Programmes and courses

Samoan Culture and Language Programmes

  1. Bachelor of Samoan Studies (BSS)
  2. Post Graduate Diploma in Samoan Studies (PGDipSS)
  3. Master of Samoan Studies (MSS)
  4.  Doctor of Philosophy in Samoan Studies (PhDSS)

Samoan Language and Culture Courses

Course CodeCourse TitleSemester
Course CodeCourse TitleSemester
HSA001 A’oa’oina o le Gagana Samoa o se Gagana Lona Lua
Samoan Studies as a Second Language
1
HSA002 Gagana Samoa 1
Samoan 1
1 & 2
HSA003 Gagana Samoa 2
Samoan 2
2
HSA100 Tala Fa'asolopito o Aganu'u Samoa
Introduction to Samoan History and Society
1 & 2
HSA111Su’esu’ega amata Fa’asaienisi o Gagana
Introduction to Language and Linguistics
1
HSA112Su’esu’ega' Amata i le Gagana Samoa
Introduction to Samoan Language
2
HSA151Saofaiga
Samoan Social Organisation
2
HSA204Lauga ma ‘Ava
Samoan Oratory and Ava Rituals
2
HSA212Vaogagana i so o se Si’osi’omaga
Samoan Socio-linguistics
1
HSA213O Utuvagana o Fatuga ma Gagana Fa’amauina Samoa
Samoan Oral and Written Literature
1
HSA250Tufuga, Fa’atufugaga ma Fa’agatama
Artisans, Trade Skills and Traditional Sports
1
HSA252Faitauga Fa’aSamoa
Samoan Numbering System
2
HSA311O Fa’aliliuga i le Gagana Samoa
Translation for Samoan Context
1
HSA312Fa’atulagaga ma le Fa’auigaga
Samoan Syntax & Semantics
1
HSA313O Suiga o le Gagana Samoa
Samoan Language Changes
2
HSA350Malo ma le Le’a
Fine Mats & Ava
1
HSA352Taulasea ma Vai Fa’asamoa
Traditional Healers & Medicine
2
HSA354O le Tulafono ma Aganu’u Samoa
Samoan Custom & the Law
2
HSA355Suiga i Samoa
Social Change in Samoa
1
HSA500Sufi Filiga
Approaches to Samoan Studies
1
HSA501Ala’imalo
Researching Samoa
1
HSA502Sa’ili Matagi: Femalaga’iga ma Atina’e
Samoan Migration and Development
2
HSA503Tofa Feva’ilia’i
In-depth Study of the Samoan Language
2
HSA506O pulega i Samoa
Governance in Samoa
1
HSA507Fa'asinomaga o Samoa i Lana Aganu'u ma le Soifua Lautele
Social and Cultural Identity in Samoa
TBA
HSA600A & HSA600BMau Fa'amatuaofaiva
MSS Thesis
I se mata'upu tau su'esu'ega ua pasiaina (50,000 upu) On an approved topic (50,000 words)
HSA601A & HSA601BMau Fa'amatuaofaiva
MSS Minor Thesis
I se mata'upu tau su'esu'ega ua pasiaina (25,000 upu) On an approved topic (25,000 words)

 

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