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Streams in Politics

(Not all Papers are offered every year)

	NZ Politics; Policy Studies
Coordinator	TBA
100	POLS102 NZ Politics -Introduction
200	POLS207 Environmental Politics POLS213 NZ Foreign Policy POLS231 Public Policy – Introduction
300	POLS303 NZ Political Economy POLS309 Comparative Indigenous Politics
400	POLS403 Peoples and Constitutions POLS404 Politics and Society POLS405 Political Campaigning POLS412 Treaty Politics

	Media and Politics
Coordinator	Dr Geoffrey Craig
100
200	POLS212 Political Communication in NZ POLS215 Mass Media and Modern Politics
300	POLS316 New Politics POLS 317 News Media and International Crises
400	POLS431 Political Talk

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	Political Theory / Philosophy
Coordinator	Dr Vicky Spencer
100	POLS101 Political Philosophy – Basic Problems
200	POLS202 Theories of Justice POLS208 Democracy POLS233 The Good Society and the Market PSYC 204 Justice, Race, and Class
300	POLS301 Power and Liberty POLS312 Ethics and International Relations POLS330 Morality and the State
400	POLS402 Community, Culture and Rights POLS432 Sex/Gender in Western Political Thought

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	International Relations / Area Studies
Coordinator	Dr James Headley
100	POLS104 International Relations – Introduction POLS103 International Politics: Asia Pacific
200	POLS204: International Relations – Concepts POLS209: Comparative Politics – Asia - Pacific POLS210 Politics of the Middle East POLS211: Global Political Economy POLS214 Islam, Politics, and the Challenge of terrorism
300	POLS304 International Relations – Peacekeeping POLS308 US Foreign Policy POLS310 Turkey and its Neighbours POLS315 Nationalism and Identity
400	POLS 409 Russian Foreign Policy POLS414 The Levant POLS416 Global Governance POLS430 Islamic Militancy in World Politics POLS433 IR and the Developing World

Note: POLS 302 Research Methods and POLS 490/491 Research Dissertation apply to all streams
Note also: One of PSYC 204, GEND 201, GEND 208, HEAL 203, PHIL 227 and PHIL 228 can be substituted for one POLS paper.

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Streams in Politics

NZ Politics; Policy Studies

Media and Politics

Political Theory / Philosophy

International Relations / Area Studies

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