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Coursework Master’s Degrees

Master of Arts in Student Welfare and Guidance – Bendigo (RMASWG) 1, Melbourne (Bundoora) (RMASGB), Albury-Wodonga (RMASGW)

Note: 1 Not available in 2007.

Course brochure

The course is for teachers or graduates with an interest in the area of student welfare or educational counselling and guidance. The program requires no previous counselling experience and is designed to provide additional skills and understandings to educators who take on a student welfare oriented role in their school or institution.

Duration

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

Admission requirements

Candidates with a three-year Bachelor degree are eligible for entry to a two-year program (240 credit points) consisting of the Graduate Diploma in Student Welfare or another approved graduate diploma course and the Master of Arts in Student Welfare and Guidance. Applicants to the one-year program (120 credit points) should have a recognised teaching qualification with three years of experience. Candidates with alternative qualifications and relevant work experience may apply for special entry to the course.

Course structure

The course is available in Master strands 3 and 4. Please refer to the earlier description for details. Candidates who enter the final year of the Master’s program are required to complete 120 credit points of study.

Units offered at the Bendigo Campus
Teaching period
Unit title
Unit code
TE-SEM-S ‘At Risk’ Students: critical considerations EDU5ARS
TE-SEM-1 Research Methods in Education EDU5RME
TE-SEM-1 Teachers as Counsellors EDU4TAC
TE-SEM-1
or
TE-SEM-2		 Minor Thesis EDU5MTH
TE-SEM-2 Approaches to Pastoral Care1 EDU4APC
TE-SEM-2 Positive Behaviour Plans EDU5PBP
TE-SEM-2 Consultation and Change EDU5CAC
TE-SEM-2 Working With Families EDU4WWF

Key: 1 Not available in 2007.

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

Units offered at Melbourne (Bundoora) Campus
Teaching period
Unit title
Unit code
TE-SEM-1 Approaches to Pastoral Care EDU4APC
TE-SEM-1 Counselling Workshop EDU4CWS
TE-SEM-S Classroom Discipline EDU4CSD
TE-SEM-1 Approaches to Humanistic Psychology1 EDU4AHS
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 in Teaching, Counselling and Nursing EDU5PCA
TE-SEM-1 Research Methods in Education EDU5RME
TE-SEM-1 Working With Different Learning Needs EDU5WWD
TE-SEM-2 ‘At Risk’ Students: critical considerations EDU5ARS
TE-SEM-2 Curriculum Design and Implementation EDU5CDI
TE-SEM-2 Field Experience in School Counselling and Guidance EDU5FXP
TE-SEM-2 Holistic Education EDU4HE
TE-SEM-2 Leadership and Supervision Skills EDU5LSS
TE-SEM-1
or
TE-SEM-2		 Minor thesis# EDU5MTH
Units offered at 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 Counselling Workshop1 EDU4CWS
TE-SEM-1 Intercultural Communication and Education1 EDU5CCU
TE-SEM-1 Interpersonal skills1 EDU4IS
TE-SEM-1 Issues in Special Education EDU5SEI
TE-SEM-1
or
TE-SEM-2		 Minor thesis# EDU5MTH
TE-SEM-1 Modes and Structures of Consciousness1 EDU5MC
TE-SEM-1 Research Methods in Education EDU5RME
TE-SEM-2 Classroom Discipline and Student Responsibility EDU4CSD
TE-SEM-2 Field Experience in School Counselling and Guidance EDU5FXP
TE-SEM-2 Gender and Education EDU5GE
TE-SEM-2 Holistic Education1 EDU4HE
TE-SEM-2 Person Centred Approach to Teaching, Counselling and Nursing1 EDU5PCA

Or an alternative unit from the Master of Education listing with the approval of the course convenor.

Key:
1 Not available in 2007.
# The minor thesis may be taken part-time over one year. Each part-time unit code has a value of 30 credit points: EDU5MTA and EDU5MTB

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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