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Master of Education (with specialisations) Articulated Set

By coursework

Normal course duration

Master of Education (with specialisations)

Full-time 1.0 years (2.0 sessions)

Graduate Diploma of Educational Studies [exit point only]

Full-time 1.0 years (2.0 sessions)

Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies [exit point only]

Full-time 0.5 years (1.0 sessions)

Normal course duration is the effective period of time taken to complete a course when studied Full-time (Full-time Equivalent: FTE). Students are advised to consult the Enrolment Pattern for the actual length of study. Not all courses are offered in Full-time mode.

This course may utilise a three session per year teaching calendar. Students should consult the Enrolment Pattern for availability of subjects in Session 3, or contact their Course Coordinator.

Admission criteria CSU Admission Policy

Master of Education (with specialisations)

An applicant for admission to candidature for the degree of Master of Education must have at least the following minimum qualifications:

• hold the degree of Bachelor of Education or equivalent from an approved tertiary institution and have a minimum of 1 years experience in an educational role at graduate level;
  or
• hold the degree of Bachelor of Education (Honours) or equivalent from an approved tertiary institution;
  or
• hold a Bachelor degree or equivalent from an approved tertiary institution with an end-on integrated professional teaching qualification (such as a Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma or Bachelor of Teaching);
  or
• possess other qualifications deemed to be equivalent by the Faculty.

Credit CSU Credit Policy

Master of Education (with specialisations)

Credit may be granted where a student has completed study at an appropriate level beyond an initial four years of tertiary study where this study does not constitute part of the admission criteria.

The following credit arrangements have been put in place for the Master of Education and the following Specialisations:

• Educational Leadership
• Information Technologies
• Contemporary Literacies
• Educational Research

EDU51C - Education Studies Level 5 Subject - 8 subject points Transfer Credit (TCR) will be granted where an applicant has successfully completed the Experienced Principals Development Course (EPDC) delivered by the Ontario Principals Council and accredited by the Ontario Council of Teachers.

EDU51C - Education Studies Level 5 Subject - 8 subject points Transfer Credit (TCR) will be granted where an applicant has successfully completed the standard Principals Qualification Programs (PQPs) Part 1 and Part 2 delivered by providers accredited by the Ontario Council of Teachers.

EDU51C - Education Studies Level 5 Subject - 8 points Transfer Credit (TCR) will be granted where an applicant has successfully completed the Special Education for Administrators Program delivered by providers accredited by the Ontario Council of Teachers.

ESA501 Mapping the Field of Educational Leadership - 8 subject point Transfer Credit (TCR) and ESA502 Educational Leadership in Contemporary Organisations - 8 subject points Transfer Credit (TCR) will be granted where an applicant has completed the enhanced Masters Dimension Principals Qualification Program (PQP) Part 1 and Part 2 developed in partnership between CSU and the Ontario Principals Council and accredited by the Ontario Council of Teachers.

ESA501 Mapping the Field of Educational Leadership - 8 subject point Transfer Credit (TCR) and ESA502 Educational Leadership in Contemporary Organisations - 8 subject points Transfer Credit (TCR) will be granted where an applicant has completed the enhanced Masters Dimension Principals Qualification Program (PQP) Part 1 and Part 2, developed in partnership between CSU and the Catholic Principals Council of Ontario and accredited by the Ontario Council of Teachers.

EDU51C - Education Studies Level 5 Subject - 8 subject points Transfer Credit (TCR)  will be granted on the basis of three part Additional Qualification (AQ) (includes three part specialist short courses that are recognised by Ontario College of Teachers (OCT)) .

EDU51C - Education Studies Level 5 Subject - 8 subject points Transfer (TCR) credit will be granted on the basis of Honour Specialist (an appropriate Secondary Specialist course, with an Honours degree, as recognised by Ontario College of Teachers (OCT)).

EDU51C - Level 5 Education Studies Level 5 Subject - 16 points Transfer Credit (TCR) will be granted on the basis of a Combined (double) Honour Specialist (two appropriate Secondary Specialist courses, with an Honours degree, as recognised by Ontario College of Teachers (OCT)).

Articulation

The Master, the Graduate Diploma [exit point only] and the Graduate Certificate [exit point only] make up an articulated set of courses and credit is given in each higher level course for the subjects completed in the lower.

Graduation requirement

Master of Education (with specialisations)

To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 64 points.

