Find details on the structure of the MSc Education and all pathways. Choose option courses by 2 September. Find out how to apply to switch to a different pathway by completing the form.
Before commencing your studies, you must select which option courses you would like to take in the 2026-27 academic year. You will select your option courses for Semester 1 and Semester 2 using the form for your pathway below.
Some specialist pathways have priority places on courses that are available as options for others, so it may be worthwhile to apply to switch to a specialist pathway if you come with a strong preference in a particular specialist area.
You can find information about available option courses in the Degree Programme Tables.
Below you can find a brief video introduction to most of our available options courses. If a video is not available the link will take you to the course description.
EDUA11034 Child and Adolescent Development
EDUA11408 Global Childhoods and Human Rights
REDU11002 The Nature of Enquiry
EDUA11336 Comparative Analysis in Education
EDUA11337 Children and Technology
EDUA11338 The Curriculum: Context, Change, and Development
EDUA11354 Psychology of Learning and Teaching
EDUA11385 The Anthropology of Education and Learning
EDUA11400 Education Planning and Management
EDUA11404 Froebel, Social Justice and the Early Years
EDUA11405 Autism and Developmental Disabilities
EDUA11407 Involving Children and Young People: Research and Participation
EDUA11416 Social Inequalities in Education Worldwide
EDUA11425 Education and Conflict
EDUA11426 Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Wellbeing
EDUA11450 Education for the Environment and Sustainability
EDUA11453 Philosophy of Education - Future Directions
EDUA11462 Slow Knowledge and the Unhurried Child
REDU11028 Qualitative Data Research
REDU11029 Quantitative Data Analysis with SPSS
EDUA11187 Education Policy and the Politics of Education
EDUA11340 Teachers as Agents of Change
EDUA11363 The Philosophy of Education
EDUA11403 Pedagogy and Practice of Friedrich Froebel for the early years
EDUA11358 Community Engagement: co-constructing knowledge with communities
EDUA11259 Gifted and Talented Youth
We cannot guarantee that you will be allocated a space on your selected course. Course choices are subject to approval by Course Organisers and Programme Directors and are dependent on course capacity. Course choices may be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. We will do our best to allocate all students their preferences. Course Organisers are subject to change.
Full-time students are required to complete the programme in one year. You need to select 120 credits for taught courses. For most pathways, you will be automatically enrolled on your programme and pathway compulsory courses. On some pathways, you have a choice between sets of compulsory courses.
To indicate your preferences, please fill in the form for your pathway below by Monday 2 September. Students will be enrolled on their courses after this deadline.
If you would like to take a full-year course, or have any questions regarding the option course selection process, contact our Student Advisers at SESO@ed.ac.uk
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