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Master of Education (Career Development)
PostgraduateUSQ-ECD-MAS2025
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Apply your transformative educator powers to influence careers
Learn to guide clients towards their best-fit careers. You’ll expand your skillset and get ready for career planning roles within the education system. Help students think big picture about their futures. Advocate for lifelong learning.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Credit available
- Yes
- Duration
- Approx. 1.5 years full time or part time equivalent
- Total subjects
- 12
- Available loans
- Australian Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)
Master of Education (Career Development)
About this degree
On successful completion of the program, graduates should be able to:
- Synthesise and apply advanced theoretical and technical knowledge to contemporary and emerging educational issues, ideas, policies, and debates with regard to professional practice.
- Analyse and evaluate complex educational contexts to critically reflect on cultural norms and practices in educational settings nationally and globally.
- Communicate effectively in academic, professional, and community contexts through multiple modes.
- Communicate ways of working respectfully and collaboratively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities, and culturally and linguistically diverse peoples and communities.
- Develop creative and effective ways to implement contextually relevant educational innovation.
- Design and conduct ethical research responsive to educational theories, practices, and contexts.
- UniSQ's Master of Education (Career Development) is ideal for professionals who work in teaching, counselling, training, employment or community development roles to support the career planning and development of students, clients and organisations. This degree is for new and experienced practitioners looking to focus on big picture issues in career development, including policy, employability and learning. Expand your understanding of the transformative role of education in society, and develop the skills to work through the contemporary challenges faced by educators in rapidly changing, diverse communities.
Recommended study pattern
Year 1
EDU8606 Lifelong Career Development
EDU8317 Individual Assessment and Testing
EDU8332 Introduction to Counselling in Educational Contexts
EDU8331 Career Development in Educational Settings
EDU8721 Professional Learning in Educational Organisations
EDR8801 Foundations of Research in Education
EDU8328 Consultation and Communication: Theory and Practice
EDR8802 Foundation Methods for Research in Education
Year 2
EDU8400 Mentoring and Coaching
EDM8011 Multiple Pathways in Secondary Schools
EDR8061 Master of Education Project (2-unit)Award requirements
Completion of 12 units as outlined in the Recommended Study Pattern section.Exit points
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Indicative first year fee
$23,600
Indicative total fee $35,400
The amounts shown here are indicative for an Australian citizen studying full-time, which is typically 8 subjects per year.
Fees may vary depending on:
- the subjects you choose
- credit from previous work experience
- your eligibility for government funding loans or subsidies such as HECS-HELP or a Commonwealth supported place.
To learn more, go to Fees or contact a student advisor.
As Australia’s #1 university for graduate starting salary (Good Universities Guide, 2022), University of Southern Queensland is the right place to make real progress. Regardless of your education history, your age or your aspirations, at UniSQ you’ll be inspired by quality learning experiences matched with top resources and research. Having delivered distance and online learning for over 40+ years, UniSQ supports you to learn at your own pace—exactly how it suits you.
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Entry requirements
- Approved bachelor degree, or equivalent, in Education. Candidates with a bachelor degree, or equivalent, in a non-related discipline may be eligible for entry into UniSQ's Graduate Certificate of Education. Upon completion and achievement of a minimum GPA of 4.0, they may apply for entry into the Master of Education. Proof of meeting the English Language Proficiency requirements is also required.
- Exemptions/credit will be assessed based on the UniSQ Credit and Exemption Procedure. Claims for credit for previous study should be submitted prior to or at the time of enrolment. Each claim will be assessed on individual merit in line with UniSQ policy.
Career opportunities
Australian job snapshots
Data sourced from Australian Jobs 2023.
Role | Earnings | Employment change |
|---|---|---|
Education Advisers and Reviewers | $93K to $120K | Up 19.2% |
School Principals | N/A^ | Up 19% |
^ There is no data available