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C04249v1 Master of Arts in Training and Human Resource Development

Award(s): Master of Arts (MA)
Commonwealth supported place?: No
Load credit points: 48
Course EFTSL: 1
Location: Hong Kong

Note(s)

This course is only offered offshore. It is available in Hong Kong. The language of tuition is English.

This is an offshore course offered in Hong Kong. Students wanting to study in Australia should apply for the equivalent onshore course, the Master of Arts (C04231).


Overview
Course aims
Career options
Admission requirements
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Professional recognition
Other information

Overview

This course is intended for those who wish to develop their knowledge and competence in the theory and practice of management and leadership in international training and educational resources.

This course has been designed to meet the educational needs of training professionals and human resource development managers. The subjects are drawn from the general masters-level subject bank and have been selected to offer a specific focus on human resource development. Students study the same core subjects as students enrolled in the Master of Arts (no specified major) (C04231). It is ideally suited to those seeking a qualification for strategic positions in learning and development units, human resource management, vocational and workplace policy, organisational learning areas, and those who are responsible for leading and facilitating formal and informal learning in the workplace.

Course aims

This course aims to:

  • provide opportunities for participants to relate new knowledge and skills to their own practice
  • promote the notion of the reflective practitioner, i.e. educate participants to critically examine and learn from their professional experience and that of others
  • develop strategic ways of analysing practice situations, modes of analysis and research which account for the complexity of HRD practices and reveal ways of working within that complexity
  • enable students to consolidate or extend their specialist professional competence as practitioners in fields of practice relating to human resources development
  • strengthen students' understanding of the relevant theoretical underpinning, particularly in relation to knowledge about adult learning and development
  • enable students to apply new understandings about training, leadership and management to their own professional practice.

Career options

Career options include educational and training leadership roles in various capacities, such as policy making, research, consulting, planning, curriculum development, and management in teaching and learning organisations.

Admission requirements

Applicants must have completed a UTS recognised bachelor's degree, or an equivalent or higher qualification, or submitted other evidence of general and professional qualifications that demonstrates potential to pursue graduate studies.

Applicants previous qualifications should be in a related field of study.

In addition to the English language requirements detailed below, other acceptable equivalent English language qualifications as approved by UTS Academic Board, are, for example, the successful completion of a UTS recognised course that was taught in English and was equivalent to at least one full time or full time study or evidence of successful completion of a diploma or advanced diploma from TAFE and other private colleges recognised by UTS; or completion of a UTS recognised foundation program with a pass in a unit of study in English for Academic Purposes with a duration of at least one semester.

The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64; or CAE: 58-66

Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.

Course duration and attendance

The course duration is four semesters of full-time or six semesters of part-time study.

Course structure

This degree is awarded on completion of eight 6-credit-point subjects. All subjects are offered in face-to-face mode and delivered through a combination of intensive weekend seminars, study group meetings, self-directed study and online distance support.

Course completion requirements

STM90645 Core subjects 12cp
STM90773 Training and Human Resource Development 36cp
Total 48cp

Course program

A typical course program is shown below.

Year 1
May to July semester
013162 Organisational Learning 6cp
013122 Understanding Adult Education and Training 6cp
August to October semester
013142 Adult Learning and Program Development 6cp
013120 The Psychology of Adult Development 6cp
Year 2
May to July semester
013136 Developing People and Teams 6cp
013165 Leading Learning in the Workplace 6cp
August to October semester
013951 Learning and Change 6cp
013952 Research Perspectives 6cp

Professional recognition

This course is accredited by the Hong Kong Education Board.

Other information

Further information is available from UTS: Education at:

www.education.uts.edu.au

Local and current students:
telephone 1300 ask UTS (1300 275 887)
or +61 2 9514 1222
Ask UTS www.ask.uts.edu.au

Future international students:
telephone 1800 774 816 (freecall within Australia)
+61 3 9627 4816 (from outside Australia)
www.uts.internationalstudent.info/Register.aspx