Bachelor of Global Studies specialisation in BGlobalSt Language: Tongan

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If you are of Tongan ethnicity, courses in Tongan will be of special value if you have lost or are losing your native language. Tongan is also useful if you want to master communication skills for a deeper understanding of Tongan culture or interaction with the Tongan community. Tongan can enrich the study of Anthropology, Pacific Studies and Linguistics.

Courses in Tongan enable you to attain spoken and written competence in the language and to study its structure. You will also gain important knowledge of Tongan culture.

Knowledge of Tongan can be useful for careers in education, public and social services, social welfare, business, marketing, journalism, language teaching, interpreting and translation.

Complete 105 points comprising:

60 points for Language: Tongan, and
45 points from Area Studies: The Pacific

Language: Tongan

Complete 60 points comprising:

15 points for all Compulsory Course, and
45 points from Elective Courses

Selected courses must include at least 30 points at level 200 or higher.

Compulsory Course

Complete 15 points for ALL of the following:

TONGAN 201 - Tongan Language 2 (15 points)

This course may be substituted by an equivalent competency.

Elective Courses

Complete exactly 45 points from the following:

TONGAN 101 - Tongan Language 1 (15 points)

COOKIS 101 - Introduction to Cook Islands Māori (15 points) or
MAORI 103 - Introduction to Spoken Māori (15 points) or
SAMOAN 101 - Samoan Language 1 (15 points)

PACIFIC 212 - Pacific Indigenous Literatures and Knowledges (15 points)

TONGAN 201 - Tongan Language 2 (15 points)

PACIFIC 312 - Pacific Indigenous Literatures and Knowledges (15 points)

TONGAN 301 - Tongan Language 3 (15 points)

Area Studies: The Pacific

Complete exactly 45 points from the following:

Selected courses must include at least 15 points at level 300 or higher.

ANTHRO 234 - Popular Musics of the Pacific (15 points)

PACIFIC 200 - Theorising Pacific Studies (15 points)

PACIFIC 206 - Pacific Youth: Contemporary Realities in the Pacific Region (15 points)

PACIFIC 207 - Topics in Pacific Arts (15 points)

PACIFIC 213 - Pacific Wellbeing: Empowering Dimensions (15 points)

PACIFIC 306 - Pacific Youth: Contemporary Realities in the Pacific Region (15 points)

PACIFIC 313 - Pacific Wellbeing: Empowering Dimensions (15 points)