UTS course code: C11163
Testamur title: Graduate Certificate in Adult Education in Training
Abbreviation: GradCertAdultEd
Course fee: HECS/$200 per cp (local); $6,250 per semester (international)
Total credit points: 24

Overview
Course aims
Admission requirements
Attendance
Course duration
Course program
Assessment
Articulation and progression
Other information

Overview

This course is for practising trainers and adult educators who already have a degree or equivalent but who want to enhance their qualifications in training or human resource development. This course focuses on practical skills that are embedded in current theory about learning and teaching. The course is also available in-house to organisations providing there are sufficient participants.

Course aims

The aims of the course have been designed to meet the specific needs of those practitioners who are required to develop their skills in adult teaching and learning, program development, course assessment and evaluation.

As part of this adult education course, you are provided with opportunities to:

• apply adult learning theory and principles to training practices
• demonstrate presentation and training skills that are appropriate to a wide range of adult learners
• develop as a self-directed learner through the use of a learning journal, learning contracts and participation in self-directed learning groups
• gain experience in designing, developing, implementing and evaluating training programs that are based on a competency-based model of training
• learn to critique your own practices through the development of the professional practitioner model, and
• critically evaluate existing training practices.

Admission requirements

To apply for this course you must have either an appropriate degree from a university or college of advanced education, or an appropriate diploma at an approved tertiary institution or equivalent. As part of the course involves a workplace-learning project, you should be working either part time or full time, as a trainer/teacher/facilitator in a vocational or adult education setting. However, if you have qualifications and experience other than those described above you may be considered for special admission.

Attendance

This course is offered in face-to-face, distance or mixed mode. A minimum of 80 per cent attendance is required for satisfactory completion of this course. Compulsory attendance at a weekend (Saturday) workshop is also required. Two weekend workshops, one each semester, are provided for distance students

Course duration

The course is offered over one year of part-time study.

Course program¹

Footnote:
1. All subjects in this course program are also offered in distance mode. 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).

Assessment

Assessment is criterion-referenced. This means that you are assessed on whether you meet certain criteria, and graded Pass or Fail accordingly. It includes learning contracts, case-study analysis, group-based assessments of workshops, and various forms of tutorial group evaluation. As part of your workplace assessment you need to have a workplace mentor who helps you with the development of a learning contract.

Articulation and progression

The Graduate Certificate articulates with other courses offered by the Faculty in the following ways.

• You may apply for and enrol in the Graduate Certificate and complete the course after one year.
• Once you have completed the Graduate Certificate course, you may apply for and enrol in the Graduate Diploma in Vocational Education and Training (C06068). The Graduate Certificate is equivalent to half of a Graduate Diploma, so you need to complete four more subjects in order to qualify.
• Once you have completed the Graduate Certificate you may apply to enter the Master of Arts in Lifelong Learning (C04191), Master of Education (C04200), Master of Education in Higher and Professional Education (C04190), Master of Education in Vocational Education and Training (C04189), or Master of Education in Adult Education (C04179). The Graduate Certificate is worth 12 credit points towards a Master's qualification (a full Master's is 48 credit points).
• The Graduate Certificate in conjunction with a recognised Workplace Assessor qualification enables you to apply to UTS' Training and Development Services for a Certificate IV Assessment and Workplace Training qualification.

Other information

For further information about this course, contact:

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