts
INFO 540 – Preservation Management in Libraries and Archives
The principles and practice of information preservation with an emphasis on management of preservation activities in a New Zealand bicultural context. Topics include preservation standards, ethics and policies, conservation solutions for various media, collection assessment and project management.
15 pts
INFO 542 – Management of Library Services
The application of management theory to the practice of managing and marketing libraries, emphasising development and quality control of services the development and quality control of services and collections tailored to customer needs.
15 pts
INFO 543 – Digital Curation
This course covers long-term preservation issues relating to digital objects, that is, maintaining and adding value to a trusted body of digital information for current and future use.
15 pts
INFO 544 – Online Searching
Searching and information services in the online environment, including both the free Internet environment and subscription databases.
15 pts
Not offered in 2022
INFO 546 – Resource Description and Discovery
Includes: Standards and processes used in libraries by cataloguing and metadata staff for creating or obtaining data for resource description and discovery; the relationship of cataloguing and metadata services to a library’s internal operations and to relevant external agencies and systems; and managing cataloguing operations.
15 pts • (X) LIBR 526, INFO 526
Not offered in 2022
INFO 551 – Approved Course of Study
A supervised WISE programme of on-line study approved by the Head of School.
15 pts • (P) permission of Head of School
INFO 552 – Approved Course of Study
A supervised WISE programme of on-line study approved by the Head of School.
15 pts • (P) permission of Head of School
INFO 561 – ST: Indigenous Information Perspectives
The aim of this course is to critically examine the changing role of information in Indigenous societies and how traditional knowledge has been transformed through the impact of new technologies. Students will develop an appreciation for the range of Indigenous perspectives on information-related topics in GLAMR institutions including: intellectual property; data sovereignty; repatriation; knowledge; knowledge organisation and access; research methodologies and digitisation of cultural heritage, which will be analysed using an Indigenous lens.
15 pts
Not offered in 2022
INFO 580 – Research Project
A supervised research project on an information management problem. The student will apply one or more established methodologies to collect and analyse data and communicate the results in a written report.
30 pts • (P) INFO 528; (X) INFO 550
Information Systems
INFO 512 – Making a Contribution to Theory
An introduction to establishing the theoretical contribution of a piece of research.
15 pts • (P) Permission from Head of School
Interaction Design
DSDN 142 – Creative Coding I / Waehere ā-Auaha I
This course introduces students to the concepts and fundamentals of interactive visual perception through creative coding for interactive interfaces. Students will develop their own visual, animated, multimedia and interactive design solutions to address an array of design problems.
15 pts
^ Limited entry course
DSDN 151 – Graphic Design / Hoahoa ā-Whakairoiro
This course explores the basics of graphic design through a hands-on visual identity project. Students will learn about logos, typography, colour palettes, style guides, and more. It provides a good introduction to Communication Design skills. Students will learn about professional design practice through the use of a brief, design processes, and critique. Using design software, as well as sketching and photography, students will produce a variety of materials that express the visual identity and voice of a brand.
15 pts
DSDN 171 – Design in a Global Context / Hoahoa i te Horopaki o te Ao Whānui
By observing and analysing historical approaches and responses in and between cultures and design, students will explore design history from a place-based perspective. Analytical, critical and discursive skills, that demonstrate visual, oral and written communication will be emphasised.
15 pts
DSDN 173 – Design Thinking for Sustainability / Whakaaro hoahoa mō te toitūtanga
This course introduces design thinking and its interdisciplinary application in addressing complex sustainability challenges. Students will use design thinking to interpret the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how they apply to Aotearoa New Zealand and global contexts.
15 pts • (X) DSDN 183 (2018–2020)
IXXN 221 – Web Design I / Hoahoa ā-Ipurangi I
In this course students explore and implement Web design tools and techniques. An emphasis is placed on creative approaches to front-end development, design and scripting techniques.
15 pts • (P) 75 points including 30 points from BDI or BAS Schedules or permission of Head of School
^ Limited entry course
Interior Architecture
See also Architecture and Landscape Architecture
SARC 352 – Pacific Designed Environments / Ngā Taiao o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa
Introduction to issues relating to designed and built environments of the Pacific region. Examination of contemporary conditions within a wider spatial and historical framework. In addition to a central focus on the settlement of Aotearoa/New Zealand, course material extends to other cultures within the greater Pacific rim.
15 pts • (P) One of ARCI/INTA/LAND 251
SARC 384 – Special Topic: Design Thinking Business
This course examines ways that business contributes to architecture and design enterprises. It also reviews a range of ways that creative strategic design-thinking contributes to various business enterprises. The course will look at how this is applied to architecture by looking at essential business concepts, tactics for starting practices and strategies for growing an established enterprise. In business application, it examines design-based concepts around Lean, Agile, Design Thinking and Scrum. The combined learnings will provide graduates with tools to open new business opportunities inside design and architecture, plus a broader set of transferable design-thinking skills to take into other businesses.
15 pts • (P) 60 200-level pts from the BAS and BDI schedules; (X) SARC 484
International Relations
MAOR 316 – Tōrangapū Māori/Māori Politics
This online course examines a range of Māori political structures, movements, ideologies and visions. Students will also explore Māori politics in relation to Pacific and international Indigenous contexts. The themes covered in the course include Tino Rangatiratanga and Sovereignty, nationalism, Liberal democracy, Local governance, Iwi governance, Pacific and Indigenous contexts. This course is also able to be taken towards majors in MREM, INTP or POLS.
20 pts • (P) 20 pts from MAOR 200-299 or POLS 200-399; (X) POLS 316
Italian
FHSS 110 – Exploring the World through Languages and Cultures
How do languages and cultures interrelate, and how can we read them in the world around us? This course provides students with insights into how languages and cultures shape and reflect identity by critically engaging with a wide variety of global texts and objects located in New Zealand’s capital city and beyond. Texts are studied in English translation.
20 pts
Japanese
FHSS 110 – Exploring the World through Languages and Cultures
How do languages and cultures interrelate, and how can we read them in the world around us? This course provides students with insights into how languages and cultures shape and reflect identity by critically engaging with a wide variety of global texts and objects located in New Zealand’s capital city and beyond. Texts are studied in English translation.
20 pts
Landscape Architecture
See also Architecture and Interior Architecture
SARC 352 – Pacific Designed Environments / Ngā Taiao o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa
Introduction to issues relating to designed and built environments of the Pacific region. Examination of contemporary conditions within a wider spatial and historical framework. In addition to a central focus on the settlement of Aotearoa/New Zealand, course material extends to other cultures within the greater Pacific rim.
15 pts • (P) One of ARCI/INTA/LAND 251
SARC 384 – Special Topic: Design Thinking Business
This course examines ways that business contributes to architecture and design enterprises. It also reviews a range of ways that creative strategic design-thinking contributes to various business enterprises. The course will look at how this is applied to architecture by looking at essential business concepts, tactics for starting practices and strategies for growing an established enterprise. In business application, it examines design-based concepts around Lean, Agile, Design Thinking and Scrum. The combined learnings will provide graduates with tools to open new business opportunities inside design and architecture, plus a broader set of transferable design-thinking skills to take into other businesses.
15 pts • (P) 60 200-level pts from the BAS and BDI schedules; (X) SARC 484
Language and Culture Studies
FHSS 110 – Exploring the World through Languages and Cultures
How do languages and cultures interrelate, and how can we read them in the world around us? This course provides students with insights into how languages and cultures shape and reflect identity by critically engaging with a wide variety of global texts and objects located in New Zealand’s capital city and beyond. Texts are studied in English translation.
20 pts
Language, Culture & Identity (Study Abroad)
FHSS 110 – Exploring the World through Languages and Cultures
How do languages and cultures interrelate, and how can we read them in the world around us? This course provides students with insights into how languages and cultures shape and reflect identity by critically engaging with a wide variety of global texts and objects located in New Zealand’s capital city and beyond. Texts are studied in English translation.
20 pts
Linguistics
See also Applied Linguistics and TESOL
LALS 510 – Listening and Speaking in the Language Classroom
This course explores a range of principles and practices for the teaching and learning of listening and speaking skills in the second/foreign language classroom. Drawing on evidence from classroom research, the course explores evidence-based proposals for addressing the practical issues that teachers face in planning and and implementing instruction. Particular emphasis is given to the design of classroom materials, activities and lessons, and principles for managing classroom learning.
15 pts • (X) ELIN 805
LALS 511 – Teaching Reading and Writing
Examination of the principles behind the effective teaching of reading and writing skills in another language and the application of these principles in the preparation and use of teaching materials. Teaching is over three weeks starting Monday 30 Aug to Monday 20 September.
15 pts
LALS 512 – Teaching and Learning Grammar
An analysis and evaluation of diverse pedagogical interventions intended to facilitate grammar acquisition, with a view to helping practitioners optimise their design of course materials and classroom activities.
15 pts
LALS 513 – The Pronunciation of English
Study of the phonological systems of English with a focus on using this knowledge for the preparation of teaching materials and assisting learners' language use.
15 pts
Not offered in 2022
LALS 515 – Language Curriculum Development
The aim of this course is to familiarise students with the processes, issues and options of language course design and evaluation.
15 pts • (X) LALS 505
LALS 519 – Special Topic: Teaching English as an International Language
The changing sociolinguistic landscape of English has led to a paradigm shift in the Applied Linguistics discipline, calling for a critical re-assessment of ELT assumptions and practices that have been traditionally oriented toward native- English speakers' linguistic norms and practices. This course engages students in exploring the recent sociolinguistic development of the English language in various international contexts, and its implications for teaching English in today's globalizing/globalized world.
15 pts
LALS 520 – Learners and Second Language Learning
This course looks at the role of the learner and the effect of individual differences on second language learning. Issues such as learner motivation, affect, aptitude and learner response to feedback are explored.
15 pts • (X) LALS 502
LALS 521 – Language for Specific Purposes
A study of the theory and practice of developing courses for adult learners with specific professional or academic purposes for learning a language. In particular, the course examines ways of understanding the specific purposes in detail through analysis of target communication, and how learning opportunities relevant to that target should be selected and managed in particular contexts of learning.
