School of Social and Cultural Studies


100 Level Courses

ANTH 101 – Foundations of Society and Culture

ANTH 102 – Social and Cultural Diversity

FHSS 111 – Sexuality and Society

SOSC 111 – Sociology: Foundations and Concepts

SOSC 112 – New Zealand: Sociological Perspectives

SPOL 113 – Social and Public Policy: Values and Change


200 Level Courses

ANTH 201 – Kin, Class and Caste

ANTH 204 – Modern Anthropological Thought

ANTH 208 – Culture and Experience

ANTH 209 – Conflict and Reconciliation

ANTH 213 – Ritual in the Modern World

ANTH 215 – Special Topic: Anthropology and Development in the Pacific

CRIM 211 – Introduction to Criminological Thought

CRIM 212 – Crime and Criminal Justice in New Zealand

CRIM 214 – Introduction to Criminal Behaviour

CRIM 215 – Contemporary Issues in Policing

CRIM 216 – Alcohol, Drugs and Crime

SACS 201 – Methods in Social and Cultural Research

SOSC 210 – Biculturalism: Process and Policy

SOSC 211 – Interpreting Society

SOSC 215 – Reproducing Gendered Bodies

SOSC 216 – Everyday Life

SOSC 217 – Special Topic: Sociology of Dying and Death

SOSC 218 – Globalisation and its Discontents

SOSC 219 – Ideology, Utopia, Power: Issues and Paradigms in Political Sociology

SPOL 203 – Special Topic: Comparative Welfare Regimes

SPOL 208 – Ageing and Social Policy

SPOL 209 – Social Policy and the Family

SPOL 210 – Biculturalism: Process and Policy

SPOL 215 – Reproducing Gendered Bodies

SPOL 217 – Special Topic: Sociology of Dying and Death

SPOL 218 – Globalisation and its Discontents

SPOL 219 – Ideology, Utopia, Power: Issues and Paradigms in Political Sociology


300 Level Courses

ANTH 308 – Anthropology in Oceania

ANTH 309 – Resistance and Power

ANTH 310 – History of Anthropological Thought

ANTH 312 – Representing Others: The Challenges of Ethnography

ANTH 314 – Special Topic

ANTH 315 – Selected Topic: Medical Anthropology

ANTH 316 – Visual Anthropology

ANTH 317 – Migration, Culture and Identity

CRIM 311 – Policing

CRIM 312 – Punishment and Modern Society

CRIM 313 – Women, Crime and Social Control

CRIM 314 – Special Topic: Discrimination, Racism & Justice

CRIM 315 – Youth and Crime

CRIM 316 – Criminological Theory

CRIM 319 – Special Topic

CRIM 321 – Criminal Behaviour and Investigation: A Psychological Approach

CRIM 322 – Crime, Deviance and Popular Culture

CRIM 323 – State Crime

CRIM 324 – Sexual Violence

SOSC 303 – Sociology of Deviance

SOSC 305 – Social Organisation

SOSC 306 – Special Topic: Directed Individual Research Project

SOSC 313 – Social Inequality

SOSC 314 – Sociology of Health and Illness

SOSC 315 – Reproducing Gendered Bodies

SOSC 316 – Religion, Culture and Society

SOSC 317 – Population and Policy

SOSC 318 – Social Movements and the State

SOSC 319 – Knowledge, Power and Understanding

SPOL 302 – Governance: NGOs, the State, and Civil Society

SPOL 304 – Special Topic: Social Movements, Interest Groups, and Social Policy

SPOL 306 – Social Inequality

SPOL 307 – Special Topic: Law and Society

SPOL 308 – Ageing and Social Policy

SPOL 309 – Social Policy and the Family

SPOL 314 – Sociology of Health and Illness

SPOL 315 – Reproducing Gendered Bodies

SPOL 317 – Population and Policy

SPOL 318 – Social Movements and the State

SPOL 319 – Knowledge, Power and Understanding


400 Level Courses

ANTH 406 – Special Topic: Culture through an Ethnographic Lens

ANTH 407 – Ideas and Approaches

ANTH 408 – Ethnographic Research

ANTH 409 – Perspectives and Problems: The Anthropology of Food

ANTH 410 – Current Directions in Anthropological Thought

ANTH 411 – Topics in Social and Cultural Anthropology: Inequality and Identity

ANTH 412 – Anthropological Perspectives on Development

ANTH 489 – Research Essay

CRIM 413 – Victims in the Criminal Justice System

CRIM 414 – Issues in Crime Prevention

CRIM 416 – The Sociology of Punishment

CRIM 417 – Special Topic

CRIM 418 – Researching Crime

CRIM 419 – Gender and Crime

CRIM 420 – Drug Use and Misuse

CRIM 421 – Special Topic: Criminal and Investigative Psychology

CRIM 422 – Race and Crime

CRIM 423 – Liberties, Rights and Justice

CRIM 424 – Trends in Policing, Security & Risk Management

CRIM 426 – Crime, Youth and Culture

CRIM 489 – Research Paper

SACS 401 – Methods in Social Science Research

SOSC 401 – Rethinking the Social

SOSC 404 – The Body and Society

SOSC 407 – Social Inequality

SOSC 410 – Culture and Ideology

SOSC 412 – Family and Intimate Relations

SOSC 413 – Special Topic: Fun and Games: Sociology of Play and Humour

SOSC 414 – Special Topic: Public Sociology and Knowledge

SOSC 415 – Contemporary Issues in the Sociology of Morality and Ethics

SOSC 416 – Qualitative Data Analysis

SOSC 417 – Comparing Ethnic Relations in Settler Societies

SOSC 489 – Research Paper

SPOL 401 – Theories of Welfare

SPOL 402 – Social Policy Analysis

SPOL 403 – Social Policy and Population Trends

SPOL 404 – Policy and Programme Implementation

SPOL 405 – Special Topic

SPOL 406 – Social Analysis and Policymaking

SPOL 489 – Research Essay


500 Level Courses

ANTH 591 – Thesis

CRIM 591 – Thesis

SACS 501 – Methods in Social Science Research

SOSC 591 – Thesis

SPOL 591 – Thesis

SSRE 511 – Processes and Organisation of Research

SSRE 512 – Social Research Practicum 1

SSRE 516 – Special Topic: Sample Surveys

SSRE 517 – Special Topic

SSRE 521 – Strategies and Techniques of Research

SSRE 522 – Social Research Practicum 2

SSRE 593 – Thesis (60 pts)

SSRE 594 – Thesis


600 Level Courses

ANTH 690 – Anthropology for PhD

CRIM 690 – Criminology for PhD

SOSC 690 – Sociology for PhD

SPOL 690 – Social Policy for PhD

SSRE 690 – Social Science Res for PhD