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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.
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 (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL))

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))

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))

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

Core units

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

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

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

Master of Education (TESOL) students may choose up to two units of study from the following:
Department of Linguistics
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))

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

Core units

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

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

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

Master of Education (TESOL) students may choose up to two units of study from the following:
Department of Linguistics
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
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.