Master of Training and Development (MTAD) - MTrain&Dev
This program is offered only to continuing students. No new admissions will be accepted. Students who are interested in this study area should contact us.
| Distance education* | |
| Fees: | Domestic full fee paying place International full fee paying place |
| Standard duration: | 2 years full-time, up to 5 years part-time |
Notes
This program does not qualify you for teacher registration with
relevant teaching authorities. If you are interested in a program
that enables you to qualify for teacher registration, please refer
to the Graduate Diploma in Learning and Teaching
| Footnotes | |
| * | Some courses may be offered on-campus or online. |
Contact us
| Future Australian and New Zealand students | Future International students | Current students |
| Ask a question Freecall (within Australia): 1800 640 678 Phone (from outside Australia): +61 7 4631 5315 Email: studyedu@usq.edu.au |
Ask a question Phone: +61 7 4631 5543 Email: international@usq.edu.au |
Ask a question Freecall (within Australia): 1800 007 252 Phone (from outside Australia): +61 7 4631 2285 Email usqassist@usq.edu.au |
Program focus
The program allows learners to combine studies in education and training with their choice of courses from many fields of interest, including Engineering, Business, Arts, Technology and many more. This degree is designed to keep pace with the rapidly changing education environment and the educator’s expanding role by offering maximum choice and flexibility. Learners can choose courses based on their personal and professional needs, industry requirements and future aspirations. The program also allows learners to complement studies in education and training with as specific or as broad and varied course selection as suits their situation. On enrolment, each learner will be required to complete a proforma sheet indicating clear objectives in choosing to study for the transdisciplinary award, the particular discipline mix within a career, professional and industry context and how the selected courses meet these requirements.
Program aims
The Master of Training and Development is designed to allow individual students to construct their own program of studies to best suit their own particular needs, professional and industry requirements, and individual career paths. A transdisciplinary approach to problem solving relates to, or makes simultaneous use of, many disciplines to focus on a problem or issue to inform, provide guidance and reach solutions within a holistic framework.
On enrolment, each student will be expected to complete a pro forma sheet indicating clear objectives in choosing to study for the transdisciplinary award, the particular discipline mix within a career, professional and industry contexts and how the selected courses meets these requirements.
Program objectives
The Master of Training and Development aims to:
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facilitate the development and the consolidation of a body of knowledge whereby individual students essentially derive the specific objectives of the program of study to best suit their own particular needs, professional and industry requirements, and individual career paths
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provide for maximum student choice in those courses selected that make up this particular award program
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facilitate the development and consolidation of a body of knowledge, with a minimum of 50 per cent of courses comprising the program, forming a generic discipline group, selected from those normally offered as core or specialization courses in Education and Training disciplines.
Admission requirements
Normal Entry
The normal requirement for entry to the Master of Training and Development program is three year bachelor degree (or equivalent) from a recognised University.
All applicants must have a good command of the English language. Applicants for whom English is not their first language must meet the specific USQ requirements for English proficiency.
Alternative Entry
Applicants who do not meet the requirements for normal entry may apply for alternative entry if they believe that they can demonstrate that they have qualifications and/or experience that might be considered equivalent to those required for normal entry. Applicants with a three year diploma (or equivalent) may be admitted if they have a minimum of two years full-time equivalent relevant experience. Those without relevant experience may be admitted if they have completed a minimum of a postgraduate certificate or graduate diploma.
Those unable to meet alternative entry requirements may find the Postgraduate Certificate in Education a suitable alternative to the Masters program.
International applicants must have met the University's English language requirements or have completed the University's ELICOS/UNIPREP program.
Program fees
Domestic full fee paying place
Domestic full fee paying places are funded entirely through
the full fees paid by the student. Full fees vary depending on the
courses that are taken. You are able to calculate the fees for a particular
course via the Course Fee
Finder.
Domestic full fee paying students may be eligible
to defer their fees through a Government loan called FEE-HELP.
International full fee paying place
International students pay full fees. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken and whether they are studied on-campus, via distance education/online. You are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the Course Fee Finder.
