Entry requirements

To enrol in the Master of Specialist Teaching you must have previously completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Specialist Teaching with at least a B Grade Point Average, and approval to enrol from Amo Matua, Ako | Executive Dean of Education.

If English is your additional language, you are also required to meet UC's English language requirements.

For the full entry requirements, see the Regulations for the Master of Specialist Teaching or use the admission requirements checker.

You can apply online at myUC.

See Admission and enrolment for all information on enrolling at UC.

Subjects and courses

The degree can be awarded unendorsed, or endorsed in one of four areas:

• Complex Educational Needs
• Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Early Intervention
• Learning and Behaviour.

Choose one of the following:

• EDME637 Distributing Leadership Through Coaching and Mentoring
• EDME638 Teachers as Leaders
• EDME669 Leading and Managing Decision-Making in Organisations

Plus 30 points of courses selected from these options.

Career opportunities

Postgraduate study can bring many career benefits, such as specialist skills and enhanced knowledge, entry into specific occupations, higher starting salary/progression rates, research capability/achievement, and evidence of high academic attainment/self-discipline.