Graduate Diploma in Education

This course is designed to meet the needs of trainers and teachers in education, community, government and industry. It builds on your qualifications or experience - preparing you for higher roles.

The course provides a perfect mix of hands-on practice and education theory. You'll gain the confidence and skill set needed to lead school or workplace programs.

We teach up-to-date methods in many areas, including:

• designing and implementing learning programs
• educational leadership
• e-learning
• evaluation and assessment
• vocational training.

There's also the opportunity to conduct workplace research, aimed at improving training or influencing policy and practice.

This diploma is the second of three graduate courses and successful completion gains you admission to the Master of Education.

This course does not provide registration to teach in Australia.

Postgraduate study is increasingly important in advancing your education career. This course could lead to a work as one of the following:

• education professional in schools or other settings
• manager in specialist education
• policy maker or developer
• workplace trainer.

Find out about average salaries and employment prospects on the government job-data site, Labour Market Insights:

• training and development information on Labour Market Insights
• education management information on Labour Market Insights.

To attain the award of Graduate Diploma in Education students will be required to completed in total 96 credit points consisting of:

• 96 credit points of Core studies

Use our credit calculator to find out how much credit you could get towards your course, based on your previous study.

If you have completed study with another university or institution and believe you are eligible to receive credit for skills and past study, you can apply for advanced standing.

Applications for advanced standing can be made after a discussion with your course chair or academic adviser.