Master of Education (Curriculum)

The University of Notre Dame Australia

About

The Master of Education (Curriculum) is a one-year, full-time program that provides an opportunity for educators with practical experience to continue their professional development and cultivate an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the contemporary curriculum.

You are required to complete a program of study that incorporates compulsory subjects, a specialisation strand and an elective.

Structure

  • 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 OR Action Research in Education
  • Five specialisation courses

Specialisation courses

  • Values across the Curriculum
  • Justice and Social Teaching
  • Trends in Early Childhood Development and Teaching
  • Integration in Early Childhood Development
  • Educating for a New Earth and the Environmental Challenge
  • Leading Curriculum Planning
  • Teaching in the Middle Years of Schooling
  • Adaptive Education for the Inclusive Classroom
  • Strategic Management in Education
  • Children of High Ability: Gifted and Talented

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

Entry requirements

Applicants must have all of the following:

  • Hold the equivalent of a four year teaching qualification;
  • A GPA of at least 2.5 or higher; and
  • At least three years of full-time professional experience in either a primary or secondary school setting.

Institution