Note: This course is only available to re-enrolling students.
Course overview
Prospective students should see the Future Students website for details on admission requirements, intake periods, fees, availability to international students, careers information etc.
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Specialisations
Course structure
Key to availability of units:
- S1
- Semester 1
- S2
- Semester 2
- N/A
- not available in 2025 – may be available in 2026 or 2027
- NS
- non-standard teaching period
All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.
Take all units (18 points):
| Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | EDUC5610 | Leading People, Culture and Change in Education | None | lectures/seminars: 2 hours per week (for 12 weeks) |
| S2 | EDUC5612 | Educational Leadership in Challenging Times | None | seminars: 2 hours per week for 12 weeks; offshore as required |
| S1 | EDUC5658 | Globalising Education Policy | None | 9 x 2 hour face to face workshops |
Take unit(s) to the value of 6 points:
| Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | EDUC5519 | Contemporary Reforms in Education | None | 24 hours, a total of 150 hours total time commitment |
| EDUC5606 | Advance Course in Rasch Measurement Theory | |||
| NS | EDUC5608 | Integrating Pedagogy and Technology | None | 4 days of intensive teaching |
| S1 | EDUC5610 | Leading People, Culture and Change in Education | None | lectures/seminars: 2 hours per week (for 12 weeks) |
| S2 | EDUC5612 | Educational Leadership in Challenging Times | None | seminars: 2 hours per week for 12 weeks; offshore as required |
| NS, S1 | EDUC5616 | International and Comparative Education | None | lectures/seminars: 2.5 hours per week (for 10 weeks) |
| S1 | EDUC5631 | Educational Research Design | None | Up to 30 hours |
| S1 | EDUC5633 | Educational Research Analysis | None | Up to 30 hours |
| EDUC5634 | Qualitative Inquiry | |||
| S2 | EDUC5636 | Assessment, Data and Learning | None | Face to face with intensive sessions |
| EDUC5637 | Measurement and Evaluation | |||
| EDUC5638 | Introduction to Classical and Rasch Measurement Theories | |||
| NS | EDUC5639 | Childhood and Adolescent Developmental Psychopathology | None | face to face four days intensive teaching |
| S1 | EDUC5658 | Globalising Education Policy | None | 9 x 2 hour face to face workshops |
| S1, S2 | EDUC5660 | Education Studies |
| reading and conference sessions: 25 hours |
| EDUC5661 | Education Studies | |||
| S1 | EDUC5678 | Improving Learning and Teaching in the Curriculum | None | lectures: 2.5 hours per week (for 10 weeks); offshore as required |
See also the rules for the course and the Student Rules.
Rules
Note: This course is only available to re-enrolling students.
Applicability of the Student Rules, policies and procedures
1.(1) The Student Rules apply to students in this course.
(2) The policy, policy statements and guidance documents and student procedures apply, except as otherwise indicated in the rules for this course.
Academic Conduct Essentials and Communication and Research Skills modules
2.(1) A student who enrols in this course for the first time irrespective of whether they have previously been enrolled in another course of the University, must undertake the Academic Conduct Essentials module (the ACE module) and the Communication and Research Skills module (the CARS module).
(2) A student must successfully complete the ACE module within the first teaching period of their enrolment. Failure to complete the module within this timeframe will result in the student's unit results from this teaching period being withheld. These results will continue to be withheld until students avail themselves of a subsequent opportunity to achieve a passing grade in the ACE module. In the event that students complete units in subsequent teaching periods without completing the ACE module, these results will similarly be withheld. Students will not be permitted to submit late review or appeal applications regarding results which have been withheld for this reason and which they were unable to access in the normally permitted review period.
English Language competency requirements
3.(1) To be considered eligible for consideration for admission to this course an applicant must satisfy the University's English language competence requirement as set out in the University Policy on Admission: Coursework, except as otherwise indicated in the rules for this course.
(2) Applicants presenting with the IELTS Academic require an overall score of at least 7.0 and no band less than 6.5.
Admission requirements
4. To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have—
(a) a Bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA;
and
(b) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 50 per cent;
and
(c) at least two years of professional experience in a relevant occupation.
Admission ranking and selection
5. Where relevant, admission will be awarded to the highest ranked applicants or applicants selected based on the relevant requirements.
Articulations and exit awards
6. The following courses form part of an articulated sequence:
- 30240 Graduate Diploma in Educational Leadership (articulated) (24 points)
- 30580 Master of Education (48 points)
- 31650 Master of Educational Leadership (72 points)
Course structure
7.(1) The course consists of units to a total value of 24 points.
(2) Units must be selected in accordance with the course structure, as set out in these rules.
Satisfactory progress
8. To make satisfactory progress a student must pass units to a point value greater than half the total value of units in which they remain enrolled after the final date for withdrawal without academic penalty.
9. A student who has not achieved a result of Ungraded Pass (UP) for the Communication and Research Skills module (the CARS module) when their progress status is assessed will not have made satisfactory progress even if they have met the other requirements for satisfactory progress in Rule 8.
Progress status
10.(1) Students who fail to make satisfactory progress under Rule 8 for the first time are assigned the progress status of 'Suspended' by the Faculty.
(2) Students who fail to make satisfactory progress under Rule 8 for a second time are assigned the progress status of 'Excluded' by the Faculty.
Note: Students who intend to apply to articulate the diploma course with a relevant master's degree course or to seek partial credit towards one of the Faculty's master's degree courses must take account of the requirements for the relevant master's degree course when choosing their units.
11. A student who does not make satisfactory progress in terms of Rule 9 is assigned the progress status of 'On Probation', unless they have been assigned a progress status of 'Suspended' or 'Excluded' for failure to meet other satisfactory progress requirements in Rule 8.
Award with distinction
12. This rule is not applicable to this course.
Deferrals
13. Applicants awarded admission to the course are entitled to a deferral of up to 12 months, as per the University Policy on: Admissions (Coursework).
Additional rules
Substitution
14. Students who wish to apply for entry to a relevant master's degree course of the Faculty by way of thesis and coursework must substitute EDUC5631 Approaches to Research for one option from Group A.
Note: Students must meet the minimum admission requirements for the relevant master's degree course as set out in the rules for that course.