Program summary
Program overview
Admission requirements
Advanced standing, recognition of prior learning, credit and articulation
Program structure
Program requirements and notes
Enquiries
Recommended enrolment pattern

Program summary

QTAC code:  017091
OP for 2008 entry:  84
Award abbreviation: GDSpecialEd
Degree type: postgraduate coursework program
Mode of study: on campus
Duration: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
Fee type: Commonwealth supported places, domestic fee-paying places
Total courses: 8
Commence: Semester 1
Program code: ED606
CRICOS code: not available to international students on student visas

Program overview

This program will focus on the deep study of the psychology of learning acquisition, the paradigms of special education provision for students with special needs, and pedagogies, programming and modes of assessment that best facilitate learning across institutions for special needs learners. Further, students enrolled in this program will engage with policy analysis, community based support for special needs learners and team approaches to diagnosis and intervention. Specific attention will be paid to working with students with Intellectual Impairment and Autism Spectrum Disorder and the ways in which such students can be managed and successfully engaged in learning across a range of learning environments.

Admission requirements

An undergraduate degree in psychology or an undergraduate degree with a major or double major in psychology or an undergraduate degree in education or nursing with a strong emphasis in the psychology and/or teaching and learning.

Program structure

EDU605 Human Development and Early Learning
EDU606 Language and Literacies in Education
EDU610 Workplace Learning: Learning Engagement
EDU612 Workplace Learning: Curriculum Differentiation
EDU670 Policy, Processes and Professional Practices
EDU671 Contexts of Disability
EDU672 Responding to Difference: Programming, Assessment and Reporting
EDU673 The Special Education Teacher in New Times

Program requirements and notes

1. Students are required to successfully complete 8 courses as specified in the Graduate Diploma in  Special Education program structure.
2. Refer to the Academic Rules for further information.
3. Refer to the recommended enrolment pattern.
4. International students need to refer to the English language requirements.
5. Only a full time study option is available to international students.

How to apply

Apply for a postgraduate program.

Enquiries

Program adviser, Education
Faculty of Science, Health and Education
Tel: +61 7 5459 4699
Email: Education@usc.edu.au

* Subject to approval

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