The one-year Master of Education degree is designed for qualified teachers and other educational professionals who wish to study education at an advanced level. Commonwealth Supported Places (previously HECS) are available for local candidates.

The program is suitable for teachers, trainers in industry and commerce, adult educators and other professionals, but does not provide a qualification in pre-service education.

The program offers nine areas of specialisation: Educational Studies, Assessment and Evaluation, Educational Psychology, Gifted Education, Higher Education, Teacher Professional Learning, Special Education, TESOL and Visual Arts Education.

Program-level learning outcomes

1. Advanced disciplinary knowledge and practices
Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the field of education as it relates to their specialist area of study, and the ability to synthesize and apply disciplinary principles and practices to new or complex environments.

2. Enquiry-based learning
Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of research-based learning and the ability to plan, analyse, present implement and evaluate complex activities that contribute to advanced professional practice and/or intellectual scholarship in education

3. Cognitive skills and critical thinking
Demonstrate advanced critical thinking and problem solving skills

4. Communication, adaptive and interactional skills
Communicate effectively to a range of audiences, and be capable of independent and collaborative enquiry and team-based leadership

5. Global outlook
Demonstrate an understanding of international perspectives relevant to the educational field

6. Ethics
Demonstrate an advanced capacity to recognise and negotiate the complex and often contested values and ethical practices that underlie education

The program 8910 consists of courses to the value of 48 units of credit (normally eight courses).

This program offers nine areas of specialisation:

For Assessment and Evaluation specialisation structure: click here.

For Educational Psychology specialisation structure: click here.

For Educational Studies specialisation structure: click here.

For Gifted Education specialisation structure: click here.

For Higher Education specialisation structure: click here.

For Special Education specialisation structure: click here.

For Teacher Professional Learning specialisation structure: click here.

For TESOL specialisation structure: click here.

For Visual Arts Education specialisation structure: click here.

ARTS5503 Academic Writing (6 UOC)
This course can be taken as an additional course for students wishing to develop their academic writing skills. It will not count towards the program requirements. Click here for further details about the course.

A recognised Bachelor degree and a postgraduate teaching qualification (e.g. Graduate Diploma of Education or Master of Teaching)

OR

A four year pre-service teacher education qualification, including professional experience, equivalent to the qualifications required for Graduate teacher status in NSW.

To qualify for the award of the degree, a student must:

For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following website:  UNSW Fee Website.

Students seeking advanced standing must submit documentary evidence of courses completed at the time of initial enrolment. Faculty will then determine the number of units of credit to be granted. Advanced standing will not be granted for courses completed more than six years previously. The maximum advanced standing for a Masters is 18 UOC (equivalent to three courses), a Graduate Diploma is 12 UOC (equivalent to two courses) and a Graduate Certificate is 6 UOC (equivalent to one course).