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Before you can be enrolled in your courses, you need to be approved into the Award. Please check requirements and attach the required certified documentation with your Application for Approval into Award (DOC, 115KB).
You will also need to apply to enrol by phoning the UC Contact Centre (0800 827 748).
Masters Thesis Students should refer to the College of Education Masters Thesis Enrolment Process.
The College of Education offers a number of programmes for those wishing to continue their studies in Education. These are the:
Bachelor of Arts with Honours (Education)
Bachelor of Teaching and Learning with Honours
Postgraduate Certificate in Applied e-Teaching and Support
Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Teaching
Postgraduate Certificate in Education
Postgraduate Diploma in Applied e-Teaching and Support
Postgraduate Diploma in Child and Family Psychology
Postgraduate Diploma in Education
Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Leadership)
Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Leadership
Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences
Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning
Master of Arts in Education
Master of Education
Master of Health Sciences
Master of Teaching and Learning
Master of Education in Child and Family Psychology
Master of Education with Certificate in Counselling
Doctor of Philosophy in Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Health Sciences
The Honours programme is designed for students who want a further year of specialised study in Education and Human Development after they have completed their general BA degree. It allows students to develop their research skills in preparation for embarking on thesis work within the MA or PhD degrees.
The BTchLn(Hons) is a one-year full-time qualification for BTchLn (or equivalent) graduates with a B grade average in their 200 and 300-level courses. The BTchLn(Hons) develops knowledge and research skills to equip you for further study and improve your classroom/centre practice, provides you with the opportunity to focus on educational issues or curriculum areas in which you have special interests and makes you more competitive in the job market.
The PGCertAeTS is designed for educators and technologists with experience in e-teaching and e-technology. Students undertake research and provide leadership in their specific areas of interest.
The PGCertCT is designed for health professionals who are involved in teaching or training. The qualification aims to develop the skills necessary to become competent educators within a wide range of healthcare settings and gain the skills and preparatory work toward a research project or educational project.
For more information download the PGCertCT brochure (PDF, 682KB).
The PGCertEd is designed to give teachers, counsellors and other educational professionals the opportunity to improve their professional practice and examine critically significant issues in education. The certificate can be a pathway to the Master of Education.
For more information download the Master of Education brochure (PDF, 416KB).
The PGDipAeTS is designed for educators and technologists with experience in e-teaching and e-technology. Students undertake research and provide leadership in their specific areas of interest.
The PGDipChFamPsyc is designed for students who wish to become registered psychologists and practice as child and family psychologists. It is offered as an internship year to students who already hold a (MEd) in Child and Family Psychology. It leads to registration as a psychologist with the New Zealand Psychologists’ Board.
The PGDipEd is designed to give teachers, counsellors and other educational professionals the opportunity to improve their professional practice and examine critically significant issues in education. Students may proceed to the Master of Education.
For more information download the Master of Education brochure (PDF, 416KB).
The Postgraduate Diploma in Education is also offered with an endorsement in Leadership.
The PGDipEd(Lead) is designed for education leaders in all sectors to strengthen their leadership expertise and broaden their knowledge and skills of educational leadership. The courses provide opportunities to reflect on educational philosophy, theory and practice, to critically analyse approaches to leadership and apply theory and research to practice.
Course members may proceed to the Master of Education.
For more information download the PGDipEd(Leadership) brochure (PDF, 213KB).
Not open to new enrolments - refer to the new PGDipEd (Lead)
Course members who first enrolled in the PGDipEdLead prior to 2009 may complete that Diploma under the 2008 regulations by taking approved courses from the PGDipEd(Lead) schedule.This transitional arrangement will lapse in 2013. In 2009 only EDEL801-4 will be offered to those who have one course of the pairs; EDEL801 and EDEL802, or EDEL803 and EDEL804, to complete.
The PGDipHealSc is aimed at people who are currently employed in, or seeking employment in, a health-related field, the social services, or local or central government. An inter-disciplinary programme, students will complete a programme of advanced study in the Health Sciences choosing from courses in over twenty disciplines, with the option of a particular focus in environment and health, early intervention, health behaviour change or health information management.
Not open to new enrolments - refer to the new PGDipEd
The PGDipTchLn is a one-year full-time qualification for teachers working in adult education, schools and early childhood centres. It comprises two compulsory courses: a research methodology course and a research project, and two further courses from the MTchLn schedule.
