University of Auckland

This course examines modern processor architectures; principles of modern processor design; pipelining; memory hierarchies; I/O and network interfacing; compiler and OS support; embedded processors; performance; multiprocessing.

This course examines the diversity in land plants from both phylogenetic and functional trait perspectives, exploring key steps in the evolution of plants and how they interact with their environment. It provides a framework of plant life focusing on the ecologically, economically and culturally important plants of Aotearoa New Zealand.

This course examines Aotearoa New Zealand’s socio‑historical context, with a particular focus on the Māori economy. It looks explores He Whakaputanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi as key frameworks shaping Māori self‑determination, governance, and economic activity. Students explore the Māori economy, including the roles of iwi and Māori authorities, and Māori values that support holistic, multi‑bottom‑line approaches to enterprise, leadership, sustainability, and decision‑making. Through real‑world contexts, students examine how business knowledge and practice are shaped by historical, cultural, political, and ethical influences. 

This course is an introduction to the analysis of algorithms and data structures. It covers common abstract data types and their implementations, asymptotic complexity analysis, sorting and searching algorithms, depth-first and breadth-first search and applications, and graph optimization problems.

This course examines the histories, philosophies and current issues within the context of dance in Aotearoa/New Zealand. 

This course examines human behavior and humans' expectations of computers, computer interfaces and the interaction between humans and computers, the significance of the user interface, interface design and user centered design process in software development, and interface usability evaluation methodologies and practice.

This course examines the socio-cultural and political impact of New Zealand films foregrounding Māori, both in front of and especially, behind the camera. It looks primarily at how Māori filmmakers have used cinema as a means to reassert cultural identity and tino rangatiratanga, from its activist beginnings during the Māori Cultural Renaissance in the 1980s, to the present.

This course is a practical and theoretical introduction to performing cultures of the Pacific with emphasis on Polynesian cultures. Basic music and dance skills are taught in practical instruction. Consideration of commonalities and differences among Pacific cultures. Academic discussion of styles, instruments, performer categories and the place of the performing arts in Pacific cultures.

This course examines Indigenous peoples as agents of geopolitical change. It introduces colonial/decolonial geographies to demonstrate the geopolitical implications of Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing. Key themes include: territory and geopolitics; Indigenous identities, subject-formation and intersectionality; Indigenous knowledges, rights and political agency; and, Indigenous relationships with non-Indigenous peoples.

This course examines 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 characterize contemporary family life.