Program structure
To graduate with the Master of Training and Development degree, students must successfully complete a program of study that comprises a total of 8 approved units of postgraduate study (levels 5 or 8), of which at least 4 units are in level 8 courses.Students will be required to complete postgraduate courses of which 50 per cent shall be selected from Education and Training based courses normally associated with that award (Schedule A courses) and the remaining courses selected from any discipline of the student's choice (Schedule B courses).
Note: Minimum enrolment numbers apply to all courses. Should enrolments not meet the minimum number required, students may be transferred to a different mode or offering and advised of this change prior to semester start.
Students should ensure they meet the enrolment requirements for the courses they choose. Enrolment requirements are contained in the course specification.
Schedule A Courses
Select a minimum of four courses from the following list.
| Course | External | On-campus | Web |
| ECE5001 Aesthetics in Early Childhood Arts | S1, S3 | ||
| ECE8003 Families, Children and Change * | S3 | ||
| EDU5010 Politics and Pedagogy in Early Childhood | S2 | ||
| EDU5211 | S2 | ||
| EDU5471 | S1 | ||
| EDU5472 | S2 | ||
| EDU8312 Educators as Leaders: Emerging Perspectives | S1 | S1 | |
| EDU8314 Human Resource Strategies for Innovation | S1,S3 | S1 | |
| EDU8328 Consultation and Communication: Theory and Practice * | S2 | ||
| EDU8332 Introduction to Educational Counselling** | S1 | ||
| EDU8333 Advanced Educational Counselling*** | S2 | ||
| EDU8334 * | S2 | ||
| EDU8415 Multi-Modal Texts and New Literacies | S1, S3 | ||
| FET5600 | S3 | ||
| FET5601 Learning Design for Flexible Contexts # | S1 | ||
| FET5621 Introduction to Web Publishing | S1, S3 | ||
| FET5622 | S2 | ||
| FET8603 * | S1, S3 | ||
| FET8605 Building Communities of Practice | S3 | ||
| FET8606 Lifelong Career Development | S1, S2 | ||
| FET8607 | S2 | ||
| FET8610 | S1 | ||
| FET8611 | S2 | ||
| LIN5000 The Nature of Language | S1 | S1,S2,S3 | |
| LIN8001 Principles of Second Language Learning | S1,S2 | S1 | |
| LIN8002 Methodology in Teaching a Second Language previously LIN5002 | S1,S2 | S1,S2 |
| Footnotes | |
| * | Successful completion of this course requires experience in educational settings e.g. primary/secondary schools. |
| ** | Residential School |
| *** | Compulsory Residential School at USQ |
| # | It is recommended that learners must have knowledge of or access to an education/training environment in order to address the requirements of assessment in this course |
Schedule B Courses
Select a maximum of four courses from the following list.
| Footnotes | |
| * | Successful completion of this course requires experience in educational settings e.g. primary/secondary schools. |
| ** | Residential School |
| *** | Compulsory Residential School at USQ |
| # | It is recommended that learners must have knowledge of or access to an education/training environment in order to address the requirements of assessment in this course |
NOTE: EEA courses are not subject to FEE-HELP.
Exit points
Students who have completed a minimum of four units, and who do not choose to proceed to completion of the Master of Training and Development award, may exit with the Postgraduate Certificate in Education .
Exemptions
Exemption will be granted for relevant tertiary studies successfully completed in the last five years and may be granted for studies successfully completed in the last ten years. Such studies would need to have been offered by an institution recognised by the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) or by an institution adjudged as equivalent, providing that the maximum exemption is 50 per cent of the award program (i.e. four units in the eight unit program and six units in the 12 unit program). Transfer of credit from other incomplete USQ award programs may be permitted where there is similar or appropriate content.
Recommended enrolment pattern
There is no recommended enrolment pattern. Students should select the courses of study to best suit their own particular needs, professional and industry requirements, and individual career paths in accordance with course availability and enrolment requirements (refer to individual course specifications for details). However, students should note that 50 per cent of the courses shall be Education and Training based courses normally associated with an Education and Training award (Schedule A courses as listed in program structure) and the remaining courses selected from any discipline of the student's choice (Schedule B courses as listed in program structure).