Students may select from EDUC, EDSU and/or other approved disciplines and subjects.
What are Electives?
Electives are selected papers from other approved disciplines and subjects to develop in-depth knowledge in selected subject areas or specialisation, to enrich teaching in your chosen field.
- BTchg Early Childhood Education students must select elective papers worth 36 points
- BTchg Primary Education, Te Pōkai Mātauranga o te Ao Rua (Primary Bicultural Education) student teachers are not required to select electives for their programme, but they may be taken as additional papers
Elective papers being offered:
The following papers are offered by the College of Education. Each paper is worth 18 points.
| Papers | Offered |
| EDSU 110 Children in Action | Semester 2 (on campus, Invercargill) |
| EDSU 111 Children, Science and Play | Not offered in 2024 |
| EDSU 115 Exploring the Visual Arts Through Drawing and Painting | Not offered in 2024 |
| Students might also like to consider: | |
| EDUC 105 Disability Studies: An Introduction |
Semester 1 (on campus, Dunedin) Paper Co-ordinator: Sylvia Robertson Email sylvia.robertson@otago.ac.nz |
| EDUC 251 Education in New Zealand: Policy and Treaty Issues |
Semester 2 (on campus, Dunedin) Paper Co-ordinator: Susan Sandretto Email susan.sandretto@otago.ac.nz |
| EDUC 254 Family Resources, Culture, and Education | Semester 1 (on campus, Dunedin) |
| EDUC 259 Educating Global Citizens for the 21st Century | Semester 2 (on campus, Dunedin) |
| MAOR 110 Introduction to Conversational Māori | Summer School and each semester (on campus, Dunedin); Semester 2 (on campus, Dunedin and Invercargill) |
| Catechetical Studies: | |
| BIBS 215 Special Topic: The Bible in Religious Education | Not offered in 2024 |
| CHTH 111 Doing Theology | Semester 2 (Distance learning and on campus, Dunedin) |
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