With Massey’s Bachelor of Arts (Educational Psychology) you will explore what supports and hinders learning and how you can make a difference.

Specialize in Educational Psychology for your Bachelor of Arts at Massey

With Massey’s BA (Educational Psychology), you will explore lifelong ako/learning and teaching through an understanding of learners' and teachers' cultural, cognitive, social, behavioral, and emotional aspects.

At Massey, educational psychology is:

• the application of Western and Māori psychological knowledge in education and human development
• a science and an art that seeks to understand
• an art that seeks to apply those understandings in the real world, to help learners realize their potential

You will learn about the complex relationships between learners and their environment. 

You can choose from a wide range of courses that reflect the diversity of psychology and education.

The types of questions you will consider in the BA (Educational Psychology) include:

• how can we make learning more effective?
• what are the social mediators of thinking, learning, and development?
• how can teachers best meet the learning needs of a diversity of learners?
• what factors help ensure educational success?
• how do we support the development of positive behaviors for learning?
• how do we reduce learning difficulties?
• how do we best support learners with disabilities?

Educational psychology looks at what supports and hinders learning. It informs policy and practice in education systems. 

Massey’s BA (Educational Psychology) will equip you with transferable skills. These include research, analysis, communication, and problem-solving.

This qualification can be a strong foundation for postgraduate qualifications in teaching, psychology, and educational psychology.

Your qualification options

Please note that the Bachelor of Arts (Educational Psychology) does not qualify you as a New Zealand teacher. 

If you want to become a teacher, you will also need to take a postgraduate teaching qualification.

• Officially verified copies of Birth certificate/ Current passport, including any residency visa/ Citizenship certificate
• Proof of the name change
• High School graduation certificate
• Academic transcripts
• English Language proficiency
• A statement of any disability or health condition (If Applicable)
• Evidence of any scholarships (If Applicable)

To be admitted to an undergraduate qualification, applicants will need a minimum level of academic achievement from school, or another university or tertiary institution. 

The specific level depends on which country or region of the world they are from.

China:

• Senior High School graduation plus successful completion of one year of bachelor's-level study from a recognized institution; or
• Successful completion of a two-year diploma, or a minimum of two years out of a three-year diploma from a recognized institution; or
• Completed Gaokao with a tier-one score from the related province

India: 

• All India Senior School Certificate (AISSC) Year 12 or Indian School Certificate (ISC) Year 12, with an overall average of 75% and a minimum of 60% in English; or
• Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) – State Board Examination in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujurat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal, with:
  • an overall average of 85% or higher (with no less than four academic subjects), with
  • a minimum of 70% or above in English.

Foundation qualifications to meet entry requirements

If you don't have the skills or qualifications you need to be accepted into your chosen study, you can do foundation qualifications.

• Foundation Certificate (International)
• Foundation Certificate (International Accelerated)