UTS course code: C04190
Testamur title: Master of Education in Higher and Professional Education
Abbreviation: MEd
Course fee: HECS/$200 per cp (local); $6,900 per semester (international)
Total credit points: 48

Overview
Course aims
Admission requirements
Advanced standing
Attendance
Course duration
Course structure
Assessment
Articulation and progression
Other information

Overview

The Master of Education in Higher and Professional Education is designed to meet the needs of a broad range of practitioners who work in higher education institutions, professional bodies or other organisations involved in professional development work.

Course aims

The aims of the course are identical to those for the Master of Education (C04200), except in so far as these are specifically focused on the domain of higher and professional education. See the section under the Master of Education.

Admission requirements

Admission to the course is based on a Bachelor's degree with evidence of appropriate involvement and experience in higher education in a professional or voluntary capacity.

Advanced standing

The course Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and Learning (C11154) receives 12 credit points of advanced standing into this program.

Attendance

Three main delivery modes are used: (a) weekly on campus, (b) intensive weekend block with distance study, and (c) full distance study. A non-refundable administration fee applies to all subjects where students choose distance mode (to apply from 2004). This fee is $50 per distance subject (pending final UTS approval).

Course duration

The course can be completed full time over two semesters. The course can also be undertaken part time over three to eight semesters.

Course structure

The open structure of the rest of the course allows flexible patterns of study enabling you to choose a pathway through the subjects on offer which fits your particular interest and career needs.

Core subjects

013376 Understanding Learning in Higher and Professional Education
016010 Assessing Learning
013706 e-Learning Experiences, Models and Theories 1
013356 Independent Study Project (on a topic relevant to higher and professional education)

You must then choose a further four elective subjects. Electives can be drawn from the bank of subjects established for the Master of Education (by coursework).

Assessment

A variety of assessment tasks may be used. Given the wide diversity of student backgrounds and the nature of a Master's degree, these are likely to be written rather than observation of physical performance although in some subjects presentation of researched papers may be an assessment option. The forms used include the use of critical, analytical reviews, as well as reports on implementations, proposed programs, policy proposals and implementations. Some may be self-critical, reflective of own ideas and practices, while others require a more wide-ranging, distanced perspective of applications of theory and policies from the perspectives of others. Wherever possible assignments include choices so that individual needs and opportunities/constraints as well as experiences are catered for. Some subjects are assessed on a Pass/Fail basis, others are graded according to the range of grades adopted by the University.

Articulation and progression

This course does not articulate with any other courses in the Faculty.

Other information

For further information about this course, contact:

telephone (02) 9514 3900
email education@uts.edu.au