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This diploma will allow you to apply your knowledge in engineering humanitarian service, broaden your skills, and widen your perceptions of engineering.
The Diploma in Global Humanitarian Engineering can only be completed in parallel with a Bachelor of Engineering with Honours degree, in any engineering discipline. It is an additional qualification that can be completed in the same time it takes to complete a four-year BE(Hons) degree.
The programme combines courses in the humanities and social sciences with service-based experiential learning. Students will work on community-identified engineering issues and projects.
This additional qualification is ideal for those engineering students interested in:
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The following introductory Engineering course (usually taken during your first year of the Bachelor of Engineering with Honours):
ENGR 101 Foundations of Engineering
One course from the following (usually taken during the second year of your Engineering degree):
ENCH 295 Chemical Engineering Professional Practice
ENCN 213 Design Studio 1
ENEL 200 Electrical and Computer Engineering Design, ENME 221 Engineering Design and Manufacture
ENMT 201 Mechatronics Design
SENG 202 Software Engineering Project Workshop
One course from the following (usually taken during the second year of your Engineering degree):
ENCH 394 Process Engineering Design 2
ENEL 300 Electrical and Computer Engineering Design 2
ENME 311 Engineering Design and Production Management, ENMT 301 Mechatronics System Design
FORE 316 Forest Management
SENG 302 Software Engineering Group Project
One of the following humanities courses:
ANTH 102 Cultural Diversity and The Making of The Modern World
ANTH 104 Indigenous Peoples, Development and Anthropology
CHCH 101 Strengthening Communities through Social Innovation
EDUC 103 Education, Culture and Society
GEOL 113 GeoHazards
MAOR 107 Aotearoa: Introduction to Traditional Māori Society, MAOR 108 Aotearoa: Introduction to New Zealand Treaty Society
MAOR 165 He Tīmatanga: Engaging with Māori
POLS 104 Introduction to International Relations
POLS 105 Comparing the Politics of Nations: A Global Introduction
SOCI 111 Exploring Society
SOCI 112 Global Society
Two of the following advanced humanities courses:
ANTH 213 Environment, Development and Disaster
ANTH 223 Ethnicity, Racism and History
EDUC 206 Education and Society: Ideals and Realities
GEOG 202 Globalisation and New Geographies
HIST 279 Social and Cultural History of India
HIST 294 Recovering Christchurch 1850-2010
HIST 298 Elephants and Empires: An Environmental History of Ancient to Modern India
HIST 398 Elephants and Empires: An Environmental History of Ancient to Modern India, HSRV 208 Gender Sensitivity and the Human Services
MAOR 219 Te Tiriti: The Treaty of Waitangi
MAOR 285 Oral Traditions and Modern Histories of Ngāi Tahu
PSYC 206 Research Design and Statistics
SOCI 220 Environment and Society
SOCI 244 On Death and Dying: Current Controversies in Thanatology
SOCI 255 Sociology of the City
SOCI 263 Sociology of the Everyday World
One of the following capstone courses:
ENGR 315 Humanitarian Engineering Practice
ENGR 316 Humanitarian Engineering Professional Report (available over the summer)
Pathways include:
Insurance/year: 700 NZD/per year