Course overview
- Description
This course is designed to enable three-year trained teachers the opportunity to meet teacher registration requirements.
- Course title
- Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies (non-articulated)
- Award abbreviation
- GradDipEdSt
- Course code
- 30330
- Course type
- Postgraduate diploma
- Status
- Current / 2024
- Administered by
- Graduate School of Education
- CRICOS code
- 042570G
Course details
- Intake periods
- Beginning of year and mid-year
- Attendance type
- Full- or part-time (Student visa holders should read Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 for more information.)
- Credit points required
- 48
A standard full-time load is 24 points per semester. - Standard course duration
- 1 year
- Time limit
- 4 years
- Delivery mode
- Internal
- Locations offered
- UWA (Perth)
- Domestic fee type
- Commonwealth supported and/or HECS-HELP
- Available to international students
- Yes. For information on international student fees see 'Student Procedures: Fees'. (Enquiries: https://www.uwa.edu.au/askuwa)
- Course Coordinator(s)
- Dr Jennifer Shand
- Fees
- Visit the fees calculator.
Prospective students should see the Future Students website for details on admission requirements, intake periods, fees, availability to international students, careers information etc.
No study plans found for this course. See study plans for more information.
Specialisations
Course structure
Key to availability of units:
- N/A
- not available in 2024 – may be available in 2025 or 2026
- NS
- non-standard teaching period
All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.
Take units to the value of 48 points.
Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
---|---|---|---|---|
NS | EDUC5410 | General Capabilities Across the Curriculum | None | 30 contact hours (150 hours total time commitment). Further information is available in the unit outline. |
N/A | EDUC5415 | Educational Leadership and Management | None | 2 x 2 hour sessions per week for 5 weeks = 20 contact hours |
NS | EDUC5429 | Perspectives in Aboriginal Education | None | 30 hours |
NS | EDUC5460 | English Curriculum I |
| 30 hours |
NS | EDUC5461 | Languages Education Curriculum I |
| 30 hours |
NS | EDUC5462 | Mathematics Curriculum I |
| 30 hours |
NS | EDUC5465 | Science Curriculum I |
| 30 contact hours (150 hours total time commitment). Further information available in the unit outline. |
NS | EDUC5466 | Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum I |
| 30 contact hours (150 hours total time commitment). Further information is available in the unit outline |
NS | EDUC5468 | Inclusive teaching of at-risk students |
| 30 contact hours (150 total time commitment). Further information is available in the unit outline. |
NS | EDUC5470 | English Curriculum II | 30 contact hours (150 hours total time commitment). Further information available in the unit outline. | |
NS | EDUC5471 | Languages Education Curriculum II | total workload: 150 hours; contact hours: 30 hours | |
NS | EDUC5472 | Mathematics Curriculum II | total workload: 150 hours; contact hours: 30 hours. Further information available in the unit outline. | |
NS | EDUC5475 | Science Curriculum II |
| total workload: 150 hours; contact hours: 30 hours. Further information available in the unit outline. |
NS | EDUC5476 | Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum II |
| total workload: 150 hours; contact hours: up to 30 hours. Further information available in the unit outline. |
N/A | EDUC5501 | Integrated Studies: The Humanities and Social Sciences |
| total workload: 150 hours; contact hours: 30 hours. Further information is available in the unit outline. |
N/A | EDUC5502 | Teaching Mathematics in the Early Years |
| 30 hours |
N/A | EDUC5504 | Language and Literacy in the Early Years | None | 30 hours (online and face to face) |
N/A | EDUC5505 | Teaching Mathematics in Middle and Upper Primary |
| 30 hours |
N/A | EDUC5508 | Integrated Studies: Science |
| 30 contact hours (150 hours total time commitment). Further information is available in the unit outline. |
NS | EDUC5510 | Professional Practice A | None | 35 days full-time attendance in schools and educational settings |
NS | EDUC5515 | Research for Learning in Years 7-12 |
| 150 hours. |
N/A | EDUC5516 | Teaching English in Middle and Upper Primary |
| Contact hours: 30 hours (online and face to face). Further information is available in the unit outline. |
N/A | EDUC5520 | The Artistic and Expressive Child | None | 30 contact hours (150 hours total time commitment). Further information is available in the unit outline. |
N/A | EDUC5521 | Technologies in the Curriculum |
| Total workload: 150 hours; contact hours: 30 hours. Further information is available in the unit outline |
NS | EDUC5531 | Learning and Assessment in Years 7-12 | None | 30 contact hours. Further information is available in the unit outline. |
NS | EDUC5535 | Professional Practice A Secondary |
| 4 hours of workshops plus 35 days full-time attendance in schools and educational settings |
NS | EDUC5537 | Child and adolescent development and pedagogy | None | 30 contact hours (150 hours total time commitment). Further information is available in the unit outline. |
NS | EDUC5538 | Classroom Management and Student Wellbeing | None | 30 contact hours. Further information is available in the unit outline. |
NS | EDUC5539 | Diverse Learners in Inclusive Classrooms | None | 30 contact hours. Further information is available in the unit outline. |
N/A | EDUC5540 | Early Reading Research and Practice | None | 30 contact hours (150 hours total time commitment). Further information is available in the unit outline. |
N/A | EDUC5541 | Professional Practice |
| 30 days of teaching practice, 15 days in a secondary school and 15 days in an early-years (F-2) primary classroom |
NS | EDUC5618 | Embedding Digital Literacies Across the Curriculum |
| 30 contact hours (150 hours total time commitment). Further information is available in the unit outline. |
N/A | EDUC5689 | Physical Development, Movement and Health |
| lectures/workshops: 9 x 3 hours and 2 x 1.5 hours |
NS | MUSC4631 | Secondary Music Curriculum 1 |
| 30 hours of lectorials and workshops |
NS | MUSC4632 | Secondary Music Curriculum 2 | 30 hours of lectorials and workshops | |
NS | MUSC4711 | Studio Teaching and Musical Leadership 1 | None | 30 hours of lectorials and workshops |
NS | MUSC4712 | Studio Teaching and Musical Leadership 2 | 30 hours of lectorials and workshops | |
NS | SSEH5464 | Physical Education Curriculum I | lectures: 60 hours; tutorials: as arranged | |
NS | SSEH5474 | Physical Education Curriculum II | lectures: 30 hours; tutorials: as arranged |
See also the rules for the course and the Student Rules.
Rules
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. 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.
Admission requirements
4. To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have
(a) a Bachelor of Education, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA or a three-year teaching qualification from a recognised teacher training institution;
and
(b) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 50 per cent.
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. This course does not form part of an articulated sequence.
Course structure
7.(1) The course consists of units to a total value of 48 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) A student who makes satisfactory progress under Rule 8 is assigned the status of 'Good Standing'.
(2) Unless the relevant board determines otherwise because of exceptional circumstances
(a) a student who does not make satisfactory progress under Rule 8 for the first time is assigned a progress status of 'On Probation';
(b) a student who does not make satisfactory progress under Rule 8 for the second time is assigned a progress status of 'Suspended';
(c) a student who does not make satisfactory progress under Rule 8 for the third time is assigned a progress status of 'Excluded';
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).