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Education (Sports Coaching)

Unit of study table (Table A)

This page was first published on 14 November 2024 and was last amended on 23 May 2025.
View details of the changes below.
These course resolutions have been updated from 29 April 2025. Select the relevant course resolutions based on your commencement date: 1 January 2025 - 28 April 2025 or 29 April 2025 - 31 December 2025.

Master of Education (Sports Coaching)

Students must complete 48 credit points, including:
(a) a minimum of 24 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) a minimum of 6 credit points of elective units of study; and
(c) a minimum of 6 credit points of capstone units of study; and
(d) a maximum of 12 credit points of postgraduate Education units of study chosen from any Master of Education program.

Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies (Sports Coaching)

Students must complete 36 credit points, including:
(a) a minimum of 24 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) a minimum of 6 credit points of elective units of study; and
(c) a maximum of 6 credit points of postgraduate Education units of study chosen from any Master of Education program.

Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies (Sports Coaching)

Students must complete 24 credit points, including:
(a) a minimum of 18 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) a maximum of 6 credit points of elective units of study.

 

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Core units

EDPN5013
Coaching Pedagogy

6  
EDPN5014
Coaching Expertise
6  
EDPN5015
Sport and Technology
6  
EDPN5016
Planning and Program Management for Coaches

6  
EDPN6014
Contemporary Issues in Coaching

6  
EDPN6015
Elite Athlete Development
6  
EDPN6017
Applying Sport Science to Coaching

6  
EDPN6018
Sport and Performance Psychology
6  

Elective units

EDPA5011
Effective Leadership and Change
6  
EDPA6015
Leadership: International Perspectives
6  
EDPE5011
Motivation for Learning
6  
EDPE6013
Learning and Teaching Thinking Skills
6  
EDPZ5010
Individual Profession Learning Portfolio
6  
EDPZ6010
Prof Learning Leadership Portfolio

6  
EDPK5003
Developing a Research Project
6  

Capstone units

EDPZ6730
Special Project 1
6 P 24 credit points of units
EDPZ6724
Dissertation Part 1
6  
EDPZ6725
Dissertation Part 2
6 P EDPZ6724
EDPZ6720
Dissertation
12  

Master of Education (Sports Coaching)

Students must complete 48 credit points, including:
(a) a minimum of 24 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) a minimum of 6 credit points of elective units of study; and
(c) a minimum of 6 credit points of capstone units of study; and
(d) a maximum of 12 credit points of postgraduate Education units of study chosen from any Master of Education program.

Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies (Sports Coaching)

Students must complete 24 credit points, including:
(a) a minimum of 18 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) a maximum of 6 credit points of elective units of study.

 

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Core units

EDPN5013
Coaching Pedagogy

6  
EDPN5014
Coaching Expertise
6  
EDPN5015
Sport and Technology
6  
EDPN5016
Planning and Program Management for Coaches

6  
EDPN6014
Contemporary Issues in Coaching

6  
EDPN6015
Elite Athlete Development
6  
EDPN6017
Applying Sport Science to Coaching

6  
EDPN6018
Sport and Performance Psychology
6  

Elective units

EDPA5011
Effective Leadership and Change
6  
EDPA6015
Leadership: International Perspectives
6  
EDPE5011
Motivation for Learning
6  
EDPE6013
Learning and Teaching Thinking Skills
6  
EDPZ5010
Individual Profession Learning Portfolio
6  
EDPZ6010
Prof Learning Leadership Portfolio

6  
EDPK5003
Developing a Research Project
6  

Capstone units

EDPZ6730
Special Project 1
6 P 24 credit points of units
EDPZ6724
Dissertation Part 1
6  
EDPZ6725
Dissertation Part 2
6 P EDPZ6724
EDPZ6720
Dissertation
12  

Post-publication amendments

Date Original publication Post-publication amendment
23/05/2025 Unit of study table published as:
One unit of study table applying to all students.

Unit of study table amended to:
Two unit of study tables applying to separate commencing dates

  • First set commencing:  1 January 2025 to 28 April 2025.
  • Second set commencing: 29 April 2025 to 31 December 2025.