SOC SC 110BSocial Science in Context: Understanding New Zealand from Colonialism to Neoliberalism
Social Science · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Offered as part of summer UCLA Travel Study Program to New Zealand. Examination of life in Aotearoa, also known as New Zealand. Focus on historical events and social processes as well as axes of difference such as ethnicity and class and ways in which they have shaped and continue to influence cultural, political, social structures, and norms and values in New Zealand. Students learn to employ social science theories and concepts to gain deeper understanding of issues New Zealand faces.
Through readings, classroom discussions, field trips, which provide valuable firsthand experiences, local guest speakers, and unique opportunity of exploring forces that shape society and culture in context of one of most celebrated democracies in world, students gain greater insight into social and political relations and events elsewhere in world, including U.S. Letter grading.
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Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
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