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Postgraduate Certificate in Educational Leadership

PgCertEdLead

40 cp

Minimum duration: 6 months full-time or equivalent part-time.

Course available at:
Ballarat, Victoria
Brisbane, Queensland
Canberra, ACT
Melbourne, Victoria
Sydney (Strathfield), NSW
New Zealand
Mauritius
Nationally, online (http://www.acu.edu.au/elearning/)

EFTSL value of units: All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

1. Requirements for Completion of the Postgraduate Certificate

To qualify for the Postgraduate Certificate, a student must complete 40 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

  1. 10 cp from the Core unit;
  2. 30 cp from Specialist units or Electives.

Schedule of Unit Offerings

Click here for Unit Descriptions

Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.

Core Unit

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
EDLE635 10 Authentic Leadership (Inc: EDLE608)

Specialist Units

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
EDLE605 10 Leading Educational Change
EDLE632 10 Leadership Spirituality (Inc: EDLE603)
EDLE633 10 Leading Authentic Learning (Inc: EDLE604)
EDLE636 10 Leading the Catholic School
EDLE637 10 Shared Leadership

Electives

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
EDAC620 10 Social Research Methods and Community Contexts
EDFD617 20 Research Project58
EDFD632 10 Reading and Interpreting Research in Education
EDLE601 10 Human Resource Management and Development
EDLE634 10 Employment Relations and the Legal Context in Education (Inc: EDLE606)
EDLE638 10 Faith Leadership
EDLE639 10 Educational Leadership and Responsible Governance
EDST603 10 Implementing Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Learning

58 Students who wish to complete EDFD617 must also complete either EDAC620 or EDFD632.