The Bachelor of Teaching (BTchg) degree is a three-year programme (360 points), registered at Level 7 on the New Zealand qualifications Framework, and designed to enable graduates to meet the requirements for initial teacher registration in New Zealand. It provides the initial step for teachers on the road of lifelong professional learning. The degree is underpinned by four themes and divided into central strands that are designed to promote student reflection on the interrelationship of knowledge and issues presented throughout the chosen programme and to make connections between theory and practice associated with the degree papers. Early Childhood Education Papers within this programme address professional teaching issues, Te Whāriki (the early childhood curriculum), educational theory, subject studies and practical teaching experience through placements in early childhood settings. Students also select to study a subject of their choice, either from the range of subject studies papers offered at the College of Education or from the wider University. Programme Requirements 1st year Education Studies EDUC 101 Education and Society EDUC 102 Human Development Curriculum Studies EDCR 101 Exploring Curriculum EDCR 102 The Languages of Children Professional Studies and Practice EDPR 101 The Practice of Early Childhood Teaching EDPR 102 From Personal to Professional Subject Studies Subject Study Competency Tests EICT 199 ICT Competency Test ELIT 199 Literacy Competency Test EMAT 197 Mathematics Competency Test (ECE/Secondary) 2nd year Education Studies EDUC 211 The Institutions of Childhood Curriculum Studies EDCR 201 Weaving Curriculum EDCR 202 People Under Three EDCR 203 Te Ohonga Ake o ngā Marautanga Professional Studies and Practice EDPR 201 Relationships and the Practice of Teaching EDPR 202 Relationships in Inclusive Settings Subject Studies Subject Study 3rd year Education Studies EDUC 311 Contemporary Understandings of Young Children as Learners Curriculum Studies EDCR 301 Living Curriculum EDCR 302 Debating Curriculum Professional Studies and Practice EDPR 301 Professional Inquiry in(to) Practice 1 EDPR 302 Professional Inquiry in(to) Practice 2 EDPR 303 Politics, Policy, and the Profession