Postgraduate Diploma in Indigenous Studies–PGDipIndS 120 points Qualification regulations

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Entry Requirements

1. (a) Before enrolment, a candidate for the PGDipIndS 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 Wellington 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. Except as provided in section 4, the course of study for the PGDipIndS degree shall consist of 120 points including:

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

(b) 60 further points from the MIndS Schedule.

3. A candidate who has been awarded the PGDipIndS shall abandon that qualification on being awarded the MIndS.

Courses

Course Requisites Points
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
PASI 401
Theory and Methods in Pacific Studies
30