Graduate Certificate of Education (Professional Development Studies)

• General information
• Admission requirements
• Course structure
• Length of course/workload required
• Further information

General information

Course code: 1762 + Clayton (on-campus/multi-mode) and Gippsland (off-campus distributed learning) + Contact: Associate Professor John Loughran (Clayton) (telephone (03) 9905 2819), Associate Professor Tony Taylor (Gippsland) (telephone (03) 5122 6969 or (03) 9902 6969 for initial inquiries)
The Graduate Certificate of Education (Professional Development Studies) is a flexible program offered to allow professional educators to upgrade their qualifications.
This course is also offered to non-tertiary qualified applicants with substantial professional experience who may use it as an entry to graduate and postgraduate study. Such students will be required to achieve specified minimum grade levels prior to their proceeding to graduate or postgraduate study.

Admission requirements

Admission to this course will be open to applicants who possess a degree or diploma or who have equivalent professional/commercial experience and who are qualified educators or who have suitably acceptable experience in a related field. Application forms for off-campus mode via Gippsland campus can be obtained from the Course Inquiries Centre on free call 1800 671 845 or by email at course.inquiries@CeLTS.monash.edu.au Applications for on-campus mode are available from the faculty office, Clayton campus.

Course structure

The course comprises 24 points of study. These are normally completed by the student undertaking four six-credit point units.
This qualification is designed to be very flexible and will permit a wide range of studies and activities in professional development to be drawn together, including credit for non-award programs, workplace research, formal units of study, and supervised independent study, as part of a 'recognition of prior learning' program. There are several recommended pathways through this course, and applicants can choose from the following:

• A number of off-campus distributed learning and other units from the off-campus distributed learning handbook, to make up a tailored selection of units totalling 24 points. The handbook is available from the Centre for Learning and Teaching Support (CeLTS), Gippsland campus, free call 1800 671 845.
• A combination of off-campus distributed learning units plus a selection of specially contracted units.
• A combination of off-campus distributed learning and internal units.
• A selection of internal units.

All unit choices will be contingent upon prerequisites which are stated in the 'Units' section at the back of this handbook.
It should be noted that professional development pathways may be contracted by educators in industry or professionals other than school teachers.

Length of course/workload required

The Graduate Certificate of Education (Professional Development Studies) is equivalent to 24 credit points of study and is normally completed over one year of part-time study. Study modes will vary according to the needs of program components. The expected number of hours per week for a part-time student is 24.

Further information

Further information regarding this course may be obtained from the Faculty of Education, Clayton campus (telephone (03) 9905 2819 or (03) 9905 2782) (on-campus option) or visit our website at http://www.education.monash.edu.au or email info@education.monash.edu.au or contact Gippsland campus (telephone (03) 5122 6375 or (03) 9902 6375) (off-campus distributed learning option).

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