荣誉文学士学位（BA（Hons））是一项学术要求很高的课程。荣誉文学士学位（BA（Hons））的目的是帮助学生成为具有高技能，多才多艺，独立的思想家，他们具有研究经验，信息素养，沟通和人际交往能力，这些是高级职业生涯或进修深造所必需的硕士或博士学位。
Education is a powerful tool that can transform the lives of children, adults, families and communities. How has education shaped your own life, for better or worse What aspects of education have sparked your curiosity and excitement about the world If you study education, you will also learn about history, philosophy, psychology, politics and sociology. You will explore how education has changed the lives of people and communities in the past, and about the ways different people have made sense of education as a cornerstone of society. You will encounter different ideas about the purpose of education, what a good education looks like, and how people learn. You will learn about people, and how they think. The University of Otago College of Education offers a range of papers contributing to the study of Education, as a subject major or minor in a Bachelor of Arts degree, or as a minor subject included in other degrees.