• Level 5
  • 20 Credits
  • 0.1667 EFTS
  • Delivery type:
    Online only
  • Course duration: 16 weeks
  • Course cost:
    $890 NZ Domestic
    $2,104 NZ International
  • Workload - Approximately 13 hours per week
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This online course will introduces you to the concepts of social structure, culture and change in Aotearoa New Zealand since the 1980s. It has a particular focus on the importance of class, gender, sexuality, and ethnic relations.

The course examines the historical underpinnings of the social democratic consensus, and investigates the effects of post-1984 changes to the welfare state and economy. It covers the following areas as they relate to contemporary social formations:

  • social policy and welfare
  • key concepts associated with political change such as ideology, representation and power.

For more information watch the course introduction video below.

 

What you will learn

In this online course you will develop skills of analysis, argument, expression, and a practical knowledge of contemporary issues.  When you complete this course you will be able to:

  • explain core social science concepts
  • apply social science concepts – class, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, ideology, representation and power - to the Aotearoa New Zealand context
  • identify and interpret processes of social, historical and cultural change in Aotearoa New Zealand society.

Assessment

This course is 100% internally assessed.

How to enrol

Before enrolling in this course you need to:

  • choose the qualification you will study the course under
  • check the order that courses in the qualification should be studied in the Qualification Structure table. This is in the Choose courses and apply tab on the qualification page.

How to apply