Postgraduate Certificate in Education

Expertise. Choice. Flexibility

USQ’s Postgraduate Certificate in Education lets you customise your learning pathway by choosing any 4 courses from our Education postgraduate courses. This level of flexibility means your degree will not only complement your personal and professional expertise and interest areas, but will allow you to extend your knowledge in the areas you are most passionate about.

Enhance your qualifications

This degree gives you the opportunity to enhance your professional competence through postgraduate coursework. As an educator you have an important role to play in developing the capacity of citizens to work effectively with knowledge

You will study new approaches to education focusing on relevant contemporary issues, emphasising knowledge building rather than transmission.

Workplace learning

Many of the courses offered provide you with opportunities to address real issues through independent work in an approved workplace professional development activity. You can see the results of your studies in your workplace immediately.

Pathway to further study

The postgraduate certificate is a great place to start and you can continue on to obtain your Masters degree with either the Master of Education, the Master of Learning and Development or the Master of Applied Linguistics depending on which courses you studied.

A pathway exists all the way to doctoral studies, either the Doctor of Education or Doctor of Philosophy.