15 pts
Not offered in 2022
LALS 522 – Teaching and Learning Vocabulary
The study of second language vocabulary learning and teaching, including factors that influence vocabulary learning, the roles of incidental acquisition and deliberate learning, how to select words for learning and how to assess vocabulary knowledge.
15 pts • (X) LALS 508
LALS 523 – Language Assessment
A study of the theory and practice of language assessment, with particular reference to classroom learning. Both formal tests and a range of alternative procedures are covered, having consideration for the purpose of the assessment and the requirements of the learning environment.
15 pts • (X) ELIN 823
LALS 529 – Task-Based Language Teaching
Task-based language teaching (TBLT) has been extensively theorized and researched in recent decades and widely adopted in language teaching and learning internationally. Drawing on theoretical and classroom perspectives, this course explores task-based course design, teaching and assessment. It considers the practicalities of adopting TBLT in contexts familiar to teachers on the course.
15 pts • (X) LALS 519, 2014-2016
LALS 531 – Computer-assisted Language Learning
This course engages participants in a critical examination of theoretical and practical issues in Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL). Students will develop an understanding about using, evaluating and designing digital materials and tools for language learning and teaching. Students will also engage in creative thinking by undertaking a CALL project.
15 pts
LALS 540 – Quantitative Research in Applied Linguistics
A study of how to evaluate and design quantitative research in Applied Linguistics.
15 pts
LALS 541 – Qualitative Research in Applied Linguistics
A study of how to evaluate and design qualitative research in Applied Linguistics.
15 pts
LALS 542 – Interaction and Identity in Language Learning
This course explores what theories of identity contribute to our understanding of the teaching and learning of language in educational contexts. It examines how language and identity are interconnected, and considers implications for classroom practice.
15 pts
LALS 544 – Discourse Analysis and Language Teaching
Discourse is language in use. This course explores the analysis of discourse structure in spoken and/or written text, and considers applications in language teaching.
15 pts
LALS 580 – Research Paper
The collection, analysis and interpretation of data relating to a research question arising from other MA course work. This paper may also provide an opportunity to go more deeply into issues raised in one of the elective courses.
15 pts
LALS 581 – Research Paper
The collection, analysis and interpretation of data relating to a research question arising from other MA course work. This paper may also provide an opportunity to go more deeply into issues raised in one of the elective courses.
15 pts
LALS 582 – Research Project
The collection, analysis and interpretation of data relating to a research question arising from other MA course work.
30 pts
LALS 583 – Dissertation
The collection, analysis and interpretation of data relating to a research question arising from other MA course work.
60 pts
LALS 584 – Thesis
The collection, analysis and interpretation of data relating to a research question arising from other MA course work.
90 pts
Management
Maori (courses with significant Maori content)
MAOR 222 – Te Aukorimiha, Te Auripomiha o te Reo/The Social and Political Development of the Māori Language
MAOR 222 explores the socio-linguistic landscapes related to language revitalisation, planning and policy. The course also probes the current climate of Māori language revitalisation and the impact different initiatives have made on the social and political development of the language.
20 pts • (P) 40 pts
tut tba
MAOR 316 – Tōrangapū Māori/Māori Politics
This online course examines a range of Māori political structures, movements, ideologies and visions. Students will also explore Māori politics in relation to Pacific and international Indigenous contexts. The themes covered in the course include Tino Rangatiratanga and Sovereignty, nationalism, Liberal democracy, Local governance, Iwi governance, Pacific and Indigenous contexts. This course is also able to be taken towards majors in MREM, INTP or POLS.
20 pts • (P) 20 pts from MAOR 200-299 or POLS 200-399; (X) POLS 316
INFO 523 – Information Access and Use
This course covers models of information seeking behaviour and information literacy, and will equip students with the skills to assist users efficiently and effectively to access information in contexts such as libraries, museums, records management systems, and archives.
15 pts
INFO 530 – Maori Information Sources
An introduction to the range and characteristics of Maori information sources: including oral texts, databases held by organisations such as the Waitangi Tribunal and the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, iwi and whakapapa information.
15 pts
Maori Studies
MAOR 126 – Māori Cultural Practices for Professionals
This course prepares students, particularly those in the workforce, to deal with the opportunities and challenges of engaging with the Māori world and Māori stakeholders and communities. It focuses on basic Māori language skills, workplace Treaty issues, and operating appropriately and effectively in the context of a marae or Māori meeting.
20 pts • (X) MAOR 123 or MAOR 125 (2013- 2017)
MAOR 222 – Te Aukorimiha, Te Auripomiha o te Reo/The Social and Political Development of the Māori Language
MAOR 222 explores the socio-linguistic landscapes related to language revitalisation, planning and policy. The course also probes the current climate of Māori language revitalisation and the impact different initiatives have made on the social and political development of the language.
20 pts • (P) 40 pts
tut tba
MAOR 316 – Tōrangapū Māori/Māori Politics
This online course examines a range of Māori political structures, movements, ideologies and visions. Students will also explore Māori politics in relation to Pacific and international Indigenous contexts. The themes covered in the course include Tino Rangatiratanga and Sovereignty, nationalism, Liberal democracy, Local governance, Iwi governance, Pacific and Indigenous contexts. This course is also able to be taken towards majors in MREM, INTP or POLS.
20 pts • (P) 20 pts from MAOR 200-299 or POLS 200-399; (X) POLS 316
Marketing
MARK 101 – Principles of Marketing
An introduction to the study of marketing and its role in developing a strategic customer/client focus within commercial, public sector and not-for-profit organisations. Summer CRN 19872 is offered by distance mode.
15 pts
tut tba
Media Design
See also Culture+Context and Industrial Design
DSDN 142 – Creative Coding I / Waehere ā-Auaha I
This course introduces students to the concepts and fundamentals of interactive visual perception through creative coding for interactive interfaces. Students will develop their own visual, animated, multimedia and interactive design solutions to address an array of design problems.
15 pts
^ Limited entry course
DSDN 151 – Graphic Design / Hoahoa ā-Whakairoiro
This course explores the basics of graphic design through a hands-on visual identity project. Students will learn about logos, typography, colour palettes, style guides, and more. It provides a good introduction to Communication Design skills. Students will learn about professional design practice through the use of a brief, design processes, and critique. Using design software, as well as sketching and photography, students will produce a variety of materials that express the visual identity and voice of a brand.
15 pts
DSDN 171 – Design in a Global Context / Hoahoa i te Horopaki o te Ao Whānui
By observing and analysing historical approaches and responses in and between cultures and design, students will explore design history from a place-based perspective. Analytical, critical and discursive skills, that demonstrate visual, oral and written communication will be emphasised.
15 pts
Media Studies
MDIA 104 – Social and Interactive Media
This course traces the history of social and interactive media from pre-Internet forms to the present. It considers the shift from analogue to digital, the development of interactive technologies, the web's evolution to a dynamic social mediascape and public debate about the value of social and interactive media. Adopting a critical and historical lens, this course examines how social and interactive media have transformed our understanding of the world, the production of knowledge, conceptualisations of space and place, and modes of communication and self-presentation.
20 pts
Midwifery
See also Health and Nursing
HLTH 501 – Research for Practice
This course focuses on locating, interpreting, critiquing and using research as a means for improving decision-making in the clinical or health setting.
30 pts
HLTH 502 – Applied Pathophysiology
Pathophysiology is explored in relation to clinical practice and emerging evidence. This course provides a foundation for clinical decisions related to interventions, management and expected health outcomes across the lifespan.
30 pts
HLTH 513 – Real World Midwifery
This course explores the role of the midwife as it is constructed in contemporary society. In particular it explores the context in which midwifery is practised and in which it attempts to support and promote normal childbirth.
30 pts • (X) MIDW 523
HLTH 514 – Advanced Assessment and Clinical Reasoning
This course is designed to develop the skills of systematic history taking, clinical examination and diagnostic reasoning with a focus on the respiratory, cardiovascular, abdominal, and neurological, systems. Students work alongside mentors in their clinical practice to develop these skills. Students must be in direct patient contact.
30 pts • (P) HLTH 502, students must be in direct patient contact
HLTH 517 – Diagnostics and Therapeutics
This course examines the sensitivity, specificity and utility of commonly used diagnostic testing methods (including the FBC, 12 lead ECG and telemetry monitoring, radiological imaging, and cardio-pulmonary diagnostics). In addition, course modules will explore the assessments of nutrition, infection, and anaemia alongside their associated common therapies. Students must be in direct patient contact.
30 pts • (P) HLTH 502, HLTH 514 Students must be in direct patient contact
HLTH 518 – Clinical Pharmacology
This course examines principles of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics in the context of safe and quality use of medicines.
30 pts • (P) HLTH 502
HLTH 520 – Practice Project
Students negotiate, design, undertake and report on an evidence based project of relevance to their practice area under the supervision of academic and workplace mentors.
30 pts • (P) 60 points from HLTH 501-550; (X) HLTH 551, HLWB 513
HLTH 521 – Research Methods
This course prepares students to undertake independent research by developing knowledge and skills in a variety of paradigms and methods, and engaging in higher-level debates on research philosophy and theory, ethics, limitations, data gathering and analysis.
30 pts
HLTH 523 – Contemporary Issues in Nursing
This course will explore the role, place and voice of nurses influencing health and wellbeing at a national and international level. Students will be challenged to articulate their contribution to healthcare and encouraged to think innovatively about healthcare delivery. The course is designed to build professional self-confidence, by cultivating professional identity and professional voice.
30 pts
HLTH 524 – Health Leadership and Management
This course will examine the issues that arise in leading and managing in the health sector. It will cover leadership and management theories and concepts, organisational development, budgeting and financing processes in health care, planning human resources and managing people, and consider issues relating to cultural safety.
30 pts
HLTH 525 – Diversity in Health Care
This course explores health from a cultural, ethnic and population perspective. Differences in health and illness patterns amongst groups are examined. The potential development of more appropriate services to address diversity is assessed.
