Overview

Social Health and Wellbeing (Disability) at Open Polytechnic of New Zealand focuses on innovative and future orientated health and wellbeing practices that improve the quality of life for the people who use your services and for their family/whānau.

When you achieve this qualification, you will be able to:

Apply a people-centred approach which enables people to form relationships and participate in their community in order to have meaningful lives
Work relationally with people, their family/whānau and communities to negotiate appropriate community-based support
Work collaboratively and communicate effectively in teams and across services in a health and wellbeing context
Critically evaluate and apply theories and appropriate models of health and wellbeing (including indigenous models) to understand peoples’ lives and circumstances

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Psychology for Human Services
Communication and Relationship Management
Human Development
Research Methods and Interpretation

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 96 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-10-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-09-15 00:00:00
Starting 2027-02-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-20 00:00:00
Starting 2027-06-16 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-05-15 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

60

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Credits

360 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Disciplines

Social Work Health Sciences View 4 other Bachelors in Health Sciences in New Zealand

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

60

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Other requirements

General requirements

You must be at least 17 years of age at the start of the programme and have one of the following:

New Zealand University Entrance
Passes in New Zealand certificate/diploma qualifications/courses considered appropriate by the programme leader
An overseas qualification assessed to be equivalent to either of the above by the programme leader

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

1950 NZD / module

≈ 1950 NZD / module
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

840 NZD / module

≈ 840 NZD / module

Additional Details

International: between 1950NZ - 2,611 NZ per course.
Domestic: between 840NZ - 1,928NZ per course.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

Below you will find Bachelor's scholarship opportunities for Social Health and Wellbeing (Disability).

Available Scholarships

You are eligible to apply for these scholarships but a selection process will still be applied by the provider.

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