University of Otago

This course examines the main concepts relating to the international trading system and its institutions and reviews both traditional perspectives and important recent developments in international trade theory. Emphasis is placed on using theory to interpret trade data and to analyze the motivations behind existing trade policies and institutions. In particular, we aim to understand the welfare gains from trade, what accounts for observed patterns of trade and who benefits from various trade policies. Special attention is also given to protectionist trade policies and the political economy of protection, as well as the merits and drawbacks of bilateral trade negotiations.

This course is an introduction to the science of epidemiology, the study of the distribution and determinants of health and disease in human populations, and to different ways of understanding health.

This course introduces key concepts in analog and digital electronics. Topics include linear networks and filters, operational amplifiers, simple transistor circuits, logic gates, microcontrollers, and digital applications.

This course examines the ways in which revolutions have transformed the world. It explores what drives popular uprisings and how revolutionary change has shaped the modern world. This understanding will be developed through case studies of particular revolutions, such as the French, Haitian, American and Irish Revolutions.

The course explores the artistic qualities and techniques of dance in musical theater through integrated theory and practice.

This course is an introduction to concepts central to understanding market economies, including allocation of scarce resources, consumer and business reactions to changing market conditions, and the application of economic principles to personal and business decision-making.

This course examines the theory and practice of playwriting, as well as the study and writing of short plays and screenplays.

This course is an introduction to the statistical learning techniques commonly used to analyze high-dimensional (or multivariate) data. It covers penalized regression, classification trees, clustering, dimension-reduction, bagging, stacking, boosting, random forests and ensemble learning.

This course is an introduction to analyzing the economy as a whole. Topics include the determination of national income, unemployment, inflation, interest rates and the exchange rate, as well as monetary and fiscal policy.

This course develops the ability to design and write creative narratives for games and interactive media. From worldbuilding to generating story development documents, player-character profiles, and interactive dialogue scripts, this course provides students with knowledge and skills central to the discipline. It will also pose critical questions that emerge around player agency and narrative experience, as well as ethical concerns around diversity in representation.