Master of Education

Program of Study			Course cps
Elective units – Complete 12 credit points from the following units:			12-48 cps
Unit Code	Unit Title	Unit cps
EDAE501	Contemporary Issues in Arts Education	6
EDCX528	Critical Perspectives in Curriculum Inquiry	6
EDCX547	Community Responsive Schooling	6
EDCX548	Education and Society: Contemporary and Global Issues	6
EDCX594	School Subjects and Curriculum Inquiry	6
EDEE523	Teaching the Origins and Influences of Fantasy Literature for Children and Adolescents	6
EDEE528	Advanced Study of Literacy Issues in Education	6
EDEE529	Literature Teaching and the Moral Imagination	6
EDEE598	Applying Critical Theory to the Teaching of English	6
EDIT511	Research on Computer Applications in Education	6
EDIT513	Multimedia in Education	6
EDIT515	Managing a Web Mediated Learning Environment	6
EDLA512	Language Policy and Language Planning	6
EDLA517	Language Maintenance, Shift and Loss	6
EDLT583	Issues in Problem Solving and Creativity	6
EDLT584	Issues in Talent Development	6
EDLT590	Contemporary Issues in Psychology for Educators	6
EDME537	Foundations in Mathematics Education	6
EDPE541	Applied Anatomy and Exercise Science	12
EDPE542	Neuropsychology of Motor Learning and Dysfunction	12
EDSE563	Foundations in Science Education	6
EDSP501	Assessment Practices in Special Education Contexts	6
EDSP502	Planning and Instruction in Special Education	6
EDSP585	Issues in Comprehension Instruction for Students with Learning Difficulties	6
EDSP586	Research on the Psychology and Education of Children with Disabilities	6
EDUC596	Special Topics in Education (A)	6
EDUC591	Research Methods 2: Action Research	6
EHPS590	Research Methods 1	6
PDAS551	Tertiary Education: Administration and Management	6
PDAS570	The Principalship	6
PDAS574	Planning and Policy	6
PDAS577	School Leadership and Management	6
PDAS578	Systems Management and School Data	6
PDAS580	The Administrator and the Law`	6
PDAS581	Leadership for Personnel Development	6
PDAS591	Cross-Cultural Management	6
PDAS595	Tertiary Education: Comparative Perspectives Through Study Abroad	6
PDLD503	Quality Assurance in Adult Education	6
PDLD508	The Learning Organisation	6
PDLD510	Learning in Social Movements	6
PDPS516	Educational Democracy: Education and Equal Opportunity
	or any other unit approved by the Faculty
Listed Elective units: Complete not more than 36 credit points from Group 2			0-36 cps
COMM423	New Media	6
EDAE406	Movements in Arts Education: Theory into Practice	6
EDAE410	Arts Experience and Learning	6
EDAE413	Creativity in the Music Classroom	6
EDAE414	Choral Skills for Teachers in Schools	6
EDAE415	Visual Arts and Children	6
EDCX409	Race Relations in the Classroom	6
EDCX415	Indigenous Australian Education	6
EDCX420	Introduction to Curriculum Inquiry	6
EDCX422	Curriculum Design for Middle Years Schooling	6
EDCX428	Critical Perspectives in Curriculum Inquiry	6
EDCX442	Education for All: Issues and Challenges	6
EDCX445	Education, Colonialism and Change	6
EDCX446	Sociology of Education	6
EDCX447	Community Responsive Schooling	6
EDCX448	Education and Society: Contemporary and Global Issues	6
EDCX455	International Schooling: Challenges and Issues	6
EDCX476	Religion in Australia	6
EDCX494	School Subjects and Curriculum Inquiry	6
EDEC400 (PDEC400)	Young Children’s Language and Communication	6
EDEC416 (PDEC416)	Young Children and Multiliteracies (Young Children Discovering Multiliteracies)	6
EDEC488	Young Children with Exceptional Development	6
EDEE423	Teaching the Origins and Influences of Fantasy Literature for Children and Adolescents	6
EDEE426	Teaching Senior English	6
EDEE428	Issues in Teaching Literacy	6
EDEE429	Literature Teaching and the Moral Imagination	6
EDEE498	Applying of Critical Theory to the Teaching of English	6
		6
EDIT411	Principles and Practices of e-learning (Principles of Web Mediated Learning)	6
EDIT412	Microworlds: Thinking about Thinking (LOGO: The Language and Culture)	6
