UTS course code: C11158
Testamur title: Graduate Certificate in TESOL
Abbreviation: GradCertTESOL
Course fee: HECS/$200 per cp (local); $6,250 per semester (international)
Total credit points: 24

Overview
Course aims
Admission requirements
Advanced standing
Attendance
Course duration
Course structure
Course program
Assessment
Articulation and progression
Other information

Overview

This short course is designed for practising teachers who are working in the field of TESOL or related fields, who already have a recognised teaching qualification. This course is relevant to teachers working in both the school sector and the adult sectors.

Course aims

This course aims to:

• enable you to achieve or consolidate specialist, professional competence as practitioners in teaching and programming for spoken and written language development
• provide you with the relevant theoretical underpinning and a critical perspective to this professional competence and reflective practice, and
• develop your understanding of the linguistic demands of teaching and learning, and of issues in language development.

Admission requirements

Entry requirements are:

• an undergraduate degree or equivalent
• a recognised teaching qualification
• teaching experience, and
• concurrent relevant teaching experience (desirable).

Advanced standing

The Graduate Certificate in TESOL is a specialist post-service teaching qualification. Therefore, advanced standing cannot be granted on the basis of initial pre-service teaching qualifications. Advanced standing for prior postgraduate study may be granted on a case-by-case basis.

Attendance

Days and times depend on timetabling.

The Graduate Certificate in TESOL is also available in distance mode. Subjects taken in distance mode do not require attendance at lectures.

Course duration

The Graduate Certificate in TESOL is normally completed in one year of part-time study.

Course structure

The Graduate Certificate in TESOL consists of four compulsory core subjects comprising a total of 24 credit points. Each subject is worth 6 credit points.

Course program¹

Footnote:
1. All subjects in this course program are also offered in distance mode. 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).

Assessment

Assessment tasks for subjects in this course may include essays, journals, units of work as well as take-home or in-class examinations. Assessment is criterion-referenced. This means assignments are assessed on whether they meet certain criteria. Most subjects are graded according to the range of grades adopted by the University, others are assessed on a Pass/Fail basis.

Articulation and progression

The Graduate Certificate in TESOL articulates into the Graduate Diploma in TESOL (C06071). On completion of the Graduate Certificate in TESOL, you are eligible for a maximum of 24 credit points advanced standing towards the Graduate Diploma in TESOL. To take out the award of the Graduate Diploma in TESOL, the satisfactory completion of a further two subjects is required.

Other information

For further information about this course, contact:

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