30 pts
HLTH 528 – Evaluation for Health
This course prepares students to systematically use a programme logic approach to introduce and evaluate practices, systems and processes within a health context.
30 pts
HLTH 532 – Midwifery Assessment and Decision-making in Complex Maternity Care
This clinically oriented course is focused on building midwifery assessment and decision-making for complexity in maternity care across the full range of midwifery practice. Clinical contact with childbearing women is required.
30 pts • (P) Students hold a midwifery registration and a current New Zealand practising certificate
HLTH 533 – Midwifery Practicum in Complex Care
This course integrates theoretical knowledge into practice and extends the midwife's experience, knowledge, skills and practice in complex maternity care.
30 pts • (P) Students hold a midwifery registration and a current New Zealand practising certificate
HLTH 541 – Advanced Health Leadership and Management
This course will examine leadership and management in the health sector, including strategy development, and monitoring and evaluating organisational performance.
15 pts • (P) HLTH 524 or approved substitute
HLTH 543 – Prescribing Practicum
This course will develop prescribing knowledge and skills, drawing on the student’s previous learning in advanced health assessment, diagnostic reasoning/therapeutics and pharmacology. This course supports students to meet the Nursing Council of New Zealand requirements for registered nurse prescribing authority.
30 pts • (P) HLTH 502; At least a B in HLTH 514 & HLTH 518; students must be in direct patient contact
HLTH 544 – Nurse Practitioner Practicum
This course provides an opportunity for Nurse Practitioner students to synthesise and apply all previous Advanced nursing practice learning within the context of Mentored practice. This course supports students to meet the Nursing Council of New Zealand requirements for Nurse Practitioner registration and prepares them to contribute to Improvements in health outcomes for Maori through an Understanding of key concepts such as policy that supports Equitable health outcomes, Whanau Ora and Maori models of Health.
60 pts • (P) At least a B in each of the following courses: HLTH 514, HLTH 517, HLTH 518; students must be in direct patient contact (X) HLTH 531;
HLTH 550 – Transition to Professional Nursing Practice
This course facilitates the transition of the newly graduated nurse to practice using the New Zealand quality and safety capability framework to support the provision of safe person-centred care. Graduate nurses will focus on developing professional resilience, confidence in their clinical assessment and reasoning skills including the application of pathophysiology knowledge to clinical decision making as part of the wider healthcare team in order to provide safe, competent and comprehensive care inclusive of family/whānau.
30 pts • (P) Must have gained registration with Nursing Council of New Zealand no more than 12 months before enrolment; (X) HLTH 540 in 2013
HLTH 551 – Professional Project
This course will provide students with the knowledge and skills to plan, execute and complete a project that demonstrates advanced knowledge in a field of professional practice. Students will apply skills acquired during the study programme to solve a practice problem or problems. The outcomes of the project will be presented in a report targeting relevant key stakeholders.
60 pts • (P) Part 1 of subject requirement and one of HLTH 501, 521, 528 (X) HLTH 520, HLWB 513
HLTH 591 – Master of Health Research - Thesis
120 pts
HLTH 592 – Master of Health Research - Thesis in Nursing
120 pts
HLTH 593 – Master of Health Research - Thesis in Midwifery
120 pts
HLTH 594 – Thesis for Master of Nursing Science
A research project is undertaken. Emphasis is placed on the practice of research and theory development in relation to nursing practice and/or health outcomes. The thesis report demonstrates generation and synthesis of knowledge and makes a contribution to nursing knowledge.
90 pts • (P) At least B in HLTH 521 and an average grade of at least B in Part 1 of the MNS
HLTH 596 – Thesis for Master of Health Care
A research project is undertaken. Emphasis is placed on the practice of research and theory development in relation to health care and/or health outcomes. The thesis report demonstrates generation and synthesis of knowledge and contributes to knowledge in health practice, education and/or health services.
90 pts • (P) At least B in HLTH 521 and an average grade of at least B in Parts 1 and 2 of MHC degree
HLTH 601 – Critical Analysis of a Health Issue
During this course, students complete a critical review of the relevant literature as background to framing the proposed research question(s) and methodological approach for their investigation of the health issue that is the focus of their thesis research, including consideration of the importance of the issue for Māori communities.
30 pts • (P) HLTH 521 (or an approved equivalent)
HLTH 602 – Issues in Professional Contexts
In this course, students develop a detailed understanding of the philosophical and theoretical frameworks and their application to professional contexts that are required for critically examining and addressing professional issues in the health sector, including the importance of Māori worldviews.
30 pts • (C) HLTH 601
MIDW 690 – Midwifery for PhD
For exact school dates, times and venues please refer to the Graduate School's website – www.vuw.ac.nz/nmh.
120 pts
Modern Language Studies
MAOR 126 – Māori Cultural Practices for Professionals
This course prepares students, particularly those in the workforce, to deal with the opportunities and challenges of engaging with the Māori world and Māori stakeholders and communities. It focuses on basic Māori language skills, workplace Treaty issues, and operating appropriately and effectively in the context of a marae or Māori meeting.
20 pts • (X) MAOR 123 or MAOR 125 (2013- 2017)
SPAN 101 – Introduction to the Spanish Language
This course teaches the basics of the Spanish language through practice in speaking, listening, reading and writing. As it is designed for absolute beginners, it may not be taken by students with prior knowledge of the language. This course is offered through different CRNs for face-to-face delivery on Kelburn Campus (CRN 31115) versus blended or mixed-mode offerings (CRNs 31116 and 31209). The blended or mixed-mode offerings are for students who would not otherwise be able to enrol in the course due to full-time employment or other daytime commitments. The three hours of traditional face-to-face lectures are replaced by web-based online material. Students who enrol for this option must attend a special face-to-face tutorial and audiovisual class in a two-hour block taught outside traditional teaching hours at the Pipitea Campus. This option is not intended for students who can attend most of the regular lecture times.
20 pts • (X) prior knowledge as determined by the academic teaching staff in Spanish, and SPAN 111
MAOR 222 – Te Aukorimiha, Te Auripomiha o te Reo/The Social and Political Development of the Māori Language
MAOR 222 explores the socio-linguistic landscapes related to language revitalisation, planning and policy. The course also probes the current climate of Māori language revitalisation and the impact different initiatives have made on the social and political development of the language.
20 pts • (P) 40 pts
tut tba
MAOR 316 – Tōrangapū Māori/Māori Politics
This online course examines a range of Māori political structures, movements, ideologies and visions. Students will also explore Māori politics in relation to Pacific and international Indigenous contexts. The themes covered in the course include Tino Rangatiratanga and Sovereignty, nationalism, Liberal democracy, Local governance, Iwi governance, Pacific and Indigenous contexts. This course is also able to be taken towards majors in MREM, INTP or POLS.
20 pts • (P) 20 pts from MAOR 200-299 or POLS 200-399; (X) POLS 316
Music
MUSC 120 – Popular Music: An Introduction
An introduction to the study of twentieth- and twenty-first-century popular music, integrating case studies of various global popular musics and interdisciplinary discussion of a range of ideas and issues that emerge from their study.
20 pts
MUSC 150 – Music in Global Contexts
An introduction to music in world cultures. A survey of examples from the Pacific, Asia, Africa and the Americas that examines music within its cultural context, and an introduction to the study of ethnomusicology.
20 pts
MUSC 160 – Introduction to Music Theory and Musicianship
An introduction to fundamental written skills in music and to basic forms used in Western music, including including practice in aural perception.
20 pts • (X) MUSC 164, 166
Music Studies
MUSC 120 – Popular Music: An Introduction
An introduction to the study of twentieth- and twenty-first-century popular music, integrating case studies of various global popular musics and interdisciplinary discussion of a range of ideas and issues that emerge from their study.
20 pts
MUSC 150 – Music in Global Contexts
An introduction to music in world cultures. A survey of examples from the Pacific, Asia, Africa and the Americas that examines music within its cultural context, and an introduction to the study of ethnomusicology.
20 pts
MUSC 160 – Introduction to Music Theory and Musicianship
An introduction to fundamental written skills in music and to basic forms used in Western music, including including practice in aural perception.
20 pts • (X) MUSC 164, 166
New Zealand & the Pacific Islands (Study Abroad)
FHSS 110 – Exploring the World through Languages and Cultures
How do languages and cultures interrelate, and how can we read them in the world around us? This course provides students with insights into how languages and cultures shape and reflect identity by critically engaging with a wide variety of global texts and objects located in New Zealand’s capital city and beyond. Texts are studied in English translation.
20 pts
Nursing
See also Health and Midwifery
HLTH 501 – Research for Practice
This course focuses on locating, interpreting, critiquing and using research as a means for improving decision-making in the clinical or health setting.
30 pts
HLTH 502 – Applied Pathophysiology
Pathophysiology is explored in relation to clinical practice and emerging evidence. This course provides a foundation for clinical decisions related to interventions, management and expected health outcomes across the lifespan.
30 pts
HLTH 513 – Real World Midwifery
This course explores the role of the midwife as it is constructed in contemporary society. In particular it explores the context in which midwifery is practised and in which it attempts to support and promote normal childbirth.
30 pts • (X) MIDW 523
HLTH 514 – Advanced Assessment and Clinical Reasoning
This course is designed to develop the skills of systematic history taking, clinical examination and diagnostic reasoning with a focus on the respiratory, cardiovascular, abdominal, and neurological, systems. Students work alongside mentors in their clinical practice to develop these skills. Students must be in direct patient contact.
30 pts • (P) HLTH 502, students must be in direct patient contact
HLTH 517 – Diagnostics and Therapeutics
This course examines the sensitivity, specificity and utility of commonly used diagnostic testing methods (including the FBC, 12 lead ECG and telemetry monitoring, radiological imaging, and cardio-pulmonary diagnostics). In addition, course modules will explore the assessments of nutrition, infection, and anaemia alongside their associated common therapies. Students must be in direct patient contact.
30 pts • (P) HLTH 502, HLTH 514 Students must be in direct patient contact
HLTH 518 – Clinical Pharmacology
This course examines principles of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics in the context of safe and quality use of medicines.
