Program summary

Program title: Graduate Certificate in Professional Learning
Award abbreviation: GCProfLearning
Degree type: coursework
Mode of study: on campus (blended)
Duration: 1 year minimum part-time, 2 years maximum part-time. Program is only available part-time.
Commence: Semester 1 or Semester 2
Fee type 2011: Commonwealth supported places, postgraduate coursework places
Total courses: 4
USC program code: ED501
CRICOS code: Not available to international students on a Student Visa.

Highlights

• Place your research in context and develop a research question
• Engage with a collaborative learning community
• Generate leadership and change in your professional field

Learn to engage with curriculum development.

The Graduate Certificate in Professional Learning offers practising educators, those seeking employment, and educators returning to the workforce, a series of learning opportunities to engage in a critical orientation to professional learning. It brings educators together in a collaborative learning community to enhance their leadership and engagement in curriculum development, evaluation, teaching, learning and assessment. To further your studies, the Graduate Certificate articulates into the Master of Education (Coursework Option), and you may apply the units completed to the higher award.

The Master of Education offers you the opportunity to develop advanced knowledge and understanding in education, research skills, and a strong foundation for furthering your career as an educational professional. The program is aimed at practicing professionals working as educators in primary or secondary schools, early childhood, higher education and adult and vocational education.

The coursework option provides a range of courses that will provide opportunities for you to engage with theory and link it directly to practice in your education context.

Admission requirements

A student entering the graduate certificate program will normally be required to hold an undergraduate degree, or equivalent, from a recognised higher education institution. Entry by non-graduates who have extensive relevant industry experience may be considered on a case-by-case basis by the Dean, Faculty of Science, Health and Education.

Study Plan

This Study Plan is valid from Study Period 1, 2011.

For students who commenced study in this program prior to Study Period 1, 2011:

• Find the Student Handbook for the semester in which you commenced.
• Select the program in which you are enrolled.
• Scroll down to your relevant Program Structure.

Program requirements and notes

• Students are required to successfully complete four courses as specified in the Graduate Certificate in Professional Learning program structure.
• Refer to related policies, rules, plans and procedures.
• Not available to international students on a Student Visa.
• Courses within this program are assessed using a variety of assessment methods including, for example, essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests and examinations.

Program structure

Select 4 courses from: 

TOTAL UNITS 48

Enquiries

Faculty of Science, Health and Education
Tel: +61 7 5430 2869
Email: education@usc.edu.au

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