Overview

The Master of Education degree is designed to advance your expertise in learning, teaching, and leadership. It is ideal for qualified teachers to specialise in a field and extend your career opportunities, as well as for other education professionals, such as trainers, vocational educators, educational designers, leaders in educational organisations, … For more content click the Read More button below. The program allows flexibility to cater for your interests, with a range of specialisations and elective courses. Structure your program to learn from industry and research leaders, apply your deepening knowledge in your workplace, and transform learning and leadership. All specialisations can be completed in fully-online mode, with a range of face-to-face options for students who prefer an on-campus experience. Fully online mode is only available to domestic students and students not on an international student visa. Commonwealth Supported Places are available for domestic candidates. Note: This program does not offer professional accreditation to teach in primary or secondary schools in NSW or Australia. For pre-service teacher education programs, please see Bachelor of Education (Secondary), Master of Teaching (Primary), and Master of Teaching (Secondary).

Learning Outcomes

1.
Demonstrate an advanced capacity to recognise and negotiate the complex and often contested values and ethical practices that underlie education.
  • Scholars
2.
Communicate effectively to a range of audiences, and be capable of independent and collaborative enquiry and team-based leadership.
  • Professionals
  • Leaders
3.
Demonstrate an understanding of international perspectives relevant to the educational field.
  • Global citizens
4.
Demonstrate advanced critical thinking and problem solving skills.
  • Scholars
5.
Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of research-based learning and the ability to plan, analyse, present, implement and evaluate complex activities that contribute to advanced professional practice and/or intellectual scholarship in education.
  • Professionals
6.
Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the field of education as it relates to your specialist area of study, and the ability to synthesize and apply disciplinary principles and practices to new or complex environments.
  • Leaders

Graduate Capabilities

For more information on Graduate Capabilities please click on this link

Program Structure

96 UOC plan (for students with no block credit granted on entry)

Students who have not been granted block credit must complete the following 96 UOC of courses (equivalent to 2 years full-time).

  1. Foundation courses (24 UOC)
  2. One specialisation (48 UOC)
  3. Education Electives (24 UOC)

72 UOC plan (for students granted 24 UOC block credit on entry)

Students who have been granted 24 UOC of block credit must complete a further 72 UOC of courses as follows (equivalent to 1.7 years full-time).

  1. Foundation courses (12 UOC)
  2. One specialisation (48 UOC)
  3. Education Electives (12 UOC)

48 UOC plan (for students granted 48 UOC block credit on entry)

Students who have been granted 48 UOC of block credit must complete a further 48 UOC of courses as follows (equivalent to 1 year full-time).

  1. One specialisation (48 UOC)

Foundation Courses
Specialisation
Education Electives

Enrolment Disclaimer

Please note that this Handbook is a comprehensive catalogue of our offerings and includes courses that can be taken to satisfy program requirements irrespective as to their availability for a particular year. Availability of courses is best checked using filters on this site or on the class timetable site.

You are responsible for ensuring that you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and by following the advice of your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program requirements.

Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements

Minimum Entry Requirements

For more information about admission requirements for various UNSW programs, visit the following website(s):
Domestic Students
International Student

Program Requirements

Internship, Placement and Exchange Opportunities

Students completing the TESOL specialisation must complete EDST5325 TESOL Advanced Professional Practice, which includes 25 days of advanced professional practice in an intensive TESOL setting, supported by four face-to-face lessons delivered on campus throughout the course of the term.

Students completing the Special Education specialisation must complete EDST5118 Professional Practice for Special Education, which includes 25 days of advanced professional practice in the area of special education, including high-level teaching, observation and critical reflection. This is supplemented by online activities and discussions facilitated through the LMS over the course of the term, as well as individual consultations organised between the student and course coordinator at intervals deemed appropriate.

Progression Requirements

For more information on university policy on progression requirements please visit Academic Progression

Associated Programs

Nested Postgraduate Program

Graduate Certificate in Education - GCED7401 - Education

Professional Outcomes

Professional Recognition

Applicants who hold an existing teaching qualification and complete the Special and Inclusive Education specialisation may be recognised by the NSW Department of Education as a special education teacher. Applicants who hold an existing teaching qualification in NSW or other Australian jurisdictions and complete the TESOL specialisation may be recognised by NESA as an accredited English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) teacher.

Recognition of Achievement

Award with Excellence
Current Students Award with Excellence
For more information, please visit the link above.
The Award with Excellence is awarded in coursework masters programs, including Masters (Extension) but with the exception of Masters (Extended) such as JD and MD, when a Weighted Average Mean (WAM) of at least 80% has been achieved and at least 50% of the requirements of the award are completed at UNSW. All eligible programs will award 'with Excellence' except in special circumstances where approval of Academic Board has been given for a program to opt out.

Additional Information

If you are selecting the TESOL specialisation and intend to take EDST5325 TESOL Advanced Professional Practice, please note this is a practicum class and can only be completed face to face.

Program Fees

At UNSW fees are generally charged at course level and therefore dependent upon individual enrolment and other factors such as student's residency status. For generic information on fees and additional expenses of UNSW programs, click on one of the following:

Domestic Students
Commonwealth Supported Students (if applicable)
International Students

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