Education (Special Education)

Extend your specialist knowledge

USQ’s Master of Education (Special Education) extends your specialist knowledge, experience and skills working with students with learning difficulties. You will have the opportunity to study in the areas of behaviour management, Autism Spectrum Disorder and teaching students with high support needs.

Study flexibility

If you are not sure whether you would like to complete an entire Masters degree, apply to study USQ’s Postgraduate Certificate in Education and take the credit from your studies to the Master of Education if you decide to continue studying.

Program structure  

Courses to the studiedUnits

Coursework major pathways courses6

 Mandatory research courses (which equates to 4 units of work)3

Plus Postgraduate Education Electives2

Total12

Course codeCourse name

Core Courses: 

EDU8324Learning Difficulties: Reading

EDU8326Learning Difficulties: Mathematics

EDU5321Educating Students with Special Needs

EDU8328Consultation and Communication: Theory and Practice

EDU5322Behaviour Management and Support

EDU8317Individual Assessment and Testing

 Plus all three of the following:

RES8000{0}

RES8001 {0} 

RES8061 {0} 

 Plus one of the following: 

EDU5321Educating Students with Special Needs 

EDU5322Behaviour Management and Support 

EDU8331Career Development in Educational Settings 

 Plus two Postgraduate Education Elective courses 

Postgraduate Education Electives: 

EDR8000Foundations of Contemporary Educational Research Methods 

EDR8001Effective and Ethical Educational Research 

EDU5010Politics and Pedagogy in Early Childhood 

EDU5112Transforming Learning with ICT 

EDU5221Professional Learning 

EDU5321Educating Students with Special Needs 

EDU5322Behaviour Management and Support 

EDU5325Child Abuse and Neglect: Intervention, Protection and Prevention

EDU5335Emotional and Behavioural Problems of Children and Adolescents

EDU5601Designing for Flexible Learning Environments

EDU5702Exploring Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Contexts 

EDU5703Engaging Curriculum and Pedagogy 

EDU5704 Popular Culture as Curriculum and Pedagogy

EDU5705Principles of Quality Curricula 

EDU5713Assessment Principles and Practices 

EDU5760Professional Study 

EDU8007Developing Matters in Early Childhood Education 

EDU8011Professional Culture, Dynamics and Change in Early Childhood Education 

EDU8111Emerging Environments for Learning 

EDU8114Online Pedagogy in Practice 

EDU8117Networked and Global Learning 

EDU8311Concepts and Theories in Educational Management 

EDU8312Educators as Leaders: Emerging Perspectives 

EDU8314Human Resource Strategies for Innovation 

EDU8317Individual Assessment and Testing 

EDU8318Organisational Transformation Through Learning 

EDU8319Marketing Your Educational Organisation 

EDU8324Learning Difficulties: Reading 

EDU8326Learning Difficulties: Mathematics 

EDU8328Consultation and Communication: Theory and Practice 

EDU8331Career Development in Educational Settings 

EDU8332Introduction to Counselling in Educational Contexts 

EDU8333Advanced Counselling in Educational Contexts 

EDU8406Theories for Learning Futures 

EDU8415Multi-Modal Texts and New Literacies 

EDU8605Building Communities of Practice 

EDU8606Lifelong Career Development 

EDU8701Teaching and Learning in Contemporary Contexts: Theory and Practice 

EDU8705 Personal Pedagogy in Context

EDU8719Contemporary Issues Conference 

LAW8710 {0} 

LIN5000The Nature of Language 

LIN5003Syllabus Design and Materials Writing 

LIN8001Principles of Second Language Learning 

LIN8002Methodology in Teaching a Second Language 

LIN8006Computer-Assisted Language Learning 

LIN8007Language and Literacy Assessment 

LIN8015Introduction to Sociolinguistics 

LIN8017Bilingualism and Bilingual Education 

Entry requirements

• 4-year bachelor degree in education

or

• a 3-year bachelor degree plus one year of graduate study in education

English Language Requirements

Domestic and international students from a non-English speaking background are required to satisfy English Language requirements. This program requires a minimum of IELTS 6.5 or equivalent.

If you do not meet the English language requirements you may apply to study a University-approved English language program.

International entry requirements

English Language Requirements

Domestic and international students from a non-English speaking background are required to satisfy English Language requirements. This program requires a minimum of IELTS 6.5 or equivalent.

If you do not meet the English language requirements you may apply to study a University-approved English language program.

You may be able to apply for scholarships to help with your study costs.