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Faculty of Education

Graduate and Postgraduate Diplomas

Graduate Diploma in Student Welfare – Bendigo (RGSWF) 1, Melbourne (Bundoora) (EDGSW), Albury-Wodonga (EDGSWW), Mildura (EDGSWM)1, Shepparton (EDGSWP)1

Note: 1 Not available in 2007.

Course brochure

The course provides a professional qualification for student welfare coordinators or for teachers interested in developing a career path in student welfare or associated roles. The course aims to provide candidates with specific understandings and skills that will enhance their performance in pastoral care and student welfare.

Duration

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

Admission requirements

Normally applicants should have an approved teaching qualification and a minimum of three years of teaching experience. Candidates with a Bachelor degree may apply and will be considered based on their background and experience.

Course structure

The course consists of 120 credit points of study. Units are selected from the following:

Units offered at the Bendigo Campus
Teaching period
Unit title
Unit code
TE-SEM-S ‘At Risk’ Students: critical considerations EDU5ARS
TE-SEM-1 Teachers as Counsellors EDU4TAC
TE-SEM-2 Approaches to Pastoral Care1 EDU4APC
Elective units
Teaching period
Unit title
Unit code
TE-SEM-2 Positive Behaviour Plans EDU4PBP
TE-SEM-2 Working With Families EDU4WWF
TE-SEM-2 Helping and Change EDU4HC

Key: 1 Not available in 2007.

Note: With the approval of the course coordinator, students may select an alternative elective from the graduate diploma or Master’s unit listing or from other faculty unit listings. Students should consult a course adviser at the campus of enrolment.

Units offered at the Melbourne (Bundoora) Campus
Teaching period
Unit title
Unit code
TE-SEM-S Classroom Discipline EDU4CSD
TE-SEM-1 Approaches to Humanistic Psychology1 EDU5AHS
TE-SEM-1 Approaches to Pastoral Care EDU4APC
TE-SEM-1 Counselling Workshop EDU4CWS
TE-SEM-1 Intercultural Communication and Education EDU5CCU
TE-SEM-1 Interpersonal Skills1 EDU4IS
TE-SEM-1 Modes and Structures of Consciousness1 EDU5MC
TE-SEM-1 Person-centred Approach to Teaching, Counselling and Nursing EDU5PCA
TE-SEM-1 Working with Different Learning Needs EDU5WWD
TE-SEM-2 ‘At Risk’ Students: critical considerations EDU5ARS
TE-SEM-2 Education and Cultural Diversity1 EDU5ECD
TE-SEM-2 Holistic Education EDU4HE
TE-SEM-2 Leadership and Supervision Skills EDU5LSS

Key: 1 Not available in 2007.

Note: With the approval of the course coordinator, students may select an elective from the Education graduate diploma or Master’s unit listing or from other faculty unit listings.

Units offered at the Albury-Wodonga Campus
Teaching period
Unit title
Unit code
TE-SEM-S Approaches to Pastoral Care EDU4APC
TE-SEM-S ‘At Risk’ Students: critical considerations1 EDU5ARS
TE-SEM-S Education and Cultural Diversity1 EDU5ECD
TE-SEM-1 Approaches to Humanistic Psychology1 EDU5AHS
TE-SEM-1 Counselling Workshop1 EDU4CWS
TE-SEM-1 Interpersonal Skills1 EDU4IS
TE-SEM-1 Leadership and Supervision Skills EDU5LSS
TE-SEM-2 Classroom Discipline and Student Responsibility EDU4CSD
TE-SEM-2 Gender and Education EDU5GE
TE-SEM-2 Holistic Education1 EDU4HE
TE-SEM-2 Person Centred Approach in Teaching, Counselling and Nursing1 EDU5PCA

Key: 1 Not available in 2007.

Note: With the approval of the course coordinator, students may select an elective from the Education graduate diploma or Master’s unit listing or from other faculty unit listings.

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

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Last Updated: 2 November, 2006

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