Māori and Indigenous Health
Qualifications
Overview
E ngā mana, e ngā reo, nāia te reo pōwhiri ki a koutou. Tēnā koutou katoa.
The purpose of the Māori and Indigenous Health major is to prepare culturally competent graduates who are able to use, apply, and integrate Māori, bicultural, and indigenous knowledge and practices in their chosen health and social services related careers.
The holistic Māori view of health and wellbeing is an important component of the major that includes knowledge and skills in the following areas:
- Te Ao Tangata – Engaging with Māori: understanding, respect, te reo, interpersonal and cross-cultural communication/dialogue, and Māori health-based experiences
- Te Ao Hauora – Working with health professionals: promoting students' understanding of the multiple disciplines and roles involved in delivering health care to Māori, including clinicians (eg, pharmacists, doctors, physiotherapists, and psychologists), the cultural/community/clinical interface, and interprofessional/interdisciplinary collaboration
- Ngā Ratonga Hauora – Working with health services and health systems: providing students with a thorough grounding in sociohistorical health developments and current health system structures, including Māori and iwi community-based health and social services.
UC offers a major in Māori and Indigenous Health as part of the Bachelor of Health Sciences.
See also Māori and Indigenous Studies and Te Reo Māori available as majors and minors in other degrees at UC.
Maori and Indigenous Health major
To complete a major in Māori and Indigenous Health within the Bachelor of Health Sciences, you will need to take the following courses throughout the degree:
100-level
- MAOR 108 Aotearoa: Introduction to New Zealand Treaty Society
- MAOR 107 Aotearoa: Introduction to Traditional Māori Society or MAOR 172 Science, Māori and Indigenous Knowledge
Plus another two 100-level courses from Health Sciences or other degrees.
200-level
Plus one course at 100-level (or above), and one 200-level course from Health Sciences or other degrees.
300-level
Plus another two courses at 200-level (or above) from Health Sciences or other degrees.
Career options for students who major in Māori and Indigenous Health include research and policy analysis or advice, health promotion, and community health liaison roles in non-governmental organisations focused on health and wellbeing, Māori and iwi health and development organisations, District Health Boards, and local government.
Students interested in progressing to postgraduate study will be well prepared as a result of this major, particularly in relation to Māori and Indigenous Studies, and/or Health.
Find out more about what you can do with a degree in Health Sciences.
Contact us
Te Kura Mātai Hauora | School of Health Sciences
Phone +64 3 369 3333
Email education@canterbury.ac.nz
Location
Level 3, Rehua building – see campus maps
Postal address
Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora | College of Education, Health and Human Development
Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand
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