Education Studies

Education Studies involves critical inquiry into the social, political, cultural, economic and personal theories and practices of lifelong education. Although its origins are in humanities and social science disciplines such as History, Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology, Education Studies today has close affinities with contemporary interdisciplinary fields exploring issues of social policy, culture, gender, work and leisure. Since education is as much concerned with who we might become as who we already are, it is relevant to all our collective and personal decision-making on questions of justice, rights and freedom.
Education Studies is available as a major for the BA and BSocSc. Education Studies may also be taken as a second major or as a supporting subject within other undergraduate degrees, subject to academic approval of the Faculty or School of Studies in which the student is enrolled.
To complete a major in Education Studies, students must gain 120 points above 100 level in Education Studies, including 60 points at 200 level, including at least 40 points from PCSS coded papers, one of which is PCSS201, PCSS205 or PCSS231, and 60 points at 300 level, including at least 40 points from PCSS coded papers. As well as the 100 level prerequisites specified for papers at 200 level and above, it is recommended that students intending to major in Education Studies include one or more of HDCO100, HIST107, PHIL150, PSYC102, SMST102, SOCY101, TIKA163 or TIKA164 in the first year of their programme of study.
To complete a supporting subject in Education Studies, students must gain 30 points at 100 level, including PCSS101 and one of HDCO100, HIST107, PHIL150, PSYC102, SMST102, SOCY101, TIKA163 or TIKA164, and at least 40 points above 100 level, including one of PCSS201, PCSS205 or PCSS231.

Note: Candidates must gain at least 60 points at 100 level in any subject(s) before enrolling in Education Studies papers above 100 level, and at least 90 points at 100 and 200 level before enrolling in Education Studies papers above 200 level. The (NET) offerings may include an on-campus component.

100 level

HDCO100 - 13A (HAM) & 13B (TGA) - Human Development

HIST107 - 13A (HAM) - New Zealand Histories: Fresh Perspectives

PCSS101 - 13A (TGA), 13A (HAM) & 13B (HAM) - Educational Studies

PHIL150 - 13A (HAM) - The Big Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy

PSYC102 - 13B (TGA) & 13B (HAM) - Social and Developmental Psychology

SMST102 - 13B (HAM) - Media Cultures

SOCY101 - 13A (TGA) & 13A (HAM) - Introduction to Sociology

TIKA163 - 13A (NET) & 13A (HAM) - Te Ao Tawhito, Te Ao Hou: Introduction to Traditional and Contemporary Maori Society

TIKA164 - 13A (HAM) - Mai Tuawhakarere ki te Ao Hurihuri

200 level

HDCO210 - 13B (HAM) - The Teaching-Learning Process: Innovative Approaches

HIST206 - 13A (HAM) - History in Practice: Historical Methods and Research

PCSS201 - 13A (TGA) & 13A (HAM) - Education and New Zealand Society

PCSS202 - 13A (HAM) - Education and Social Justice

PCSS204 - 13B (HAM) - History of Education

PCSS205 - 13B (HAM) - The Purpose of Education

PCSS206 - Education and Sexuality

PCSS231 - 13A (HAM) - Planning Learning Opportunities for Adults

SOCP206 - 13A (TGA) & 13B (HAM) - Social Policy and Social Issues

SSRP202 - 13A (HAM) & 13B (NET) - The Practice of Social Science Research

WGST211 - 13A (HAM) - Gender at Work

300 level

HDCO301 - 13B (HAM) - Children's Development in Families

LBST303 - Sociology of Work

LBST331 - 13A (HAM) - Workers' Education and Training

PCSS301 - 13B (HAM) - Education and Social Inequality

PCSS303 - 13A (NET) - Curriculum Perspectives

PCSS304 - New Zealand Educational Policy

PCSS306 - 13A (HAM) - Research and Professional Ethics in Education

PCSS330 - 13B (HAM) - Adults Learning for Life

PCSS390 - 13A (HAM), 13B (HAM) & 13Y (HAM) - Directed Study

Prescriptions for the GradCert(EdSt) and GradDip(EdSt)

A Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma are available to graduates who have not included Education Studies at an advanced level in their first degree.
The Graduate Diploma consists of 120 points, including at least 80 points at 300 level or above. Each programme must include PCSS101 and one of PCSS201, PCSS205 or PCSS231, and 60 points from 300 level Education Studies papers, including at least 40 points from PCSS coded papers.
For further details, contact the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Office.

Prescriptions for the PGCert(EdSt), PGDip(EdSt), BA(Hons), BSocSc(Hons), MA and MSocSc

To be eligible to be considered for enrolment in graduate Education Studies papers, a student should normally have at least a B average in either the best three of their 300 level Education Studies papers or all their undergraduate Education Studies papers. The requirements for admission to masters level study in Education Studies are set out in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Graduate Handbook.
To complete a BA(Hons) or BSocSc(Hons) in Education Studies, students must gain 120 points at 500 level, including at least 30 points in research (normally PCSS591), DSOE557 or HIST502, or both SSRP503 and SSRP504.
To complete an MA or MSocSc in Education Studies, students must take a 120 point thesis, a 90 point thesis and one approved 30 point 500 level paper, or a 60 point dissertation and 60 points in approved 500 level papers.
Not all papers will be offered in any one year.

DSOE590 - 13D (NET) & 13D (HAM) - Directed Study

HIST502 - Historical Research Methodologies

LBST541 - Labour, Education and Training 1: Issues and Policies

LBST542 - Labour, Education and Training 2: Applied Research Project

PCSS502 - 13C (HAM) & 13C (BLK) - Kaupapa Maori Research

PCSS503 - 13A (HAM) - Indigenous and Post-Colonial Perspectives in Education

PCSS506 - Contemporary Perspectives in Social Sciences Education

PCSS507 - 13B (NET) - International Development Education

PCSS508 - 13B (HAM) - Educational Policy

PCSS511 - 13B (NET) - Curriculum Policy and Possibilities

PCSS513 - 13B (BLK) - Philosophy of Education

PCSS514 - 13B (HAM) - Foucault, Education and the Self