30 pts • (P) HLTH 502
HLTH 520 – Practice Project
Students negotiate, design, undertake and report on an evidence based project of relevance to their practice area under the supervision of academic and workplace mentors.
30 pts • (P) 60 points from HLTH 501-550; (X) HLTH 551, HLWB 513
HLTH 521 – Research Methods
This course prepares students to undertake independent research by developing knowledge and skills in a variety of paradigms and methods, and engaging in higher-level debates on research philosophy and theory, ethics, limitations, data gathering and analysis.
30 pts
HLTH 523 – Contemporary Issues in Nursing
This course will explore the role, place and voice of nurses influencing health and wellbeing at a national and international level. Students will be challenged to articulate their contribution to healthcare and encouraged to think innovatively about healthcare delivery. The course is designed to build professional self-confidence, by cultivating professional identity and professional voice.
30 pts
HLTH 524 – Health Leadership and Management
This course will examine the issues that arise in leading and managing in the health sector. It will cover leadership and management theories and concepts, organisational development, budgeting and financing processes in health care, planning human resources and managing people, and consider issues relating to cultural safety.
30 pts
HLTH 525 – Diversity in Health Care
This course explores health from a cultural, ethnic and population perspective. Differences in health and illness patterns amongst groups are examined. The potential development of more appropriate services to address diversity is assessed.
30 pts
HLTH 528 – Evaluation for Health
This course prepares students to systematically use a programme logic approach to introduce and evaluate practices, systems and processes within a health context.
30 pts
HLTH 532 – Midwifery Assessment and Decision-making in Complex Maternity Care
This clinically oriented course is focused on building midwifery assessment and decision-making for complexity in maternity care across the full range of midwifery practice. Clinical contact with childbearing women is required.
30 pts • (P) Students hold a midwifery registration and a current New Zealand practising certificate
HLTH 533 – Midwifery Practicum in Complex Care
This course integrates theoretical knowledge into practice and extends the midwife's experience, knowledge, skills and practice in complex maternity care.
30 pts • (P) Students hold a midwifery registration and a current New Zealand practising certificate
HLTH 541 – Advanced Health Leadership and Management
This course will examine leadership and management in the health sector, including strategy development, and monitoring and evaluating organisational performance.
15 pts • (P) HLTH 524 or approved substitute
HLTH 543 – Prescribing Practicum
This course will develop prescribing knowledge and skills, drawing on the student’s previous learning in advanced health assessment, diagnostic reasoning/therapeutics and pharmacology. This course supports students to meet the Nursing Council of New Zealand requirements for registered nurse prescribing authority.
30 pts • (P) HLTH 502; At least a B in HLTH 514 & HLTH 518; students must be in direct patient contact
HLTH 544 – Nurse Practitioner Practicum
This course provides an opportunity for Nurse Practitioner students to synthesise and apply all previous Advanced nursing practice learning within the context of Mentored practice. This course supports students to meet the Nursing Council of New Zealand requirements for Nurse Practitioner registration and prepares them to contribute to Improvements in health outcomes for Maori through an Understanding of key concepts such as policy that supports Equitable health outcomes, Whanau Ora and Maori models of Health.
60 pts • (P) At least a B in each of the following courses: HLTH 514, HLTH 517, HLTH 518; students must be in direct patient contact (X) HLTH 531;
HLTH 550 – Transition to Professional Nursing Practice
This course facilitates the transition of the newly graduated nurse to practice using the New Zealand quality and safety capability framework to support the provision of safe person-centred care. Graduate nurses will focus on developing professional resilience, confidence in their clinical assessment and reasoning skills including the application of pathophysiology knowledge to clinical decision making as part of the wider healthcare team in order to provide safe, competent and comprehensive care inclusive of family/whānau.
30 pts • (P) Must have gained registration with Nursing Council of New Zealand no more than 12 months before enrolment; (X) HLTH 540 in 2013
HLTH 551 – Professional Project
This course will provide students with the knowledge and skills to plan, execute and complete a project that demonstrates advanced knowledge in a field of professional practice. Students will apply skills acquired during the study programme to solve a practice problem or problems. The outcomes of the project will be presented in a report targeting relevant key stakeholders.
60 pts • (P) Part 1 of subject requirement and one of HLTH 501, 521, 528 (X) HLTH 520, HLWB 513
HLTH 591 – Master of Health Research - Thesis
120 pts
HLTH 592 – Master of Health Research - Thesis in Nursing
120 pts
HLTH 593 – Master of Health Research - Thesis in Midwifery
120 pts
HLTH 594 – Thesis for Master of Nursing Science
A research project is undertaken. Emphasis is placed on the practice of research and theory development in relation to nursing practice and/or health outcomes. The thesis report demonstrates generation and synthesis of knowledge and makes a contribution to nursing knowledge.
90 pts • (P) At least B in HLTH 521 and an average grade of at least B in Part 1 of the MNS
HLTH 596 – Thesis for Master of Health Care
A research project is undertaken. Emphasis is placed on the practice of research and theory development in relation to health care and/or health outcomes. The thesis report demonstrates generation and synthesis of knowledge and contributes to knowledge in health practice, education and/or health services.
90 pts • (P) At least B in HLTH 521 and an average grade of at least B in Parts 1 and 2 of MHC degree
HLTH 601 – Critical Analysis of a Health Issue
During this course, students complete a critical review of the relevant literature as background to framing the proposed research question(s) and methodological approach for their investigation of the health issue that is the focus of their thesis research, including consideration of the importance of the issue for Māori communities.
30 pts • (P) HLTH 521 (or an approved equivalent)
HLTH 602 – Issues in Professional Contexts
In this course, students develop a detailed understanding of the philosophical and theoretical frameworks and their application to professional contexts that are required for critically examining and addressing professional issues in the health sector, including the importance of Māori worldviews.
30 pts • (C) HLTH 601
NURS 690 – Nursing for PhD
For exact school dates, times and venues please refer to the Graduate School's website – www.vuw.ac.nz/nmh.
120 pts
Philosophy
See also Logic and Computation
FHSS 103 – Great Ideas
Great Ideas is a course reflecting on some of the most exciting, important and revolutionary ideas that have shaped society and culture as it is today. It also considers how those ideas have an ongoing influence. It’s an interdisciplinary course looking at topics across the humanities, arts and social sciences.
20 pts
PHIL 325 – Metaphysics
An introduction to some central problems in metaphysics, focusing on issues in the philosophy of time.
20 pts • (P) 40 PHIL points, including 20 pts from PHIL 200–299; (X) PHIL 225
Not offered in 2022
Political Science
MAOR 316 – Tōrangapū Māori/Māori Politics
This online course examines a range of Māori political structures, movements, ideologies and visions. Students will also explore Māori politics in relation to Pacific and international Indigenous contexts. The themes covered in the course include Tino Rangatiratanga and Sovereignty, nationalism, Liberal democracy, Local governance, Iwi governance, Pacific and Indigenous contexts. This course is also able to be taken towards majors in MREM, INTP or POLS.
20 pts • (P) 20 pts from MAOR 200-299 or POLS 200-399; (X) POLS 316
Political Science and International Relations
MAOR 316 – Tōrangapū Māori/Māori Politics
This online course examines a range of Māori political structures, movements, ideologies and visions. Students will also explore Māori politics in relation to Pacific and international Indigenous contexts. The themes covered in the course include Tino Rangatiratanga and Sovereignty, nationalism, Liberal democracy, Local governance, Iwi governance, Pacific and Indigenous contexts. This course is also able to be taken towards majors in MREM, INTP or POLS.
20 pts • (P) 20 pts from MAOR 200-299 or POLS 200-399; (X) POLS 316
Population Health, Policy and Service Delivery
QUAN 102 – Statistics for Business
An introduction to techniques useful in business research or practice. Topics include sampling, graphs and diagrams, measures of location and dispersion, correlation and simple regression, probability, estimation and hypothesis testing. Note: QUAN 102 CRNs 1482, 5010, 7212 have lectures and tutorials at Kelburn; CRNs 4501, 16016, 32186 are online with tutorials at Kelburn campus. CRNs 17433 and 17434 are for Vietnam-based students only.
15 pts • (X) MATH 277, STAT 193
tut tba
HLWB 211 – Special Topic: Nutrition Literacy for the 21st Century
This course introduces students to the fundamentals in human nutrition and nutrition literacy in the 21st century. Students will critically evaluate determinants of sustainable diets thereby generating students’ consciousness as global citizens in a challenging ‘food’ future.
15 pts • (P) 30 pts from 100-level courses, or by permission of the course coordinator
Psychology
PSYC 101 – Popular Psychology
PSYC 101 is an introduction to the field of psychology, bringing a scientific perspective to issues including topics that are covered in the media, as well as enduring myths about human and animal behaviour. The course is taught entirely online.
15 pts • (X) PSYC 232 or 242.
PSYC 122 – Introduction to Psychology 2
This course introduces students to theory and research in the biological basis of behaviour, learning and memory, cognition and perception, and applied psychology. In 2021, PSYC 122 will be delivered using a combination of online lecture modules, live lectures and a live lab programme accessible remotely or face to face on our Kelburn campus.
15 pts
FPSY 401 – Forensic Psychology Fieldwork/Internship 1
This course provides students with an opportunity to complete a special project or take part in the day to day operations of a workplace or agency, undertaking forensic psychology-relevant work. The student will be jointly supervised by university staff and field supervisors.
15 pts • (P) permission of Head of School
^ Limited entry course
FPSY 402 – Forensic Psychology Fieldwork/Internship 2
This course provides students with an opportunity to complete a special project or take part in the day to day operations of a workplace or agency, undertaking forensic psychology-relevant work. The student will be jointly supervised by university staff and field supervisors.
15 pts • (P) permission of Head of School
^ Limited entry course
FPSY 403 – Forensic Psychology Fieldwork/Internship
This course provides students with an opportunity to spend 2 trimesters working on a special project or taking part in the day to day operations of a workplace or agency that undertakes forensic psychology-related work. The student will be jointly supervised by university staff and field supervisors.
