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PHIL 105G
: Critical Thinking2022 Semester Two (1225)
An introduction to reasoning, argument, and explanation that emphasises the development of practical skills and their use in everyday life. The course introduces different forms of reasoning and explains techniques to evaluate them. It will enable students to distinguish good arguments and explanations from bad ones, to explain the difference, and thereby to improve critical thinking abilities.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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PHIL 105G
: Critical Thinking2022 Semester One (1223)
An introduction to reasoning, argument, and explanation that emphasises the development of practical skills and their use in everyday life. The course introduces different forms of reasoning and explains techniques to evaluate them. It will enable students to distinguish good arguments and explanations from bad ones, to explain the difference, and thereby to improve critical thinking abilities.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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PHIL 105G
: Critical Thinking2022 Summer School (1220)
An introduction to reasoning, argument, and explanation that emphasises the development of practical skills and their use in everyday life. The course introduces different forms of reasoning and explains techniques to evaluate them. It will enable students to distinguish good arguments and explanations from bad ones, to explain the difference, and thereby to improve critical thinking abilities.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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PHIL 222
: Intermediate Logic2023 Semester Two (1235)
Natural deduction for propositional and predicate logic; introductory metalogic and related topics in formal logic.
Prerequisite: PHIL 101
Restriction: PHIL 201
Restriction: PHIL 201
Outline is not available yet
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PHIL 300
: Directed Study2022 Summer School (1220)
A directed reading and individual study course on a selected philosophical topic offered in exceptional circumstances, with the agreement and under the supervision of appropriate staff.
Prerequisite: B+ average or higher at Stage III in Philosophy and Academic Head approval
Outline is not available yet
3831
PHIL 300
: Directed Study2021 Semester One (1213)
A directed reading and individual study course on a selected philosophical topic offered in exceptional circumstances, with the agreement and under the supervision of appropriate staff.
Prerequisite: B+ average or higher at Stage III in Philosophy and Academic Head approval
Outline is not available yet
3832
PHIL 315
: Topics in Applied Logic2025 Semester One (1253)
A selection of topics in applied logic such as: modal logic (the logic of necessity and possibility), temporal logic (the logic of time), dynamic logic (the logic of change), and epistemic logic (the logic of knowledge and belief, including the logic of belief revision).
Prerequisite: 15 points from PHIL 222, 216 or 266
Outline is not available yet
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PHIL 315
: Topics in Applied Logic2023 Semester Two (1235)
A selection of topics in applied logic such as: modal logic (the logic of necessity and possibility), temporal logic (the logic of time), dynamic logic (the logic of change), and epistemic logic (the logic of knowledge and belief, including the logic of belief revision).
Prerequisite: 15 points from PHIL 222, 216 or 266
Outline is not available yet
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PHIL 736
: Logic 12025 Semester One (1253)
Discussion of selected topics in logic.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
Outline is not available yet
3835
POLICY 737
: Applied Policy Project2021 Semester One (1213)
Supervised project on an applied policy topic agreed between the student and a nominated supervisor. Students will produce a project proposal, progress report, dissemination plan, final report, and reflective comments.
Prerequisite: POLICY 701 or 769
Restriction: POLITICS 737, 774
Restriction: POLITICS 737, 774
Outline is not available yet
3836
POLICY 740
: Policy Design, Analysis and Implementation2023 Academic Year Term (1231)
Provides a critical overview of the policy process including problem definition, co-design as well as focusing on a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to policy analysis, including cost-benefit analysis, regulatory impact analysis and gender and diversity impact assessments.
Restriction: POLICY 701
Outline is not available yet
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POLICY 740
: Policy Design, Analysis and Implementation2021 Academic Year Term (1211)
Provides a critical overview of the policy process including problem definition, co-design as well as focusing on a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to policy analysis, including cost-benefit analysis, regulatory impact analysis and gender and diversity impact assessments.
Restriction: POLICY 701
Outline is not available yet
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POLICY 741
: Government and Policy: New Zealand Compared2023 Academic Year Term (1231)
Examines New Zealand's machinery of government at both central and local level. Analyses the relative impact of institutions, interests and ideas on public policy outcomes in New Zealand and internationally. Applies these understandings to the methods and processes associated with policy transfer and lesson drawing cross-nationally.
Restriction: POLITICS 756, 757
Outline is not available yet
3839
POLICY 741
: Government and Policy: New Zealand Compared2021 Academic Year Term (1211)
Examines New Zealand's machinery of government at both central and local level. Analyses the relative impact of institutions, interests and ideas on public policy outcomes in New Zealand and internationally. Applies these understandings to the methods and processes associated with policy transfer and lesson drawing cross-nationally.
