300-level

TREO311
Te Ngao Matariki 1
Description
An advanced level course in Te Reo Maori for those who have completed TREO212. The aim of the course is to increase the depth of knowledge and skill in delivery of the students’ Maori language so that they will have a clearer understanding of the oral and written traditions of Maori society and the working language of today’s Maori world and be able to converse more effectively in Maori. Students will be encouraged to speak and write about their thoughts on a range of topics. This course continues the study of the structure of the language and extends speaking skills. The main language of instruction is the Maori language.
Occurrences
Semester One 2024
Points
30 points
Prerequisites
TREO212 or TREO260
Restrictions
TREO360
TREO312
Te Ngao Matariki 2
Description
An advanced level course in Te Reo Maori for those who have completed TREO311. The aim of the course is to increase the depth of knowledge and skill in delivery of the students’ Maori language so that they will have a clearer understanding of the oral and written traditions of Maori society and the working language of today’s Maori world and be able to converse more effectively in Maori. Students will be encouraged to speak and write about their thoughts on a range of topics. This course continues the study of the structure of the language and extends speaking skills. The main language of instruction is the Maori language.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2024
Points
30 points
Prerequisites
TREO311
Restrictions
TREO360
MAOR317
Takahi: Colonisation
Description
Colonisation has had a significant effect on the shaping of contemporary New Zealand society. This course will cover key events in the colonisation throughout New Zealand’s brief colonial history. This course utilises different theories of colonisation to critically examine the continued subjugation of Indigenous Peoples in Aotearoa and around the world. Special attention will also be paid to breaking down the power relationships that have emerged between coloniser and colonised.
Occurrences
Semester One 2024
Points
30 points
Prerequisites
Any 30 points at 200 level from CULT, HIST, MAOR, or TREO, or any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.
Restrictions
RELS322, HIST366, CULT302
ARTH329
In search of Nowhere: the international Arts and Crafts Movement
Description
A detailed introduction to the Arts and Crafts Movement, one of the most interdisciplinary, international, and influential artistic phenomena in history.
Occurrences
Semester One 2024
Points
30 points
Prerequisites
Any 30 points at 200 level from ARTH, or any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA or from the BFA.
ARTH330
Contemporary Art and the Material Turn
Description
This course will examine the implication of the ‘material turn’ across a range of contemporary art practices, focusing in particular on the shift from modernist notions of specificity to the radical fracturing and opening up of practice that has taken place since the 1970s.
Occurrences
Semester One 2024
Points
30 points
Prerequisites
Any 30 points at 200 level from ARTH, or any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA or from the BFA.
HIST352
Kiwi Culture
Description
This course explores the invention of kiwi culture from first Maori contact with Europeans to Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films. Key questions asked are: How has national identity formed? What kiwi traditions have emerged? Who is a New Zealander and who is excluded from dominant concepts of nation? What aspects of culture are indigenous and how much is copied from overseas? Topics under examination include key defining moments, peacekeeping, sport and leisure, food, beauty, fashion, arts and crafts, literature and music, kiwi icons, kiwiana, overseas fame, sexuality and morality, environmentalism, national disasters, immigration and multiculturalism.
Occurrences
Semester One 2024
Points
30 points
Prerequisites
Any 30 points at 200 level from HIST, or any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.
Restrictions
HIST243
HIST372
Contested Heritage: Politics, Power and Practice
Description
This course provides students with a hands-on introduction to the study of heritage. We explore ways we might understand and interpret contemporary heritage practices in a range of contexts, including post-earthquake Christchurch.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2024 (The Arts Centre Christchurch)
Points
30 points
Prerequisites
Any 30 points at 200 level from HIST, or any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.
Restrictions
SOCI388, ANTH388
PACE395
Internship
Description
What can you do with your major? With your degree? The purpose of the internship course is to explore both the ideological and practical assumptions guiding this question. The course is designed to be a critical, theoretical and "real-world" examination of the practices and ideologies inherent in both community and business organisations. You will apply the analytical skills acquired through your major, and through class seminars and readings, to a project designed by a local company or community group. Please check out the website for further information and specific project descriptions: www.arts.canterbury.ac.nz/internships
Occurrences
Any Time Start 2024
Semester One 2024
Semester Two 2024
Summer Nov 2024
Points
30 points
Prerequisites
150 points, special application and interview, and permission of the Internship Director.
Restrictions
ARTS395

Not Offered Courses in 2024

300-level

CLAS322
Roman Architecture
Description
This course explores the tremendous architectural and engineering achievements of the Romans from the 2nd century BC - 4th century AD. The course will focus on a variety of architectural buildings, forms, techniques and materials, and will also examine some of the cultural and historical factors underlying the Romans' success as architects. This course is suitable for Civil Engineering students as well as Arts students.
Occurrences
Not offered 2024, offered in 2018 , 2020 , 2021 , 2023 , 2025
For further information see CLAS322 course details
Points
30 points
SOCI355
Sociology of the City
Description
This course is concerned with the city as it is experienced today: as shifting mixes of public and private spaces in which disruptions provoke different points of view, multiple memories and complex associations.
Occurrences
Not offered 2024, offered in 2019 , 2020 , 2021 , 2022 , 2023
For further information see SOCI355 course details
Points
30 points
HIST394
Recovering Christchurch 1850-2010
Description
As a systematically planned new world city on the edge of empire Christchurch has always been a fascinating place to study. Whose stories have formed the city's written collective memory, and what has been left out? Due to the earthquakes from 2010 the city has a unique rupture, or ending point for its colonial past. As Christchurch considers its future, this course critically remembers its history. Significant aspects of the social, cultural, political and economic history of the South Island's largest city will be investigated through a series of lectures and documentary exercises. Students will gain an overall knowledge of the city's urban history, with opportunity to focus on advanced research topics.
Occurrences
Not offered 2024, offered in 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016
For further information see HIST394 course details
Points
30 points