30 pts • (P) permission of Head of School (X) FPSY 401, 402
^ Limited entry course
Public Administration
See also Public Management and Public Policy
EGOV 512 – Directed Individual Study
To be determined for each individual student.
15 pts
Public Management
See also Public Policy
EGOV 512 – Directed Individual Study
To be determined for each individual student.
15 pts
GOVT 542 – Governance for Sustainability and Resilience
A problem-based approach to challenges and opportunities for sustainability and resilience, drawing on New Zealand and international cases, and involving a range of disciplinary and conceptual frameworks.
15 pts
Not offered in 2022
Public Policy
See also Public Management
GOVT 542 – Governance for Sustainability and Resilience
A problem-based approach to challenges and opportunities for sustainability and resilience, drawing on New Zealand and international cases, and involving a range of disciplinary and conceptual frameworks.
15 pts
Not offered in 2022
Religious Studies
RELI 114 – Religious Troublemakers
From Gandhi to Kate Sheppard to Martin Luther King, radical leaders have been inspired by their faith to challenge social and ethical norms. In doing so, they have sparked controversy and ignited mass movements with extraordinary results. We explore influential figures whose charisma, teaching and imagination have changed the world.
20 pts
RELI 226 – Psychology of Religion
This course provides an introduction to the psychology of religion. Many people identify with religious groups or traditions and claim to have religious or spiritual experiences. This course explores how contemporary psychology research sheds light on human religiosity. Topics include: the development of religion in children, the relationship between religion and morality, rituals, altered states of consciousness, and religion and identity.
20 pts • (P) 20 RELI pts or 40 pts from Part A of the BA Schedule or 30 PSYC pts; (X) RELI 310
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Science
SCIE 101 – Special Topic: Sustainability in Action
A theoretical and practical introduction to sustainability, with a focus on climate change and resource consumption. Lectures from subject experts complement a series of practical workshops held on campus and in the wider community. Students will have opportunities to learn about and reflect on the implications of sustainability issues for Māori and Pacific peoples.
15 pts
SCIE 102 – Special Topic: Wonders of the Universe (from stars to smartphones to everything in between)
This course examines the physics embedded within modern life. Students will select modules from a variety of topics and gain an understanding of the key physics concepts that are relevant to understanding the world around them and the devices on which we rely.
15 pts
SCIE 103 – Special Topic: Modern Alchemy
Examine the chemistry of everyday life and gain an understanding of a broad range of contemporary chemistry concepts through how they relate to everyday life. Ideal for students from a range of backgrounds. No previous chemistry experience needed. This is a fully online course.
15 pts
Science in Society
SCIS 101 – Science in Everyday Life
In this fully online course, students will learn from a range of experts across and beyond the university about science relevant to everyday life. Five modules cover topics such as pain, big data and weather. Gain an understanding of the science underpinning these topics, how they are discussed and represented in the media, and how they relate to our identities, political contexts, and experience of the world.
15 pts • (X) SCIE 101 in 2015-2017
SCIS 211 – Contemporary Issues in Science, Environment and Technology
This course presents a broad range of contemporary scientific, environmental and technological issues. Modules focus on such topics as climate change, conservation, environmental management, genetic modification and neuroscience technology. This online course encourages the development of scientific literacy and consideration of science within a wider societal context.
15 pts • (P) 60 100-level points (X) SCIE 201 in 2011-2012; SCIE 211 in 2013-2017
SCIS 212 – Energy, Society and the Future
This course overviews different energy sources, past, present (including thermal, gravity and fluid, and solar) and future, and examines associated scientific, environmental, economic and social issues including issues specific to New Zealand and Maori. On completion, students will be able to assess energy-related issues and arguments with reference to sound scientific and historical information.
15 pts • (P) 60 100-level points (X) SCIE 201 in 2013-2015; SCIE 212 in 2016-2017
SCIS 313 – Antarctic Science and Culture
This online course, featuring lectures filmed onsite in Antarctica, examines contemporary Antarctic research and places it in a wider scientific, historical, political, social and cultural context.
15 pts • (P) 60 200-level points
Second Language Education
See also Applied Linguistics, Linguistics, English as a Second Language, and TESOL
LALS 510 – Listening and Speaking in the Language Classroom
This course explores a range of principles and practices for the teaching and learning of listening and speaking skills in the second/foreign language classroom. Drawing on evidence from classroom research, the course explores evidence-based proposals for addressing the practical issues that teachers face in planning and and implementing instruction. Particular emphasis is given to the design of classroom materials, activities and lessons, and principles for managing classroom learning.
15 pts • (X) ELIN 805
LALS 511 – Teaching Reading and Writing
Examination of the principles behind the effective teaching of reading and writing skills in another language and the application of these principles in the preparation and use of teaching materials. Teaching is over three weeks starting Monday 30 Aug to Monday 20 September.
15 pts
LALS 515 – Language Curriculum Development
The aim of this course is to familiarise students with the processes, issues and options of language course design and evaluation.
15 pts • (X) LALS 505
LALS 520 – Learners and Second Language Learning
This course looks at the role of the learner and the effect of individual differences on second language learning. Issues such as learner motivation, affect, aptitude and learner response to feedback are explored.
15 pts • (X) LALS 502
LALS 522 – Teaching and Learning Vocabulary
The study of second language vocabulary learning and teaching, including factors that influence vocabulary learning, the roles of incidental acquisition and deliberate learning, how to select words for learning and how to assess vocabulary knowledge.
15 pts • (X) LALS 508
LALS 523 – Language Assessment
A study of the theory and practice of language assessment, with particular reference to classroom learning. Both formal tests and a range of alternative procedures are covered, having consideration for the purpose of the assessment and the requirements of the learning environment.
15 pts • (X) ELIN 823
LALS 529 – Task-Based Language Teaching
Task-based language teaching (TBLT) has been extensively theorized and researched in recent decades and widely adopted in language teaching and learning internationally. Drawing on theoretical and classroom perspectives, this course explores task-based course design, teaching and assessment. It considers the practicalities of adopting TBLT in contexts familiar to teachers on the course.
15 pts • (X) LALS 519, 2014-2016
LALS 531 – Computer-assisted Language Learning
This course engages participants in a critical examination of theoretical and practical issues in Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL). Students will develop an understanding about using, evaluating and designing digital materials and tools for language learning and teaching. Students will also engage in creative thinking by undertaking a CALL project.
15 pts
LALS 540 – Quantitative Research in Applied Linguistics
A study of how to evaluate and design quantitative research in Applied Linguistics.
15 pts
LALS 541 – Qualitative Research in Applied Linguistics
A study of how to evaluate and design qualitative research in Applied Linguistics.
15 pts
LALS 542 – Interaction and Identity in Language Learning
This course explores what theories of identity contribute to our understanding of the teaching and learning of language in educational contexts. It examines how language and identity are interconnected, and considers implications for classroom practice.
15 pts
Secondary School Leadership
MSSL 507 – Decolonising schools through leadership
This course deepens critical thinking regarding how culture and ethnicity are constructed in New Zealand schools. Participants will have opportunities to reflect on how issues of race and colonialism underpin New Zealand society and the school system, and to develop leadership approaches that challenge cultural bias and structural racism in the workplace.
15 pts
Social Policy
SACS 201 – Methods in Social and Cultural Research
A multi-disciplinary survey of key methodological approaches and methods employed by social science researchers. The course includes critical discussion of the theoretical underpinnings of qualitative and quantitative approaches, ethics and the practice of social and cultural research. This course is also able to be taken towards a major in SOSC or a minor in SPOL.
20 pts • (P) 40 pts from Part A of the BA Schedule.
Society & Ethics (Study Abroad)
FHSS 103 – Great Ideas
Great Ideas is a course reflecting on some of the most exciting, important and revolutionary ideas that have shaped society and culture as it is today. It also considers how those ideas have an ongoing influence. It’s an interdisciplinary course looking at topics across the humanities, arts and social sciences.
20 pts
FHSS 110 – Exploring the World through Languages and Cultures
How do languages and cultures interrelate, and how can we read them in the world around us? This course provides students with insights into how languages and cultures shape and reflect identity by critically engaging with a wide variety of global texts and objects located in New Zealand’s capital city and beyond. Texts are studied in English translation.
20 pts
Sociology
See also Social Policy and Social Science Research
SACS 201 – Methods in Social and Cultural Research
A multi-disciplinary survey of key methodological approaches and methods employed by social science researchers. The course includes critical discussion of the theoretical underpinnings of qualitative and quantitative approaches, ethics and the practice of social and cultural research. This course is also able to be taken towards a major in SOSC or a minor in SPOL.
20 pts • (P) 40 pts from Part A of the BA Schedule.
Spanish
FHSS 110 – Exploring the World through Languages and Cultures
How do languages and cultures interrelate, and how can we read them in the world around us? This course provides students with insights into how languages and cultures shape and reflect identity by critically engaging with a wide variety of global texts and objects located in New Zealand’s capital city and beyond. Texts are studied in English translation.
20 pts
SPAN 101 – Introduction to the Spanish Language
This course teaches the basics of the Spanish language through practice in speaking, listening, reading and writing. As it is designed for absolute beginners, it may not be taken by students with prior knowledge of the language. This course is offered through different CRNs for face-to-face delivery on Kelburn Campus (CRN 31115) versus blended or mixed-mode offerings (CRNs 31116 and 31209). The blended or mixed-mode offerings are for students who would not otherwise be able to enrol in the course due to full-time employment or other daytime commitments. The three hours of traditional face-to-face lectures are replaced by web-based online material. Students who enrol for this option must attend a special face-to-face tutorial and audiovisual class in a two-hour block taught outside traditional teaching hours at the Pipitea Campus. This option is not intended for students who can attend most of the regular lecture times.
20 pts • (X) prior knowledge as determined by the academic teaching staff in Spanish, and SPAN 111
Statistics
STAT 581 – Statistical Practicum
This course enables students to gain professional work experience in the application of statistics. Each student is supervised by a host organisation involved in statistical consulting or statistical applications in the public or private sectors. The placement allows students to develop teamwork and communication skills in the real world.
