Tertiary Teaching and LearningSubject regulations

The Postgraduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching and Learning programme has been designed for staff working in tertiary education contexts who wish to extend their understanding of learning and teaching in the tertiary education context and improve their own practice. It is a flexible programme offering face-to-face and online options that can benefit people engaged in higher education teaching and facilitation of learning at any point during their career.

Initial enquiries should be made to the Centre for Tertiary Teaching and Learning Office.

Other qualifications

Prescriptions for:

The Postgraduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching and Learning is available for students who have completed a Bachelors degree or equivalent.
To complete the Postgraduate Certificate, students must complete 60 points at 500 level by completing four of the following 15-point papers to be offered on a rotating basis.

Tertiary Teaching and Learning papers

Code and paper title	Points	Occurrence/Location The study locations.
RPLCR501Recognition of Prior Learning in Tertiary Teaching and Learning This paper offers participants the opportunity to apply for recognition of prior learning for teaching-related achievements.	15	25A (Online) & 25B (Online) & 25D (Online)
TERTL500Learning, Teaching and Assessment in Tertiary Education This paper enables participants to explore core concepts of teaching, learning and assessment and develop the knowledge and skills for effective...	15	25X (Online)
TERTL501Integrating Kaupapa Māori across Programmes This paper provides an introduction to Kaupapa Māori as an indigenous knowledge framework, and encourages examination and evaluation of existing...	15	25B (Hamilton)
TERTL503Adapting Online Pedagogies in Tertiary Learning Environments This paper outlines theoretical models and explores ways of adopting online pedagogies in a tertiary context. The paper gives learners experiences...	15	25B (Online)
TERTL504Supervising Postgraduate Students This paper introduces selected practical issues and contemporary theoretical perspectives in postgraduate supervision, with a focus on participants...	15	25X (Online)
TERTL505Inclusive Learning Environments and Approaches This paper examines principles and methods of creating learning environments and approaches to ensure inclusion for all members of the diverse...	15	25A (Online)
TERTL508Designing Assessments for Tertiary Teaching and Learning This paper covers a wide range of theories, principles and methods of assessment applicable to participants' own tertiary teaching contexts.	15	25A (Online)
TERTL509Digital Literacy for Tertiary Teaching and Learning This paper explores concepts and elements of digital literacy, within an overall concept of literacy, identifying those which are important and...	15	25D (Online)
TERTL510Internationalising Tertiary Learning and Teaching This paper examines the internationalisation of teaching and learning from theoretical and practical perspectives, focusing on participants' own...	15	No occurrences
TERTL512Current Trends in Global Higher Education and their Impact This paper provides an outline of the main trends in global higher education, considering how they impact tertiary institutions in general and our...	15	No occurrences
TERTL515Pacific Pedagogies for Tertiary Teachers & Learners This paper allows the participant to better identify pathways of success for Pacific learners, through an introduction to Pacific pedagogies which...	15	25A (Hamilton)
TERTL590Directed Study This paper offers participants the opportunity to examine a specific area of tertiary learning and teaching, with learning outcomes and content...	15	25X (Online)

2025 Catalogue of Papers information current as of 1 Apr 2025 01:00am

Tertiary Teaching and LearningSubject regulations

Other qualifications

PGCert(TertiaryT&L)

Tertiary Teaching and Learning papers