Course details

Summary

Find out how you can build knowledge, skills and experience in critiquing and understanding educational research and undertake your own research through completion of a dissertation.

Programme highlights:

• Opportunity to build knowledge, skills and experience in educational research.
• Includes a 60-point dissertation on a research area of interest.
• Courses are offered by a range of delivery modes.

Opportunities:

The Master of Professional Studies in Education will be of special interest to teachers with three years of teaching experience who hold either a Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Secondary, Primary or Early Childhood Education) or a Bachelor of Physical Education (four-year degree) as it allows you to go from these qualifications directly to study at Masters Level. It is also a master’s option for those who have completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Education.

Content:

The programme includes an approved 30-point research methods course, a 60-point dissertation and a 30-point course associated with your research area, giving a coherent whole to the programme of study.

Programme structure

Requirement

Taught Masters

30 points from EDCURRIC 716, EDUC 735, 787, EDPRAC 751, EDPROFST 754, 757
60 points from EDPROFST 793 Dissertation, EDCURRIC 797 Dissertation, EDPROFM 797 Dissertation
30 points from courses relevant to the area of study from EDUC 700–764, 776, 777, 787, 791, EDCURRIC 700, 702–706, 708, 714–718, 720, 724, 728, 729, 740, 750, 760, 763, 791, EDPRAC 750, 751, 752, EDPROFST 700–708, 714–757, 760–779, 782–788, EDPROFM 700, 701, 702, or other 700 level courses in another subject relevant to the area of study

The approval of the Heads of all Departments in which a student applies to enrol is required.

Note: Enrolment is expected to be continuous, but where enrolments include 15 point courses a period of up to 4 years is permitted for completion.

Further study:

From a master’s degree you can go on to doctoral study. The Faculty of Education and Social Work offers two programmes at doctoral level – the Doctor of Education (EdD) and the Doctor of Philosophy in Education (PhD).

Entry criteria

Applicants should have completed the requirements for either a four-year bachelor’s degree or, a bachelors (honours) degree or a bachelor’s degree and a professional qualification in education equivalent to one year’s advanced study. In addition, students must have at least three years of teaching experience.

English language requirements:
IELTS 6.5; TOEFL (iBT) 90; TOEFL (paper-based) 575; CAE or CPE 176; PTE 58; MELAB 85.