Restriction: POLITICS 756, 757
Outline is not available yet
3840
POLICY 742
: Statistics and Data Analysis for Policy2023 Academic Year Term (1231)
Provides the fundamentals of statistical analysis and examines the use of different types of data used in evidence-based policy making, as well as the issues associated with the advent, use and governance of big data. Covers research design choices and quantitative methods for policy analysis.
Restriction: POLICY 769, POLITICS 769
Outline is not available yet
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POLICY 742
: Statistics and Data Analysis for Policy2021 Semester One (1213)
Provides the fundamentals of statistical analysis and examines the use of different types of data used in evidence-based policy making, as well as the issues associated with the advent, use and governance of big data. Covers research design choices and quantitative methods for policy analysis.
Restriction: POLICY 769, POLITICS 769
Outline is not available yet
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POLICY 743
: Economics, Budgets and Bureaucrats2022 Semester One (1223)
Applies key concepts and tools of economic analysis to contemporary policy problems. Focuses on the allocation of the economy’s resources, the budget process and the role of public finance agencies, rationales for government intervention in a market economy, and the impact of expenditure and taxation on the economy and citizens’ wellbeing.
Prerequisite: POLICY 742
Restriction: POLICY 702
Restriction: POLICY 702
Outline is not available yet
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POLICY 743
: Economics, Budgets and Bureaucrats2021 Semester One (1213)
Applies key concepts and tools of economic analysis to contemporary policy problems. Focuses on the allocation of the economy’s resources, the budget process and the role of public finance agencies, rationales for government intervention in a market economy, and the impact of expenditure and taxation on the economy and citizens’ wellbeing.
Prerequisite: POLICY 742
Restriction: POLICY 702
Restriction: POLICY 702
Outline is not available yet
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POLICY 744
: Policy in Practice2023 Academic Year Term (1231)
Provides a practical opportunity for participants to work with a policy agency in an advisory capacity to develop evidence-informed recommendations addressing a complex policy problem. Engages students in a team-based exercise that applies the knowledge and skills gained from completing the core courses in a way that informs “real world” policy decisions.
Prerequisite: POLICY 740-743
Restriction: POLICY 737, POLITICS 774
Restriction: POLICY 737, POLITICS 774
Outline is not available yet
3845
POLITICS 107
: New Zealand Politics2024 Semester One (1243)
An introduction to understanding who governs New Zealand and in whose interests. Topics include national identity, institutions of government, leadership, voting and elections, the place of Māori within the political system, parties and political participation. The course draws on current research in NZ politics and provides knowledge that can be applied to a variety of careers, including law, business and public service.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
Outline is not available yet
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POLITICS 107G
: New Zealand Politics2024 Semester One (1243)
An introduction to understanding who governs New Zealand and in whose interests. Topics include national identity, institutions of government, leadership, voting and elections, the place of Māori within the political system, parties and political participation. The course draws on current research in NZ politics and provides knowledge that can be applied to a variety of careers, including law, business and public service.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
Outline is not available yet
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POLITICS 107G
: New Zealand Politics2023 Semester Two (1235)
An introduction to understanding who governs New Zealand and in whose interests. Topics include national identity, institutions of government, leadership, voting and elections, the place of Māori within the political system, parties and political participation. The course draws on current research in NZ politics and provides knowledge that can be applied to a variety of careers, including law, business and public service.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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POLITICS 107G
: New Zealand Politics2022 Semester Two (1225)
An introduction to understanding who governs New Zealand and in whose interests. Topics include national identity, institutions of government, leadership, voting and elections, the place of Māori within the political system, parties and political participation. The course draws on current research in NZ politics and provides knowledge that can be applied to a variety of careers, including law, business and public service.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
3849
POLITICS 109
: Foundations of Western Politics and Law2021 Semester Two (1215)
An examination, via the works of selected major European thinkers from Ancient Greece to nineteenth-century Britain, of ideas central to the western tradition of political thought: justice, law, liberty, power, rights, citizenship, the rights of women, and the right to resist governments. Thinkers studied include Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Wollstonecraft, Mill and Marx.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
Outline is not available yet
3850
POLITICS 201
: Globalisation and International Organisations2023 Semester One (1233)
Examines the relationship between globalisation and international relations. Investigates recent developments of globalisation in view of the rise and fall of great powers, placing globalisation against the backdrop of the school of liberalism in international relations theory, and studies the role played by international organisations.
<i>Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage I in Politics and International Relations or Employment Relations and Organisational Studies or POLITICS 106 and 30 points in either Global Politics and Human Rights or International Relations and Business
Restriction: POLITICS 348</i>
No pre-requisites or restrictions
Outline is not available yet
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