30 pts • (P) 60 approved OPRE, STAT or STOR pts at 400-level or above
Statistics and Operations Research
See also Statistics and Operations Research
STAT 581 – Statistical Practicum
This course enables students to gain professional work experience in the application of statistics. Each student is supervised by a host organisation involved in statistical consulting or statistical applications in the public or private sectors. The placement allows students to develop teamwork and communication skills in the real world.
30 pts • (P) 60 approved OPRE, STAT or STOR pts at 400-level or above
Teaching
TCHG 301 – The Learner in Context
This course reviews literature on human development, theories of learning, and principles of educational assessment as these relate to teaching and learning. This course can only be undertaken as part of a specific teacher education programme. For campus based students some portions of this course will be delivered online through Blackboard.
20 pts • (X) EPSY 301
Not offered in 2022
TCHG 302 – The Teacher in Context
This course considers ethical, professional, legal and moral aspects of teaching and the impact of personal, social, political and cultural factors on teaching and learning. Successful completion of two Teaching Experiences is a mandatory requirement of this course. This course can only be undertaken as part of a specific teacher education programme and is taught online.
15 pts • (P) TCHG 301; (C) TCHG 303, (or 304 or 305) and 80 further approved TCHG pts (X) EPOL 301
Not offered in 2022
TCHG 304 – Teaching Models and Strategies
This course focuses on research-based Teaching models and strategies that enable teachers to plan, implement and assess effective learning experiences This course can only be undertaken as part of a specific teacher Education programme. For campus based students some portions of this course will be delivered online through Blackboard.
20 pts • (P) TCHG 301 or EPSY 301 (X) EPSY 302
Not offered in 2022
TCHG 305 – Early Development and Relationships
This course reviews literature on human development, theories of learning, and principles of educational observation as these relate to teaching and learning. This course can only be undertaken as part of a specific teacher education programme and is taught online.
20 pts • (P) TCHG 301 (or EPSY 301); (X) EPSY 312
Not offered in 2022
TCHG 311 – Early Childhood Teaching and Pedagogy
An introduction to notions of curriculum, play and pedagogical practices in early childhood education settings. This course can only be undertaken as part of a specific teacher education programme and is taught online.
20 pts • (P) TCHG 301 (or EPSY 301); (X) EPOL 311
Not offered in 2022
TCHG 312 – The Multi-literate Child
An examination of how children make meaning and begin to represent their understandings of their world through engagement in art, literacy and literature, and music and movement. This course can only be undertaken as part of a specific teacher education programme and is taught online.
20 pts • (P) TCHG 301 (or EPSY 301); (X) EPOL 312
Not offered in 2022
TCHG 315 – Akopai: Professional Practice 1
In this course, student teachers are introduced to Te Waharoa as the programme’s vision for Te Tiriti-led transformative education and to the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Code and Standards as the expectations for the teaching profession. They are introduced to a range of language learning strategies to support their development of proficiency in te reo Māori. During the teaching experience located in this course, they explore and apply models and frameworks for critical situational analysis of teaching and learning contexts and develop adaptive expertise as developing teachers. Corequisite are programme dependent: For GDipTchg(ECE) TCHG 317, 318 For GDipTchg (Primary) TCHG 325, 326 For GDipTchg (Secondary) two of (TCHG 329, 332, 335)
15 pts
TCHG 316 – Akopai: Professional Practice 2
Through the perspective of tangata Tiriti, student teachers develop an understanding of their professional responsibilities to education for Pacific peoples. They refine their practice during teaching experience as they develop their independence, adaptive expertise and ability to cope with increasing complexity in learning and teaching situations. They also consider their ongoing professional commitments and roles as advocates in light of Te Waharoa and the Teaching Council of Aotearoa’s Code and Standards. Corequisites are programme dependent: For GDipTchg (ECE) C TCHG 319, 324 For GDipTchg (Primary) C TCHG 327, 328 For GDipTchg (Secondary) C Two of (TCHG 333, 334, 381)
15 pts
TCHG 317 – Ako: Relational curriculum
In this course, student teachers critically examine notions of curriculum, play and pedagogical practices in early childhood education settings along with theories of learning and development and principles of educational observation and how these relate to teaching and learning. Student teachers build understandings of Mātauranga Iwi in relation to curriculum, pedagogy and play, to conceptualise and contribute to learning focused cultures within early childhood education learning and teaching contexts. They demonstrate comprehension of design for learning as they intentionally enact and articulate their use of relational and culturally sustaining pedagogies in their teaching practice.
30 pts • (C) TCHG 315, 318
TCHG 318 – Te Puna o te Kī: Exploring the 100 languages of Children
In this course, student teachers critically examine how infants, toddlers and young children make meaning and begin to represent their understandings of their world through engagement in visual art, literature, language, literacy, music, movement, dance and drama. Infants, toddlers and young children’s exploration of their cultures, identities and languages, and teachers’ responsibilities in affirming and supporting such exploration, are key considerations in the course. Student teachers consider how to enhance infants, toddlers and young children’s creativity, experimentation and problem-solving across multiple modalities and, for children aged two years and older, in the digital learning environment.
30 pts • (C) TCHG 315, 317
TCHG 319 – Te Ao Tūroa: Exploring and knowing the world
In this course, student teachers critically examine effective practices for teaching mathematics, sciences and technology to infants, toddlers and young children. They intentionally draw on pedagogical practices to enhance infants, toddlers and young children’s experimentation, thinking and problem-solving in these learning areas. They critically reflect on their professional relationships with children and whānau, with a focus on Pacific learners in relation to these learning areas. They consider the social, cultural and sustainability values that underpin these learning areas and their teaching and assessment practices.
30 pts • (P) TCHG 315 (C) TCHG 316, 324
TCHG 320 – English Literacy and EAL
This course focuses on content and pedagogical content knowledge in the areas of English, Literacy and EAL (English as an Additional Language) in years 1 to 8. This course can only be undertaken as part of a specific teacher education programme. For campus based students some portions of this course will be delivered online through Blackboard.
20 pts • (P) TCHG 301 (or EPSY 301); (X) EPOL 320
Not offered in 2022
TCHG 321 – Mathematics and Statistics Education
This course focuses on curriculum and pedagogical content knowledge for teaching Numeracy and the curriculum area of Mathematics and Statistics to primary school-aged students. This course can only be undertaken as part of a specific teacher education programme. For campus based students some portions of this course will be delivered online through Blackboard.
20 pts • (P) TCHG 301; (X) EPOL 321
Not offered in 2022
TCHG 324 – Te Puna o te Hau: Understanding assessment
In this course, student teachers critically examine the use of educational assessment to enhance infants’, toddlers’ and young children’s wellbeing and learning in early childhood care and education settings including those children with additional learning needs. They demonstrate increasing confidence in working with parents and whānau and in drawing on research, theory and assessment information to support infants’, toddlers’ and young children’s successful transition into and within early childhood settings and to school.
30 pts • (P) TCHG 315 (C) TCHG 316, 319
TCHG 325 – Te Kahu o te Ao: Primary learning design 1
In this course, student teachers critically examine the nature and purposes of Mathematics and two additional learning areas of the New Zealand Curriculum. Student teachers explore relational practices, human development and theories of learning as they establish learning-focussed cultures for curriculum learning and teaching. They contextualise Mātauranga-a-iwi within these learning areas. Through the enactment of learning and teaching plans, they demonstrate their understanding of design for learning.
30 pts • (C) TCHG 315, 326
TCHG 326 – Te Kahu o te Ao: Primary learning design 2
In this course, student teachers critically examine the nature and purposes of English and two additional curriculum areas not studied in TCHG 325. They explore relational practices, human development and theories of learning as they establish learning-focussed cultures for curriculum learning and teaching. Student teachers learn how to utilise digital learning environments as they relate to these learning areas. Through the enactment of learning and teaching plans, they demonstrate their understanding of design for learning.
30 pts • (C) TCHG 315, 325
TCHG 327 – Te Kahu o te Ao: Primary learning design 3
In this course, student teachers critically examine the nature and purposes of three learning areas not studied in TCHG 325 and 326 and continue their study of Mathematics. They contextualise principles and practices of inclusive education within these learning areas, with a particular focus on students with additional learning needs With a continued focus of design for learning, student teachers deepen their understanding of assessment practices. They draw on their teaching experiences to compare learning environments and critically reflect on professional relationships, including as they relate to curriculum learning and teaching.
30 pts • (P) TCHG 315 (C) TCHG 316, 328
TCHG 328 – Te Kahu o te Ao: Primary learning design 4
In this course, student teachers critically examine the nature and purposes of three learning areas not studied in TCHG 325, 326 and 327 and continue their study of English. They contextualise education for Pacific peoples within these learning areas and explore the contribution of these learning areas to addressing wider social and environmental issues. With a continued focus of design for for learning, student teachers deepen their understanding of assessment practices. They critically reflect on professional relationships, including as they relate to curriculum learning and teaching.
30 pts • (P) TCHG 315 (C) TCHG 316, 327
TCHG 329 – Te Puna Whakaako: Secondary learning design 1
In this course, student teachers critically examine the nature and purposes of a specialist teaching subject. They contextualise Mātauranga-a-iwi within the specialist subject area. They explore relational practices, human development and theories of learning as they establish learning-focussed cultures for curriculum learning and teaching. Through the enactment of learning and teaching plans, they demonstrate their understanding of design for learning.
30 pts • (C) TCHG 315, and one of (TCHG 332 and 335)
TCHG 330 – English Curriculum Study 1
This course focuses on curriculum and pedagogical content knowledge needed to teach effectively the strands on English in the New Zealand Curriculum: listening, reading, viewing and speaking, writing and presenting. This course can only be undertaken as part of a specific teacher education programme. For campus based students some portions of this course will be delivered online through Blackboard.
