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7426

SOCIOL 105

: Cultural Studies and Society
2025 Semester One (1253)
A cultural studies approach to social life focuses on the way we experience the world, taking account of what we see, what we hear, what we consume and how we communicate. Sociological theory will be explored through investigating different cultural forms including film, advertising, art, social media, sport, and video games.
Subject: Sociology
No pre-requisites or restrictions
7427

SOCIOL 105

: Cultural Studies and Society
2024 Semester One (1243)
A cultural studies approach to social life focuses on the way we experience the world, taking account of what we see, what we hear, what we consume and how we communicate. Sociological theory will be explored through investigating different cultural forms including film, advertising, art, social media, sport, and video games.
Subject: Sociology
No pre-requisites or restrictions
7428

SOCIOL 105

: Cultural Studies and Society
2023 Semester One (1233)
A cultural studies approach to social life focuses on the way we experience the world, taking account of what we see, what we hear, what we consume and how we communicate. Sociological theory will be explored through investigating different cultural forms including film, advertising, art, social media, sport, and video games.
Subject: Sociology
No pre-requisites or restrictions
7429

SOCIOL 105

: Cultural Studies and Society
2022 Semester One (1223)
A cultural studies approach to social life focuses on the way we experience the world, taking account of what we see, what we hear, what we consume and how we communicate. Sociological theory will be explored through investigating different cultural forms including film, advertising, art, social media, sport, and video games.
Subject: Sociology
No pre-requisites or restrictions
7430

SOCIOL 105

: Cultural Studies and Society
2021 Semester One (1213)
A cultural studies approach to social life focuses on the way we experience the world, taking account of what we see, what we hear, what we consume and how we communicate. Sociological theory will be explored through investigating different cultural forms including film, advertising, art, social media, sport, and video games.
Subject: Sociology
No pre-requisites or restrictions
7431

SOCIOL 105

: Cultural Studies and Society
2020 Semester One (1203)
A cultural studies approach to social life focuses on the way we experience the world, taking account of what we see, what we hear, what we consume and how we communicate. Sociological theory will be explored through investigating different cultural forms including film, advertising, art, social media, sport, and video games.
Subject: Sociology
No pre-requisites or restrictions
7432

SOCIOL 200

: Sociological Theory
2024 Semester One (1243)
Aims to map the social condition through theorists who also emphasise the need to transform it. Focuses on material existence, how it is interpreted through language and the investment of people in oppressive regimes, ideologies and discourses. Develops critical perspectives on the intersections of class, race, gender and sexuality.
Subject: Sociology
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage I in Sociology or 15 points at Stage I in Sociology with a minimum B+ pass
7433

SOCIOL 200

: Sociological Theory
2023 Semester One (1233)
Aims to map the social condition through theorists who also emphasise the need to transform it. Focuses on material existence, how it is interpreted through language and the investment of people in oppressive regimes, ideologies and discourses. Develops critical perspectives on the intersections of class, race, gender and sexuality.
Subject: Sociology
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage I in Sociology or 15 points at Stage I in Sociology with a minimum B+ pass
7434

SOCIOL 200

: Sociological Theory
2022 Semester One (1223)
Aims to map the social condition through theorists who also emphasise the need to transform it. Focuses on material existence, how it is interpreted through language and the investment of people in oppressive regimes, ideologies and discourses. Develops critical perspectives on the intersections of class, race, gender and sexuality.
Subject: Sociology
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage I in Sociology or 15 points at Stage I in Sociology with a minimum B+ pass
7435

SOCIOL 200

: Sociological Theory
2021 Semester One (1213)
An introduction to the major themes of social theory. The focus is on the analyses of modern society to be found in the works of classical and contemporary social analysts.
Subject: Sociology
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage I in Sociology or 15 points at Stage I in Sociology with a minimum B+ pass
7436

SOCIOL 206

: Sociology for Auckland
2020 Semester One (1203)
Auckland is located in Aotearoa New Zealand but is not always of Aotearoa New Zealand. By virtue of geography, history, and size, Auckland is a unique social setting, with an uneasy relationship to the rest of Aotearoa New Zealand (and beyond). This course examines the differences in class, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and other social factors that make Auckland “special”.
Subject: Sociology
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage I in Sociology or 15 points at Stage I in Sociology with a minimum B+ pass
Restriction: SOCIOL 106
7437

SOCIOL 207

: Sociology of Gender and Families
2024 Semester One (1243)
Focuses on the interrelationship between gender, sexuality and families in New Zealand and other Western societies. Through an examination of important moments in the life course of families – for example, partnering and parenting – it explores changes and continuities in the gendered norms, identities, practices and patterns that characterise contemporary family life.
Subject: Sociology
Prerequisite: 30 points in Sociology or Gender Studies or 60 points passed
Restriction: SOCIOL 214, SOCIOL 222
7438

SOCIOL 207

: Sociology of Gender and Families
2023 Semester One (1233)
Focuses on the interrelationship between gender, sexuality and families in New Zealand and other Western societies. Through an examination of important moments in the life course of families – for example, partnering and parenting – it explores changes and continuities in the gendered norms, identities, practices and patterns that characterise contemporary family life.
Subject: Sociology
Prerequisite: 30 points in Sociology or Gender Studies or 60 points passed
Restriction: SOCIOL 214, SOCIOL 222
7439

SOCIOL 208

: Economy and Society
2024 Semester One (1243)
Examines the changing relations between work and life outside of paid employment. Particular attention is paid to new forms of expropriation that profit from claiming private ownership of collective effort, ideas and cultural forms. These developments are crucial to understanding and contesting social inequality, globalisation, organisational restructuring and new technologies. Course material is drawn from international literatures and is grounded in an understanding of contemporary New Zealand.
Subject: Sociology
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage I in Employment Relations and Organisational Studies or Sociology or 15 points at Stage I in Sociology with a B+ or higher, or 30 points in International Relations and Business
7440