EDIT413	Social Computing Tools: Blogs, Wikis and Beyond (Introduction to Computer Mediated Learning)	6
EDIT414	Principles of Computer Programming	6
EDIT415	Implementing ICT in Schools	6
EDIT416	ICT Shaping Professional Practice) (ICT for Professional Practice)	6
EDIT417	Web Mediated Learning Communities	6
EDIT418	Issues in Learning with ICT	6
EDIT419	Project on ICT in Learning (Project on Computers in Education)	6
EDLA402 (EDLA401:12)	Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages 1 (TESOL Methodology)	6
EDLA403	Language, Society and Culture	6
EDLA404 (EDLA401:12)	Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages 2 (TESOL Methodology)	6
EDLA410	Linguistics for Language Teachers	6
EDLA418	Technology-Enhanced Language Learning (TELL)	6
EDLA423	Second Language Acquisition: Applications	6
EDLA429	An Integrated Approach for Modern Language Teaching in Primary Schools	6
EDLT470	Effective Learning in Mixed-Age Classrooms	6
EDLT481	Education of the Gifted and Talented	6
EDLT482	Cognition and Learning Across the Curriculum	6
EDLT483	Creative Thinking and Problem Solving	6
EDLT484	Social and Cultural Aspects of Giftedness and Talent	6
EDLT487	Assessing Student Outcomes	6
EDLT488	Internet Learning for Gifted and Talented Children	6
EDLT490	Advanced Learning Theory I	6
EDLT491	Advanced Learning Theory 2	6
EDLT492	Biology and Learning	6
EDME411	Mathematical Investigations for the Middle Years	6
EDME421	Developing Mental Computation Competence	6
EDME433	Mathematical Investigations for Teachers	6
EDME434	Current Innovations in Mathematics Education	6
EDME438	Educational Measurement and Evaluation	6
EDME471	Problem Solving with Concept Maps and Vee Diagrams	6
EDPE441 (EDPE440:12)	Advanced Sports Coaching (Scientific Principles of Sports Coaching)	6
EDPE442	Motor Skill Acquisition	6
EDPE443	Health Promotion in the Schools and the Community	6
EDPE444	Special Issues in Health and Physical Education	6
EDPE445	Advanced Studies in Health and Physical Education	6
EDSE464	Environment, Technology and Society	6
EDSE465	Current Innovations in Science Education	6
EDSE466	Science and Technology Education	6
EDSE467	Teaching Environmental Health in Soil and Water	6
EDSE468	Connecting with Genetics Education	6
EDSP443	Studies of Classroom Behaviour	6
EDSP472	Student Behaviour and Learning: Social Contexts and Diversity	6
EDSP480	Inclusive Education: Strategies in Context	6
EDSP482	Education of Children and Adolescents with Severe Behaviour Disorders	6
EDSP484	Educational Intervention for Children with Learning Difficulties	6
EDSP485	Introduction to Psychoeducational Assessment	6
EDSS473	Local Studies in Social Science	6
EDSS475	Religious Education	6
EDUC402	Developing Statistical Literacy	6
EDUC496	Special Topics (A) to be negotiated with academic	6
EDUC497	Special Topics (A) to be negotiated with academic	6
EHPS590	Research Methods I	6
GEPL352	Changing Communities: Development and Planning	6
HSCS410	Counselling Theory I	6
HSCS411	Counselling Theory 2	6
PDAB412	Comparing Indigenous Communities and Ethnic Minorities	6
PDAS401	Contemporary Organisation Theory	6
PDAS415	Managing Organisation Transition	6
PDAS416	Personnel and Quality in Administration	6
PDAS471	Educational Administration and Organisation; Principles and Issues	6
PDAS482	Tertiary Education: Administration and Management	6
PDAS484	Human Actions in Organisations	6
PDAS485	Comparative Higher Education Policy (Tertiary Education: Issues in Developing Countries)	6
PDLD410	Learning in Social Movements	6
PDLD470	Introduction to Adult Education and Training	6
PDLD471	Adult Learning	6
PDLD472	Teaching and Training Adults	6
PDLD473	Program Planning in Adult Education and Training	6
PDLD477	Portfolio Assessment in Adult-Workplace Learning	6
PDPS401	The Philosophy and Practice of Nonviolence	6
PDPS402	Environment and Peace	6
PDPS403	Globalisation, Cultures and Work	6
PDPS429	Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution	6
PDPS433	Professional Ethics in Contemporary Society	6
