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The Health Education major prepares you with the knowledge, skills, and understanding to work with individuals and groups in a range of health settings. Students develop extensive facilitation skills and gain confidence in presenting to a range of people.听

Experiential learning in a variety of contexts (e.g. mental health, sexuality, and nutrition) supports your ability to recognise the factors that influence health and the consequences for wellbeing. You will develop an extensive toolbox of pedagogical strategies that can be used to enhance wellbeing at the personal, interpersonal, and community level.

This major engages in debate and critical reflection on a range of contemporary health issues. Through this, you will develop an in-depth understanding of ethical issues and principles, a respect for the autonomy and choice of both individuals and groups, and cultural competency in collaborative and consultative ways of working.

Career options for students who major in Health Education include employment in health-related institutions and agencies such as community and public health (in nutrition, sexuality, health promoting schools, and mental health teams), drug and alcohol agencies, Family Planning, Mental Health Foundation, nutrition advisories, and Red Cross.

When planning your听Health Education听major, please select the following courses along with the compulsory courses for the Bachelor of Health Sciences.听Find out how to plan your Bachelor of Health Sciences.听

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Health Education Major courses听

100-level

• HLED 121 Introduction to Health Education
• HLED 122 Building Resilience

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200-level

• HLED 222 Sexualities Education
• HLED 223 Physical Activity Promotion

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300-level

• HLED 321 Health Education in Practice 鈥� Internship
• HLED 322 Critical Analysis of Contemporary Health Issues
• One听course chosen from听these options

E ng膩 mana, e ng膩 reo, n膩ia te reo p艒whiri ki a koutou. T膿n膩 koutou katoa.

The purpose of the M膩ori and Indigenous Health major is to prepare culturally competent graduates who are able to use, apply, and integrate M膩ori, bicultural, and indigenous knowledge and practices in their chosen health and social services related careers.

The holistic M膩ori view of health and wellbeing is an important component of the major that includes knowledge and skills in the following areas:

• Te Ao Tangata 鈥� Engaging with M膩ori: understanding, respect, te reo, interpersonal and cross-cultural communication/dialogue, and M膩ori health-based experiences
• Te Ao Hauora 鈥� Working with health professionals: promoting students' understanding of the multiple disciplines and roles involved in delivering health care to M膩ori, including clinicians (eg, pharmacists, doctors, physiotherapists, and psychologists), the cultural/community/clinical interface, and interprofessional/interdisciplinary collaboration
• Ng膩听Ratonga Hauora 鈥� Working with health services and health systems: providing students with a thorough grounding in sociohistorical health developments and current health system structures, including M膩ori and iwi community-based health and social services.

Career options听include research听and policy analysis or advice, health promotion听and community health liaison roles in non-governmental听organisations focused on听health and wellbeing, M膩ori and iwi health and development organisations, Te Whatu Ora and local government.

When planning your M膩ori and Indigenous Health major, please select the following courses along with the compulsory courses for the Bachelor of Health Sciences.听Find out how to plan your Bachelor of Health Sciences.听

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M膩ori and Indigenous Health听Major courses

100-level

• MAOR 108 Aotearoa: Introduction to New Zealand Treaty Society
• MAOR 107 Aotearoa: Introduction to Traditional M膩ori Society听OR听MAOR 172 Science, M膩ori and Indigenous Knowledge

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200-level

• HSRV 201 Communication in the Human Services
• MAOR 212 M膩ori and Indigenous Development

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300-level

• MAOR 301 Ng膩ti Apopo: M膩ori Futures
• MAOR 323 Research Essay

Health psychology is concerned with understanding human behaviour in the context of physical health and illness. As such the field is a large one and this course aims to introduce students to a range of topics in the field.听Topics include health promotion and prevention, determinants of health-related behaviours (e.g. smoking, diet, exercise), stress and coping, patient-practitioner communication, pain and its management, and management of chronic and serious illness.

Health psychology applies theories from various psychological sub-disciples and as such has a natural affinity with several other courses at the undergraduate and graduate level including abnormal, social, personality, developmental and industrial-organisational psychology.

The BHSc major听in Psychology is a pathway to the postgraduate听qualifications required for professional or听research careers. Those who exit after a BHSc听majoring in Psychology will look for work in听areas resembling those open to other Psychology majors, but with a particular听bias to health-related jobs. These will generally听be in some kind of human service organisation or in roles such as health and safety trainers/promoters. We anticipate that most BHSc graduates majoring in听Psychology will seek postgraduate qualifications.

When planning your听Psychology听major, please select the following courses along with the compulsory courses for the Bachelor of Health Sciences.听Find out how to plan your Bachelor of Health Sciences.听

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Psychology听Major courses

100-level

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200-level

• Three听200-level PSYC courses

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300-level

• 45 points听of听300-level PSYC courses

Students majoring in Public Health will develop knowledge and skills in science and health, experience in critical appraisal and scientific investigation, an understanding of values and ethics in health and the ability to apply these to improving health and wellbeing. Graduates will meet the knowledge components of the generic public health competencies and the health promotion competencies for New Zealand.

The major in Public Health aims to:

• provide a strong foundation in health sciences, with detailed knowledge in public health;
• equip students to meet the Aotearoa New Zealand competencies for public health, and health promotion (endorsed by the Health Promotion forum)
• provide the knowledge and skills to operate effectively in health sector organisations (such as Te Whatu Ora, health boards, primary care organisations, public health units, M膩ori health organisations, and non-governmental organisations)
• contribute to the health sector workforce by preparing students to work as effective members of multidisciplinary teams in the health sector
• contribute to meeting national health workforce development goals
• provide the required foundation for students who wish to undertake postgraduate study in health-related fields.

Graduates are able to work effectively as members of multidisciplinary teams.听Examples of career pathways include community听development roles in public health units, Te Whatu Ora,听NGOs, local government, health promoters,听public health analysts, and postgraduate听students studying towards a research career听in public health.

When planning your听Public Health听major, please select the following courses along with the compulsory courses for the Bachelor of Health Sciences.听Find out how to plan your Bachelor of Health Sciences.听

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100-level

• HLTH 111 Global Health

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200-level

• HLTH 213 Health Systems and Policy
• HLTH 214 Environmental and Occupational Health

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300-level

• HLTH 312 Health Planning, Implementation and Evaluation
• One听course chosen from听