Kaupapa Māori Psychology (2022)
Kaupapa Māori Psychology provides students with a firm grounding in Kaupapa Māori and Indigenous Psychologies, where Māori worldviews are considered alongside psychological theories, methods and models in real world contexts where Māori livelihoods are impacted. Students will have the opportunity to develop specialised knowledge relating to national, regional and international indigenous psychology issues in the contemporary world and of the complex and inter-related nature of those issues as they pertain to Māori, culture and land, to the Treaty itself, and to indigenous peoples.
Kaupapa Māori Psychology is available as a minor.
To complete a minor in Kaupapa Māori Psychology, students must complete 60 points, including PSYCH202 and PSYCH303. The remaining 30 points must be selected from ARTSC101, CMYHE101, HELTH101, MAOED100, MAORI150, PSYCH101, MAORI200, MAORI203, MAORI204, CMYHE301, MAORI303, SCIEN305 or SOCPY301.
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100 Level
Code Paper Title Points Occurrence / Location CMYHE101 Understanding Hauora, Health and Wellbeing 15.0 22A (Hamilton), 22A (Online) & 22A (Tauranga) This paper examines a social determinants approach to Health. It includes exploration of a range of interactions that influence the health of populations and determinants of health in New Zealand and global contexts. HELTH101 Hauora: Thinking about Health 15.0 22A (Hamilton) Health is a multi-disciplinary field of study that draws on multiple cultural perspectives. This paper introduces students to the foundational academic skills required for success within the BHealth, through the lens of hauora, health and wellbeing. MAOED100 Huarahi Matauranga Māori: Historical and Contemporary Approaches to Māori Education 15.0 22A (Hamilton) & 22A (Online) This paper examines historical and contemporary approaches in Maori education provision in Aotearoa New Zealand. It explores policies, practices and developments that have impacted on the educational development of Maori. MAORI150 Te Tiriti o Waitangi: An Introduction to the Treaty of Waitangi 15.0 22A (Hamilton), 22A (Tauranga) & 22B (Hamilton) This paper seeks to provide a sound understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. It reviews historical and contemporary interpretations and takes into account the interplay of contextual issues of the time. PSYCH101 Social Psychology, Health and Well-being 15.0 22B (Hamilton) & 22B (Tauranga) This paper will introduce major issues in psychology particularly as they relate to health, wellbeing, mental illness, forensic psychology, lifespan development, and social factors in a range of contexts. 200 Level
Code Paper Title Points Occurrence / Location MAORI200 Mana Wahine 15.0 22B (Hamilton) This paper examines foundational aspects of mana wahine scholarship, the impact of colonisation on Maori and Indigenous women, and the resistant spaces negotiated by Maori women including their contributions to decolonisation. MAORI203 Decolonising Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples 15.0 22A (Hamilton) & 22A (Online) The paper looks at the detrimental effects that research has historically had on Indigenous peoples and the relatively recent creation of research methodologies by Indigenous peoples to counteract Imperial research, and to empower and decolonise. MAORI204 Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Health and Wellbeing 15.0 22A (Hamilton) & 22A (Tauranga) This paper looks at health and wellbeing from Maori and Indigenous perspectives, including models and frameworks in relation to Health, Sport, Human Performance and Indigenous communities. PSYCH202 Mauri Ora: Social Psychology of Human Flourishing 15.0 22B (Hamilton) & 22B (Tauranga) The paper will examine important conceptual frameworks and theory within social psychology and the social sciences generally. Maori perspectives and exemplars will be a significant emphasis within the paper. 300 Level
Code Paper Title Points Occurrence / Location CMYHE301 Critical Perspectives of Health 15.0 22B (Hamilton) & 22B (Online) In this paper students will critically engage with a range of contemporary health and social issues using a case study approach. This will include gaining a comprehensive understanding of the role of the media, popular culture and interest groups and critiquing contemporary health and social issues. MAORI303 Critical Indigenous Theory 15.0 22B (Hamilton) & 22B (Tauranga) This paper looks at the key theoretical influences, from Marxism to post-structuralism, upon critical Indigenous studies and the most significant writings by those Indigenous scholars who have chosen to engage with critical theory. PSYCH303 Indigenous Psychology 15.0 22B (Hamilton) & 22B (Tauranga) Students develop a critical analysis of the positions of contemporary Maori people through discussion and examination of the Western world and New Zealand society. The theory base is drawn from Maori and indigenous development, community and social psychology and of health and social policy. SCIEN305 Science and Mātauranga Māori 15.0 22A (Hamilton), 22A (Tauranga), 22C (Hamilton) & 22C (Tauranga) This paper will provide science graduates with an understanding of both scientific and Matauranga Maori perspectives on topical issues and the ability to apply these in a Vision Matauranga context. SOCPY301 Health, Wellbeing and Policy 15.0 22B (Hamilton), 22B (Online) & 22B (Tauranga) This paper provides a critical introduction to key issues in the formation of health policy at both a national and international level.
2022 Catalogue of Papers information current as of : 22 September 2023 8:09pm