教学学士学位（BTchg）是一项为期三年的课程（360分），在新西兰资格框架中注册为7级，旨在使毕业生能够满足新西兰初任教师注册的要求。它为教师提供了终身专业学习的第一步，该学位以四个主题为基础，并分为多个中心部分，旨在促进学生对整个所选课程中知识与问题之间的相互关系进行反思并建立联系在与学位论文相关的理论和实践之间。<br>为不持有学位的人提供的三年制本科学位课程。初等教育认可的BTchg具有当代理论，课程知识和课堂经验，使毕业生能够在中小学任教。
The University of Otago College of Education offers a range of primary teaching programme qualifications for people who want to teach in primary and intermediate schools in New Zealand and overseas. Graduates of these well established and highly regarded programmes will be qualified primary school teachers.<br>A three-year undergraduate degree programme for those who do not hold a degree. The BTchg endorsed in Primary Education features contemporary theory, curriculum knowledge and in-class experience, enabling graduates to teach in primary and intermediate schools.