Pacific Studies

Qualifications

Overview

Note: The minor in Pacific Studies is currently not open to new enrolments at undergraduate level, however students can still include Pacific Studies courses in their degree studies.

At undergraduate level, Pacific Studies minor courses explore the navigation and settlement of the Pacific Ocean, including first settlement of Aotearoa New Zealand, the history behind their migration, and the development of various, unique cultures across the region. You will also learn about modern day issues of politics and security between the islands and Aotearoa as we enter the ‘century of the Pacific’.

Students will have access to UC’s extensive collection of Aotearoa and Pacific literature housed in the Macmillan Brown Library. Developed from the personal library of John Macmillan Brown, a distinguished academic on Pacific Studies, the library contains original works from the 18th and early 19th centuries covering history from Aotearoa and the Pacific region, including literature, manuscripts, photographs, and artworks.

Courses

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UC offers a minor in Pacific Studies as part of the Bachelor of Arts.

You can also study this subject as a minor within the Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Sport Coaching, and Bachelor of Youth and Community Leadership.

Note: The minor in Pacific Studies is currently not open to new enrolments, however students can still include Pacific Studies courses in their degree studies.

Career opportunities

Pacific Studies prepares students for careers in a wide range of fields including teaching, government, foreign service, community development, museum management, and organisational management.

Find out more about what you can do with a degree from UC.

'It's going to make a big difference to my future...'

Fa'amele Tuipulotu

Education, Pacific Studies

Contact us

Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies

Phone +64 3 369 3377
Email artsdegreeadvice@canterbury.ac.nz

Location
Level 3 and 4, Logie building – see campus maps

Postal address
College of Arts | Te Rāngai Toi Tangata
University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand

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