20 pts • (P) TCHG 301 or EPSY 301; (X) EPOL 330
Not offered in 2022
TCHG 332 – Te Puna Matahiko: Secondary learning design 2
In this course, student teachers critically examine the nature and purposes of a specialist teaching subject. Student teachers develop professional digital competence related to their teaching practice. They also explore relational practices, human development and theories of learning as they establish learning-focussed cultures for curriculum learning and teaching. Through the enactment of learning and teaching plans, they demonstrate their understanding of design for learning.
30 pts • (C) TCHG 315, and one of (TCHG 329 and 335)
TCHG 333 – Te Puna Whai Wāhi ki te Ao: Secondary learning design 3
In this course, student teachers deepen their critical examination of the nature and purposes of a specialist teaching subject. They contextualise principles and practices of inclusive education within the learning area, with a focus on students with additional learning needs. With a continued focus of design for learning, student teachers deepen their understanding of assessment assessment practices. They critically reflect on professional relationships, including as they relate to curriculum learning and teaching.
30 pts • (P) TCHG 315, 329 (C) TCHG 316, and one of (TCHG 334 and 381)
TCHG 334 – Te Puna Tagata Pasifika: Secondary learning design 4
In this course, student teachers deepen their critical examination of the nature and purposes of a specialist teaching subject. They contextualise education for Pacific peoples within the teaching subject and explore the contribution of the subject to addressing wider social and environmental issues. With a continued focus of design for learning, student teachers deepen their understanding of assessment practices. They critically reflect on professional relationships, including as they relate to curriculum learning and teaching.
30 pts • (P) TCHG 315, 332 (C) TCHG 316, and one of (TCHG 333 and 381)
TCHG 335 – Te Puna Aronui: Secondary learning design for single subject specialists 1
This course is for those who have only one specialist teaching subject. Student teachers focus on current challenges facing the teaching profession. They also explore relational practices, human development and theories of learning as they establish learning-focussed cultures for curriculum learning and teaching. Student teachers contextualise Mātauranga-a-iwi within the specialist subject area and develop professional digital competence as related to their teaching practice. Through the enactment of learning and teaching plans, they demonstrate their understanding of design for learning.
30 pts • (C) TCHG 315, and one of (TCHG 329 and 332)
TCHG 336 – Learning Languages Curriculum Study 1
This course develops appropriate pedagogical content knowledge in the curriculum area of Learning Languages. Students will learn a range of strategies for the teaching of receptive and productive language skills for Learning Languages in the New Zealand Curriculum. This course can only be undertaken as part of a specific teacher education programme. For campus based students some portions of this course will be delivered online through Blackboard.
20 pts • (P) TCHG 301 or EPSY 301, and an approved 200-300 level study in a relevant subject area in undergraduate degree; (X) EPOL 336
Not offered in 2022
TCHG 338 – Mathematics and Statistics Curriculum Study 1
This course focuses on developing appropriate pedagogical content knowledge in the curriculum area of mathematics and statistics. This course can only be undertaken as part of a specific teacher education programme. For campus based students some portions of this course will be delivered online through Blackboard.
20 pts • (P) TCHG 301 or EPSY 301 and approved 200-300 level study in a relevant subject area in undergraduate degree; (X) EPOL 338
Not offered in 2022
TCHG 340 – Music Curriculum Study 1
This course develops appropriate curriculum and pedagogical content knowledge for planning, teaching, assessing and evaluating year 7 - 11 music education. The course will include critical questioning in relation to the application of teaching and learning theory and engagement in a range of resources including Ministry of Education materials. This course can only be undertaken as part of a specific teacher education programme. For campus based students some portions of this course course will be delivered online through Blackboard.
20 pts • (P) TCHG 301 or EPSY 301 and approved 200-300 level study in a relevant subject area in undergraduate degree; (X) EPOL 340
Not offered in 2022
TCHG 342 – Performing Arts Curriculum Study 1
This course develops appropriate curriculum and pedagogical content knowledge for planning, teaching, assessing and evaluating years 7 - 10 dance and drama, mahi a te rehia (performing arts) education. This course can only be undertaken as part of a specific teacher education programme. For campus based students some portions of this course will be delivered online through Blackboard.
20 pts • (P) TCHG 301 or EPSY 301 and approved 200-300 level study in a relevant subject area in undergraduate degree; (X) EPOL 342
Not offered in 2022
TCHG 344 – Science Curriculum Study 1
This course is grounded in current research in science education. It provides students with the skills, knowledge and understanding needed to teach science, biology, physics and chemistry in New Zealand secondary schools, years 9 - 11. This course can only be undertaken as part of a specific teacher education programme. For campus based students some portions of this course will be delivered online through Blackboard.
20 pts • (P) TCHG 301 or EPSY 301 and approved 200-300 level study in a relevant subject area in undergraduate degree; (X) EPOL 344
Not offered in 2022
TCHG 346 – Social Sciences Curriculum Study 1
This course develops appropriate curriculum and pedagogical content knowledge within the senior social sciences learning area as part of the New Zealand Curriculum. This course can only be undertaken as part of a specific teacher education programme. For campus based students some portions of this course will be delivered online through Blackboard.
20 pts • (P) TCHG 301 or EPSY 301 and approved 200-300 level study in a relevant subject area in undergraduate degree; (X) EPOL 346
Not offered in 2022
TCHG 348 – Technology Curriculum Study 1
This course covers pedagogical content and knowledge in the curriculum area of technology with a focus on teaching year 9 - 11 school students. This course can only be undertaken as part of a specific teacher education programme. For campus based students some portions of this course will be delivered online through Blackboard.
20 pts • (P) TCHG 301 or EPSY 301 and approved 200-300 level study in a relevant subject area in undergraduate degree; (X) EPOL 348
Not offered in 2022
TCHG 350 – Visual Arts Curriculum Study 1
This course develops appropriate curriculum and pedagogical content knowledge for planning, teaching, assessing, monitoring and evaluating years 9 - 11 visual art education. This course can only be undertaken as part of a specific teacher education programme. For campus based students some portions of this course will be delivered online through Blackboard.
20 pts • (P) TCHG 301 or EPSY 301 and approved 200-300 level study in a relevant subject area in undergraduate degree; (X) EPOL 350
Not offered in 2022
TCHG 354 – Health Curriculum Study 1
The course focuses on developing curriculum and pedagogical content knowledge relevant to the planning, delivery, assessment, and evaluation of learning in health education in New Zealand. For campus based students some portions of this course will be delivered online through Blackboard.
20 pts • (P) TCHG 301 or EPSY 301 and approved 200-300 level study in a relevant subject area in undergraduate degree; (X) EPOL 354
Not offered in 2022
TCHG 356 – Physical Education Curriculum Study 1
The course focuses on developing curriculum and pedagogical content knowledge relevant to the planning, delivery, assessment, and evaluation of learning in physical education in New Zealand secondary schools. For campus based students some portions of this course will be delivered online through Blackboard.
20 pts • (P) TCHG 301 or EPSY 301 and approved 200-300 (level study in a relevant subject area in undergraduate degree; (X) EPOL 356
Not offered in 2022
TCHG 358 – Enhancing Access in the Secondary Curriculum
This course, which uses both literature and the practicum, will consist of a supervised investigation of approaches to teaching a secondary school subject that are likely to improve the participation and success in that subject for students who currently tend not to take the subject in the senior secondary school. This course can only be undertaken as part of a specific teacher education programme. For campus based students some portions of this course will be delivered online through Blackboard.
20 pts • (P) TCHG 301, Permission of Associate Dean or EPSY 301 (X) EPOL 358
Not offered in 2022
TCHG 381 – Te Puna Aronui: Secondary learning design for single subject specialists 2
This course is for student teachers who have only one specialist teaching subject. Student teachers research a current challenge facing the teaching profession. They contextualise principles and practices of inclusive education (with a focus on students with additional learning needs) and education for Pacific peoples within their teaching subject. They explore the contribution of the subject to addressing wider social and environmental issues and, with a continued focus of design for learning, student teachers deepen their understanding of assessment practices. They critically reflect on professional relationships, including as they relate to curriculum learning and teaching.
30 pts • (P) TCHG 315, 335 (C) TCHG 316 and one of (TCHG 333 and 334)
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
See also TESOL
LALS 510 – Listening and Speaking in the Language Classroom
This course explores a range of principles and practices for the teaching and learning of listening and speaking skills in the second/foreign language classroom. Drawing on evidence from classroom research, the course explores evidence-based proposals for addressing the practical issues that teachers face in planning and and implementing instruction. Particular emphasis is given to the design of classroom materials, activities and lessons, and principles for managing classroom learning.
15 pts • (X) ELIN 805
LALS 511 – Teaching Reading and Writing
Examination of the principles behind the effective teaching of reading and writing skills in another language and the application of these principles in the preparation and use of teaching materials. Teaching is over three weeks starting Monday 30 Aug to Monday 20 September.
15 pts
LALS 512 – Teaching and Learning Grammar
An analysis and evaluation of diverse pedagogical interventions intended to facilitate grammar acquisition, with a view to helping practitioners optimise their design of course materials and classroom activities.
15 pts
LALS 513 – The Pronunciation of English
Study of the phonological systems of English with a focus on using this knowledge for the preparation of teaching materials and assisting learners' language use.
15 pts
Not offered in 2022
LALS 515 – Language Curriculum Development
The aim of this course is to familiarise students with the processes, issues and options of language course design and evaluation.
15 pts • (X) LALS 505
LALS 519 – Special Topic: Teaching English as an International Language
The changing sociolinguistic landscape of English has led to a paradigm shift in the Applied Linguistics discipline, calling for a critical re-assessment of ELT assumptions and practices that have been traditionally oriented toward native- English speakers' linguistic norms and practices. This course engages students in exploring the recent sociolinguistic development of the English language in various international contexts, and its implications for teaching English in today's globalizing/globalized world.
15 pts
LALS 520 – Learners and Second Language Learning
This course looks at the role of the learner and the effect of individual differences on second language learning. Issues such as learner motivation, affect, aptitude and learner response to feedback are explored.
