Postgraduate Handbook 2007

Faculty of Education

Graduate and Postgraduate Diplomas

Graduate Diploma in Vocational Education and Training – Bendigo (RGVET), Melbourne (Bundoora) (HGVET), Shepparton (RGVETP), Albury-Wodonga (RGVETW), Mildura (RGVETM)

Course brochure

This course is offered jointly with approved institutes of TAFE. The course provides a teacher education credential designed for those who are currently involved with teaching in training environments such as industry or TAFE, or those who have an interest in this area.

Duration

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

Admission requirements

A Bachelor degree or a professional qualification that satisfies requirements for employment in the TAFE sector is required; that is, a minimum of Level 3 Certificate plus five years of industry experience.

Course structure

This course has a total of 120 credit points and consists of six units.

The following units are taken at the university.

Teaching period

and one of

The following units are taken with an approved TAFE institute.

Key:
¹ Not available in 2007.
² There may be an option to take this unit at either TAFE or La Trobe University.
³ Students receive advanced standing for these units by undertaking the TAFE Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAA04).

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.