SOCIOL 210

: Colonisation, Globalisation and Social Justice
2020 Semester One (1203)
Charts the political, economic, cultural and ecological consequences of imperialism, colonisation, globalisation, aid and development, up to and including the IMF/World Bank's neoliberalism and structural adjustment programme. It pays particular attention to violence (physical, psychological and ideological), environmental consequences and health impacts in these contexts.
Subject: Sociology
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage I in Sociology or 15 points at Stage I in Sociology with a minimum B+ pass or LATINAM 100 or SPANISH 103, or 30 points in Global Politics and Human Rights
7441

SOCIOL 211

: Sociology of Popular Culture
2023 Semester One (1233)
Popular culture appears to be everywhere, but what political and social effects might all this popular entertainment have on us? This course seeks to answer such questions through a sociological interpretation of popular culture as both an indicator of social change and as a location of meaning and significance. Topics include reality TV, celebrities, consumption, music, and technology.
Subject: Sociology
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage I in Sociology, or 15 points at Stage I in Sociology with a B+ or higher, or 30 points from COMMS 100, FTVMS 100, 101, MEDIA 101, or 30 points from Comparative Literature
7442

SOCIOL 213

: Ethnicity and Identity
2022 Semester One (1223)
Charts the development of the concepts of racial, national, ethnic and indigenous identities in relation to the histories of modernity and colonisation and then uses these concepts to analyse a range of contemporary issues of identity and belonging.
Subject: Sociology
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage I in Sociology or 15 points at Stage I in Sociology with at least a B+ average or 30 points at Stage I in Global Studies with at least a B+ average, or 90 points passed
7443

SOCIOL 213

: Ethnicity and Identity
2021 Semester One (1213)
Charts the development of the concepts of racial, national, ethnic and indigenous identities in relation to the histories of modernity and colonisation and then uses these concepts to analyse a range of contemporary issues of identity and belonging.
Subject: Sociology
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage I in Sociology or 15 points at Stage I in Sociology with a minimum B+ pass
7444

SOCIOL 217

: Social Movements
2025 Semester One (1253)
What motivates and sustains collective action for social and political change? Through local and international examples, students will explore different theories about why people form and act through movements, the tactics and strategies activists use, how movement successes and failures are measured, and how and why groups evolve, or fall apart, over time.
Subject: Sociology
Prerequisite: 30 points passed at Stage I
7445

SOCIOL 229

: Environmental Sociology
2025 Semester One (1253)
Environmental sociology provides insight into the complex social processes that define, create and even threaten our natural environment. This course gives tools with which to think sociologically about environmental issues, such as understanding how environmental issues come to be seen as environmental problems, and how political, cultural, and economic factors have come to shape our interaction with the natural environment.
Subject: Sociology
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage I in Sociology, or 30 points from ENV 101, ENVSCI 101, 201, GEOG 102, 205, or COMMS 102 and 15 points from ENV 101, ENVSCI 101, SOCIOL 100
7446

SOCIOL 300

: Feminist, Anti-Colonial and Post-Capitalist Technofutures
2025 Semester One (1253)
Introduces students to theoretical approaches for understanding the social, material and power (political) dimensions of science and technology, as well as practical approaches for imagining and enacting more ethical, equitable, collaborative and anti-colonial technofutures. Topics studied include: science, technology and social theory; feminist, anti-colonial and post-capitalist approaches to science and technology; translating knowledge to engage public audiences.
Subject: Sociology
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Sociology, or COMMS 103 and 208
Restriction: SOCIOL 311
7447

SOCIOL 300

: Feminist, Anti-Colonial and Post-Capitalist Technofutures
2024 Semester One (1243)
Introduces students to theoretical approaches for understanding the social, material and power (political) dimensions of science and technology, as well as practical approaches for imagining and enacting more ethical, equitable, collaborative and anti-colonial technofutures. Topics studied include: science, technology and social theory; feminist, anti-colonial and post-capitalist approaches to science and technology; translating knowledge to engage public audiences.
Subject: Sociology
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Sociology, or COMMS 103 and 208
Restriction: SOCIOL 311
7448

SOCIOL 300

: Sociology of Science and Technology
2023 Semester One (1233)
A survey of theoretical and practical approaches to understanding the relationship between technology and society. Topics studied include: technology and social theory, technology and subjectivity, the politics of artefacts and the impacts of new social media.
Subject: Sociology
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Sociology, or COMMS 103 and 208
Restriction: SOCIOL 311
7449

SOCIOL 301

: Critical Theory and Society
2023 Semester One (1233)
Critical theory seeks to understand the multiple contradictions of society and to offer roadmaps for progressive social change. This course explores foundational ideas in the tradition of critical theory and in contemporary critical thought. Critical theories are situated in the social and historical contexts from which they arise and are scrutinised for their relevance to contemporary struggles for social justice.
Subject: Sociology
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 200 or 30 points above Stage I in BA or Global Studies courses
7450

SOCIOL 307

: The Pacific in the World
2023 Semester One (1233)
Brief history of post Second World War theories of economic development and modern world systems. Explores Pacific responses to world systems such as colonisation, capitalism, globalisation and militarisation. Examines Pacific relations with colonial and imperial powers such as Aotearoa New Zealand, Britain, and US. Analyses the limitations of world systems models.
Subject: Sociology
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Global Environment and Sustainable Development or Sociology