15 15
Education as a subject
If you are interested in education, but not necessarily wanting to teach, you can study Education as a
major within a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree or take courses to complement your other study. The BA
pathway takes a critical approach to the subject of Education, blending it with core disciplines such as
psychology, philosophy, sociology and history. Courses cover theory and research across a wide variety of
areas ranging from child and adolescent development to treaty politics in education.
Bachelor of Arts –
Education major
Highlights
• Choose from a wide range of courses dealing
with varied aspects and areas of education,
its impact, learning and development.
• Elect to major in Education or to take
Education courses to complement study in
other subject areas.
• Prepare for research and postgraduate study,
or add a one-year teaching qualifcation to
give you the option to teach.
In the first year you will:
• Need to include at least two Stage I courses
in Education in order to take this subject at a
more advanced level later.
In subsequent years:
• Decide if Education is a subject in which you
will major.
• If you choose Education as your major you
may choose to specialise in a specifc area of
education or simply select courses of interest.
• In the fnal year of your progamme you can
apply to enter into a one-year teaching
qualifcation, beginning the following year.
Note: The Bachelor of Arts in Education is
offered through the Education in the Liberal Arts
programme in the Faculty of Arts.
Find out more at:
Choose your career
– education
A Bachelor of Arts in Education can open
up a variety of career paths. Education
is a broad sector where you can work
in education-based services or in
educational roles in other organisations.
You might work in management and
administration, government, the
diplomatic service, tourism, the arts,
media, the flm industry, advertising,
writing, editing and publishing, human
resources, policy analysis, research,
information management, social services
or translation.
If teaching interests you, there are one-
year graduate programmes that you can
add to your Bachelor of Arts to become a
qualifed teacher.
ERIN LOWRY
Student: Bachelor of Arts in Education
“When beginning my degree I had thought I would major in History
and Classical Studies, but had also selected two Education papers as
electives. These Education papers helped me discover a passion for
engaging with educational theory and issues, leading me to change my
majors to Education and History. The Bachelor of Arts (BA) enhanced my
ability to consider issues from different perspectives, and to reflect on my
teaching to ensure I will be doing my best to meet the needs of learners.
“It was a great joy to study alongside so many incredible people in both
the BA and Graduate Diploma. I learnt a great deal from these individuals
through the different perspectives they brought to the table. Since
graduating, many of them have gone on to make a difference in primary
teaching and educational research – working in many organisations.”
Erin Lowry completed a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Education
and History before going on to complete a Graduate Diploma in
Teaching (Secondary). She is now teaching History and Social Studies at
Whangaparaoa College.
1. For detailed information see
2. Fees listed are for 2017 (for a full-time student) and
provided as a guide only. For more information see
Programme options Full-
time Part-time
Points
per
degree
Location Entry criteria1 Start date
Indicative annual fee2
Domestic International
Bachelor of Arts – Education major 3
Years
Part-time study options
available
360 City Undergraduate entry.
Refer to Faculty of
Arts
26 Feb 2018 $5,882–
$6,784
$27,592