艺术学科研究生文凭课程（PGDipArts）需要两个学期的全日制课程，或与之相当的兼读制课程。它需要一个结构化的研究生课程计划，并且在某些情况下，需要一项监督研究，其中包括一份或两篇必需的论文。正常的入学要求是所提议课程的主要主题的完整的文学学士学位。教育计划对当代教育理论，政策和实践进行了批判性分析。教育论文还增强了学生在历史，心理学，社会工作和其他主要学科相关领域的课程。
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.