Course overview
- Description
This course engages students in the analysis of leading research, theories, debates and evidence-based practices in education. Students learn about historical and contemporary trends and issues in Australian education as well as globally through a suite of complementary subjects taught by active researchers and educational leaders. The course enables students to connect their learning with their own experiences, broadening their knowledge and enhancing their professional skills and dispositions. Students choose an area of specialisation to suit their interests and aspirations. This course provides a potential pathway to doctoral studies.
- Course title
- Master of Education (coursework and dissertation)
- Award abbreviation
- MEd
- Course code
- 30580
- Course type
- Master's degree by coursework and dissertation
- Status
- Current / 2025
- Administered by
- Graduate School of Education
- CRICOS code
- 003029G
Course details
- Intake periods
- Beginning of year and mid-year (mid-year intake for part-time study only)
- 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)
- Associate Professor Grace Oakley
- 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
SP-EDLDP 3. Educational Leadership
SP-LNTCH 2. Contemporary Approaches to Curriculum and Pedagogy
SP-MHWB 1. Mental Health and Wellbeing
SP-TRTCH 4. Tertiary Teaching
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, S2 | EDUC5620 | Master's Dissertation (12 points) | independent self-directed learning (supervised), plus regular seminars | |
| S1 | EDUC5631 | Educational Research Design | None | Up to 30 hours |
Take unit to the value of 6 points OR select an option unit from the other specialisations below.
| Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NS | EDUC5616 | International and Comparative Education | None | lectures/seminars: 2.5 hours per week (for 10 weeks) |
| S1 | EDUC5633 | Educational Research Analysis | None | Up to 30 hours |
| NS | EDUC5639 | Childhood and Adolescent Developmental Psychopathology | None | face to face four days intensive teaching |
| N/A | EDUC5660 | Education Studies |
| reading and conference sessions: 25 hours |
| S2 | EDUC9610 | Theoretical Foundations of the Study of Education | None | reading and conference sessions: 25 hours |
1. Mental Health and Wellbeing specialisation
Take all units (24 points):
| Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NS | EDUC5010 | Assessing and Interpreting Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Wellbeing |
| Intensive face to face teaching |
| NS | EDUC5011 | Promoting Child and Adolescent Positive Mental Health and Wellbeing | ||
| NS | EDUC5012 | Promoting Positive Mental Health and Wellbeing: Translating Theory into Practice | ||
| NS | EDUC5639 | Childhood and Adolescent Developmental Psychopathology | None | face to face four days intensive teaching |
2. Contemporary Approaches to Curriculum and Pedagogy specialisation
Take all units (24 points):
| Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NS | EDUC5608 | Integrating Pedagogy and Technology | None | 4 days of intensive teaching |
| S2 | EDUC5636 | Assessment, Data and Learning | None | Face to face with intensive sessions |
| S1 | EDUC5658 | Globalising Education Policy | None | 9 x 2 hour face to face workshops |
| S1 | EDUC5678 | Improving Learning and Teaching in the Curriculum | None | lectures: 2.5 hours per week (for 10 weeks); offshore as required |
3. Educational Leadership specialisation
Take all units (24 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 |
| NS | EDUC5616 | International and Comparative Education | None | lectures/seminars: 2.5 hours per week (for 10 weeks) |
| S1 | EDUC5658 | Globalising Education Policy | None | 9 x 2 hour face to face workshops |
4. Tertiary Teaching specialisation
Take all units (24 points):
| Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NS | EDUC5111 | Foundations of Tertiary Teaching | None | 3 intensive days teaching in HyFlex mode (students have the option of joining online or attending face to face) |
| NS | EDUC5512 | Curriculum Design for Learning | None | 4 intensive days teaching in HyFlex mode (students have the option of joining online or attending face to face) |
| NS | EDUC5513 | Assessment and Feedback for Learning | None | 4 intensive days teaching in HyFlex mode (students have the option of joining online or attending face to face) |
| NS | EDUC5708 | Digital Technologies for Learning | 4 intensive days teaching in HyFlex mode (students have the option of joining online or attending face to face) |
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.(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 7.5 and no band less than 6.5.
(5) Applicants presenting with the Pearson Test of English (PTE) (Academic) require an overall score of at least 70 and no sub-score less than 64.
Admission requirements
4. To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have—
(a) (i) a three year Bachelor's degree and a Graduate Diploma, or equivalent qualifications as recognised by UWA, or
(ii) a four year Bachelor of Education or Graduate Diploma in Education or Master of Teaching, or an equivalent qualification as recognised by UWA, or
(iii) a Bachelor's degree requiring at least four years of full-time study
and
(b) 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.(1) The following courses form part of an articulated sequence:
- 30250 Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching (24 points)
- 30380 Graduate Diploma in Mental Health and Wellbeing in Education (24 points)
- 30580 Master of Education (48 points)
- 31310 Graduate Diploma in Professional Education (24 points)
(2) A student who withdraws from the Master of Education course before completing it, but after fulfilling the requirements of a lesser award in the above sequence, may apply for the relevant award.
(3) Units completed in the Graduate Diploma will only be credited towards a 48 point Masters course if the Graduate Diploma is not conferred.
(3) Units completed in the Graduate Certificate will only be credited towards a 48 point Masters course if the Graduate Certificate is not conferred.
Course structure
7.(1) The course consists of units to a total value of 48 points which must include course core units and specialisation units. The course comprises the following specialisations:
- SP-EDLDP 3. Educational Leadership
- SP-LNTCH 2. Contemporary Approaches to Curriculum and Pedagogy
- SP-MHWB 1. Mental Health and Wellbeing
- SP-TRTCH 4. Tertiary Teaching
(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).
Additional rules
External study
14. The Faculty may, in appropriate circumstances, permit a student to complete the course at an institution approved by the Academic Board for all or part of the prescribed period of study.
[Approved exception to University Policy]
Progression
15.(1) Except as set out in Rule 15, a student in the course by way of coursework may apply to transfer to the course by way of thesis and coursework if they achieve an average mark of at least 65 per cent in three coursework units including a mark of at least 65 per cent in EDUC5631 Educational Research Design.
(2) The Faculty may permit a student in the course by way of thesis and coursework who does not achieve the required standard set out in (1) to complete the course by way of coursework.
(3) Except as set out in Rule 15, a student in the course by way of coursework may apply to transfer to the course by way of thesis and coursework if they achieve an average mark of at least 65 per cent in three coursework units including a mark of at least 65 per cent in EDUC5631 Approaches to Research.
Course for offshore students
16. Offshore students are only permitted to complete the course by way of coursework and must choose units from a published subset.
Credit
17. Units completed in one of the articulating Graduate Diplomas will only be credited towards a 48 point Masters course if the Graduate Diploma is not conferred.