Graduate Certificate of Educational Research

This course is designed for students with a first qualification in the education discipline who want to undertake a graduate research degree such as a research masters or a PhD, but do not meet the eligibility requirements of previous research experience or feel that they do not have sufficient research experience.This course will orientate you to educational research and provide you with an understanding of educational research methodologies and research design. You will apply this understanding through the design and implementation of a research project which will demonstrate your capacity to undertake and communicate research synthesis, analysis and evaluation. Successful completion of this course may provide a pathway to a graduate research degree with the Faculty of Education.
The course will provide you with a sound basis in educational research, enabling you to demonstrate that you can:
evaluate educational research with an understanding of a range of research methodologies,
define an issue in education and plan an investigable research project,
design and undertake a significant research project in Education, and
write up the results of the research project and demonstrate the capacity to adhere to the conventions of research.

An Australian undergraduate four year bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in education or a related discipline with an average mark of at least 65%.

English entry requirements

Level A

IELTS (Academic): 6.5 Overall score, with minimum band scores: Listening 6.0, Reading 6.0, Writing 6.0 and Speaking 6.0

Pearson Test of English (Academic): 58 Overall score, with minimum scores: Listening 50, Reading 50, Speaking 50 and Writing 50

TOEFL Internet-based test: 79 Overall score, with minimum scores: Reading 13, Listening 12, Speaking 18 and Writing 21

Paper-based TOEFL 550 Test of written English: 4.5

Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) 176 No skill score below 169
Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) 176 No skill score below 169