15 pts • (X) LALS 502
LALS 521 – Language for Specific Purposes
A study of the theory and practice of developing courses for adult learners with specific professional or academic purposes for learning a language. In particular, the course examines ways of understanding the specific purposes in detail through analysis of target communication, and how learning opportunities relevant to that target should be selected and managed in particular contexts of learning.
15 pts
Not offered in 2022
LALS 522 – Teaching and Learning Vocabulary
The study of second language vocabulary learning and teaching, including factors that influence vocabulary learning, the roles of incidental acquisition and deliberate learning, how to select words for learning and how to assess vocabulary knowledge.
15 pts • (X) LALS 508
LALS 523 – Language Assessment
A study of the theory and practice of language assessment, with particular reference to classroom learning. Both formal tests and a range of alternative procedures are covered, having consideration for the purpose of the assessment and the requirements of the learning environment.
15 pts • (X) ELIN 823
LALS 529 – Task-Based Language Teaching
Task-based language teaching (TBLT) has been extensively theorized and researched in recent decades and widely adopted in language teaching and learning internationally. Drawing on theoretical and classroom perspectives, this course explores task-based course design, teaching and assessment. It considers the practicalities of adopting TBLT in contexts familiar to teachers on the course.
15 pts • (X) LALS 519, 2014-2016
LALS 531 – Computer-assisted Language Learning
This course engages participants in a critical examination of theoretical and practical issues in Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL). Students will develop an understanding about using, evaluating and designing digital materials and tools for language learning and teaching. Students will also engage in creative thinking by undertaking a CALL project.
15 pts
LALS 540 – Quantitative Research in Applied Linguistics
A study of how to evaluate and design quantitative research in Applied Linguistics.
15 pts
LALS 541 – Qualitative Research in Applied Linguistics
A study of how to evaluate and design qualitative research in Applied Linguistics.
15 pts
LALS 542 – Interaction and Identity in Language Learning
This course explores what theories of identity contribute to our understanding of the teaching and learning of language in educational contexts. It examines how language and identity are interconnected, and considers implications for classroom practice.
15 pts
LALS 544 – Discourse Analysis and Language Teaching
Discourse is language in use. This course explores the analysis of discourse structure in spoken and/or written text, and considers applications in language teaching.
15 pts
LALS 580 – Research Paper
The collection, analysis and interpretation of data relating to a research question arising from other MA course work. This paper may also provide an opportunity to go more deeply into issues raised in one of the elective courses.
15 pts
LALS 581 – Research Paper
The collection, analysis and interpretation of data relating to a research question arising from other MA course work. This paper may also provide an opportunity to go more deeply into issues raised in one of the elective courses.
15 pts
LALS 582 – Research Project
The collection, analysis and interpretation of data relating to a research question arising from other MA course work.
30 pts
LALS 583 – Dissertation
The collection, analysis and interpretation of data relating to a research question arising from other MA course work.
60 pts
LALS 584 – Thesis
The collection, analysis and interpretation of data relating to a research question arising from other MA course work.
90 pts
TESOL
See also Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, English as a Second Language, and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
LALS 510 – Listening and Speaking in the Language Classroom
This course explores a range of principles and practices for the teaching and learning of listening and speaking skills in the second/foreign language classroom. Drawing on evidence from classroom research, the course explores evidence-based proposals for addressing the practical issues that teachers face in planning and and implementing instruction. Particular emphasis is given to the design of classroom materials, activities and lessons, and principles for managing classroom learning.
15 pts • (X) ELIN 805
LALS 511 – Teaching Reading and Writing
Examination of the principles behind the effective teaching of reading and writing skills in another language and the application of these principles in the preparation and use of teaching materials. Teaching is over three weeks starting Monday 30 Aug to Monday 20 September.
15 pts
LALS 512 – Teaching and Learning Grammar
An analysis and evaluation of diverse pedagogical interventions intended to facilitate grammar acquisition, with a view to helping practitioners optimise their design of course materials and classroom activities.
15 pts
LALS 513 – The Pronunciation of English
Study of the phonological systems of English with a focus on using this knowledge for the preparation of teaching materials and assisting learners' language use.
15 pts
Not offered in 2022
LALS 515 – Language Curriculum Development
The aim of this course is to familiarise students with the processes, issues and options of language course design and evaluation.
15 pts • (X) LALS 505
LALS 519 – Special Topic: Teaching English as an International Language
The changing sociolinguistic landscape of English has led to a paradigm shift in the Applied Linguistics discipline, calling for a critical re-assessment of ELT assumptions and practices that have been traditionally oriented toward native- English speakers' linguistic norms and practices. This course engages students in exploring the recent sociolinguistic development of the English language in various international contexts, and its implications for teaching English in today's globalizing/globalized world.
15 pts
LALS 520 – Learners and Second Language Learning
This course looks at the role of the learner and the effect of individual differences on second language learning. Issues such as learner motivation, affect, aptitude and learner response to feedback are explored.
15 pts • (X) LALS 502
LALS 521 – Language for Specific Purposes
A study of the theory and practice of developing courses for adult learners with specific professional or academic purposes for learning a language. In particular, the course examines ways of understanding the specific purposes in detail through analysis of target communication, and how learning opportunities relevant to that target should be selected and managed in particular contexts of learning.
15 pts
Not offered in 2022
LALS 522 – Teaching and Learning Vocabulary
The study of second language vocabulary learning and teaching, including factors that influence vocabulary learning, the roles of incidental acquisition and deliberate learning, how to select words for learning and how to assess vocabulary knowledge.
15 pts • (X) LALS 508
LALS 523 – Language Assessment
A study of the theory and practice of language assessment, with particular reference to classroom learning. Both formal tests and a range of alternative procedures are covered, having consideration for the purpose of the assessment and the requirements of the learning environment.
15 pts • (X) ELIN 823
LALS 529 – Task-Based Language Teaching
Task-based language teaching (TBLT) has been extensively theorized and researched in recent decades and widely adopted in language teaching and learning internationally. Drawing on theoretical and classroom perspectives, this course explores task-based course design, teaching and assessment. It considers the practicalities of adopting TBLT in contexts familiar to teachers on the course.
15 pts • (X) LALS 519, 2014-2016
LALS 531 – Computer-assisted Language Learning
This course engages participants in a critical examination of theoretical and practical issues in Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL). Students will develop an understanding about using, evaluating and designing digital materials and tools for language learning and teaching. Students will also engage in creative thinking by undertaking a CALL project.
15 pts
LALS 540 – Quantitative Research in Applied Linguistics
A study of how to evaluate and design quantitative research in Applied Linguistics.
15 pts
LALS 541 – Qualitative Research in Applied Linguistics
A study of how to evaluate and design qualitative research in Applied Linguistics.
15 pts
LALS 542 – Interaction and Identity in Language Learning
This course explores what theories of identity contribute to our understanding of the teaching and learning of language in educational contexts. It examines how language and identity are interconnected, and considers implications for classroom practice.
15 pts
LALS 544 – Discourse Analysis and Language Teaching
Discourse is language in use. This course explores the analysis of discourse structure in spoken and/or written text, and considers applications in language teaching.
15 pts
LALS 580 – Research Paper
The collection, analysis and interpretation of data relating to a research question arising from other MA course work. This paper may also provide an opportunity to go more deeply into issues raised in one of the elective courses.
15 pts
LALS 581 – Research Paper
The collection, analysis and interpretation of data relating to a research question arising from other MA course work. This paper may also provide an opportunity to go more deeply into issues raised in one of the elective courses.
15 pts
LALS 582 – Research Project
The collection, analysis and interpretation of data relating to a research question arising from other MA course work.
30 pts
LALS 583 – Dissertation
The collection, analysis and interpretation of data relating to a research question arising from other MA course work.
60 pts
LALS 584 – Thesis
The collection, analysis and interpretation of data relating to a research question arising from other MA course work.
90 pts
Workplace Health and Safety
HLWB 507 – Principles of Health and Safety Management
This course will provide advanced knowledge of management systems, organisational culture, and the integration of legal, regulatory and societal factors in the context of health and safety management.
15 pts
HLWB 508 – Human and Biological Factors in Workplace Health and Safety
This course applies principles of human function and considers the application of cognitive and behavioural psychology to workplace health and safety practice.
15 pts
HLWB 509 – Identification, Assessment and Control of Hazards and Risks
This course provides advanced knowledge about practice and performance in workplace health and safety risk management.
15 pts
HLWB 510 – Principles of Occupational Health and Hygiene
This course will provide advanced knowledge of the principles and practice of work related health – health protection, health promotion and wellbeing. It provides knowledge and understanding of the main work-related health hazards, and the practices to recognise, assess, control and monitor risks.
15 pts
HLWB 511 – Health and Safety Management and Leadership
This course provides insights into organisational behaviour, structures, functions, roles and responsibilities and accountabilities. The approach to workplace health and safety strategies is discussed. The principles of effective project management and human resource management are also covered.
15 pts
HLWB 512 – Professional Role and Functioning
This course provides advanced knowledge about the role and function of corporate governance and corporate social responsibility. The professional role and ethical framework for the workplace health and safety professional is described. Theories of communication and fostering teamwork are also explored. Please note this course will not be offered for the first time until 2020.
15 pts
Writing (Academic and Professional)
See also Creative Writing
WRIT 101 – Writing at University
This course develops the academic writing skills of students from all university disciplines. Students practise techniques for generating research questions and for drafting and revising essays and reports, based on individual feedback from tutor and peers, prior to assessment. Research and referencing abilities are taught to help writers meet the expectations of university audiences. In trimester 1 CRN 19702 will be offered as an online option. In trimester 2 CRN 15115 will be offered as an online option.
20 pts
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WRIT 151 – Writing in English as a Second Language
This course is designed to improve the writing of students for whom English is a second or other language. During the course, students practise techniques for generating, drafting and revising writing for a range of purposes, with an emphasis on addressing problems faced by second language writers. The course comprises three hours of workshop attendance per week. In trimester 2 CRN 26018 will be offered as a distance-only option. In trimester 3 CRN 28122 will be offered as a distance-only option.
20 pts • (X) WRIT 101
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