Postgraduate certificates and diplomas of education are designed for graduates who have completed a fourth year of post-secondary study, usually in education. The normal duration for each is one semester full- time or two semesters part-time for a postgraduate certificate and two semesters full-time or four semesters part-time for a postgraduate diploma.
Most postgraduate certificates and postgraduate diplomas have been designed to fully articulate with the Master of Education by coursework degree including its specialist streams.
The Postgraduate Certificate of Education and the Postgraduate Diploma of Education are designed to meet the needs of educators, educational administrators, managers, policy-makers and others interested in learning and education and in working in the wider educational community.
The programs are offered either as a generalist stream or as a series of specialist streams. In the generalist stream, students will be able to choose their units from across the broad spectrum of units offered in any one year. In the specialist streams, units will be specified.
Students may choose to enrol in the postgraduate certificate or postgraduate diploma and carry the units completed into the relevant Master of Education pathway, provided such articulation into the higher level qualification is done within specified time limits. Students will normally enrol in the higher-level award and, if they have selected a Master of Education program and are unable to continue, they can elect to exit the course with an intermediate award.
A diagrammatic representation of the articulated postgraduate program offered by the faculty is shown below.
Course award |
Units to be completed (12 points each) |
Total |
Master of Education |
Unit 5 and unit 6; plus units 1, 2, 3 and 4 carried |
72 points |
Postgraduate Diploma of Education |
Unit 3 and unit 4; plus unit 1 and unit 2 carried |
48 points |
Postgraduate Certificate of Education |
Unit 1 and unit 2 |
24 points |
Applicants contemplating admission to this course may seek formal credit or recognition of prior learning. Applicants should apply for credit/RPL prior to enrolment. The Faculty of Education considers each application on its merit within the context of the faculty guidelines on credit transfer. Further information may be sought from the Faculty of Education, Clayton campus.
Further information on any of the postgraduate certificates or postgraduate Diplomas of Education, may be obtained from the administrative officer, Admissions, Faculty of Education, Clayton campus (telephone (03) 9905 2819), or visit our website at http://www.education.monash.edu.au or email info@education.monash.edu.au.
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