The MA in Education consists of four courses and a thesis. It is designed to give students the opportunity to develop and extend their research skills to address questions of interest in education.
The MEd degree is designed to give teachers, counsellors or other educational professionals the opportunity to improve their professional practice, examine critically significant issues in education and/or undertake research in their fields of interest.
From 2009 this programme will consist of 240 points of study, usually taken as a combination of taught courses and a research thesis. The MEd is designed to give teachers, educational professionals, counsellors and researchers the opportunity to examine practice and critical issues in education, and undertake research in their fields of interest.
For more information download the Master of Education brochure (PDF, 416KB).
Masters Thesis Students should refer to the College of Education Masters Thesis Enrolment Process.
The MHealSc is aimed at people who are currently employed in, or seeking employment in, a health-related field, the social services, or local or central government. An inter-disciplinary programme, students will complete a programme of advanced study in the Health Sciences choosing from courses in over twenty disciplines, with the option of a particular focus in environment and health, early intervention, health behaviour change or health information management.
Masters Thesis Students should refer to the College of Education Masters Thesis Enrolment Process.
Not open to new enrolments - refer to the new MEd.
The MTchLn degree develops research skills and investigates theories and practices of teaching and learning related to the delivery of curriculum in educational organisations within a context of pressure for change brought about by the impact of competing social, political and economic ideologies with the aim of improving the professional praxis of teachers and trainers.
Masters Thesis Students should refer to the College of Education Masters Thesis Enrolment Process.
The MEd(ChFamPsyc) has been designed for students who wish to become registered psychologists and to practice as child and family psychologists. Together with the PGDip(ChFamPsyc) and internship, it leads to registration as a psychologist with the New Zealand Psychologists Board. Some parts of this programme are subject to the limited Entry Regulations.
Masters Thesis Students should refer to the College of Education Masters Thesis Enrolment Process.
The MEd with Certificate in Counselling is a degree comprising eight postgraduate papers, four of which are compulsory counselling papers. This degree is designed to equip students with the academic knowledge and professional skills to work as counsellors in a variety of settings. A solution-focused model of counselling forms the basis of the degree. Students are encouraged to integrate this model with previous skills and knowledge and their critical examination of other models. Recent graduates are extending their studies as doctoral students, others are working as school counsellors, family therapists, health counsellors, vocational counsellors, tertiary education counsellors, consultants, managers and counsellor educators.
For more information download the MEd with Certificate in Counselling brochure (PDF, 66KB).
A PhD in Education is a recognition that you have delved deeply into a specific education issue or field of enquiry and that you have become an expert in that field. You will have acquired the skills to continue to do leading research and in most cases you will have published one or more refereed articles.
Our PhD in Education programme is strong and growing. Our students are able to choose supervisors who are at the cutting edge of their fields of research and scholarship. Currently we have students engaged in research in a wide range of educational fields and working with a diverse range of methodological approaches. As a result the integration of teacher education into the University environment we have welcomed professional educators who are interested in practice-based doctoral research.
We have a postgraduate centre that provides a strong academic support base, a stimulating learning environment, dedicated research offices, a community of scholarship, and regular interactive seminars. We have the capacity to develop collegial teams of students and supervisors in particular fields of interest, such as practice-based research within schools and early childhood centres.
The PhD in Health Sciences is offered by thesis, not coursework, and the topic is negotiated/agreed with the supervisor. The supervisory team supporting the candidate's research project may be drawn from a range of health related disciplines and local and overseas institutions. Areas of special interest can be seen at the Health Sciences Centre website and include health systems, health care delivery, prevention and early intervention, health information management, health behaviour change, indigenous health issues, family nursing etc.
In undertaking a PhD in Health Sciences you would expect to provide a critical analysis and argument of the topic under investigation and make a contribution to knowledge through originality, creativity and a comprehensive and scholarly approach. PhD students would normally have at least two supervisors, share an office, have a PC and access to printer and tea/coffee making facilities.
More information regarding undertaking a PhD at UC can be found at the PhD Student site. Enrolment details for domestic and international students is at Postgraduate Student Enrolment.
More information about Postgraduate Study at the College of Education is in the Postgraduate Study brochure (PDF, 282KB). More information about Postgraduate programmes and their courses is available in the PostGraduate Prospectus which can be obtained by emailing education@canterbury.ac.nz or phoning 0800 VARSITY (827 748)
