Program Summary
Program Overview
Admission Requirements
Program Structure
Program Requirements
Enquiries
Recommended Enrolment Patterns

Program Summary

Award Abbreviation: GDEd
Degree Type: Graduate coursework program
Mode of Study: On campus
Duration: 1-1½ years full-time, 2-3 years part-time
Fee Type: Commonwealth supported places, domestic fee-paying places, international fee-paying places
Total Courses: 8-12
Commence: Semester 1 or Semester 2
Program Code: ED601
CRICOS Code: 056192B. Please note: Pathway A and Pathway C are available to International Students; Pathway B and Pathway D are not available to international students; Pathway E is only available to international students.

Program Overview

The overall purpose of the Graduate Diploma in Education is to provide its graduates with the professional studies, knowledge and skills, to compliment previous discipline studies achieved through the successful completion of an undergraduate degree. The program will prepare graduates for two teaching areas, in order to teach students in the early, middle and senior phases of learning. The purpose of the program is to develop teachers who draw on discipline knowledge in order to teach within the key learning areas of the New Basics Curriculum frameworks that constitute the curriculum framework in most schools. The program complements existing in-depth discipline knowledge with education studies, curriculum and pedagogical studies and workplace learning experiences.

This program enables students to develop professional knowledge in the following teaching areas: Accounting, Biology, Business, Chemistry, English, Geography, Health, ICT, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Marine Studies, Mathematics, Modern History, Physical Education and Physics. Students may elect to study a minor teaching area in Civics, English, Health, Mathematics, Middle Phase of Learning, Science, Studies of Society and Environment, or Vocation Education Training (VET).

Workplace Learning (WPL) is an integral aspect of this professional studies course reflecting the nexus between practice and theory. In-depth WPL is gained within four workplace learning practice courses for 55 days plus 20 days broader field experiences. The program is attributes focused with multiple opportunities for students to demonstrate the achievement of the professional attributes outlined in the USC Teacher Attribute Framework. The attributes reflect the expectations outlined in the National Framework of Beginning Teacher competencies, the Professional Standards for Teachers (EQ2003) and the University Graduate Attributes.

Admission Requirements

Students from linguistically diverse backgrounds will be required to attain an IELTS level of 7 in each category of the test.

Pathway A
Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary)
QTAC Code: 017051

Completion of a bachelor's degree (or equivalent) from a recognised tertiary institution and must have completed at least one-third of the degree in the nominated first teaching area and one-sixth in the nominated second teaching area; application to some teaching areas may require an interview and/or portfolio or audition.

Pathway B
Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary/VET)
QTAC Code: 017061

Completion of a bachelor's degree (or equivalent) from a recognised tertiary institution and must have completed at least one-third of the degree in the nominated first teaching area and one-sixth in the nominated second teaching area; application to some teaching areas may require an interview and/or portfolio or audition. Applicants may require workplace experience of up to five years.

Pathway C
Graduate Diploma in Education (Middle Phase)
QTAC Code: 017031

Completion of a bachelor's degree (or equivalent) from a recognised tertiary institution.

Pathway D
Graduate Diploma in Education (Middle Phase/Early Phase)
QTAC Code: 017041

Completion of a bachelor's degree (or equivalent) from a recognised tertiary institution.

Pathway E (available only to international students)
Graduate Diploma in Education (Primary)

Completion of a bachelor's degree (or equivalent) from a recognised tertiary institution.

Program Structure

Pathway A
Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary)

8 required courses:
EDU100 Becoming a Teacher (Including WPL 1)
EDU101 Learning about Learning (including WPL3)
EDU201 Language and Literacies in Education
EDU220 Middle Phase Curriculum: Pedagogies for New Times
EDU221 Middle Phase Curriculum: Assessment for Learning
EDU310 Workplace Learning 2
EDU312 Workplace Learning 4
EDU330 Senior Phase Curriculum

Optional additional course:
EDU304 Honours pathway: Internship and Action Research Project

Pathway B
Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary/VET)

11 required courses:
EDU100 Becoming a Teacher (Including WPL 1)
EDU101 Learning about Learning (including WPL3)
EDU201 Language and Literacies in Education
EDU220 Middle Phase Curriculum: Pedagogies for New Times
EDU221 Middle Phase Curriculum: Assessment for Learning
EDU301 Vocational and Enterprise Education
EDU310 Workplace Learning 2
EDU312 Workplace Learning 4
EDU313 Workplace Learning 5
EDU329 TAFE program (24CP) (Cross-institutional)
EDU330 Senior Phase Curriculum

Pathway C
Graduate Diploma in Education (Middle Phase)

8 required courses:
EDU100 Becoming a Teacher (Including WPL 1)
EDU101 Learning about Learning (including WPL3)
EDU201 Language and Literacies in Education
EDU220 Middle Phase Curriculum: Pedagogies for New Times
EDU221 Middle Phase Curriculum: Assessment for Learning
EDU301 Vocational and Enterprise Education
EDU310 Workplace Learning 2
EDU312 Workplace Learning 4

Pathway D
Graduate Diploma in Education (Middle Phase/Early Phase)

12 required courses:
EDU100 Becoming a Teacher (Including WPL 1)
EDU101 Learning about Learning (including WPL3)
EDU201 Language and Literacies in Education
EDU220 Middle Phase Curriculum: Pedagogies for New Times
EDU221 Middle Phase Curriculum: Assessment for Learning
EDU301 Vocational and Enterprise Education
EDU305 Human Development and Early Learning (including WPL 6)
EDU310 Workplace Learning 2
EDU312 Workplace Learning 4
EDU340 Teaching Reading and Writing in the Early Years
EDU341 Mathematics Education for Early Learners
EDU342 The Primary Curriculum

Pathway E (available only to international students)
Graduate Diploma in Education (Primary)

8 required courses:
EDU100 Becoming a Teacher (including WPL3)
EDU101 Learning about Learning (including WPL1)
EDU305 Human Development and Early Learning
EDU310 Workplace Learning 2
EDU312 Workplace Learning 4
EDU340 Teaching Reading and Writing in the Early Years
EDU341 Mathematics Education for Early Learners
EDU342 The Primary Curriculum

Program Requirements

Students are required to successfully complete 8-12 courses as specified in the Graduate Diploma in Education program structure. Refer to the Academic Rules for further information.

Refer to the Recommended Enrolment Patterns.

Enquiries

Kathryn Mash
Program Adviser - Education
Faculty of Science, Health and Education
Tel: +61 7 5459 4644; Email: education@usc.edu.au