Courses - Faculty of Arts
Global Studies
Stage I
Global Issues, Sustainable Futures
The basis for sustainability – social issues such as population and consumption, environmental issues such as climate change, limited resources and environmental degradation. Discusses the roles that various disciplines (law, business, engineering and urban planning) will play in developing solutions, including consideration of human rights and good governance, new concepts in economics and business management which will lead to sustainable businesses, developments in science and technology which will change how we manage resources and new visions for cities and communities which will support sustainable ways of life.
Restriction: GENED 101G
Introduction to Global Studies
Focuses on transdisciplinary frameworks underpinning the field and uses case studies to illustrate its key concepts. Explores global studies as a critical field of inquiry and covers transdisciplinary themes from the four major streams in global studies.
Stage II
Global Challenges
Engages with real-world challenges that evoke key global studies themes such as global economic complexity and interdependence; globalisation and identity; cyberspace and netizenship; environmental and health challenges; global citizenship and responsibility. A workshop-based format prioritises teamwork where students produce a joint project in response to their chosen challenge. Provides research methods training to enable students to produce a research proposal for their capstone project.
Prerequisite: GLOBAL 100 or 102
Global Issues Through the European Arts
Investigates how artistic productions from different European traditions engage with and shape the world’s most pressing global issues. Considers the socio-political and cultural context of such productions, their ideological orientation and limitations. Uses case studies on the transnational dimensions of migration and exile, unsustainable environmental development, financial and health inequality, sexual slavery and drug trafficking, gender equality and political conflicts.
Prerequisite: 60 points passed in Global Studies
Restriction: GLOBAL 304
Special Topic: Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change
Explores the role of social entrepreneurship in addressing global challenges through systems change. Students will critically and creatively examine how social enterprises balance financial, social, and environmental goals while navigating complex systems. Through case studies and guest speakers, students will develop a nuanced understanding of social entrepreneurship's potential and limitations for systemic transformation.
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage I in Global Studies
Migration in the Americas
Examines migration in the Americas by exploring the responses of local communities and peoples in Central and South America to international involvement. Discusses the role of global power (and super power) in the region, the connections between historic US action and contemporary migration, and the ways these intersect with issues such as indigenous rights, self-governance and environmental activism.
Prerequisite: 60 points passed at Stage I
Restriction: GLOBAL 351
Asian Cities: Growth and Transition
Explores urbanisation and development in Asia as processes from a variety of disciplinary approaches to provide a comprehensive global studies analysis of these interrelated concepts. Focuses on critical topics such as pollution, housing, labour, gender, mobility, and education. The geographical breadth of the course covers East, Southeast, and South Asia.
Prerequisite: 60 points passed at Stage I
Restriction: GLOBAL 352
Study Abroad 2A
Course taken at an approved academic institution abroad.
Prerequisite: Approval of Academic Head or nominee
Study Abroad 2B
Course taken at an approved academic institution abroad.
Prerequisite: Approval of Academic Head or nominee
Study Abroad 2C
Course taken at an approved academic institution abroad.
Prerequisite: Approval of Academic Head or nominee
Stage III
Going Global
Provides the opportunity for the synthesis and application of skills and knowledge developed throughout the degree programme. Students complete a variety of research, community and policy projects concerning the ethics, practise and commitment/community of Global Studies.
Prerequisite: GLOBAL 200
Special Topic: Humanitarian Interventions
Traces the rise and fall of the humanitarian narrative and examines how humanitarianism - along with other key words such as crisis, emergency, and intervention - has become one of the organising categories of political action and order. Explores the possibilities and limits of intervening in the lives of individuals and communities grounded upon discourses of compassion.
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage II in Global Studies
Global Issues Through the European Arts
Investigates how artistic productions from different European traditions engage with and shape the world’s most pressing global issues. Considers the socio-political and cultural context of such productions, their ideological orientation and limitations. Uses case studies on the transnational dimensions of migration and exile, unsustainable environmental development, financial and health inequality, sexual slavery and drug trafficking, gender equality and political conflicts.
Prerequisite: 60 points passed in Global Studies
Restriction: GLOBAL 204
Migration in the Americas
Examines migration in the Americas by exploring the responses of local communities and peoples in Central and South America to international involvement. Discusses the role of global power (and super power) in the region, the connections between historic US action and contemporary migration, and the ways these intersect with issues such as indigenous rights, self-governance and environmental activism.
Prerequisite: 30 points passed at Stage II
Restriction: GLOBAL 251
Asian Cities: Growth and Transition
Explores urbanisation and development in Asia as processes from a variety of disciplinary approaches to provide a comprehensive global studies analysis of these interrelated concepts. Focuses on critical topics such as pollution, housing, labour, gender, mobility, and education. The geographical breadth of the course covers East, Southeast, and South Asia.
Prerequisite: 30 points passed at Stage II
Restriction: GLOBAL 252
Study Abroad 3A
Course taken at an approved academic institution abroad.
Prerequisite: Approval of Academic Head or nominee
Study Abroad 3B
Course taken at an approved academic institution abroad.
Prerequisite: Approval of Academic Head or nominee
Study Abroad 3C
Course taken at an approved academic institution abroad.
Prerequisite: Approval of Academic Head or nominee
Postgraduate 700 Level Courses
Themes in Global Studies
Critically reviews the field of Global studies from an advanced theoretical perspective. Readings explore key concepts such as globalisation/antiglobalisation, inequality, transnationalism, labour, the environment, and public health. Emphasis on transdisciplinary theories concerning human rights, environmental sustainability, global business, Māori and indigenous issues, and cultural industries.
Contemporary Issues in Global Studies
Considers the current landscape of Global Studies at the intersection of theory and case studies. Investigates the novelty and challenges in approaching the world’s most pressing problems using a Global Studies-inflected theoretical lens. Uses case studies from the Pacific and driven by indigenous knowledge to solve practical problems like social, economic, and health inequality, unsustainable environmental development, and political conflict.
Global Studies Research Design
An advanced examination of research design approaches with an emphasis on non-Western, Māori/Pacific, and indigenous methodologies. Surveys Global Studies methods and research design pathways, including those established in the Pacific and in indigenous contexts. Explorers methods required for advanced studies in the field.