University of Waikato

This course introduces Kapa Haka, the Māori performing arts. It explores the origins of Kapa Haka through Māori histories and narratives. It also examines the development of Kapa Haka over time, with a focus on contemporary competition formats such as Whakataetae, as well as the fundamentals of Kapa Haka, including group singing, hand and foot coordination, and choreography, preparing learners to perform as members of a Kapa Haka group.

This course introduces the foundational concepts, histories, and contemporary realities of Māori, Pacific, and other Indigenous peoples. It explores Indigenous philosophies and worldviews, with a focus on relationships to land, language, culture, resources, development, and political systems across settler-colonial contexts, Pacific nations, and beyond. It also examines how Indigenous communities respond to climate change by drawing on ancestral knowledge and practices to advocate for environmental justice and resilience.

This course examines issues related to gender, sexuality, and the body, including health, media representations, gender-based violence, and forms of resistance.

This course introduces the creation of music and sound design for screen-based media using a digital audio workstation (DAW). It balances practical application with theoretical and historical context. It also expands skill sets in screen music composition and non-linear music idioms for learners in music, film, and computer science. 

The work-related project is primarily a university-based project with a focus on particular professional ecologies connected with arts discipline skills, practices, praxis and performance. Projects provide an opportunity for students to either reflect on key issues attached to communication and creative industries or simulate aspects of professional practice (e.g. professional writing, research, or creative practice).

This course develops technical composition skills and deepens artistic awareness in creating, manipulating, and analyzing music. It explores creative and technical approaches drawn from historical and contemporary art music, as well as various popular idioms. It covers melody writing, thematic development, harmonic understanding, and contemporary musical languages.

This course continues to develop the fundamental techniques which enable students to perform proficiently in a public arena on a chosen instrument.

This course examines major world cultures and their languages in a comparative context. Students will gain a critical understanding of culture and diversity through examining the languages and cultures of China, France, Japan, Korea, Spain and Latin America.

This course examines marine conservation and spatial prioritization tools and protocols for enabling multiple simultaneous uses of the coastal marine estate and their application to environmental management.

This course examines marine protection and conservation science and associated management of marine environments. It covers the principles of marine protection, including the varied ways that marine habitats are assessed for protection, can be protected, and the techniques used to assess whether protection has been successful.