Graduate Diploma in Arts (Education)

Summary

Specialise in Education for your Graduate Diploma in Arts at Massey

The Graduate Diploma in Arts (Education) is a bridging tool for graduates in other subjects to get the equivalent of a major in education. You can then go on to a postgraduate qualification in education if you wish.

With this diploma, you’ll get skills and strategies for learning, from the sociological to the philosophical. You’ll explore the developmental and cultural factors that influence approaches to learning. You’ll gain transferable skills that will serve you personally and professionally.

Get great skills

The Graduate Diploma in Arts (Education) will develop your ability to analyse, articulate and disseminate ideas that incorporate a range of viewpoints. You’ll engage with the research that examines how we learn, what we learn. You’ll then be able to transform that learning into action.

Explore your interests

The range of issues in education is vast, yet you’ll be able to explore topics of your choice in depth. Whatever inspires you, a major in education gives you access to a wide range of learning experiences to hone your abilities and enable you to engage positively in any context.

Your qualification options

If you want to be a teacher

Please note that the Graduate Diploma in Arts (Education) does not qualify you to be a teacher.

Further study

If you successfully complete your Graduate Diploma in Arts, you could go on to study a Postgraduate Diploma in Arts or a Master of Arts or another postgraduate qualification in education.

If you want to be a teacher, you will also need to take a postgraduate teaching qualification.

A Graduate Diploma in Arts in Education is a good fit if you:

are interested in how people learn and develop

want to understand more about social and cultural aspects of education

have a passion for a particular subject and want to explore it in depth.