Postgraduate Handbook 2007

Faculty of Education

Graduate and Postgraduate Diplomas

Postgraduate Diploma in Science and Technology Education – Melbourne (Bundoora) (EDPSTE)

Course brochure

The course is designed to upgrade teacher qualifications in science, mathematics and/or technology by integrating further studies in these disciplines with postgraduate education studies. The course caters for science or mathematics teachers and teacher educators who wish to upgrade their existing teaching skills. Participants will have the opportunity to select units appropriate to their existing fields of science, mathematics and technology teaching or teacher education.

Duration

The course is one year full-time or two to three years part-time.

Admission requirements

Applicants should have a recognised teaching qualification and normally have successfully completed appropriate tertiary studies of at least a sub-major sequence in science, mathematics or technology. Candidates who have also successfully completed a specialist graduate diploma in an area related to science or mathematics education may progress directly to the Master of Science and Technology Education.

Course structure

The course consists of 120 credit points of study and is Part 1 of a two-year Master’s program consisting of the Postgraduate Diploma in Science and Technology Education and the Master of Science and Technology Education. The postgraduate diploma contains a minimum of 45 credit points of education units and a minimum of 45 credit points of science or mathematics units, with the remaining 30 credit points selected from either science or mathematics, or education.

and one of

Plus relevant science, mathematics or technology degree units in accordance with the course requirements normally from Level 3 or 4 units from the Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering.

Key: 1 Not available in 2007.

A full description of units, including the unit name, unit code, credit points, campus/location, unit coordinator, class requirements, assessment, prerequisites and readings, appears at the end of this chapter. For the most recent descriptions of units students should access the unit database at www.latrobe.edu.au/udb_public