Special Topic: Peopling New Zealand: Migration, Race and Ethnicity
Prescription: This course examines historical and contemporary migration to New Zealand. A key feature of the course is for students to contribute to the on-line Migration Museum of Dunedin.
This course, for Honours students, focuses on several migrant and refugee groups to examine historical and contemporary migration to New Zealand. Themes include motives for migration, discrimination, identities, and trauma. A key feature of the course is for students to contribute to the on-line Migration Museum of Dunedin.
This paper is 100% internally assessed.
| Paper title | Special Topic: Peopling New Zealand Since 1840: Migration, Race, and Ethnicity |
|---|---|
| Paper code | HIST431 |
| Subject | History |
| EFTS | 0.1667 |
| Points | 20 points |
| Teaching period | Second Semester |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $1,142.40 |
| International Tuition Fees (NZD) | $4,661.93 |
- Pre or Corequisite
- 48 300-level HIST points
- Contact
- More information link
View more information History and Art History Programmes website
- Teaching staff
Professor Angela McCarthy
- Textbooks
- Course materials will be made available electronically.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship,
Communication, Critical thinking, Research, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
- Understand the key causes and consequences of migration to New Zealand in the past and present;
- Examine key themes in relation to the settlement of diverse migrant and refugee groups;
- Interrogate multidisciplinary approaches to the study of migration;
- Critique and utilise skills in qualitative and quantitative methodologies.
