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4101

GEOG 324

: Critical Perspectives on Sustainable Development
2020 Semester Two (1205)
A critical evaluation of the challenges of sustainable development emphasising the structural and political factors that contribute to unequal development relations. Introduces a variety of theoretical frameworks to interrogate sustainable development strategies and solutions. The course focuses on integrating research and theory into practical learning.
Subject: Geography
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II

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4102

GEOG 352

: Landscape, Environment and Heritage
2023 Semester One (1233)
An examination of environmental change from a historical geography perspective. Approaches to investigating and understanding the transformation of environments are explored, and processes driving creation of different types of landscapes including heritage places are considered. The course enables students to place the modern environment within a historical context.
Subject: Geography
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II

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4103

GEOG 719

: Geographies of Housing and Urban Change
2020 Semester Two (1205)
Advanced study of housing and urban issues, including the topics of homeownership, asset-based welfare, the politics of housing affordability, housing reforms and the changing dynamics of gentrification. Contemporary issues such as mortgage market dynamics and social rented housing reforms are examined. The course will consider also urban governance, office property investment and development processes, and sites of consumption and spectacle.
Subject: Geography
No pre-requisites or restrictions

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4104

GEOG 749

: Climate and Society
2020 Semester One (1203)
An examination of climate themes relevant to society. Themes will vary but may include hydrology and water resources, agriculture, human health, ocean-atmosphere interaction and energy in the climate system. The sensitivity of selected biophysical and human activity systems to climate will be explored and the actual and potential impacts of climatic variability and change (past and future) investigated.
Subject: Geography
No pre-requisites or restrictions

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4105

GEOG 750

: Environment and Landscape
2023 Semester One (1233)
Environmental change in New Zealand since European settlement, including exploitation of natural resources, the creation of different cultural landscapes, and recognition of places as natural and cultural heritage. Different approaches to investigating and understanding recent environmental change are addressed. The course is suitable for physical and social science students, and will enable them to place the modern environment within a historical context. The course may include short guided walks and a one day or two half-day fieldtrips.
Subject: Geography
No pre-requisites or restrictions

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4106

GEOG 759

: Research Topics in Geography
2023 Semester Two (1235)
Directed research on an approved topic or topics.
Subject: Geography
Prerequisite: Approval of the Programme Coordinator

Outline is not available yet

4107

GEOG 760

: Directed Study in Geography
2025 Semester Two (1255)
Directed studies on an approved topic or topics.
Subject: Geography
Prerequisite: Academic Head approval

Outline is not available yet

4108

GEOG 761

: Special Topic
2022 Semester Two (1225)
Subject: Geography
No pre-requisites or restrictions

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4109

GEOG 761

: Special Topic
2020 Semester Two (1205)
Subject: Geography
No pre-requisites or restrictions

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4110

GEOG 774

: Advanced Spatial Data Handling
2024 Semester Two (1245)
Advanced approaches to spatial data handling (processing, management, visualisation, and analysis) in web-based environments, including theoretical debates and implications as well as applications for spatial data handling in integrated open-source and web-based mapping/GIS environments. There will be an applied laboratory component and lecture/seminar component where the broader social and theoretical implications of developments in spatial data handling will be engaged. No formal prerequisite, but an understanding equivalent to GEOG 318 will be assumed.
Subject: Geography
No pre-requisites or restrictions

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4111

GEOG 789

: Honours Research Project
2025 Semester Two (1255)
Subject: Geography
To complete this course students must enrol in GEOG 789 A and B, or GEOG 789

Outline is not available yet

4112

GEOG 789A

: Honours Research Project
2025 Semester Two (1255)
Subject: Geography
To complete this course students must enrol in GEOG 789 A and B, or GEOG 789

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4113

GEOG 789A

: Honours Research Project
2025 Semester One (1253)
Subject: Geography
To complete this course students must enrol in GEOG 789 A and B, or GEOG 789

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4114

GEOG 789B

: Honours Research Project
2025 Semester Two (1255)
Subject: Geography
To complete this course students must enrol in GEOG 789 A and B, or GEOG 789

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4115

GEOG 789B

: Honours Research Project
2025 Semester One (1253)
Subject: Geography
To complete this course students must enrol in GEOG 789 A and B, or GEOG 789