PDPS451	Building Peace in Post Conflict Situations	6
PDPS460	Frameworks for Intercultural Studies and Education	6
PDPS473	States of Disarray: Social Effects of Globalisation	6
SOCY319	Globilisation, Development and Social Change	6
	After completion of the Graduate Certificate in Education Studies from this University, undertake 24 credit points as follows: 12 credit points 400 level Group 2 electives (see above) 12 credit points 500 level Group 1 electives (see above)	6
	or any other unit approved by the Faculty	6
		6
Listed Elective units: Not more than 6 credit points from Group 3			0-6 cps
Unit Code	Unit Title	Unit cps
EDCX330	Educational Thought and Practice: Past and Present	6
EDIT312	Computers in Education	6
EDPE341 (EDPE440:12)	Sports Coaching – School Aged Children (Scientific Principles of Sports Coaching)	6
EDSP382	Behaviour Management	6
HS332	Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS, Education and Community Mobilisation	6
	or any other unit approved by the Faculty	6
Compulsory unit for students completing specialisation in Secondary English Education only: Complete the unit from Group 4			6 cps
EDEE598	Applying Critical Theory to the Teaching of English	6
Listed Elective units for students completing specialisation in Secondary English Education only: complete not more than 18 credit points from Group 5			0 -18cps cps
EDEE423/523	Teaching the Origins and Influences of Fantasy Literature	6
EDEE426	Issues in Teaching Senior English	6
EDEE428	Issues in Teaching Literacy	6
EDEE528	Advanced Study of Literacy Issues in Education	6
EDEE529	Literature Teaching and the Moral Imagination	6
EDLA403	Language, Society and Culture	6
EDLA410	Linguistics for Language Teachers	6
EDLA419	English as a World Language: Challenges for NESB Student	6
	or any other unit approved by the Faculty	6
Compulsory unit for students completing specialisation in Secondary English Education only: Complete the unit from Group 6			6 cps
ENGL490	Contemporary Literary Criticism: Theory and Practice	6
Elective units for students completing specialisation in Secondary English Education only: Complete not more than 18 credit points from Group 7			0 -18 cps
ABEN473	Australian Literature: Black and White	6
COMM423	New Media	6
COMM425	Popular Television Drama	6
COMM483	Film Genre	6
COMM485	Australian Film	6
COMM486	Screenwriting I	6
ECT403	Research in Writing	6
ENCO406	Writing for Work: Styles and Contexts	6
ENCO408	The Art of Non-Fiction	6
ENCO426	Persuading the Public: Rhetoric in Public Affairs	6
ENCO429	Publishing and Editing	6
ENGL404	Critical and Creative Writing: Through Literature	6
ENGL475	Feminism and Literature	6
LING452	Intercultural Communication	6
LING453	The English Language	6
WGCO427	Reading Popular Culture	6
WGCO488	Visual Pleasures: Feminism Goes to the Movies	6
	or any other unit approved by the Faculty	6
Listed Elective units for students completing specialisation in Archaeology and Ancient History only: Complete 24 credit points from Group 8			24 cps
EDSS471	Advanced Inquiry into Social Science Curriculum	6
EDUC596:12	Special Topics in Education (to be negotiated with academic)	12
EHPS590	Research Methods I	6
Complete the listed units (for students completing specialisation in Archaeology and Ancient History only)			12 cps
ARPA302	Aboriginal Archaeology	6
ARPA304	Studying the Human Past	6
Complete 12 credit points from Group 10: (for students completing specialisation in Archaeology and Ancient History only):			12 cps
ANCH410	Politics and Life in the Roman Republic, 201-31BC	6
ANCH422	Bronze Kingdom Egypt	6
ANCH424	Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids	6
ANCH425	New Kingdom Egypt and its Neighbours	6
ANCH451	The Origins of Western Warfare	6
	or any other unit approved by the Faculty
Listed Elective units for students completing specialisation in Computing Studies only: Complete 24 credit points from Group 11			24 cps
COMP503	Decision Support Systems	6
