Master of Teaching

Requirements

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Before applying, make sure you double check all entry requirements, gather required documentation and review the University’s Rules Relating to Awards, noting any specifics listed below.

Entry requirements

Applicants’ qualifications must meet the requirements for admission for:

1. secondary graduate study as advised by the Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards' Graduate Teacher Standard Descriptor 2.1.1 (Subject Content Knowledge) or be able to meet these requirements by completing no more than two units which on all occasions will be undertaken as part of the degree; or
2. early childhood (Birth to 5 years) graduate study as advised by the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA).

To meet the minimum English language requirement an applicant must satisfy one of the following criteria:

1. have completed senior secondary study equivalent of Australian Year 12 where:
   1. the required study was undertaken in either Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), the United States of America, Canada or the Republic of Ireland; and
   2. the language of instruction was English; or
   3. achieved a minimum test score equal to or above the minimum listed below:
      1. International English Language Test System (IELTS). The applicant must have a minimum overall score of 7.5, including a minimum result of 8.0 in both the speaking and listening modules and 7.0 in reading and writing; or
      2. International Second Language Proficiency Rating (ISLPR). The applicant must have a score of at least 4+ in each of the four areas: speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Credit for prior learning

Candidates may be granted advanced standing in accordance with the Advanced Standing and Recognition of Prior Learning policy.

Course requirements

To be eligible for the award of Master of Teaching, a candidate shall successfully complete not less than sixteen (16) units comprising:

1. all units listed in Part A of the Schedule of Units;
2. ten (10) additional units which comprise:

   for a Secondary stream

   1. all units listed in Part B; and four (4) units including two (2) sequential units from Part C, and
   2. two (2) additional sequential units from Part C, or
   3. two (2) units from Part F.

   for an Early Childhood stream

   1. all units listed in Part D of the Schedule of Units in accordance with ACECQA’s admission requirements

3. all units listed in Part E.

4. Both components of the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) as required by the Federal Government.

Permission to undertake a professional experience placement will at all times be at the discretion of the Head of the School of Education.

Course structure