Postgraduate Coursework

• Program Delivery Requirements

• Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education
• Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education
• Master of Higher Education
  
  

• Learning and teaching (inc. postgrad research supervision)
• E-learning
• Leadership, management & administration
  
  
• Medical education (Masters level only)

Downloadable Postgrad Coursework Guide
Further information on these programs, including program structure, can be found in the ACES Coursework Handbook.

Masters-level programs can be completed by a combination of coursework and minor research project.

The postgraduate program in higher education Learning and Teaching provides participants with the opportunity to further develop their understanding of learning and teaching in higher education (including postgraduate research supervision) through a critical examination of the relevant theory and research and its application to everyday practice.

The postgraduate program in e-learning in higher education provides participants with the opportunity to explore the nature and practice of e-learning in higher education and related issues concerning the development and maintenance of effective organisational environments to support e-learning. Grounded in the literatures on learning and teaching, academic leadership and management and higher education organisations, this program provides opportunities for both conceptual development and critical reflective practice.

The postgraduate program in higher education Leadership, Management and Administration provides participants with an introduction to leadership, management and organisational theory as they pertain to higher education organisations, and the opportunity to explore specific issues such as academic leadership, academic management, innovation and/or educational change, and the development of academic and/or administrative policy and processes.

Downloadable Postgrad Coursework Guide
Further information on these programs, including program structure, can be found in the ACES Coursework Handbook.

The Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma and Masters coursework programs within each specialisation are fully articulated.

Program Delivery Requirements

As this program is intended for higher education professionals locally, nationally, and internationally, all course units have been designed for external and flexible delivery. Each unit requires participants to:

• engage in individual reading;
• engage in critical reflection upon their own and others' professional practices;
• contribute to the development of their own and others' understandings of the course unit's key constructs by regularly participating in, and making contributions to, online learning activities and discussions;
• have regular and reliable access to the internet, as all learning and teaching activities are supported by an online unit. For further information on specific requirements, see the Macquarie University Online Teaching Facility site at: http://online.mq.edu.au

Each unit also offers approximately 24 hours of optional on-campus seminar work that will provide students with opportunities to further explore the issues raised in the unit in a face-to-face environment. Participation in these seminars is strictly voluntary and, as such:

• no new material is presented during these sessions
• assessment strategies used in each unit are independent of them.

International students residing and studying in Australia are required to attend all on-campus sessions, as a requirement of their student visas.

Further Information

For further information or application forms please contact Alison Cameron on +61 2 9850 7598, or email alison.cameron@mq.edu.au