University of South Australia

Hi, I just scanned Lawrie Millers' site and noted the 4 course graduate degree offered at the above. Is anyone currently enrolled? Thanks. Hille

 

Hi there. I'm studying Accountancy at UniSA. I think the 4-course graduate degree is the Master of Education.

This degree can be taken as coursework only or by a combination of coursework and an 18 unit research strand (9 units of research methodology courses and 9 units of research or project). 36 units are required to complete the program.

Hope this help.

 

A 4 subject MEd [usually they are 6 - 12 subjects] without a first degree in education or teaching is a strange MEd for Australia ... looks like it is designed for the foreign markets. Don't compare it with any other Australian MEd.

 

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Okay, then... that begs the question: If it's substandard in Australia (I mean... that's what you're saying, then, right?) then how would it play in the U.S.? How would a U.S. foreign credential evaluator rate it? Would it be equivalent to a U.S., regionally-accredited MEd?

 

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It is not a 'teaching' degree so would not be accepted as such - look over the content or lack of for this degree.

Our teaching degrees are either 3 years [BTeach] or 4 years [BEd] and we do these as first degrees. Our MEd degrees are supposed to offer some chance to 'master' a topic area or two from our teaching degrees.

Otherwise I have no idea how a US credential evaluator would view it. If they are prepared to rate the Charles Sturt IT Masters as equal to a US masters, they are likely to. The CSU IT Masters has no IT first degree requirement, in fact such a degree would preclude your entry to the masters, and the MCSE grants non degree entry and advanced standing. The MCSE degree out here only partly meets our college [TAFE] level Advanced Diplomas. However it does sell well to overseas students.

 

I made some comments about this trend in Australian universities (and elsewhere) in this post a few weeks ago (and I even mentioned Peter): http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=202973#post202973

 

Okay, then, I'll be more direct: Does anyone think that this MEd would fare well as a teaching credential anywhere in the US? I'm not asking if you think it should, because I'm guessing that the consensus, here, is that it shouldn't... with which I would agree... that is, unless one course at University of South Australia is equivalent to around eight US semester hours... which I'm guessing it isn't.

But that notwithstanding, does anyone think that this MEd actually, in reality, would be acceptable as a US teaching credential anywhere?

 

To complete the M.Ed. in four courses, each course needs to have a value of 0.25EFTSL (Equivalent full time student load, where 1EFTLL is about equal to 30 US semester hours).

This effectively means that each course is roughly equivalent to 7.5 US semester hours, assuming one goes by the numbers alone, and not the content.

0.25EFTSL courses are uncommon, but not unheard of, within Australia. Almost all third (final) year and postgraduate arts and humanities courses at the University of Adelaide, have this value.

Also note that the requirements for the M.Ed. are

A Graduate Certificate in Education can possibly be considered to be equivalent to half of a Graduate Diploma in Education (depending on content etc). An undergraduate degree and a Graduate Diploma in Education is one of the ways of becoming a teacher (at least in South Australia).

 

Thanks for the input.

Good Morning, I am doing this search for my daughter and husband who are both certified teachers. I am currently researching how this 4 course masters would be received. If anyone has any other 4 course options or research based masters I would like to hear about them. In foreign language departments foreign masters are pretty common so I hope the same would apply in this case. Thanks. Hille