Faculty of Education

This Graduate Diploma is designed to offer three-year trained teachers the opportunity to add depth and breadth to their previous qualification.

Course outline

There are six semester length units and a major paper, the latter representing 25 percent of the course requirements.

Most classes are scheduled after school hours. Each unit consists of 25 hours per semester.

A variety of methods is used. The most common pattern includes seminar presentation and/or assignments to a total of 5000-6000 words per unit.

At least two of:

At least one from Curriculum I and/or Curriculum II:

If necessary to make up number of points required, you can chose units from the undergraduate units available in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; the Faculty of Life and Physical Sciences; the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences; or, with the approval of the Faculty following consultation as appropriate, any other faculty.

If you want to extend your teaching areas, one unit may be taken from the list of curriculum minors associated with the initial teacher training program offered by the GSE. These include English, LOTE, Mathematics, Information and Communication Technology, Science, Society and Environment and TESOL. The remaining units will come from the general list of options available in the initial teacher training diploma. The major paper will be prepared on a topic of the candidate's choice. It is expected that the paper will be on a topic of direct relevance to their teaching experiences.

Note: You are only permitted to include for credit towards the diploma units to a value of more than 12 points offered outside the Faculty.

Admission requirements

Domestic students

A bachelor's degree, or a three-year teaching qualification from a recognised teacher training institution

All UWA coursework programs: English Language Competence

International students

All UWA coursework programs: English Language Competence

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