Explore how culture shapes human life around the world—from religion and politics to gender identity and family ties.

Study human societies and their relationship to the Earth we live on. Investigate inequality between people and nations, and the ethical issues it creates.

Develop the knowledge, skills, and understanding to make judgements about education and to analyse educational problems.

Take yourself to different places, times, and peoples. Understand who we are and how our past influences and shapes us.

Examine the Māori people, their language, culture, and relationship to the other cultures of New Zealand, the Pacific and the world.

Examine and analyse the ideas, social movements, concepts and theories that shape how people interact with states and how states interact with each other.