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 well-being 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.
The Bachelor of Health Sciences requires 360 points of courses in total, including compulsory Health Sciences courses (135 points), courses towards your major (90 points), and the remaining courses in Health Sciences or from other degrees at UC.
You can also choose to do a double major in Māori and Indigenous Health and another major subject in the BHSc. Contact a Student Advisor for help planning your study.
100-level courses
The following compulsory courses are taken by all BHSc students:
- HLTH 101 Introduction to Health Studies
- HLTH 106 Ngā Take, Te Wero: Māori Health Issues and Opportunities
- HLTH 110 Epidemiology
- BIOL 116 Human Biology
Plus these courses specific to Māori and Indigenous Health:
- MAOR 108 Aotearoa: Introduction to New Zealand Treaty Society
- either MAOR 107 Aotearoa: Introduction to Traditional Māori Society or MAOR 172 Science, Māori and Indigenous Knowledge
Plus another two 15-point courses at 100-level from Health Sciences or other degrees.
200-level courses
The following compulsory courses are taken by all BHSc students:
- HLTH 201 Health Promotion
- HLTH 202 Health and Society: Applied research for Aotearoa/New Zealand
- MAOR 270 Te Ao Hauora Tangata: Māori Health Perspectives
Plus these courses specific to Māori and Indigenous Health:
Plus one 15-point course at 100-level (or above) and one 15-point course at 200-level from Health Sciences or other degrees.
300-level courses
The following compulsory course is taken by all BHSc students:
Plus these courses specific to Māori and Indigenous Health:
Plus another two 15-point 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 well-being, 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
School of Health Sciences | Te Kura Mātai Hauora
Phone +64 3 369 3333
Email education@canterbury.ac.nz
Location
Rehua building – see the School's website for up-to-date location details.
Postal address
College of Education, Health and Human Development | Te Rāngai Ako me te Hauora
University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand
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