UWA Handbooks 2010 - Units

Unit details


EDUC8660 Education Studies [PG]

Credit 6 points
Availability Semester 1, Semester 2
Old unit code 300.660
Outcomes The outcomes for this unit are decided by the lecturer responsible for the supervision of the student once the area of reading has been decided through consultation.
Content This unit provides the opportunity for reading in a field not otherwise available during the semester. All unit proposals require the approval of the unit co-ordinator.
Assessment This comprises a 5000-word assignment on a topic set by the lecturer supervising the student's reading.

Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit.
Unit Co-ordinator(s) Winthrop Professor Tom O'Donoghue
Location UWA (Crawley)
Mode on-campus
Unit Rules
Prerequisites: enrolment in a master's course in education
Contact hoursreading and conference sessions: 25 hrs
Note A student may only enrol in this unit once.
Texts and
recommended
reading

To be advised by the supervising lecturer.



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