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Subjects
Tertiary Study Skills
Topics include:
- Study Skills
- Exam Techniques
- Academic Listening and Note-taking
- Listening for Organisation in Lectures
- Lecture Comprehension and Note-taking Practice
- Microsoft Word Intermediate - Advanced
- Microsoft Excel Intermediate "“ Advanced
- Power Point
- Referencing (The Harvard System)
- Research Project
- The Case Study (Case Analysis Report)
- Oral Presentations
Culture and Society
Topics include:
- The Geographical Features of New Zealand
- New Zealand Social Customs
- Consumer Issues in New Zealand
- Education
- New Zealand Politics
- Treaty of Waitangi
- Major historical events
- Conservation in New Zealand
- The New Zealand legal system
- Employment in New Zealand
English 1 and English 2
Topics include:
- Academic writing in preparation for essay/report/summary writing
- Reading strategies for academic studies
- Listening in preparation for taking lecture notes and participation in class discussions
- Oral presentation speaking individually and gaining practice from doing group work and presentations
- Working in groups
Accounting 1 and 2
Topics include:
- Types of Business ownership
- Accounting Equations
- Conceptual Basis of Accounting
- Journals
- Posting to columnar and T form ledgers
- Trial Balance
- Adjusted Trial Balance
- Financial Reports for a sole proprietor business
- Bad and doubtful debts
- Depreciation and Sale of Fixed asset
- Balance Day Adjustments
- Analysis and Interpretation of Financial reports
- MYOB
Economics 1
Topics include:
- Scarcity and Allocation
- Consumer Demand
- Producer Supply
- Market Equilibrium
- Market Situations
Economics 2
Topics include:
- Circular flow of income
- Money and Credit market
- Government budget and money supply
- Foreign exchange market
- Government monetary and fiscal policy
Mathematics 1 and 2
Topics include:
- Algebra Functions
- Trigonometry Conics
- Differential and integral calculus with applications
- Differential equations
- Complex numbers
- Graphs of combinations of functions
- Numerical solutions
- Numerical Integration
Chemistry 1
Topics include:
- Periodic table
- Chemical bonding
- Formulae and structure
- Chemical reactions
- Acids and bases
- Oxidation and Reduction
- Solubility
- Simple Nuclear transformations
- Equilibrium
- Electrochemistry
Biology 1
Topics include:
- Classification
- Ecosystems "“ factors, trophic levels & nutrient cycles
- Conservation
- Population Studies
- Community dynamics
- Genetics "“ Mendelian problems and inheritance
- Evolution - evidence of evolution, natural selection & variation
Biology 2
Topics include:
- Biochemistry - water, vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, protein & lipids
- DNA & RNA - structures & replication
- Protein synthesis
- Mutation & Karyotype
- Cell structures, processes & division
- Photosynthesis
- Cellular respiration
- Alternation of generations
Electromechanics 1
Topics include:
- Concurrent and non-concurrent force systems
- Reaction at beam supports
- Pin reactions in frames
- Shear force and bending moment diagrams
- Direct current electricity
- Kirchhoff's Laws
- Capacitors in DC circuits
Electromechanics 2
Topics include:
- Linear motion
- Rotational Motion
- Circular Motion
- Work, Power and Energy
- The work-energy method
- Electromagnetism
- Faraday's and Lenz's Laws
- Alternating current electricity
- RC, RL and RCL circuits - resonance
History
Topics include:
- Race Relation
- New Zealand and the World
- Migration
- The Role of the State
- Gender
- Protest
Design Studio 1
Topics include:
- Basic Design Methodologies
- Design Brief
- Typography
- Layout and Visual Language
- Digital Manipulation of Image and Text
- Research
Drawing
Topics include:
- Drawing Materials and Processes
- Observational Skills
- Handling Drawing Materials
- Development of Ideas
- Drawing in a range of discipline contexts including design, visual arts, architecture and fashion
Statistics
Topics include:
- Sampling
- Picturing Distributions
- Descriptive Statistics
- Normal Distributions
- Correlation and Regression
- Describing Relationships
- Probability
- Random Variables
Download
 AUT International Foundation Subject Handbook 2012
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