Master of Disability Policy and Practice (1.5 years)

at Flinders University

The graduate certificate is designed to meet the needs of practitioners working in education, health and community services that support people with disabilities. Masters provides advanced professional experience for graduates from a range of professional fields associated with disabilities and assists them to become effective and competent leaders and scholars in the field of disability studies.
 

Topics cover areas such as communication difficulties, autism spectrum disorder; intellectual disability; transition from school to adult life; design and evaluation of disability programs; leisure, disability and the arts; perspectives on ageing and disability; and disability and the individual, family and society.
 

Year 1

Core

• Disability Theory and Practice
• Public Policy
   

Year 2

Core

• Select 18 units from the same Stream undertaken in first year.

Applicants to the Master of Disability Policy and Practice (1.5 years) must normally hold an approved bachelor degree in Disability or equivalent qualification; or hold an approved four-year bachelor degree in a discipline closely related to Disability and have a minimum of two years' full-time equivalent relevant professional work experience; or hold an Honours degree in Disability or a closely related discipline or equivalent qualification; or hold a Graduate Certificate in Disability Studies or in a closely related discipline from Flinders University or equivalent qualification.
 

Applicants to the Master of Disability Policy and Practice (2 years) must normally hold an approved bachelor degree or equivalent qualification in a disability-related discipline; or hold the Graduate Certificate in Disability Studies from Flinders University.
 

International students must satisfy our English language proficiency requirements for admission. If your first language is not English you will need to have:
 

• Achieved the required test score for the course you are applying for. The IELTS and equivalent scores to meet the various levels #. IELTS, TOEFL, PTE and Cambridge tests must be taken in a registered testing centre.; or
• Successfully completed an approved secondary or tertiary qualification, taught in the English language in a country where English is the official language or the main language spoken (for up to an overall IELTS of 6.5) with evidence no more than five years old on the proposed date of commencement of the course; or
• Successfully completed a pre-course English program from an approved ELICOS Provider*.

Annual fees:   $37,500

Developmental educators and disability specialists occupy diverse roles across a variety of work areas.
 

• developmental educator

• policy officer

• community development officer

• support coordinator

• case manager

• industry trainer and facilitator

• systemic or individual advocate

• project leader /senior project worker.
   

Potential employers include:

• disability support services

• education sector

• government sector

• non-government agencies

• community services

• social welfare services

• health/medical services

• private sector

• self employment.