Graduate Diploma of Educational Studies [exit point only]

To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 64 points.

Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies [exit point only]

To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 32 points.

Course structure

This course consists of 64 points of study. A maximum of two 8-point level 4 subjects may be chosen (except with prior written permission from the Course Coordinator*). The requirements for the individual Master of Education program and specialisations are listed below.

* Normally available to those students intending on exiting with the Graduate Diploma of Educational Studies.

Master of Education

The general Master of Education (MEd) has two compulsory subjects, namely,

EER504 Education as a Profession in the 21st Century* (which must be undertaken in the first session of study);
EEB503 Reflecting on Education as a Profession in the 21st Century (which must be undertaken in the final session of study); and

48 points (or the equivalent of six 8-point subjects) chosen from

EEB501 Preparing a Literature Review
EEL500 Mentoring, Leadership and Change
EEL510 Leading Professional Learning Organisations
EER501 Qualitative Research Methods
EER502 Quantitative Research Methods
ELN500 Exploring Literature
ELS503 Teaching Reading in a Diverse World
ELS504 Understanding Writing
EML436 The Multimodal Writing Process
EMT501 Educational Applications of Information Technology
EMT503 Leadership in Learning and Teaching with ICT
EPT502 Issues in Professional Learning
EEB504 Data-informed Practice
ERP502 Master of Education Project (16 points)
EER505 Researching to Inform Practice
ESA501 Mapping the Field of Educational Leadership
ESA502 Educational Leadership in Contemporary Organisations
ESA503 Leading Educational Change
ESA504 Education Policy Analysis
ESA513 Leading Learning
ESC515 Classroom Technologies
ESC516 Web Pedagogies
ESS540 Designing the Inclusive School.

Subjects that are suitable and relevant to the aims and objectives of this course may be selected from within or external to the University. A maximum of 16 points (two 8-point subjects) may be chosen except with prior written permission from the Course Coordinator.

Master of Education (Educational Leadership)

The Master of Education (Educational Leadership) consists of 64 points (or the equivalent of eight 8-point subjects) including two compulsory education subjects, namely, EER504 Education as a Profession in the 21st Century* (which must be undertaken in the first session of study) and EEB503 Reflecting on Education as a Profession in the 21st Century (which must be undertaken in the final session of study). Students must also complete a minimum of 32 points (or the equivalent of four 8-point subjects) from the Educational Leadership specialisation as shown below and a further 16 points (or the equivalent of two 8-point subjects).

ESA501 Mapping the Field of Educational Leadership
ESA502 Educational Leadership in Contemporary Organisations
ESA504 Education Policy Analysis
and choose one from:
ESA503 Leading Educational Change
ESA513 Leading Learning

Master of Education (Information Technologies)

The Master of Education (Information Technologies) consists of 64 points (or the equivalent of eight 8-point subjects) including two compulsory education subjects, namely, EER504 Education as a Profession in the 21st Century* (which must be undertaken in the first session of study) and EEB503 Reflecting on Education as a Profession in the 21st Century (which must be undertaken in the final session of study). Students must also complete a minimum of 32 points (or the equivalent of four 8-point subjects) from the Information Technologies specialisation as shown below and a further 16 points (or the equivalent of two 8-point subjects).

ESC515 Classroom Technologies
ESC516 Web Pedagogies
EMT501 Educational Applications of Information Technology
EMT503 Leadership in Learning and Teaching with ICT

Master of Education (Contemporary Literacies)

The Master of Education (Contemporary Literacies) consists of 64 points (or the equivalent of eight 8-point subjects) including two compulsory education subjects, namely, EER504 Education as a Profession in the 21st Century* (which must be undertaken in the first session of study) and EEB503 Reflecting on Education as a Profession in the 21st Century (which must be undertaken in the final session of study). Students must also complete a minimum of 32 points (or the equivalent of four 8-point subjects) from the Contemporary Literacies specialisation as shown below and a further 16 points (or the equivalent of two 8-point subjects).

ELN500 Exploring Literature
ELS503 Teaching Reading in a Diverse World
ELS504 Understanding Writing
EML436 The Multimodal Writing Process

Master of Education (Educational Research)

The Master of Education (Educational Research) consists of 64 points (or the equivalent of eight 8-point subjects) including one compulsory education subject, namely, EER504 Education as a Profession in the 21st Century* (which must be undertaken in the first session of study). Students must also complete a minimum of 32 points (or the equivalent of four 8-point subjects) from the Educational Research specialisation as shown below and a further 24 (or the equivalent of three 8-point subjects) or 16 points (or the equivalent of two 8-point subjects).

