University of Auckland

This course provides a solid foundation in the basic grammar and vocabulary of Spanish. Emphasis is on communicative competence including speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. This course is designed for beginners or near beginners.

This is an introductory course in statistics intended for students in a wide variety of areas of study. Topics discussed include displaying and describing data, the normal curve, regression, probability, statistical inference, confidence intervals, and hypothesis tests with applications in the real world. Students also have the opportunity to analyze data sets using technology in their weekly laboratory discussions.

Develop knowledge in how to analyze, implement and evaluate marketing strategies. Nurture a strong appreciation for how marketing connects and relates to other business disciplines. Study executive-level (senior marketing manager) decisions by being able to understand Marketing Strategy from the perspective of a team of executives collaborating to develop corporate-level strategies that will allocate resources so as to drive the company as a whole.

Sport has profoundly impacted Pacific peoples and cultures, playing critical roles in colonialism and education in the past, to migration and commercialization in the present. Sport has changed Pacific cultures and been changed by Pacific cultures. Pacific cultural encounters with globalization, race, capitalism, migration, and public discourse are explored through the experience of sport.

This course examines the application of basic principles of counselling to the needs of individual children, adults, couples, families, and other groups. Students learn to understand the concept, aims, principles, and theoretical foundations of counselling as applied within the community; to recognize the different aspects of the "human condition" that may benefit from specialized counselling; to be familiar with the many and varied cultures within the community and how they might access counseling; to develop an awareness of the counseling services within the community; and to engage in personal and professional reflection.

This course explores the theories and arguments presented by philosophers who have addressed questions such as: Is art purely cultural or partly biological? Is art old or an invention of 18th-century Europe? What definitions are plausible and if none are, how does the concept cohere? How does the philosophy of art differ from aesthetics as traditionally conceived? In what manner do works of art exist? What constraints are there on the interpretation of art? Do artistic evaluations always contain a personal element? How does an abstract art form express emotion? Why are we moved by the fate of characters we know to be fictional? Why are we drawn to tragedies when we know the experience of them is unpleasant? How do paintings represent what they picture? Can we learn from art truths about the actual world?

This course presents the myths of ancient Greece and Rome: about gods, heroes, heroines, and monsters. Topics include Greek and Roman myths in their social and historical context, identifying the important cultural and religious roles that myths served in Greco-Roman history; the ‘afterlife’ of Greek and Roman myths in later culture; Greco-Roman mythology from a local perspective, considering similarities and differences with the traditional stories and figures of Aotearoa New Zealand, such as Ranginui and Papatuanuku, Hineahuone, and Maui. The course also focuses on how myths were transmitted. The Greeks and Romans first shared their myths in oral form for hundreds of years, before starting to write down their stories and make art depicting them. Readings include the myths written up in different styles/genres; epics, religious hymns, a tragedy, and a history, to see how different genres shaped the presentation of myths; some artworks that portray myths, and consider what function these artistic representations had for the Greeks or Romans.

This course provides an overview of the technology available to assist musicians and an introduction to modern music production. Topics include Modern DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) functionality, MIDI and audio recording and editing, synthesis, and multi-track mixing.

This course explores the historical development of western theater dance from the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century.