Victoria University of Wellington

This course examines the major influences on and developments in feminist theory and gender and sexuality studies up to the present day. Among the topics considered are: gender and sexual difference and diversity, sexual politics and sexuality, the relationships between gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity and class, and postmodernism and post-feminism. These topics are explored in a global and cross-cultural context, through close engagement with the writings of key thinkers in the field.

This course takes a loosely chronological approach to global moments of encounter, challenge, resistance, and transformation over the past 500 years. It looks closely at political events, and views them through images and objects, manifestos and interventions. The course pays attention to issues of propaganda, resistance, civil rights, protest, and crisis. We take care to address contemporary transformations happening in museum and gallery spaces due to issues of equity, race, gender, culture and class. 

This course examines the history of the peoples of the Pacific Islands from their initial settlement of Oceania to the present day. It covers Pacific Islanders’ colonization of the region, and Pacific Islanders’ progressive involvement in the emerging global economy following sustained contact with Europe and Asia.

This course examines a range of machine learning tools and techniques for analyzing data and automatically generating applications. The course will address tools for classification, regression, clustering and text mining, and techniques for preprocessing data and analyzing the results of machine learning tools. 

Students work in a multidisciplinary team to develop a game or graphics system up to release quality. The course brings together practical development and theoretical analysis to ensure students know both how to make games and how to assess them.

This course examines the representations, contexts, and politics of gender, sexuality and the media. By interrogating the discourses of gender and sexuality as they are 'mediated' in a variety of forms (including television, film, popular music, social media, advertising), we will examine the construction and disruption of categories of gender and sexual identity, and their intersection with other identity frameworks.

This course examines marine system quantitative ecology including soft shores, rocky and coral reefs. It emphasizes quantitative methods including design, statistical analysis and interpretation of field experiments and observational studies.