Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies (Leadership in Aboriginal Education)

Graduate Diploma

Develop the skills and knowledge to improve educational outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and learn how to identify and disrupt deficit discourses about Aboriginal peoples, cultures and histories by creating deep and real world cultural understandings through your...

Key details

Degree Type

Graduate Diploma

Duration

1 year full-time

Study Mode

In person

Intake Months

Feb, Aug

Domestic Fees

$22,500 total

About this course

Develop the skills and knowledge to improve educational outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and learn how to identify and disrupt deficit discourses about Aboriginal peoples, cultures and histories by creating deep and real world cultural understandings through your students.

Entry requirements

Admission to the course requires:

a Bachelor of Education from the University of Sydney or equivalent qualification and either the completion of postgraduate studies, or professional experience equivalent to one year full-time in a field considered by the Faculty to be appropriate to the program of study; or
a bachelor's degree and either the Graduate Diploma in Education or Bachelor of Teaching or Master of Teaching from the University of Sydney or equivalent qualification; or
a bachelor's degree from the University of Sydney or equivalent qualification and either the completion of postgraduate studies in Education, or professional experience equivalent to two years full-time in a field considered by the Faculty to be appropriate to the program of study.

Study locations

Camperdown/Darlington

Career pathways

Graduates will have the skills and knowledge to further their careers in the following fields:

teaching professional
educational administrator
researcher and policymaker within specific areas of education practice.

The course does not provide a recognised teaching qualification but is part of the broader postgraduate educational studies program for leaders and future leaders of dynamic and innovative education.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Teacher Education courses at University of Sydney (USYD).

81%

Overall satisfaction

77.9%

Skill scale

70.3%

Teaching scale

89.4%

Employed full-time

$81k

Average salary

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