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3876

HISTORY 108

: Rise and Fall of the USA
2024 Semester One (1243)
Examines the major themes and events in the history of the United States from the colonial period to the present. It focuses on the making and remaking of American identity, the promises and paradoxes of American freedom, struggles for justice, and the sources and implications of US power in global perspective.
Subject: History
Restriction: HISTORY 105
3877

HISTORY 108

: Rise and Fall of the USA
2022 Semester One (1223)
Examines the major themes and events in the history of the United States from the colonial period to the present. It focuses on the making and remaking of American identity, the promises and paradoxes of American freedom, struggles for justice, and the sources and implications of US power in global perspective.
Subject: History
Restriction: HISTORY 105
3878

HISTORY 108

: Rise and Fall of the USA
2020 Semester One (1203)
Examines the major themes and events in the history of the United States from the colonial period to the present. It focuses on the making and remaking of American identity, the promises and paradoxes of American freedom, struggles for justice, and the sources and implications of US power in global perspective.
Subject: History
Restriction: HISTORY 105
3879

HISTORY 205

: Bloodlands: Global Warfare
2020 Semester One (1203)
Asks historical questions about warfare in the modern era. Analyses conflicts and state violence and their impacts on people and their governments in a global setting. Themes include: the causes, course and consequences of warfare; restraint in warfare; ideologies of war and peace; civil war and revolution; imperial warfare; genocide; the human impact and context of war.
Subject: History
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in History and 30 points passed or 30 points at Stage I in Global Politics and Human Rights
Restriction: HISTORY 309
3880

HISTORY 210

: Health, Medicine and Society
2024 Semester One (1243)
Examines the rise of modern Western medicine since 1850 and its impact, with a particular emphasis on Britain and its colonies. Topics include public health, hospitals, nursing, psychiatry, sexual health, reproductive health, child health, tuberculosis, medicine and war, and alternative medicines.
Subject: History
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in History and 30 points passed at Stage I, or HLTHSOC 100 and 30 points passed
Restriction: HISTORY 367
3881

HISTORY 210

: Health, Medicine and Society
2023 Semester One (1233)
Examines the rise of modern Western medicine since 1850 and its impact, with a particular emphasis on Britain and its colonies. Topics include public health, hospitals, nursing, psychiatry, sexual health, reproductive health, child health, tuberculosis, medicine and war, and alternative medicines.
Subject: History
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in History and 30 points passed at Stage I, or SOCSCIPH 200 and 30 points passed, or HLTHSOC 100 and 30 points passed
Restriction: HISTORY 367
3882

HISTORY 210

: Health, Medicine and Society
2022 Semester One (1223)
Examines the rise of modern Western medicine since 1850 and its impact, with a particular emphasis on Britain and its colonies. Topics include public health, hospitals, nursing, psychiatry, sexual health, reproductive health, child health, tuberculosis, medicine and war, and alternative medicines.
Subject: History
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in History and 30 points passed at Stage I, or SOCSCIPH 200 and 30 points passed, or HLTHSOC 100 and 30 points passed
Restriction: HISTORY 367
3883

HISTORY 217

: Nazi Germany and its Legacies
2025 Semester One (1253)
An in-depth look into a period of history that has simultaneously fascinated and horrified generations of people around the world. Topics include: the origins of Nazism, Adolf Hitler and the rise of the NSDAP, life in Nazi Germany in peace and war, Hitler's foreign policy, the Second World War, the Holocaust and its myriad legacies in history and popular culture.
Subject: History
Prerequisite: 45 points passed
Restriction: HISTORY 317
3884

HISTORY 217

: Nazi Germany and its Legacies
2021 Semester One (1213)
An in-depth look into a period of history that has simultaneously fascinated and horrified generations of people around the world. Topics include: the origins of Nazism, Adolf Hitler and the rise of the NSDAP, life in Nazi Germany in peace and war, Hitler's foreign policy, the Second World War, the Holocaust and its myriad legacies in history and popular culture.
Subject: History
Prerequisite: 45 points passed
Restriction: HISTORY 317
3885

HISTORY 225

: Samurai and Scholars: Early Modern China and Japan
2020 Semester One (1203)
Early modern China and Japan shared not only geographical space in East Asia but also a history of cultural interaction, trade, and an enduring interest in Confucianism as a moral, philosophical, and social framework. This course explores and compares the government, trade, and culture of these two societies with a focus on the structures and patterns of everyday life.
Subject: History
Prerequisite: 60 points passed
Restriction: HISTORY 222, 242, 322, 335, 342
3886

HISTORY 227

: Waitangi: Treaty to Tribunal
2024 Semester One (1243)
A history of the Treaty of Waitangi and the Waitangi Tribunal. The course explores changing understandings of the Treaty and its role in New Zealand society and history since 1840. The establishment of the Waitangi Tribunal in 1975, the development of its work, and the historical and contemporary claims brought before it will also be studied.
Subject: History
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in History, Health and Society or Politics and International Relations, or MĀORI 130 and 30 points passed
Restriction: HISTORY 327
3887

HISTORY 227

: Waitangi: Treaty to Tribunal
2023 Semester One (1233)
A history of the Treaty of Waitangi and the Waitangi Tribunal. The course explores changing understandings of the Treaty and its role in New Zealand society and history since 1840. The establishment of the Waitangi Tribunal in 1975, the development of its work, and the historical and contemporary claims brought before it will also be studied.
Subject: History
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in History, Health and Society or Politics and International Relations, or MĀORI 130 and 30 points passed
Restriction: HISTORY 327
3888

