UTS course code: C04191
Testamur title: Master of Arts in Lifelong Learning
Abbreviation: MA
Course fee: HECS/$200 per cp (local); $6,900 per semester (international)
Total credit points: 48

Overview
Course aims
Admission requirements
Advanced standing
Attendance
Course duration
Course structure
Assessment
Other information

Overview

The Master of Arts in Lifelong Learning is designed to meet the needs of a broad range of practitioners whose work includes helping others learn, but who do not identify as educators and who would not wish their qualification to be designated in education. Students in the course come from a diverse range of fields of practice and sites of learning including human resource development, community development, community service, working with older people, professional development and all forms of non-formal learning.

The open structure of the course allows flexible patterns of study enabling you to choose a pathway through the subjects on offer which fits your particular interest and personal needs.

The subjects on which it draws are identical with those of the Master of Education (by coursework) (C04200).

Course aims

The aims of the course are for you to:

• develop expertise in understanding and managing learning
• acquire new and more advanced knowledge in designing, implementing, and evaluating learning programs
• contribute to the development of a democratic and socially just society
• expand and evaluate the personal capacity to be self directed in learning
• analyse the social, political and economic contexts of lifelong learning
• develop and apply techniques of critical inquiry to your practice
• conceptualise and criticise epistemological frameworks underlying your theory and practice
• exhibit scholarly rigour in research, critique, evaluation, design and implementation of learning
• be a force for innovation in lifelong learning practices, and
• acknowledge the multiple perspectives that are brought to any learning situation as a result of your gender, ethnicity, class, age, sexuality and/or physical abilities.

Admission requirements

Admission to the course is based on a Bachelor's degree with evidence of appropriate involvement and experience in lifelong learning in a professional or voluntary capacity.

For international students, IELTS 6.5 with a 6.0 in writing; or TOEFL 575 with TWE 4.5 (paper based), 231 (computer based) with essay writing 4.5 is required.

Advanced standing

If you have completed a Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma, you may be eligible for advanced standing. Refer to the Faculty's Advanced Standing Policy at:

www.education.uts.edu.au/fstudents/forms.html

Attendance

Three main delivery modes are used: (a) weekly on campus, (b) intensive weekend block with distance study, and (c) full distance study. A non-refundable administration fee applies to all subjects where students choose distance mode (to apply from 2004). This fee is $50 per distance subject (pending final UTS approval).

Course duration

The course can be completed full time over two semesters. The course can also be undertaken part time over three to eight semesters.

Course structure

You must complete 48 credit points to graduate with the award of Master of Arts in Lifelong Learning. You may select any subject available in the areas listed for the Master of Education.

Assessment

Assessment is criterion-referenced and based on Pass/Fail. This means that you are assessed on whether you meet certain criteria and granted a Pass or Fail grade accordingly.

Other information

For further information about this course, contact:

telephone (02) 9514 3900
email education@uts.edu.au