HSRV204-25S2 (D) Semester Two 2025 (Distance)

Culture, Indigeneity and Citizenship: Critical Debates for the Human Services

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2025
End Date: Sunday, 9 November 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 27 July 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 28 September 2025

Description

The course provides a critical introduction to the historical and current debates of culture, indigeneity and citizenship. The course focuses on debates that move beyond conventional notions of culture, indigeneity and citizenship, and treats these as strategic concepts that are central in the analysis of global/local identities, participation, empowerment, and social justice. Understanding how other communities, populations, groups and individuals organise their lives and participate in the social world enables us to develop theoretically informed tools for providing practical analysis and advice in the shaping/construction of human services agencies and practice.

The course provides a critical introduction to the historical and current debates of culture, indigeneity and citizenship. The course focuses on debates that move beyond conventional notions of culture, indigeneity and citizenship, and treats these as strategic concepts that are central in the analysis of global/local identities, participation, empowerment, and social justice. Understanding how communities, populations, groups and individuals organise their lives and participate in the social world enables us to develop theoretically informed tools for providing practical analysis and advice in the shaping/construction of human services agencies and practice.

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand the historical and contemporary situation of indigenous people in the New Zealand and international context.
  • Have knowledge of the responses of minority populations to oppression and marginalization.
  • Articulate the relevance of concepts of identity, prejudice, discrimination and oppression to human services practice.
  • Consider the relevance of theory, legislation, international conventions, and policy to work with a variety of populations.

Prerequisites

15 points at 100 level in HSRV AND 15 points from either Schedule V to the BA, Schedule C to the BSW(Hons), Schedules C or E to the BCJ; OR 60 points from the BA, BSW(Hons) or BCJ.

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 11:00 - 13:00 Live Stream Available
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 15:00 - 16:00 Live Stream Available
21 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
02 Monday 16:00 - 17:00 Live Stream Available
21 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct

Course Coordinator

Cindy Zeiher

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Media readings 20% 1000 words - due date to be advised
Essay 30% 2000 words - due date to be advised
Tutorial participation 10% Due date to be advised
Online test 40% Due date to be advised

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $894.00

International fee $4,100.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

All HSRV204 Occurrences

  • HSRV204-25S2 (C) Semester Two 2025
  • HSRV204-25S2 (D) Semester Two 2025 (Distance)