HISTORY 227

: Waitangi: Treaty to Tribunal
2021 Semester One (1213)
A history of the Treaty of Waitangi and the Waitangi Tribunal. The course explores changing understandings of the Treaty and its role in New Zealand society and history since 1840. The establishment of the Waitangi Tribunal in 1975, the development of its work, and the historical and contemporary claims brought before it will also be studied.
Subject: History
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in History or Politics and International Relations, or MĀORI 130 and 30 points passed
Restriction: HISTORY 327
3889

HISTORY 239

: Medieval Cultures: Faith, Power, Identities
2022 Semester One (1223)
Explores the social, cultural, religious and political histories of medieval Europe and its relations with wider worlds. Topics covered may vary from year to year, but will likely include social structures, the place of religious faith, gender relations, power and authority, ethnic identities, conflict and dissent, migrations, literary and artistic expressions, and responses to crises.
Subject: History
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in History and 30 points passed
Restriction: HISTORY 219, 254, 268, 319, 339, 354, 368
3890

HISTORY 243

: Body and Blood: Religious Cultures and Conflicts c. 50-1650
2023 Semester One (1233)
An introduction to Christianity, Islam and Judaism in the late antique and medieval periods and the conflicts which shaped them. It examines the roots of Christian and Muslim religious thinking, their interaction with Jewish and Pagan traditions, the Crusades, anti-Semitism, heresy, schisms within Christianity and the Reformation.
Subject: History
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in History and 30 points passed
Restriction: HISTORY 356
3891

HISTORY 243

: Body and Blood: Religious Cultures and Conflicts c. 50-1650
2021 Semester One (1213)
An introduction to Christianity, Islam and Judaism in the late antique and medieval periods and the conflicts which shaped them. It examines the roots of Christian and Muslim religious thinking, their interaction with Jewish and Pagan traditions, the Crusades, anti-Semitism, heresy, schisms within Christianity and the Reformation.
Subject: History
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in History and 30 points passed
Restriction: HISTORY 356
3892

HISTORY 252

: New Zealand Cultural History
2025 Semester One (1253)
An introduction to changing ideas about New Zealand and New Zealand culture from colonial times to the present considering, among other topics, the history of exploration and travel, the iconography of the nation, public and private commemorations and celebrations, the history of the body and the commercialisation of leisure.
Subject: History
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in History and 30 points passed
Restriction: HISTORY 352
3893

HISTORY 259

: Special Topic: Healers, Sorcerers and Astrologers c.300-900
2020 Semester One (1203)
Subject: History
No pre-requisites or restrictions
3894

HISTORY 270

: Ireland since 1798
2024 Semester One (1243)
Examines the history of Ireland from 1798 to the present. It investigates major developments in the social, cultural, political and economic history of the island from the United Irish Rising at the end of the eighteenth century to the early twenty-first century, including the creation of the state of Northern Ireland and ongoing attempts to secure a lasting peace there.
Subject: History
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in History and 30 points passed
Restriction: HISTORY 265, 365, 370
3895

HISTORY 270

: Special Topic: Ireland since 1798
2022 Semester One (1223)
Examines the history of Ireland from 1798 to the present. It investigates major developments in the social, cultural, political and economic history of the island from the United Irish Rising at the end of the eighteenth century to the early twenty-first century, including the creation of the state of Northern Ireland and ongoing attempts to secure a lasting peace there.
Subject: History
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in History and 30 points passed
Restriction: HISTORY 265, 365, 370
3896

HISTORY 300

: Thinking History: Approaches to the Past
2024 Semester One (1243)
Focuses on the study of history and how historians have understood and explained the past as well as the challenges facing the discipline today. Topics include post-structuralism and history, gender and history, the nature of historical memory and the impact of non-Western perspectives on the discipline.
Subject: History
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage II in History and 60 points passed
3897

HISTORY 300

: Thinking History: Approaches to the Past
2020 Semester One (1203)
Focuses on the study of history and how historians have understood and explained the past as well as the challenges facing the discipline today. Topics include post-structuralism and history, gender and history, the nature of historical memory and the impact of non-Western perspectives on the discipline.
Subject: History
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage II in History and 60 points passed
3898

HISTORY 309

: Bloodlands: Global Warfare
2020 Semester One (1203)
Asks historical questions about warfare in the modern era. Analyses conflicts and state violence and their impacts on people and their governments in a global setting. Themes include: the causes, course and consequences of warfare; restraint in warfare; ideologies of war and peace; civil war and revolution; imperial warfare; genocide; the human impact and context of war.
Subject: History
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage II in History and 60 points passed or 30 points at Stage II in Global Politics and Human Rights
Restriction: HISTORY 205
3899

HISTORY 317

: Nazi Germany and its Legacies
2025 Semester One (1253)
An in-depth look into a period of history that has simultaneously fascinated and horrified generations of people around the world. Topics include: the origins of Nazism, Adolf Hitler and the rise of the NSDAP, life in Nazi Germany in peace and war, Hitler's foreign policy, the Second World War, the Holocaust and its myriad legacies in history and popular culture.
Subject: History
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage II and 60 points passed
Restriction: HISTORY 217
3900

HISTORY 317

: Nazi Germany and its Legacies
2021 Semester One (1213)
An in-depth look into a period of history that has simultaneously fascinated and horrified generations of people around the world. Topics include: the origins of Nazism, Adolf Hitler and the rise of the NSDAP, life in Nazi Germany in peace and war, Hitler's foreign policy, the Second World War, the Holocaust and its myriad legacies in history and popular culture.
Subject: History
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage II and 60 points passed
Restriction: HISTORY 217