Professional Studies (Education)

To avoid delays in completing your programme and incurring unnecessary cost, you must follow the Enrolment Guide below.

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Master of Professional Studies (Education) – MProfStuds (120 points)

FULL-TIME
Year 1: New students starting full-time in Semester 1, 2025

 Semester 1 2025
(60 points)
 
 Course Code  Course Name (Points)
EDUCSW 700  Research Methodologies (30 points)
PLUS: Choose 30 points from the following:  
EDCURRIC 720 Teaching with Digital Pedagogies (30 points)  
EDCURRIC 721  Special Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools (30 points)  
EDPROF 709  Early Childhood Leadership (30 points)  
EDPROFST 705  Literacy Theory and Practice (30 points)  
EDPROFST 738  Educational Leadership (30 points)  
EDUC 706 Measurement and Advanced Statistics (30 points)
EDUC 716 Education and Diversity (30 points)
EDUC 755 Social Psychology of the Classroom (30 points)
EDUC 758   Winners and Losers? Social Theories of Education (30 points)
EDUC 759  Special Topic: Inclusive Practices for Neurodiversity (30 points)
SOCCLEAD 706  Innovation, Design, Evaluation (30 points)
Semester 2 2025
(60 points)
 EDCURRIC 797 OR EDPROFST 793 OR EDPROFM 797 - Dissertation (60 points)

PART-TIME
Year 1: New students starting full-time in Semester 1, 2025

 Semester 1 2025
(30 points)
 
Choose 30 points from the following:  
 Course Code  Course Name (Points)
EDUCSW 700 Research Methodologies (30 points)
EDPROF 724 Developing Communities of Learning (30 points)
 Semester 2 2025
(30 points)
 
 Course Code  Course Name (Points)
Choose 30 points from the following:  
EDUCSW 700 Research Methodologies (30 points)
EDCURRIC 721
 Special Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools (30 points)
EDPROFST 734
 Inclusive Classroom Contexts (30 points)
EDPROFST 782
Educational Change (30 points)
EDUC 709
Re-claiming Pasifika Education (30 points)
EDUC 741
Educational Psychology (30 points)

Year 2

Semester 1 2026
(30 points)
 EDCURRIC 797A OR EDPROFST 793A OR EDPROFM 797A - Dissertation (30 points)
Semester 2 2026
(30 points)
 EDCURRIC 797A OR EDPROFST 793A OR EDPROFM 797A - Dissertation (30 points)

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