PGDip - Education and Society as a subject
Postgraduate diplomas provide the opportunity for continuing professional development in the same area as an original degree. A postgraduate diploma can often lead to a masters degree.
Education and Society involves critical inquiry into the social, political, cultural, economic and personal theories and practices of lifelong education.
- Accounting
- Agribusiness
- Anthropology
- Applied Linguistics
- Arts Education
- Chemistry
- Chinese
- Computer Science
- Counselling Studies
- Creative Technologies
- Digital Business
- Earth Sciences
- Economics
- Education
- Educational Leadership
- Electronics
- Engineering
- English
- English as a Second Language
- Environment and Society
- Environmental Planning
- Environmental Sciences
- Finance
- French
- Geography
- Health, Sport and Human Performance
- History
- Human Development
- Human Resource Management
- International Management
- International Relations and Security Studies
- Japanese
- Labour Studies
- Language and Literacy Education
- Law
- Leadership Communication
- Management and Sustainability
- Management Systems
- Marketing
- Materials and Processing
- Mathematics
- Mathematics Education
- Music
- Māori Cultural Studies/Tikanga Māori
- Māori Language/Te Reo Māori
- Māori Media and Communication
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science
- Population Studies and Demography
- Psychology
- Public Policy
- Public Relations
- Science, Technology and Environmental Education
- Screen and Media Studies
- Security and Crime Science
- Social Policy
- Sociology
- Statistics
- Strategic Management
- Theatre Studies
- Tourism and Hospitality Management
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Key information
| Entry Requirements: | Entry usually requires a bachelors degree (or equivalent) and an advanced level of study in your subject area. |
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| Year: | 1.0 |
| Points: | 120 points |
| Start Dates: | Trimester A (March) and Trimester B (July) |
| Fees (International): | $29,370-$38,350 per year |
| Entry Requirements: | Postgraduate International |
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| *Tuition fees shown are indicative only and may change. There are additional fees and charges related to enrolment please see the Table of Fees and Charges for more information. You will be sent an enrolment agreement which will confirm your fees. | |
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Papers
Papers available within Education and Society
Prescriptions for the PGCert(EdSoc), PGDip(EdSoc), BA(Hons), BSocSc(Hons), MA, MEd and MSocSc
To be eligible to be considered for enrolment in graduate Education and Society papers, a student should normally have at least a B average in either the best three of their 300 level Education and Society papers or all their undergraduate Education and Society papers.
To complete a BA(Hons) or BSocSc(Hons) in Education and Society, students must gain 120 points at 500 level, including at least 30 points in research (normally PCSS591), EDUCA557 or HISTY516, or both SSRP503 and SSRP504.
To be eligible to be considered for enrolment in the MEd, MA or MSocSc in Education and Society, a student should have completed either:
a) a BA or BSocSc with a major in Education and Society (or equivalent) and have gained at least a B average across all 300 level papers.
b) a BA(Hons) or BSocSc(Hons) in Education and Society (or equivalent) and have gained at least a B average across all 500 level papers.
Completion requirements for the MA or MSocSc in Education and Society vary according to admission criteria:
Students admitted under a) above must complete 180 points from approved 500 level papers, including a research methodology paper, and either a 120 point thesis, a 90 point thesis, or a 60 point dissertation.
Students admitted under b) above must complete a 120 point thesis, a 90 point thesis and a further 30 points from approved 500 level papers, or a 60 point dissertation and a further 60 points from approved 500 level papers.
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Contacts
Te Kura Toi Tangata Faculty of Education:
Undergraduate enquires
Phone:
Email: teach@waikato.ac.nz
Postgraduate enquires
Phone: 07 838 4466 ext 7721
Email: educ_grad@waikato.ac.nz