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 2010: 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 Professional Learning, and you may apply the units completed to the higher award.
The Master of Professional Learning invites professional educators—teachers, training officers and educational leaders in schools, training organisations, TAFE and higher education institutions—to engage in enquiry-based professional learning within their field. The program is a combination of coursework and field-based research, leading to the development of deep professional knowledge and capacities in an area of interest. It requires rigorous investigation into the literature, policy and practices in the specific area of study. You must also propose, implement and report on a research project with a view to generating leadership, change and/or reconstruction of existing policies and/or professional practices within your chosen field.
Courses are delivered in a blended learning mode, and content is responsive to the needs and learning styles of the cohort. These programs use a project-based action-learning framework, and the learning outcomes enrich your knowledge, understanding and capacities in professional learning.
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.
Program structure
Select 4 courses from:
EDU700 Professional Learning I
EDU702 Curriculum Development and Evaluation
EDU703 Professional Learning Project
EDU704 Pedagogies for Engagement
EDU708 Assessment: Principles and Practices
Program requirements
- Students are required to successfully complete 4 courses as specified in the Graduate Certificate in Professional Learning program structure.
- Refer to related policies, rules, plans and procedures.
- International students need to refer to the University's English language proficiency requirements.
- 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.
Enquiries
Program adviser, Education
Faculty of Science, Health and Education
Tel: +61 7 5456 5124
Email: education@usc.edu.au