Māori Development Major - Bachelor of Arts
Māori development addresses the need for professionals in many fields, including the fast growing sectors of Māori business, education and media.
AUT's Māori Development major harnesses Māori language and culture to help you develop the skills to succeed in the global world. You have many opportunities to collaborate, apply your knowledge and test new technologies. This major is flexible and offers a wide range of choices to tailor your qualification to your needs and aspirations.
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This is part of the Bachelor of Arts.
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Further your understanding of Māori development and language, history and digital media, and develop effective communication, critical thinking and other transferable skills.
Apart from the courses below you also need to complete courses from your second major, your chosen minor(s) or electives.
Core courses
All Bachelor of Arts students need to complete core courses that help you develop transferable skills and support your work in all other courses in the degree.
Year 1
In your first year, you complete the following courses:
Choose one of:
- COMM570 Academic Communication
- LSKL500 Uni101
And choose one of:
- ENGL503 A Pacific Reader
- HIST500 Introduction to New Zealand History
And choose one of:
- MAOR504 Treaty of Waitangi: Resistance and Repair
- MAOR505 Te Mānutanga Beginners Māori Language 1
And choose one of:
- EDUC504 Places and Learning
- SOSC582 Social Thinking
- SOSC585 Climate Action
And choose one of:
- CLSY513 Organisation and Human Behaviour
- EDUC506 Education, Careers and Employability
And choose one of:
- CLSY504 Knowledge and Inquiry
- CLSY515 Human + Machines: AI in the Social World
Māori Development courses
Courses you could take over your three years of study include:
Choose two from
- MAOR504 Treaty of Waitangi: Resistance and Repair
- MAOR505 Te Mānutanga Beginners Māori Language 1
- MAOR507 Te Matariki
And choose three from
- HIST691 Tā Moko: Marks of History and Identity
- HRMG650 Te Ara Pou Leadership
- MAOR630 Mana Motuhake: The politics of Māori
- TVSP690 Kaupapa Māori Content Creating
And choose three from
- HIST707 He Wānanga mō Te Reo Māori: History of the Māori Language
- HIST710 Special Topic in History
- MAOR708 Te Ao Hurihuri Contemporary Maori Issues
- PACS701 Indigenous Peoples and Popular Culture
Workplace experience
Workplace experience is an important part of your degree, and the Work Integrated Learning course is the final part of your degree. This is a supervised work placement related to your major(s), for an organisation of your choice. It's a great way to get industry experience while still being able to get feedback from AUT lecturers, and for many of our students this workplace experience also leads to a job offer.
Recent placements included:
- Tribal organisations
- Community organisations
- Government agencies
- Teaching across all sectors
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- Consultant – policy and strategic planning
- Entrepreneur
- Government and local authorities
- Iwi business development and resource management
- Private enterprise
- Research assistant
- Small business management
- Social services
- Teaching
- Tourism and events management
Find out more about industry trends, job descriptions and what employers may be looking for.
Other majors in the Bachelor of Arts
- Creative Writing
- Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Culinary Arts
- Economics (not offered for new students)
- Education
- Event Management
- Global Tourism
- History
- International Studies
- Interpreting
- Māori Media (not offered for new students)
- New Zealand Sign Language & Deaf Studies
- New Zealand Sign Language - English Interpreting
- Psychology
- Social Sciences
- Demand for an understanding of te reo me ngā tikanga Māori
- Valuable workplace experience in your final semester
- Innovative and culturally safe learning environment
- Tailor your study to your career goals and include courses of your interest
- A leader
- Passionate about helping Māori communities help themselves
- Connected with the community and the world
- Interested in Māori language
The information on this page was correct at time of publication. For a comprehensive overview of AUT qualifications, please refer to the Academic Calendar.