Central Queensland University
Graduate Certificate in Tertiary and Adult Education
Nationally Recognised Higher EducationStudy the Graduate Certificate in Tertiary and Adult Education and promote your professional development in your current role as a tertiary educator.
The course is work-based and promotes a balance between theory and practice, which enables you to enhance your learning and teaching practices.
The aim of this course is to promote the professional development of educators in tertiary education. You will examine the role of the educator, and the knowledge, skills and dispositions required for effective teaching and student learning.
Continuous improvement in learning and teaching practices is a critical focus of the course, by promoting reflective practice, innovation, scholarship and research.
Delivery mode
Central Queensland University offers this course through the following delivery modes:
Online
Set your own study schedule and balance study with your other commitments.
Entry requirements
Domestic Students
- There are no mandated entry requirements.
To be eligible for entry into this course, applicants must demonstrate one of the following:
- A completed Bachelor degree from an Australian university or college or equivalent; and
- Letter/s of employment which demonstrates you have a minimum of one year teaching experience in the vocational or higher education industry; or professional experience in the facilitation of the learning of others for example Nurse Educators, Defence.
Or
- A Trade qualification or an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Diploma level qualification; and
- An Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (latest upgrade); and
- Letter/s of employment which demonstrates you have a minimum of three years vocational or higher education level teaching.
Applicants are required to provide evidence of completion of:
- A secondary qualification (Year 11 and 12, or equivalent), or
- An Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) diploma level qualification, or
- Bachelor level qualification study for a period of at least 2 years fulltime with a minimum overall GPA 4.0 completed within Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, South Africa, Ireland, or United States of America, which will meet the English proficiency.
If you do not satisfy any of the above you will need to undertake an English language proficiency test and achieve the following scores :
- An International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic) overall band score of at least 6.0 with a minimum 5.5 in each subset; or
- Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) - Requires 550 or better overall and minimum TWE score of 4.5 (Paper Based Test), or 75 or better overall and no score less than 17 (Internet Based Test); or
- Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) - Requires an overall score of 54 with no sub-score less than 46; or
- An Occupational English Test with Grades A or B only in each of the four components.
Course fees
$11,814
$11,814
Career opportunities
The Graduate Certificate in Tertiary and Adult Education will prepare you for the following roles.
Adult Educator
An Adult Educator facilitates learning for adults seeking to acquire new skills or enhance existing ones. You might work in vocational education in...
Curriculum Developer
A Curriculum Developer designs and updates educational programs for schools, universities, or training institutions. You might work in an education...
Learning And Development Specialist
A Learning and Development Specialist prepares training programs for a range of industries. You might work for a specialist registered training org...
About Central Queensland University
Originally founded in Rockhampton in 1967, as the Queensland Institute of Technology (QIT) Capricornia, CQUniversity Australia was granted full University status in 1992 and now has more than 30 000 students studying online and on-campus across Australia.
We have firmly established ourselves as one of the largest universities based in regional Australia, with campuses in Adelaide, Brisbane, Bundaberg, Cairns, Emerald, Gladstone, Mackay, Melbourne, Rockhampton, Sydney, and Townsville. Along with these campuses, the University also partners with several of Regional Universities Centres (RUC’s) in regional and remote parts of Australia.
In 2014, the University merged with CQ TAFE to bring together more than 175 years of combined experience in the delivery of education and training and establishing Queensland’s first comprehensive, dual sector university.
The University now delivers more than 250 education and training offerings, from short courses and certificates, through to undergraduate, postgraduate and research degrees.
Study areas include apprenticeships, trades and training, business, accounting and law, creative, performing and visual arts, education and humanities, engineering and built environment, health, information technology and digital media, psychology, social work and community services, science and environment, and work and study preparation.
As a pioneer in the delivery of distance education, CQUniversity also continues to be a leader in this area with almost half of the current student cohort made up of students studying off-campus through online and mixed-mode delivery, many of whom are based in rural and remote areas.
After more than half a century working with stakeholders in regional Australia, our university is also a renowned research institution in several key disciplines and the benchmark leader for how universities should engage and collaborate with communities and industry.
