Teaching

The Centre for Samoan Studies offers courses in three programmes:

  • Samoan language, Customs and Culture
  • Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
  • Development Studies

Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

A course is offered at foundation level, and the programme may be taken as major or minor in the Bachelor of Samoan Studies or Bachelor of Arts. Samoa’s cultural heritage is still being discovered. It is linked to the 3000-year old history of the Polynesians, and to all the connected peoples of the Pacific Islands, Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, and Asia. ...Read more

Samoan Culture and Language

Courses are offered at Foundation level, and as a major in the Bachelor, Post Graduate Diploma, and Master of Samoan Studies. Knowledge of Samoan language and customs helps us live and prosper in Samoan society, as well as to preserve traditional knowledge within our living modern culture. The Samoan Language, Customs and Culture (SLCC) Programme enables students to speak, write and articulate the Samoan language in its many forms. ...Read more

Development Studies

Samoa is a developing country with issues in common with other Pacific Island countries and small island states. As a multidisciplinary branch of social science, the Development Studies programme provides post-graduate students with in-depth knowledge on development theory and practice and specialized courses in topics such as education, politics, commerce, economics, environment, information technology, public health, human rights, anthropology, human geography, and sociology ...Read more
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