Education (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages - TESOL)
Unit of study table
| This page was first published on 14 November 2024 and was last amended on 23 May 2025. View details of the changes below. |
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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.
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Master of Education (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)) |
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| 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 (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)) |
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| 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 (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)) |
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| Students must complete 24 credit points, including: | ||
| (a) a minimum of 12 credit points of core units of study; and | ||
| (b) a maximum of 12 credit points of elective units of study. |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Core units |
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| EDPG5001 Discourse and Language Teaching |
6 | |
| EDPJ5002 Second Language Acquisition |
6 | |
| EDPJ5013 Methodology and Language Teaching |
6 | |
| EDPJ5016 Grammar and the Language Classroom |
6 | |
| EDPJ5020 Literacy and Language Teaching |
6 | |
| EDPJ5021 Developments in English Lang Teaching |
6 | |
Elective units |
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| EDPJ5018 English for Specific Purposes |
6 | |
| EDPJ5022 Research Methods in Language Studies |
6 | |
| EDPJ5023 Teacher Professional Development for EFL |
6 | |
| EDPJ5024 English in Academic Settings |
6 | |
| EDPJ5025 Bilingual Education |
6 | |
| EDPJ5026 Language Testing and Assessment |
6 | |
Capstone units |
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| EDPZ6720 Dissertation |
12 | |
| EDPZ6724 Dissertation Part 1 |
6 | |
| EDPZ6725 Dissertation Part 2 |
6 | P EDPZ6724 |
| EDPZ6730 Special Project 1 |
6 | P 24 credit points of units |
Elective units from other schools |
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| Master of Education (TESOL) students may choose up to two units of study from the following: | ||
Department of Linguistics |
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| LNGS7002 Language, Society and Power |
6 | |
| LNGS7004 Register and Genre in English |
6 | |
| LNGS7006 Cross-Cultural Communication |
6 | |
| LNGS7274 Media Discourse |
6 | |
| LNGS7275 World Englishes |
6 | |
| LNGS7301 Functional Grammar |
6 | |
| LNGS7505 Structure and Function of Language |
6 | |
| LNGS7506 Discourse and Communication |
6 | |
Master of Education (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)) |
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| 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 (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)) |
| Students must complete 24 credit points, including: |
| (a) a minimum of 12 credit points of core units of study; and |
| (b) a maximum of 12 credit points of elective units of study. |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Core units |
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| EDPG5001 Discourse and Language Teaching |
6 | |
| EDPJ5002 Second Language Acquisition |
6 | |
| EDPJ5013 Methodology and Language Teaching |
6 | |
| EDPJ5016 Grammar and the Language Classroom |
6 | |
| EDPJ5020 Literacy and Language Teaching |
6 | |
| EDPJ5021 Developments in English Lang Teaching |
6 | |
Elective units |
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| EDPJ5018 English for Specific Purposes |
6 | |
| EDPJ5022 Research Methods in Language Studies |
6 | |
| EDPJ5023 Teacher Professional Development for EFL |
6 | |
| EDPJ5024 English in Academic Settings |
6 | |
| EDPJ5025 Bilingual Education |
6 | |
| EDPJ5026 Language Testing and Assessment |
6 | |
Capstone units |
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| EDPZ6720 Dissertation |
12 | |
| EDPZ6724 Dissertation Part 1 |
6 | |
| EDPZ6725 Dissertation Part 2 |
6 | P EDPZ6724 |
| EDPZ6730 Special Project 1 |
6 | P 24 credit points of units |
Elective units from other schools |
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| Master of Education (TESOL) students may choose up to two units of study from the following: | ||
Department of Linguistics |
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| LNGS7002 Language, Society and Power |
6 | |
| LNGS7004 Register and Genre in English |
6 | |
| LNGS7006 Cross-Cultural Communication |
6 | |
| LNGS7274 Media Discourse |
6 | |
| LNGS7275 World Englishes |
6 | |
| LNGS7301 Functional Grammar |
6 | |
| LNGS7505 Structure and Function of Language |
6 | |
| LNGS7506 Discourse and Communication |
6 | |
Post-publication amendments
| Date | Original publication | Post-publication amendment |
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| 23/05/2025 | Unit of study table published as: One unit of study table applying to all students. |
Unit of study table amended to:
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