Taught across several departments (Anthropology, Sociology, Social Work and Community Development, Geography, History, Music, Film and Media Studies and Gender Studies), Pacific Islands Studies cover topics such as Pacific prehistory, Pacific people's issues, Pacific history, Pacific religion and church history, Pacific dance, Pacific art history, intercultural film and media studies, as well as Maori culture and history.
Pacific Islands Studies combines well with other papers from a wider range of subjects, particularly those of European countries associated in colonial times with territories in the Pacific: French in New Caledonia, German in Samoa, Japanese in Hawai'i and Spanish in Rapa Nui.
This is available as a major for the Bachelor of Arts (BA).
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Did you know?
Pacific Islands Studies covers the geographical area contained within the Polynesian Triangle defined by Hawai'i, Rapa Nui and Aotearoa as well as the islands of Melanesia and Micronesia.
This is a unique programme with a multi-disciplinary orientation that examines contemporary issues of importance to Pacific peoples within their broad cultural context.
The focus of the programme affirms NZ's location within the Pacific and its acknowledged cultural, linguistic, political, intellectual and diplomatic links in the area.
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Career opportunities
Pacific Islands Studies is useful to those who wish to pursue a career in the diplomatic corps, or as government officials, ministers of religion or social workers.
It can also complement other academic subjects, including Anthropology, Community Development, Commerce, Education, History, and Health Science.
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Further info
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Write to or visit:
Te Tumu
School of Māori, Pacific & Indigenous Studies
South tower, Richardson Building
University of Otago
PO Box 56, Dunedin |
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