Master of Education (Curriculum)

School of Education

Are you a career-focused educator with practical experience and an interest in the curriculum? The University of Notre Dame Australia's Master of Education (Curriculum) will expand your career choices and allow you to cultivate in-depth knowledge of the contemporary curriculum. With flexible study options, this one-year postgraduate degree could be your career boost. Get in touch today to find out more.

Suppose you have been teaching for some time and have the practical experience and desire to develop your education career further, this Master's degree is the perfect course for you. The Master of Education (Curriculum) is designed to meet the needs of professional teachers like you who wish to undertake further career development.

Our flexible study options will ensure that you can accommodate your existing teaching load. Tuition will be available face-to-face and externally, either full-time or part-time. In addition, we schedule face-to-face sessions during school holidays or Saturdays.

The program consists of eight courses: two compulsory, one elective and five specialisation courses. One compulsory theology course and an elective to be chosen from Religious Education, Leadership and Management, Early Childhood Education, Special Learning Needs, and Curriculum.

With a Master of Education (Curriculum), you will be able to work in Catholic, government and independent schools in roles such as curriculum and instruction specialist, curriculum design manager, education specialist, head of a learning area and principal leadership.

• One Theology or Ethics course
• One elective (to be chosen from Religious Education, Leadership and Management, Early Childhood Education, Special Learning Needs, Curriculum)
• Applied Research Methods in Education
• Five specialisation courses

Specialisation courses

• Instructional Leadership
• Values across the Curriculum
• Mentoring and Coaching Graduate, Early Career and Established Teachers
• Positive Education: Wellbeing and Student Achievement
• Trends in Early Childhood Development and Teaching
• Justice and Social Teaching
• Teaching and Leading in the Middle Years of Schooling
• Early Childhood Curriculum Development
• Adaptive Education for the Inclusive Classroom
• Strategic Management in Education
• Instructional Strategies for Students with Learning Disabilities
• Critical issues in Religious Education
• Leading Mathematics in the Middle Years
• Developing Mathematical Thinking
• Mathematics Learning in the Middle Years
• Assessment, Intervention and Differentiation in Mathematics Teaching and Learning

For a list of courses available, please see Schedule of Courses

Full details of the program requirements are contained in the Program Requirements.

Please note: the availability of these courses is indicative only and may be subject to change.