Master of Education (Commonwealth Supported) (Special & Inclusive Education)
at University of Southern Queensland

Toowoomba, Australia

Program Overview

UniSQ's Master of Education (Special and Inclusive Education) builds your specialist knowledge and skills required to work within education settings facilitating the inclusion of all learners, particularly those with disabilities and additional learning needs. Extend your specialist knowledge, experience and skills working with students with learning difficulties.
Enhance your role in a range of specialised contexts applying contemporary, evidence-based pedagogies, whether supporting general education teachers to develop and implement individualised programs for students with diverse learning needs, or working directly with small groups, or a classroom of students.
Explore the areas of positive behaviour support, autism, differentiation, learning difficulties, wellbeing, trauma, and Work Integrated Learning (WIL) within special and inclusive education contexts.
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.
Develop the skills to solve current issues in the education environment by using your own experiences as a backdrop to your studies, developing a research project based on your current workplace.

Course Content
Modules
- EDU8324 Learning Difficulties: Reading
- EDU8326 Learning Difficulties: Mathematics
- EDU5324 Trauma, Behaviour and Learning
- EDU8509 Positive Behaviour Support within School Contexts
- EDU8338 Autism
- EDU8706 Differentiation
- EDU8707 Wellbeing in Educational Contexts
- EDU8821 Professional Practice in Special/Inclusive Education
- EDU5321 Educating Students with Special Needs
Entry Requirement
- 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.
English language requirements

IELTS 6.5 or equivalent
Fees & Scholarships
Course Fees

A$26880 for the full year
Career Prospect
- Upon graduation you will be well prepared to develop and implement individualised programs for students with diverse learning needs, or working directly with individuals, small groups, or a classroom of students.
- Career outcomes include opportunities within special and inclusive education. Career opportunities may also be pursued within the disability sector, training sector, human services and community-based government organisations.

Interest rates as low as 8.9% ^*

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