EER500 Introduction to Educational Research
EER501 Qualitative Research Methods
EER502 Quantitative Research Methods
and choose one from:
EEB501 Preparing a Literature Review (must be undertaken in final session of study)
ERP502 Master of Education Project (16 points) (must be undertaken in final two sessions of study)

Note 1: With the permission of the Course Coordinator, students may be able to substitute one subject in a specialisation (with EEB501 Preparing a Literature Review) or two subjects in a specialisation (with ERP502 Master of Education Project [16 points]). If EEB501 and/or ERP502 are to be included as substitutes the submissions required in these two subjects must be based on a topic related to the specialisation.

Note 2: Before enrolling in ERP502 MEd Project, students are strongly advised to complete EER500 Introduction to Educational Research, EER501 Qualitative Research Methods or EER502 Quantitative Research Methods and EEB501 Preparing a Literature Review.

* Key Subject

EER504 Education as a Profession in the 21st Century is a key subject in all courses.

Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies (exit point only)

Students wishing to exit from the MEd with a Graduate Certificate must have completed four subjects (32 points).

Graduate Diploma of Educational Studies (exit point only)

Students wishing to exit from the MEd with a Graduate Diploma must have completed eight subjects (64 points).

Enrolment pattern

Because there are a limited number of compulsory subjects in the MEd it is impossible to provide a specific enrolment pattern. The patterns shown below indicate possible patterns of study utilising Session 1 and Session 2. However, some subjects in the MEd program are also offered in Session 3 and enrolment in this Session is also possible.

Master of Education

General program and Specialisations in:

• Educational Leadership;
• Information Technologies; and
• Contemporary Literacies.

Full-time

Year 1 Session 1
EER504 Education as a Profession in the 21st Century
[ ] Restricted elective / Specialisation 1
[ ] Restricted elective / Specialisation 2
[ ] Restricted elective

Year 1 Session 2
EEB503 Reflecting on Education as a Profession in the 21st Century
[ ] Restricted elective / Specialisation 3
[ ] Restricted elective / Specialisation 4
[ ] Restricted elective

Part-time

Year 1 Session 1
EER504 Education as a Profession in the 21st Century
[ ] Restricted elective / Specialisation 1
Year 1 Session 2
[ ] Restricted elective / Specialisation 2
[ ] Restricted elective / Specialisation 3

Year 2 Session 1
[ ] Restricted elective / Specialisation 4
[ ] Restricted elective
Year 2 Session 2
EEB503 Reflecting on Education as a Profession in the 21st Century
[ ] Restricted elective

Note: For Master of Education – Specialisations in: Educational Leadership; Information Technologies; Contemporary Literacies the above enrolment pattern will include a minimum of 32 points from the specialisation subjects as Restricted electives.

Master of Education (Educational Research)

Full-time

Year 1 Session 1
EER504 Education as a Profession in the 21st Century
EER500 Introduction to Educational Research
EEB501 Preparing a Literature Review or [ ] Restricted Elective
ERP502 Master of Education Project (16 points) – commenced or [ ] Restricted Elective

Year 1 Session 2
EER501 Qualitative Research Methods
EER502 Quantitative Research Methods
ERP502 Master of Education Project (16 points) – completed or [ ] Restricted Elective
[ ] Restricted Elective

Part-time

Year 1 Session 1
EER504 Education as a Profession in the 21st Century
EER500 Introduction to Educational Research
Year 1 Session 2
EER501 Qualitative Research Methods
EER502 Quantitative Research Methods

Year 2 Session 1
EEB501 Preparing a Literature Review
ERP502 Master of Education Project (16 points) – commenced or [ ] Restricted Elective
Year 2 Session 2
ERP502 Master of Education Project (16 points) – completed or [ ] Restricted Elective
[ ] Restricted Elective

Note: For the Master of Education (Educational Research) specialisation the above enrolment pattern will include a minimum of 32 points from the specialisation subjects including EER500 , EER501 , EER502 and EEB501 and/or ERP502 .

Contact

For further information about Charles Sturt University, or this course offering, please contact info.csu on 1800 334 733 (free call within Australia) or email inquiry@csu.edu.au

The information contained in the 2015 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: February 2015. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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