Graduate Certificate
The course aims to be relevant and responsive to the needs of people in a range of education-related roles. You will work in collegial ways and communicate effectively across professional settings to initiate and support change in and beyond your immediate spheres of influence.
By the end of the Graduate Certificate of Education, you will have new professional knowledge and an understanding of key research principles and methods. You will be able to critically reflect on and investigate practice and apply new ideas in diverse educational contexts. You will build the foundational knowledge and skills of rich reflective practice and models for enquiry that can be applied to your work context or specialised area of study to effect change.
We recognise that relationships are fundamental to effective teaching and that the past experiences of students contribute to their capacity for learning. The PG Coursework Program is therefore taught in flexible mode using adult education principles to enable learning in online and face-to-face environments.
Applicants with higher education study
To be eligible for an offer, you must have:
Applicants without an Initial Teacher's Education degree:
To be eligible for an offer, you must have:
Students intending to articulate to the Graduate Diploma or Master of Education with a specialisation in Applied Learning are strongly recommended to have completed a Cert IV and have 3 years industry or teaching experience.
Admission to most postgraduate coursework courses at the University of Tasmania require qualifications equivalent to an Australian bachelor degree. Applicants must achieve the required grade in their qualifying studies, meet any prerequisite subjects and the English language requirements to be eligible for an offer.
English Language Requirements
For students who do not meet the English Language Requirement through citizenship or prior studies in English in an approved country, evidence of an approved English language test completed within the last 2 years must be provided. See the English Language Requirements page for more information.
Applicants with higher education study
To be eligible for an offer, you must have:
Applicants without an Initial Teacher's Education degree:
To be eligible for an offer, you must have:
The Graduate Certificate of Education requires the completion of 50 credit points. This can be completed with or without a specialisation.
Specialisation stream
In this stream you will complete one 50 credit point Specialisation from the schedule below. Your specialisation will be listed on your academic transcript and testamur. Please note that specialisations can only be completed part-time, so you'll complete this course over a minimum of one year.
Non -specialisation stream
In this stream you will complete:
With this stream you can build a course around your specific interests and career objectives selecting units from any specialisation or the elective list in the schedule below.
If you are starting in 2023 you can find your course planner here. Your course planner gives you a visual representation of your course and will help you plan which units to enrol in and when.
For course planners from previous years, refer to the handbook entry for that year.