Course syllabus

 

SEMESTER 2, 2020: 15 points

Naumai, haere mai! Whaowhia te kete mātauranga! (Welcome! Fill your basket with knowledge!)

This course will introduce you to key issues in Aotearoa/New Zealand history. We have called the course "Rethinking New Zealand history" because, while it is intended as an introduction to Aotearoa/New Zealand’s social, cultural, economic and political history, we also hope to challenge you to examine some of your assumptions or preconceptions about New Zealand history.

For instance, was New Zealand "discovered"’? Was the nineteenth century a time of settlement or conquest? Was New Zealand a "social laboratory", a world leader in social policy? Was New Zealand a place where rugby was always king? Was it a family paradise, the most British of all Britain’s colonies, a country of equal citizens?

Reviewing our history over the past hundred years gives us a greater sense of our own identity as a nation and of our place in the world. The course is organised thematically and you will be introduced to different historians’ interpretations of past events.

Course guide here

NOTE: PRINTED COURSE GUIDES INCLUDING ALL READINGS ARE AVAILABLE AT UBIQ NOW. READINGS ARE ALSO ONLINE  UNDER MODULES... NOT READING LISTS.

Well-being always comes first We all go through tough times during the semester, or see our friends struggling. There is lots of help out there - for more information, look at this Canvas page, which has links to various support services in the University and the wider community.

 

 

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Course Convenor and lecturer: 

Dr Felicity Barnes - f.barnes@auckland.ac.nz

Office hours Thursday 2-3  Arts 1 room 701 (or by email appointment)

Zoom link: https://auckland.zoom.us/j/94845124304?pwd=a0ZndUxwMmZWQjVrYVlIRHJzekVmZz09

Lecturer

Dr Sheree Trotter - s.trotter@auckland.ac.nz

Office hours 2-3 Tuesday Arts 1 room 711

Kaiako/Tutors

Anthony Artus aart009@aucklanduni.ac.nz

Office hours Tuesday 12-1 Thursday 10-11 in Arts 1 room 304

Jordan Scordino jsco381@aucklanduni.ac.nz

Office hours 1-3 Tuesday Arts 1 room 303

Tuakana

Tatijana Simon-Larsen tsim964@auckland.ac.nz

Class reps

Angus Zeng azen123@aucklanduni.ac.nz

Syvannah Beamiss sbea811@aucklanduni.ac.nz

Course delivery format:

2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of tutorial

(Timetable and room details can be viewed on Student Services Online)

NB: All readings are online, however, there is a course reader available at UBIQ for this course

 

Tutorial Plus!

Extra help on top of tutorials to get you through!

Essay Wānaga: Week 7: All welcome! details TBA

Exam Wānaga: Dates TBA

 

Course outcomes:

A student who successfully completes this course will have the opportunity to:

• Learn the history of our land, Aotearoa.
  
• Develop foundational skills for the practice of history
• Improve their reading, writing, critical thinking and analytic skills.

These are all transferable skills that will help with other papers and most employment. 

Reading:

Get a head start on the course with any of with these.

Anderson, Atholl, Judith Binney, Aroha Harris, Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History of Māori, Wellington, 2014.

Belich James, Making Peoples: A History of the New Zealanders from Polynesian Settlement to the End of the Nineteenth Century, Auckland, 1996.

Belich James, Paradise Reforged: A History of the New Zealanders from the 1880s to the Year 2000, Auckland, 2001.

Byrnes, Giselle, ed., The New Oxford History of New Zealand, South Melbourne, 2009.

King, Michael, The Penguin History of New Zealand, Auckland, 2003.

Mein-Smith, Philippa, A Concise History of New Zealand, Melbourne, 2005.

Sinclair, Keith, A History of New Zealand, 5th rev edn, Auckland, 2000.

 

 Workload and deadlines for submission of coursework:           

The University of Auckland's expectation is that students spend 10 hours per week on a 15-point course, including time in class and personal study. Students should manage their academic workload and other commitments accordingly. Deadlines for coursework are set by course convenors and will be advertised in course material. You should submit your work on time. In extreme circumstances, such as illness, you may seek an extension but you may be required to provide supporting information before the assignment is due. Late assignments without a pre-approved extension may be penalised by loss of marks – check course information for detail