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EarthDiverse Term 1 courses beginning the week of Monday 14 February 2022

todd from EarthDiverse

EarthDiverse is pleased to announce it's upcoming Term 1 courses beginning the week of Monday 14 February 2022:

• ENVIRONMENT & BIODIVERSITY: "ENV101:The Origins of Life," "ENV120: Understanding Global Climate Change" and "ENV210: Ecological Restoration: Wetlands"

• WORLD CINEMA: "FLM210: What's So Funny? Humour in World Cinema"

• HISTORY: "HIS103: A Hitchhikers Guide to the History of the Aotearoa New Zealand," "HIS209: Incas, Spaniards & Dictators: A Brief History of Argentina from Empire to Nationhood," "HIS320: The Historical Jesus"

• HEALTH & WELLBEING: "HWB240: 'Yes you can run fast!' Realising the potential of athletes with intellectual impairments"

• LANGUAGES: Arabic, Farsi/Persan, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Tamil, Thai, Urdu

• LINGUISTICS: "LIN201: Lets talk about words: A trans linguistics seminar on word anatomy, etymology and creativity"

• WORLD LITERATURE: "LIT215: Being Literate: Seven Books and One Poet," "LIT240: Banned Literature: Fiction that Frightens Governmentsʻ

• PHILOSOPHY: "PHL200: The Big Questions," "PHL210: Being Good: A History of Morality from Babylon to Bioethics," "PH310: Robots, Cloning, Artificial Life: The Ethics of Emerging Technologies"

RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY: "RD103: Contemporary Beliefs and Practices," "RD201: Religious Fundamentalism, Extremism and Terrorism, Part 1," "RD301: Understanding Judaism"

Please visit our website for more details on each of these courses.

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