MEd
Credit points
120 - 160
Minimum duration
1.5 years - 2 years full-time or equivalent part-time.
Approved locations
Note:
On-Shore (for cohorts by special arrangement)
EFTSL value of units : All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.
Admission requirements
An applicant must also comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.
International applicants must also meet the English Language Proficiency requirements as defined in the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.
To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites:
- Bachelor degree in Education; or a Bachelor degree and a recognised teaching qualification; or
- Bachelor degree in an area other than Education.
Disclaimer: The course entry requirements above are for 2022 Admission.
Completion requirements
Students admitted under Admission Requirement A:
Pathway 1 (120 cp)
To qualify for the Master of Education, a student must complete 120 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
- 50 cp from 600-level Education Units (Part A);
- 40 cp from Electives (Part B);
- 30 cp from Capstone Units (Part D).
Pathway 2 (120 cp)
To qualify for the Master of Education with a named specialisation in:
- Autism Spectrum Studies
- Career Development
- Inclusive Practice
- Integrated STEM
- Leading Learning
- Literacy Intervention (cohorts only)
- Mathematics
- Safeguarding Children and Young People
- Student Wellbeing
- TESOL
a student must complete 120 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
- 10 cp from 600-level Education Units (Part A);
- 40 cp from one Specialisation group (Part C);
- 40 cp from Electives (Part B);
- 30 cp from Capstone units (The Capstone must be in the specialisation) (Part D).
Pathway 3 (120 cp)
To qualify for the Master of Education with a named specialisation in Allied School Psychology (cohorts only), a student must complete 120 cp consisting of:
- 10 cp from 600-level Education Units (Part A);
- 60 cp from Allied School Psychology Specialisation group (Part E);
- 20 cp from Electives (Part B);
- 30 cp from Capstone units (The Capstone must be in Allied School Psychology) (Part D).
Students admitted under Admission Requirement B:
Pathway 4 (160 cp)
To qualify for the Master of Education, a student must complete 160 cp consisting of:
- 90 cp from 600-level Education units (Part A);
- 40 cp from Electives (Part B);
- 30 cp from Capstone units (Part D).
Exit points
A student who has completed 40 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings may exit with the Graduate Certificate in Education.
A student who has completed 80 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings may exit with the Graduate Diploma in Education.
Part A : 600-level Education Units
Complete 10 to 90 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
EDAP610 | Educational and Behavioural Functional Assessment | 10 | |
EDAP611 | School and Class Wide Evidence-based Interventions | 10 | |
EDAP612 | Learner Differences and Learner Needs | 10 | |
EDAP613 | Exceptional Children and Atypical Development | 10 | |
EDAP614 | Mental Health and Basic Counselling Skills | 10 | |
EDAP615 | Positive Education a Strengths-Based Approach | 10 | |
EDCD600 | Counselling for Career Development | 10 | |
EDCD601 | Educating for Lifelong Career Development | 10 | |
EDCD602 | Professional Practice and Development | 10 | |
EDCD603 | Career Assessment Theory and Job Search Advising | 10 | |
EDCD604 | Advanced Coaching for Change | 10 | |
EDCD605 | Advanced Assessment for Coaching | 10 | |
EDCE601 | Catholic Perspectives Across the Curriculum | 10 | |
EDIP601 | Contextual Issues for Inclusive Practice | 10 | |
EDIP602 | Inclusive Teaching and Community Practice | 10 | |
EDIP603 | Supporting Children with Special Gifts and Talents | 10 | |
EDIP604 | Supporting Children with Complex Needs | 10 | |
EDLA612 | Assessment and Curriculum Design in TESOL | 10 | |
EDLA614 | Language, Culture and Communication | 10 | |
EDLA618 | Teaching Strategies for TESOL | 10 | |
EDLA628 | A Metalanguage for 21st Century Literacies | 10 | |
EDLA630 | Oral Language Learning, Assessment and Teaching | 20 | |
EDLA631 | Literacy Learning and Intervention | 20 | |
EDLE605 | Leading Educational Change | 10 | |
EDLE682 | Leading Teaching and Learning | 10 | |
EDLE683 | Education Policy | 10 | |
EDLE684 | Leading Learning Cultures | 10 | |
EDLE685 | Evidence Based Leading for Learning | 10 | |
EDLX600 | TESOL Professional Experience | 10 | |
EDMA628 | Learning Mathematics | 10 | |
EDMA629 | Teaching Mathematics | 10 | |
EDMA641 | Number Development in the Middle Years | 10 | |
EDMA642 | Geometry and Measurement in the Middle Years | 10 | |
EDMA643 | Statistics and Probability in the Middle Years | 10 | |
EDMA644 | Algebra and Function in the Middle Years | 10 | |
EDME601 | Mentoring for Professional Learning and Development | 10 | |
EDSC601 | Working with Children and Young People: Ethics, Values and Practices | 10 | |
EDSC603 | Safeguarding Childhood: Perspectives From Law and Welfare | 10 | |
EDSC604 | Safeguarding Childhood: Professional Practices in Institutional Settings | 10 | |
EDSP601 | Special Studies in Education | 10 | |
EDST631 | Integrating STEM into Effective Classroom Practice | 10 | |
EDST632 | Science in an Integrated STEM Classroom | 10 | |
EDST633 | Mathematics in an Integrated STEM Classroom | 10 | |
EDST634 | Technology and Engineering in an Integrated STEM Classroom | 10 | |
EDWB601 | Perspectives on Wellbeing | 10 | |
EDWB602 | Professional Practice and Wellbeing | 10 | |
EDWB603 | Enabling Positive Learning Environments | 10 | |
EDWB604 | Family and Community Engagement for Wellbeing and Learning | 10 | |
THSC602 | The Theology of Childhood: Close to the Mystery of God | 10 |
Part B : Electives
Complete 20 to 40 credit points from the following:
Students may take Electives drawn from the Schedule of Unit Offerings (listed) and/or other units drawn from relevant ACU postgraduate programs; or by cross-institutional study with prior approval of the Course Coordinator. A maximum of 40 cp of Elective units can be at 500-level.
Part C : Specialisation Units
Complete 0 to 1 of the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
AUTS | Autism Spectrum Studies | 40 | |
CADV | Career Development | 40 | |
INPR | Inclusive Practice | 40 | |
INST | Integrated STEM | 40 | |
LELE | Leading Learning | 40 | |
LTIN | Literacy Intervention | 40 | |
MATH | Mathematics | 40 | |
SFGU | Safeguarding Children and Young People | 40 | |
STWB | Student Wellbeing | 40 | |
TSOL | TESOL | 40 |
Part D : Capstone Units
Complete exactly 30 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
EDCP600 | Interpreting Literature and Data | 10 | |
EDCP601 | Capstone | 20 |
Part E : Allied School Psychology Specialisation
Complete exactly 1 of the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
ASPS | Allied School Psychology | 60 |