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Graduate Certificate in Education (GCE)
n/a
1GC002:1GC502
GCE
FACULTY, EDUCATION, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
HE
0.5 year/s
1 year/s
40
About the Course
Admission Requirements
Credit Transfer and Pathways
Course Structure
Recommended Study Plan
Course Fees

Availability
No
No
This course is for re-enrolling students

This course may not be deferred.

Location and Mode Offered
Currently no Course Offering Information available

Full fee paying and Commonwealth Supported places are available for this course. Separate SATAC course codes are allocated to each fee option.


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This course is suitable for professional educators and practising teachers who are engaged in the following: change management, policy formation, the delivery of professional development and training programs, tertiary education, informal and non-formal education in community-orientated programs, working with volunteers and youth groups.

Applicants should note that the Graduate Certificate is not a teaching qualification and is not suitable for those seeking a qualification to teach in the Northern Territory.



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This course is no longer available for admission. It is only open to existing students who have already been offered a place and completed one or more units of study.

Successful completion of a recognised bachelors degree or equivalent is normally required. Applicants with experience equivalent to three years undergraduate study and professional experience in an area related to teaching in the compulsory or post-compulsory years of school or in early childhood education may also be considered.


For information about credit transfer available to students with complete or incomplete study at this or other Institutions refer to Pathways for Higher Education to Higher Education



The information provided for this course was valid for the final year of enrolment. Students continuing in this course may find there have been some changes to the unit availability. Students should, in the first instance, refer to the recommended study plan in the newest version of this course to make their unit selection for the current year.
Every re-enrolling student will be able to complete their current course of study. As a continuing student you should always consider transferring to the newest course version to enable you to take advantage of new and exciting changes to university programs.

If you have any queries, or concerns about your course progression that you would like clarified, please contact enrolmenthelp@cdu.edu.au, or the relevant Faculty Academic Liaison Unit or Institute of Advanced Studies School office:
Education, Health & Science: (08) 8946 7357
Law, Business and Arts: (08) 8946 7305
Graduate School for Health Practice: (08) 8946 7179
Menzies School of Health Research: (08) 8922 7873

The Graduate Certificate in Education is designed to meet the professional learning needs of educators in school and non school settings, including VET and early childhood care and education services.

The course offers opportunities to negotiate a personalised learning pathway suited to the specific needs of the educational or professional context.



A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 40 credit points as detailed below.

Unit type
Credit Points
Specific requirements
Core
0
There are no Compulsory Core units required for this coures
Specialist Electives
(4 units)
40
Units totalling 40 credit points selected from one fo the following study sequences:

Professional Learning
EPL401 Professional Learning 1
EPL402 Professional Learning 2
EPL403 Professional Learning 3
EPL404 Professional Learning 4

or units selected from the Master of Education. Other Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma or Master's level units from across the university, or Indigenous education/knowledge units from BIITE may be acceptable. Selection of units must be negotiated in consultation with the Postgraduate Theme Leader.
40
Total Credit Points


This course will no longer be available for intake as of 2011.

To be eligible to receive this Award students must have completed 40 credit points from  the following list of units:  EPL401, EPL402, EPL403, EPL404, EAL503, EAL505, EAL508, EME503, EME504, EME508, ETL339, ETL401, ETL402, ETP403, ETP404, ETP406, ETP463, ETP490, HIT151, HIT191, ICT439, ICT440, ICT441.


COURSE CHANGES and TRANSITION ARRANGEMENTS


Students enrolled in this course prior to 2011 will note there have been some changes to this course, the most significant of these being:

2011 Changes

This course is no longer available for entry as of 2011. All continuing students can complete the course under the transitional arrangements above or 2010  course requirements.

Students have the option to choose EPL401, EPL402, EPL403 or EPL404 to complete the course in 2011.

2010 Changes


As of 2010 the following sequences and units are no longer available


Tertiary Teaching and Learning
ETP403 Context of Learning Communities
ETP463 Adult Learning
ETP404 Managing Learning Contexts

Middle Schools
ETL401 Middle Schooling Contexts and Approaches
ETL402 Leadership in Middle Schooling

Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
ICT439 Contexts of ICT in Education
ICT440 ICT and Learning Today
ICT441 Innovation in ICT Application to Education
PRIT002 Advanced Mobile Web
or
HIT125 Application Concepts
or
HIT191The E-ticket

2009 Changes


ETP403, ETP404, ETP463 are no longer on offer
Students have the option to choose EPL401, EPL402, EPL403 or EPL404 if they intend to complete the Tertiary Teaching and Learning or the Professional Learning Sequence of Study.



Further Assistance
For further assistance please contact the Information Centre on (08) 8946 7766 or 1800 061 963. Information Centre staff will assist you with applying for or enrolling in a course and provide assistance with timetables, fees, HECS, external materials, enrolment changes and many other issues.
If you are a continuing student and have any queries about your course progression that you would like clarified, please contact enrolmenthelp@cdu.edu.au, or the relevant Faculty Academic Liaison Unit or Institute of Advanced Studies School office:

Education, Health &; Science: (08) 8946 7357
Law, Business and Arts: (08) 8946 7305
Graduate School for Health Practice: (08) 8946 7179
Menzies School of Health Research: (08) 8922 7873

  • Unit Repository - provides general information about each unit including a brief description and the semester and mode offered.
  • Timetables - provide detail on the individual class times for units offered internally. Timetables for the following academic year are available from the middle of December each year.
  • Bookshop - if text books have been prescribed, recommended or ordered for units in this course, details are available by unit code through the Casuarina Campus Bookshop.


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Study plans for 2011 are accurate as at 3 August 2010. The University reserves the right to make changes up until 1 October 2010.  2011 unit offering and fee information will be available from 1 October 2010.

 

Students Commencing in Semester 1


The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 1 and undertaking a standard part time load.

Legend:CU = Common UnitCO = Core UnitSE = Specialist ElectiveE = Elective

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING Sequence
Semester 1
Semester 2
Year 1
EPL401 Professional Learning 1
SE
EPL403 Professional Learning 3
SE
EPL402 Professional Learning 2
SE
EPL404 Professional Learning 4
SE




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Increased knowledge within the education sector with opportunities to undertake further study.

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Commonwealth Supported places are available in this course to students who meet one of the following residency requirements: (a) Australian Citizenship; (b) a New Zealand citizen or a permanent resident visa holder who will be resident within Australia for the duration of the unit. Unit fees for 2011 will be published on 1 October 2011. Further information about 2009 and 2010 unit fees can be found at http://www.cdu.edu.au/hesa/fees.html or http://www.goingtouni.gov.au
Full fee paying places are available in this course.
Fees and charges for 2011 will be published on 1 October 2011
Fees and charges for 2009 and 2010 can be found at  www.cdu.edu.au/hesa/fees.html.

For further information about the course, enrolment procedures, closing dates and other administrative issues please contact Student Services on:
courses@cdu.edu.au
(08) 8946 7766 or freecall 1800 061 963

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