Outline is not available yet

4116

GEOPHYS 310

: Physics of the Earth
2020 Semester One (1203)
Covers the physics of the solid earth from the surface to the core. Specifically, the course explores the Earth’s gravitational field (including the rotation and figure of the earth), seismology, heat flow, the magnetic and electromagnetic field to unravel the properties, processes, and structure of the Earth’s interior.
Subject: Geophysics
Prerequisite: 15 points from EARTHSCI 103, 120, GEOLOGY 103, and 15 points from GEOPHYS 213, PHYSICS 213, and 15 points from ENGSCI 211, MATHS 253, 260, PHYSICS 211
Restriction: GEOPHYS 330

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4117

GISCI 341

: Remote Sensing of Surface Processes
2023 Semester Two (1235)
Key concepts of geographic information science as applied to earth and environmental sciences. Monitoring, analysis, visualisation and modelling of landscape change for terrestrial and coastal environments, using imagery from satellites, airplanes (LiDAR) and UAVs. Principles and practice of field techniques, including RTK-GPS, LiDAR and UAV piloting will be reviewed with application to catchment management, conservation, natural hazards and civil infrastructure.
Subject: Geographic Information Science
Prerequisite: GISCI 241
Restriction: GEOG 317

Outline is not available yet

4118

GISCI 399

: Capstone: GIScience
2023 Semester Two (1235)
Students will independently demonstrate domain knowledge through applying their skills as members of groups completing a community-based GIScience projects serving needs identified by community stakeholders. Groups will be assembled based on skillsets of individual students (e.g., programming, remote sensing, advanced vector analysis, etc.), and students will be assessed on their independent contributions to the group project.
Subject: Geographic Information Science
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage III in Geographic Information Science

Outline is not available yet

4119

GISCI 399

: Capstone: GIScience
2022 Semester One (1223)
Students will independently demonstrate domain knowledge through applying their skills as members of groups completing a community-based GIScience projects serving needs identified by community stakeholders. Groups will be assembled based on skillsets of individual students (e.g., programming, remote sensing, advanced vector analysis, etc.), and students will be assessed on their independent contributions to the group project.
Subject: Geographic Information Science
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage III in Geographic Information Science

Outline is not available yet

4120

MARINE 100G

: The Oceans Around Us
2025 Semester One (1253)
A multidisciplinary approach to understanding the importance of our oceans in terms of natural processes and human uses and values. It includes an understanding of the physical and biological processes in the ocean and how they are addressed through ocean management in New Zealand and internationally, allowing informed debate about the future of the ocean realm.
Subject: Marine Science
No pre-requisites or restrictions
4121

MARINE 100G

: The Oceans Around Us
2024 Semester One (1243)
A multidisciplinary approach to understanding the importance of our oceans in terms of natural processes and human uses and values. It includes an understanding of the physical and biological processes in the ocean and how they are addressed through ocean management in New Zealand and internationally, allowing informed debate about the future of the ocean realm.
Subject: Marine Science
No pre-requisites or restrictions
4122

MARINE 100G

: The Oceans Around Us
2023 Semester One (1233)
A multidisciplinary approach to understanding the importance of our oceans in terms of natural processes and human uses and values. It includes an understanding of the physical and biological processes in the ocean and how they are addressed through ocean management in New Zealand and internationally, allowing informed debate about the future of the ocean realm.
Subject: Marine Science
No pre-requisites or restrictions
4123

MARINE 100G

: The Oceans Around Us
2022 Semester One (1223)
A multidisciplinary approach to understanding the importance of our oceans in terms of natural processes and human uses and values. It includes an understanding of the physical and biological processes in the ocean and how they are addressed through ocean management in New Zealand and internationally, allowing informed debate about the future of the ocean realm.
Subject: Marine Science
No pre-requisites or restrictions
4124

MARINE 302

: Dynamics of Marine Systems
2020 Semester Two (1205)
Fundamental processes in the marine environment with an emphasis on interdisciplinary linkages in the functioning of marine ecosystems. Topics include: the role of fluid dynamics in the lives of marine animals and in shaping the physical marine environment, and interdisciplinary studies of marine ecosystems. No formal prerequisite although an understanding of marine science to the level of MARINE 202 will be assumed.
Subject: Marine Science
Prerequisite: MARINE 202 or 30 points at Stage II in BSc courses

Outline is not available yet

4125

MARINE 304

: Directed Study in Marine Science
2023 Semester Two (1235)
Independent study on a topic in marine science under the guidance of an individual academic with similar interests to the student, involving the learning of specialist research techniques in a chosen subfield of marine science and the production of a scientific report.
Subject: Marine Science
Restriction: MARINE 399

Outline is not available yet