COMP504	Management Information Systems	6
COMP518	Non-Procedural Languages	6
COMP519	Compiler Construction	6
COMP520	Computer Networks	6
COMP531	Computer Science I	6
COMP532	Computer Science II	6
COMP582	Data Structures and Algorithms	6
COMP584	Software Engineering	6
COMP585	Object-Oriented Programming in Java	6
COMP586	Systems Analysis and Design	6
COMP587	Human Computer Interaction	6
COMP589	Databases	6
COMP592	Knowledge Management Systems	6
COMP593	Software Project Management	6
	or any other unit approved by the Faculty
Listed Elective units for students completing specialisation in Computing Studies only: Complete all units from Group 12			18 cps
EDIT418	Issues in Learning with ICT	6
EDIT419:12	Project on ICT in Learning	6
	or any other unit approved by the Faculty	6
Listed Elective units for students completing specialisation in Computing Studies only: Complete 6 credit points from Group 13			6cps
EDIT411	Principles and Practices of e-learning (Principles of Web Mediated Learning)	6
EDIT412	Microworlds: Thinking about Thinking (LOGO: The Language and Culture)	6
EDIT413	Social Computing Tools: Blogs, Wikis and Beyond (Introduction to Computer Mediated Learning)	6
EDIT415	Implementing ICT in Schools	6
EDIT417	Web Mediated Learning Communities	6
EDIT513	Multimedia in Education	6
EDUC496	Special Topics in Education (A)	6
EHPS590	Research Methods I	6
	or any other unit approved by the Faculty	6
Listed Elective units for students completing specialisation in Biological Sciences or Physical Sciences only: Complete 12 credit points from Group 14			12 cps
EDSE563	Foundations in Science Education	6
EHPS590	Research Methods I	6
	or any other unit approved by the Faculty
Listed Elective units for students completing specialisation in Biological Sciences or Physical Sciences only: Complete 18 credit points from Group 15			12 cps
EDSE464	Environment, Technology and Society	6
EDSE466	Science and Technology Education	6
EDSE467	Teaching Environmental Health in Soil and Water	6
	or any other unit approved by the Faculty
16. Listed Elective units for students completing specialisation in Biological Sciences only: Complete 24 credit points from Group 16			24 cps
BCHM510	Proteins- The Machines of Life	6
BCHM520	Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine	6
BCHM530	Molecular Biology (DNA Technology)	6
BOTY555	Plant Function and Environment	6
ECOL502	Aquatic Ecology	6
ECOL507	Ecology of Plant Population	6
ECOL510	Principles of Ecology	6
ECOL511	Ecology of Australian Vegetation	6
EVOL501	Biological Systematics	6
GENE540	Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology	6
MICR560	Biotechnology and Industrial Microbiology	6
PSIO523	Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology	6
PSIO531 (PSIO522)	Advanced Physiology I Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain	6
PSIO532 (PSIO521)	Advanced Physiology II (Blood, Cardiovascular and Respiratory Physiology)	6
SCI501	Special Topics in Science A	6
SCI502	Special Topics in Science B	6
ZOOL528	Insect-Plant Interactions	6
	or any other unit approved by the Faculty	6
Listed Elective units for students completing specialisation in or Physical Sciences only: Complete 24 credit points from Group 17			24 cps
BIOP520	Biomedical Applications of Biophysics	6
CHEM502	Organic Structure and Reactivity	6
CHEM503	Biological Organic Chemistry	6
CHEM505	Applied Physical Chemistry	6
CHEM506	Materials Chemistry	6
CHEM507	Biological Inorganic Chemistry	6
PHYS501	Symmetry, Spectroscopy and Quantum Mechanics	6
PHYS511	Digital Electronic Systems	6
SCI501	Special Topics in Science A	6
SCI502	Special Topics in Science b	6
	or any other unit approved by the Faculty
Total			48 cps

Course Plans

For candidates studying Full-Time 48cps per year or 24cps per semester

Year	Semester 1	Semester 2
1	Listed Group 1 unit	Listed Group 1 unit
	Listed Group 2 unit	Listed Group 2 unit
	Listed Group 2 unit	Listed Group 2 unit
	Listed Group 2 unit	Listed Group 2 unit