Politics paper offerings for 2025
100-level
Semester 1
200-level
Semester 1
Not offered in 2025
- POLS 202 Theories of Justice
- POLS 208 Democracy
- POLS 216 Politics of the European Union
- POLS 218 Interventions, Peacekeeping and the Global South
- POLS 228 Contemporary Issues in Global Politics
- POLS 230 Special Topic
200-level recommendations and options
We highly recommend students consider taking ENGL228 Writing for the Professions. This paper will help develop your skills at writing memos, letters, proposals and reports.
For further information, please contact:
Email english@otago.ac.nz
One of the following can be substituted for one 200-level POLS paper:
- GEND 201 Introduction to Feminist Theory
- GEND 208 Governing Bodies
- PHIL 227 Morality and Politics: Hobbes to Hume
- PHIL 228 Ethics
- PSYC 204 Justice, Race and Class
- PUBH 203 Health Policy and Politics
- RELS 235 Religion, Law and Politics
300-level
Summer school
- POLS 321 Public Policy in New Zealand
Semester 1
Not offered in 2025
- POLS 303 New Zealand's Political Economy
- POLS 306 Politics and the Media in New Zealand
- POLS 308 United States Foreign Policy since 1945
- POLS 330 Special Topic
- POLS 375 Human Rights – From the Cradle to the Grave
Paper substitutions
The following papers can be substituted for a 300-level POLS paper:
- CLAS 346 Power and Politics in Roman and Modern Times
- HUMS 301 Internship Practicum - Relevant work experience undertaken in an approved workplace, enabling the application of skills acquired in an academic environment.
400-level
Not offered in 2025
- POLS 475 The Ethics and Politics of Resistance
Co-taught with POLS 512
500-level
Semester 1
Not offered in 2025
- POLS 512 The Ethics of Politics of Resistance
- POLS 521 Politics and Society