In today's rapidly changing world sustainability has become a key focus. Indigenous thinkers and their alternative conceptual approaches have much to offer the field in rethinking and re-articulating a development vision which is just, equitable and meets the needs of these communities. This area of study will provide you with the conceptual tools, critical thinking, research and practical skills, to prepare you for professional practice in your chosen field of development.
Qualifications
Study Development Studies in any of these qualifications
Papers
Prescriptions for the PGDip(DevSt)
Students are normally required to take the four 500 level papers listed as follows:
| Maori Heritage Management | ANTH525 | 15.0 Points |
| Strategic Planning for Maori and Pacific Development | DEVS501 | 30.0 Points |
| Sustainable Resource Issues | DEVS502 | 30.0 Points |
| State Policies on Indigenous Development | DEVS504 | 30.0 Points |
| Governance and Nation Building | DEVS505 | 30.0 Points |
| Irikura: Engaging with Maori | DEVS506 | 15.0 Points |
| Talanoa: Engaging with Pacific | DEVS507 | 15.0 Points |
| Maori Geographies | GEOG515 | 30.0 Points |
| Rangatiratanga: Leadership for Maori, Pacific and Indigenous Communities: traditional, contemporary & futuristic issues | MAOR514 | 30.0 Points |
| Maori, Indigeneity and Criminal Justice | MAOR518 | 15.0 Points |
Prescriptions for the MMPD
Students are normally required to include a 60 point dissertation and 60 further points from 500 level papers approved by the Department.
| Directed Study | DEVS590 | 30.0 Points |
| Dissertation | DEVS591 | 30.0 Points |
| Dissertation | DEVS592 | 60.0 Points |
| Development Studies Thesis | DEVS593 | 90.0 Points |
| Development Studies Thesis | DEVS594 | 120.0 Points |
Prescriptions for the PhD
The Doctor of Philosophy is a three year research-based degree in which students undertake a programme of approved and supervised research that leads to a thesis which critically investigates an approved topic of substance and significance, demonstrates expertise in the methods of research and scholarship, displays intellectual independence and makes a substantial original contribution to the subject area concerned, and is of publishable quality.
| Development Studies PhD Thesis | DEVS900 | 120.0 Points |
Contacts
Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies
Phone: 0800 924 528 ext: 4737 or + 64 7 838 4737
Email: fmis@waikato.ac.nz