Master of Indigenous Studies–MIndS 180 points Qualification regulations

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Entry Requirements

1. (a) Before enrolment, a candidate for the MIndS degree shall have:

(i) completed a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant learning area with a B grade average or better; and

(ii) been accepted by the MIndS programme director as capable of completing the proposed course of study.

(b) Requirement (a)(i) may be waived by the Associate Dean (Students) of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences for a candidate who has had extensive practical, professional, or scholarly experience that provides an equivalent level of preparation.

General Requirements

2. (a) Except as provided in section 3, the course of study for the MIndS degree shall consist of 180 points including:

Part 1:

(i) MAOR 501; one of MAOR 408, PASI 401, EDUC 440

(ii) 60 further points from the MIndS Schedule.

Part 2:

Either

(i) MAOR 595; or

(ii) MAOR 512 or 521; 30 further points from the MIndS Schedule.

(b) Part 1 should normally be completed before a candidate proceeds to Part 2.

Award of Honours

4. The MIndS may be awarded with Distinction or Merit as described in the Assessment Handbook.

Courses

Course Requisites Points
ANTH 401
Culture and Ethnography
 		30
BIOL 405
Pest Management, Invasive Species, and Biosecurity
 		(X) BIOL 425 prior to 2017 30
EDUC 440
Research as Praxis: Indigenous Perspectives
 		(X) EDUC 540, KURA 401, 501 or EDUC 441, 541 30
MAOR 408
Tā Te Māori Rangahau / Methodology of Māori Research
 		30
MAOR 411
Te Ao Hurihuri / Issues in Contemporary Māori Society
 		(X) MAOR 511 30
PASI 401
Theory and Methods in Pacific Studies
 		30
PSYC 463
Indigenous Psychology
 		15
SIDN 412
Mātauranga Design / Hoahoa ā-Mātauranga
 		(X) CCDN 412 15