Master of Education -- general course option

• General information
• Admission requirements
• Course outline
  • Research core unit
  • Program elective unit
  • General elective units
    • Option 1
    • Option 2
    • Option 3
  • Length of course/workload required

General information

Course code: 2500 + Clayton (on-campus/off-campus/multi-mode) + Course coordinator: Dr Robin Small (telephone (03) 9905 2819 for initial inquiries)
The Master of Education (general course option) is designed to meet the needs of educators, educational administrators, managers, policy makers, and others interested or involved in learning and education or working in the wider educational community.

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

Students are required to successfully complete 72 credit points comprising:

• six units (option one), or
• five units plus EDF6020 Professional project (approximately 6000 words -- option two), or
• four units plus a research thesis (approximately 12,000 -- 15,000 words -- option three).

Research core unit

Students will complete one 12-point unit chosen from:

• EDF6001 Embarking on educational research, or
• EDF6003 Approaching social and educational enquiry, or
• EDF6004 Research workshop

Program elective unit

• Students are to choose at least one program elective unit selected from:
• EDF6123 Developing the reflective practitioner
• EDF6236 Language, society and cultural difference
• EDF6441 Issues in educational multimedia
• EDF6601 Studies in special education/inclusion
• EDF6702 Internationalising the curriculum
• EDF6751 Gender and education
• EDF6810 Education, work organisation and workplace change
• EDF6821 Policy and governance

General elective units

Option 1

• Students may choose any four postgraduate units as approved by the course coordinator

Option 2

• Students may choose any three postgraduate units as approved by the course coordinator, plus
• EDF6020 Professional project

Option 3

• Students may choose any two postgraduate units as approved by the course coordinator, plus
• Research thesis

Length of course/workload required

The Master of Education (general course option) may be taken either full-time or part-time. It is expected that full-time candidates will complete all requirements within 18 months (three semesters) while part-time candidates should complete all requirements within three years. The expected number of study hours per week for a full-time student is 48.

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