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Berlin has long been imagined as a site of queer freedom, experimentation, and resistance. This course explores how queerness is shaped by and shapes urban space, using Berlin as a lens to examine intersections of sexuality, space, and power. Drawing from queer theory, urban studies, and architecture, students investigate how queer spaces are produced, contested, and remembered, and how they intersect with race, class, gender, and transnational histories. Through readings, discussions, exercise and fieldwork, participants critically reflect on what makes a space “queer,” who has access to it, and how Berlin’s reputation as a queer capital both reveals and obscures broader social dynamics. The course combines theoretical inquiry with experiential learning and invites critical engagement with the ethics of researching queer urban life.

This course equips students with the statistical and financial data skills needed for industry and academic research, providing opportunities to master key techniques and frameworks for building, estimating, and evaluating statistical models. 

This course examines complex numbers; vector spaces: row and column vectors (real and complex), linear combinations, abstract vector spaces, bases and dimension of vector spaces; linear maps: definitions and examples, matrix of a linear map, composition, invertibility and isomorphisms; solving systems of linear equations using linear algebra; determinants: definition and properties; eigenvectors and eigenvalues: definitions, diagonalisation of matrices, canonical forms of 2x2 matrices.

The object of this seminar is to introduce students to theories of culture(s) or cultural theory. With theories of culture abounding, the class is only be able to discuss a selection of canonized texts. These texts – hopefully – help to enhance the understanding of how one has come to theorize culture(s) in the field of literary and cultural studies, as well as cultural history. Furthermore, the course tackles various angles of how one makes meaning of and through culture and how culture informs related fields of inquiry, such as, for example, media studies, philosophy, and sociology.

This course examines institutions and processes of the New Zealand political system. It covers the way things work (like the voting system), what the major institutions are and what they do (like Parliament), and New Zealand’s political history. It will also encourage students to think critically about public policy, political parties, politicians, elections, social and political inequality, media, and to discuss major policy issues such climate change, student fees and debt, and New Zealand’s foreign policy.

This course will explore the molecular basis of life, providing students with a strong foundation in cell biology. Key concepts will include the structure and function of major cell types, biological chemistry and metabolism, and cell division and development. We’ll explore these concepts using a variety of examples from across the tree of life, including plants, animals and microbes.

This course examines organizational structures, behaviors, and dynamics using various theoretical frameworks and models that explain how organizations function, evolve, and interact with their environments. 

The course introduces the most important teachings (doctrines) that make Christianity distinctive: the Doctrine of God, the Doctrine of the Trinity, the Doctrine of the Incarnation, and the Doctrine of Atonement. It also discusses and analyzes several of the most influential and universally read scholars from across the history of Christianity.

This course covers a range of topics, from the more traditional arts to the creative industries (such as music, film, games, broadcasting, and publishing), as well as the economics of artists' labour, markets and copyright, especially emphases the role of digitisation across the creative industries.

The course examines how cultural differences influence communication and business practices in an increasingly globalized environment. Students explore cultural values, intercultural competence, communication, negotiation, marketing, leadership, human resources, diversity, and multicultural teams, applying cross-cultural theories and frameworks to international business contexts.