Postgraduate Diploma of Education (International Education)

• General information
• Admission requirements
• Course outline
  • Specialist elective units
  • General elective units
• Length of course/workload required

General information

Course code: 2135 + Clayton + Off-campus distributed learning + Contact: Professor Simon Marginson (telephone (03) 9905 2819 for initial inquiries)
The Postgraduate Diploma of Education (International Education) is designed to meet the needs and interests of educational administrators, teachers, academics, educational service providers and student support staff engaged in international education at all levels of education. It would also be of interest to staff training officers from industry and private providers.
The course is offered through off-campus distributed learning, with support through regular electronic communication.

Admission requirements

To be eligible for admission to the course applicants must hold either an approved three-year bachelors degree and an approved fourth year of study, or an approved four-year bachelors degree, or have qualifications or experience considered by the faculty board to be equivalent to, or a satisfactory substitute for, the above awards.

Course outline

The course consists of 48 credit points of study. Students will complete four 12-point units (three specialist elective units and one general elective unit):

Specialist elective units

• EDF6701 Globalisation and education
• EDF6702 Internationalising the curriculum
• EDF6703 International education markets

General elective units

• Students may choose any postgraduate unit as approved by the course co-ordinator

This is a conceptual outline only. It gives a general indication of how the course will progress and is subject to change without notice. Students should consult their course coordinator to assist in planning their program. Please check the timetable for 2002 for unit availability via our website at http://www.education.monash.edu.au/students/timetables/ after 30 September.
Candidates who successfully complete the Postgraduate Diploma of Education (International Education) may complete a masters degree by undertaking up to a further two units (including a Research core unit).

Length of course/workload required

The Postgraduate Diploma of Education (International Education) requires a minimum of at least one year of full-time study and no more than three years of part-time study. Each of the units is one semester in length. The expected number of hours per week for a part-time student is 24.

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