The Graduate Certificate of Teaching is designed to enable qualified practising secondary teachers to update and/or add an additional teaching area to their formal preservice teacher qualifications.

The teaching areas include: Aboriginal Studies; Business Studies; Dance, Drama; Economics; English; English as a Second Language; Geography; History; Languages (Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Indonesian, Korean and Spanish); Legal Studies; Mathematics; Music; and Society and Culture.

At the end of this program students should be able to:

The Graduate Certificate of Teaching consists of four courses (24UOC): three core courses from the Graduate Certificate of Teaching program and one elective course from the Master of Education. The three core courses must include EDST5442 and two specific method courses from one teaching area:

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Any one elective course (6 UOC) from those courses offered each year in the Master of Education program, or, subject to approval by the Program Convenor, from other relevant Master’s level programs in the Faculty or University.

1. A Graduate Certificate of Teaching may be awarded by the Council to a candidate who has satisfactorily completed a program of advanced study.

2. (1) A candidate for the Graduate Certificate of Teaching shall:


(a) have been awarded an appropriate degree of Bachelor from the University of New South Wales or a qualification considered equivalent from another university or tertiary institution at a level acceptable to the Standing Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (hereinafter referred to as the Committee);
and (b)(i) have been awarded a Diploma in Education from the University of New South Wales or a qualification considered equivalent from another university or tertiary institution at a level acceptable to the Committee, 

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(ii) have had at least three years of practical experience in an area relevant to the study of education of a kind acceptable to the Committee. 


(c) have already completed or be in the process of completing approved background studies in the relevant teaching area, normally a minor or four semester length units.
(2) In exceptional cases an applicant who submits evidence of such other academic and professional qualifications as may be approved by the Committee may be permitted to enrol for the degree. 


(3) If the Committee is not satisfied with the qualifications submitted by an applicant the Committee may require the applicant to undergo such assessment or carry out such work as the Committee may prescribe, before permitting enrolment.

3. (1) An application to enrol as a candidate for the degree shall be made on the prescribed form which shall be lodged with the Registrar at least two calendar months before the commencement of the semester in which enrolment is to begin. 


(2) To qualify for the award of the Graduate Certificate candidates must obtain over a period of study of no less than one semester (full-time) or two semesters (part-time) 24 units of credit. The maximum period of candidature shall be one academic semester from the date of enrolment for a full-time candidate and two semesters for a part-time candidate. In special cases an extension of these times may be granted by the Committee. 

(3) A student enrolling in a course must satisfy the prerequisite and co-requisite requirements in that course. These requirements may be waived at the discretion of the Head of the School. 


(4) The progress of a candidate shall be reviewed at least once annually by the Committee and as a result of the review the Committee may cancel enrolment or take such other action as it considers appropriate.

4. 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).

5. The Graduate Certificate in Teaching forms part of a sequence of articulated programs comprising the Graduate Certificate and Master of Education degree. A postgraduate student enrolled in an articulated program may progress from the Graduate Certificate to Master’s degree with 12 units of credit for courses completed in the Graduate Certificate in Education.

6. A candidate shall pay such fees as may be determined from time to time by the Council.

For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following website:  https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/fees/FeesMainPage.html