Why are Social Scientists more important than ever?
Our world in a very short time has become globalised. Pandemics such as Covid 19 illustrate the nature of globalisation. Social scientists ask questions and inquire into:
- Factors that affect our health and well‐being
- What could make our neighbourhoods safer?
- How we can improve children’s lives and their education?
- How we can change the world for the better
- How we can broaden our horizons
- The value of democracy
- What the past has to teach us in order to create a better future
- How we can make sense of our finances
Show Me the Money (junior Business) – Introduction to senior Business subjects. Topics include money, budgeting, bartering, and how price is determined.
Cultural Locations (junior Geography) – Introduction to senior Geography subjects. Topics include mapping, poverty, and geography of the world.
Ancient Influences (junior Classics) – Introduction to senior Classics subjects. These include looking into ancient worlds history (Greek, Roman, Egyptian), myths and New Zealand history.
Enterprise – an introduction to becoming an Entrepreneur and the world of business
Pinky and the Brain (senior History) – Introduction into how governments and elections work in New Zealand, dictators in history, and New Zealand history.
Era of Trouble and Strife (junior History) – Introduction to senior History. Topics include New Zealand at war and protests around the world
Accounting – Understanding business language, managing finances, making financial decisions, and learning to process financial information. This course is taught from Level 1 right through to Level 3.
Agribusiness – Issues facing primary industries. This is a course taught from Level 2 to 3 with topic highlights being future proofing, cash flows, marketing, and manipulation of organisms (all are in a variety of case studies/settings)
Classical Studies – Understanding the significance of ancient civilizations in shaping the modern world we live in. This is a course taught from Level 2 to 3 with topic highlights being the destruction of Pompeii, heroes across time (Troy through to the Hunger Games) and Commodus the crazy Emperor.
Economics – Understanding the importance of market forces (supply and demand), importance of pricing decisions, trade, employment, and government influences on New Zealand’s economy. This course is taught from NCEA Level 1 to 3 with topic highlights including international trade, government policies and market failures.
History – Understanding New Zealand’s place in history and links to key events in New Zealand’s history. This is a course taught from NCEA Level 1 to 3 with topic highlights being New Zealand in war, Black Civil Rights Movement (in USA), and the rise and fall of Nazi Germany.
Geography – Understanding the diverse environments of the world, ever changing places, spaces on the earth’s surface and their interaction with humans. This is broken into Human and Physical Geography and the important interaction these two ideas have. This is a course taught from NCEA level 1 – 3 with topic highlights being Christchurch Earthquake, Happiness around the world, CSI Chicago and Blood Diamonds.
Tourism – Learn about the impacts of tourism on: host populations, tourist behaviours, geographical locations, knowledge of destinations, businesses in tourism, and work roles inside of tourism. This is a course from Level 2 to 3 with topic highlights being impacts of Nepal and Bhutan tourism, tourism in Queenstown, and tourism in Rotorua.