Graduate certificates
Introduction
The centre for the advancement of teaching offers two postgraduate degree programs aimed at enhancing university learning and teaching:
- Graduate Certificate in University Learning and Teaching (E5T)
- Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching for Health Professionals (E5S)
Objectives
The objectives of the both the Graduate Certificate in University Learning & Teaching [E5T] and the Graduate Certificate in Learning & Teaching for Health Professionals [E5S] are to enhance learning and teaching at UTAS by:
- developing both a theoretical understanding of student learning and practical skills in facilitating that learning as it applies to higher education;
- promoting the scholarship of teaching based on critical self-reflection, research and peer review;
- developing knowledge and skills in teaching, evaluation and assessment through modelling strategies that lead to deep learning; and encouraging flexible approaches; and
- developing cross-campus and cross-faculty communities of practice.
The Graduate Certificate in University Learning and Teaching (E5T) is based on the research literature, including surveys of current practice in universities, the views of stakeholders, including academic staff, and current developments in university teaching, both in Australia and overseas.
The Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching for Health Professionals (E5S) has been developed in response to demand for a program to meet both the needs of health professionals as clinical teachers and the changing educational requirements of medical, nursing, pharmacy and other professionally accredited health courses.
Method of delivery
The objectives of both courses will be pursued through the provision of a program that allows for the needs and characteristics of different discipline fields and a variety of teaching roles. Those undertaking the Graduate Certificate courses include new staff, sessional staff, experienced staff seeking further professional development, and general staff with a teaching support function.
All units have a face-to-face teaching component.
ELT501 is compulsory for all new academic staff appointments.
Admission and prerequisites
All applicants must have completed a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
As all assessment is practical and workplace-based, applicants are expected to be currently engaged in some form of undergraduate or post-graduate teaching activity.
Applicants for E5S must be teaching in a clinical health care setting.
Application can be made online at:
www.studentcentre.utas.edu.au/admissions/applyweb.html
Fees
The courses are HECS-based. However, HECS scholarships are available for eligible UTAS staff. Permanent, contract and sessional staff are encouraged to enquire with respect to eligibility for scholarships.
Course structure and articulation
Each course is comprised of four 12.5% units,.. The first two units in each course are compulsory and must be completed sequentially. The remaining two units needed to complete each course are chosen from a suite of electives. Each course is recognised as contributing four units towards an 8 unit Master of Education degree.
Participants enrolled in the Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching for Health Professionals (E5S) will undertake units that have been contextualised for the higher education clinical setting and will be taught jointly by the Faculty of Health Science and CALT.
Unit descriptions
See the links directly below for unit descriptions from the UTAS Course/Unit Handbook (online):
ELT501: Foundations of University Learning and Teaching:
Unit description | Unit outline
ELT502: Enhancing Professional Practice in University Learning and Teaching:
Unit description | Unit outline
ELT503: Innovation and Leadership in University Learning and Teaching:
Unit description | Unit outline
ELT504: University Learning and Teaching Development Project:
Unit description | Unit outline
ELT505: Scholarship of Teaching:
Unit description | Unit outline
CAM502: Foundations of Teaching and Learning in Health Care Settings:
Unit description | Unit outline
CAM506: Clinical Supervision and Assessment in the Health Care Setting:
Unit description | Unit outline
Download the Postgraduate Programs brochure (PDF 290Kb)
Graduate Certificate Dates 2009