Graduate Diploma in Educational Leadership (articulated)
This course is equivalent to six months of full-time study and articulates with the Master of Education (coursework) or Master of Educational Leadership (coursework).
Course overview
- Course title
- Graduate Diploma in Educational Leadership (articulated)
- Award abbreviation
- GradDipEdL
- Course code
- 30240
- Course type
- postgraduate diploma
- Status
- current / 2020
- Administered by
- Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Education
- CRICOS code
- 042568A
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
- 24
A standard full-time load is 24 points per semester. - Standard course duration
- 0.5 years
- Time limit
- 4 years
- Delivery mode
- internal
- Locations offered
- UWA (Perth)
- Domestic fee type
- Postgraduate fee-paying/FEE-HELP
- Course Coordinator(s)
- Professor Tom O'Donoghue
- 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.
Course structure
| Key to availability of units: |
|---|
| S1 = Semester 1; N/A = not available in 2020; NS = non-standard teaching period |
All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.
Note: Units that are indicated as N/A may be available in 2021 or 2022.
Take all units (18 points):
| Availability | Unitcode | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | EDUC5610 | Human Resource Development in Education | lectures/seminars: 2 hours per week (for 12 weeks) | |
| NS | EDUC5612 | Leadership for Learning | seminars: 2 hours per week for 12 weeks; offshore as required | |
| NS | EDUC5658 | Globalising Education Policy | up to 4x6 hour sessions held on Saturdays |
Take unit(s) to the value of 6 points:
| Availability | Unitcode | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NS | EDUC5519 | Contemporary Reforms in Education | 24 hours, a total of 150 hours total time commitment | |
| N/A | EDUC5523 | Education Law | ||
| N/A | EDUC5606 | Advance Course in Rasch Measurement Theory |
| vary widely depending on student's prior knowledge of statistics, mathematics and the software used |
| NS | EDUC5608 | Integrating Pedagogy and Technology | lectures: 2.5 hours per week for 10 weeks—face-to-face (50 per cent) and online (50 per cent) | |
| S1 | EDUC5610 | Human Resource Development in Education | lectures/seminars: 2 hours per week (for 12 weeks) | |
| NS | EDUC5612 | Leadership for Learning | seminars: 2 hours per week for 12 weeks; offshore as required | |
| S1 | EDUC5616 | International and Comparative Education | lectures/seminars: 2.5 hours per week (for 10 weeks) | |
| NS | EDUC5631 | Approaches to Research |
| 25 hours compressed mode over 4 full days; offshore as required |
| N/A | EDUC5633 | Quantitative Inquiry | 25 hours | |
| N/A | EDUC5634 | Qualitative Inquiry | 25 hours | |
| NS | EDUC5636 | Assessment and Measurement | lectures/seminars: 2 hours per week (for 13 weeks) | |
| NS | EDUC5637 | Measurement and Evaluation | lectures/seminars: 2 hours per week (for 13 weeks) | |
| N/A | EDUC5638 | Introduction to Classical and Rasch Measurement Theories | online unit | |
| NS | EDUC5639 | Childhood and Adolescent Developmental Psychopathology | lectures/seminars: 2 hours per week for 13 weeks | |
| NS | EDUC5658 | Globalising Education Policy | up to 4x6 hour sessions held on Saturdays | |
| NS, S1 | EDUC5660 | Education Studies |
| reading and conference sessions: 25 hours |
| NS, S1 | EDUC5661 | Education Studies |
| reading and conference sessions: 25 hours |
| NS | EDUC5678 | Improving Learning and Teaching in the Curriculum | lectures: 2.5 hours per week (for 10 weeks); offshore as required |
See also the rules for the course and the Student Rules.
Rules
Applicability of the Student Rules, policies and procedures
1.(1) The http://handbooks.uwa.edu.au/postgraduate/student-procedures'>student procedures apply, except as otherwise indicated in the rules for this course.
Academic Conduct Essentials module
2.(1) Except as stated in (2), 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).
(2) A student who has previously achieved a result of Ungraded Pass (UP) for the ACE module is not required to repeat the module.
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) (i) at least two years of relevant full-time professional experience; or
(ii) evidence of adequate research preparation, as recognised by UWA.
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 in a calendar year a student must pass units to a value of at least 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 ACE 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.
Additional rules
Substitution
13. 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.