Master of Education (Guidance and Counselling)
Postgraduate | USQ-EGC-MAS | 2024
Add advanced counselling to your teacher’s toolkit
Expand your skillset and get ready for counsellor and guidance officer roles within the education system. Help children and young people work through their problems. Build skills to communicate and collaborate. Deliver guidance that makes a difference.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Credit available
- Yes
- Duration
- Approx. 1.5 years full time or part time equivalent
- Total subjects
- 12
- Price from
- $13,422
- Available loans
- Australian Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)
- CSP available
- Yes
Master of Education (Guidance and Counselling)
About this degree
On successful completion of the program, graduates should be able to:
- Synthesise and apply advanced theoretical and technical knowledge to contemporary and emerging educational issues, ideas, policies and debates with regard to professional practice.
- Analyse and evaluate complex educational contexts to critically reflect on cultural norms and practices in educational settings nationally and globally.
- Communicate effectively in academic, professional and community contexts through multiple modes.
- Communicate ways of working respectfully and collaboratively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities, and culturally and linguistically diverse peoples and communities.
- Develop creative and effective ways to implement contextually relevant educational innovation.
- Design and conduct ethical research responsive to educational theories, practices and contexts.
UniSQ's Master of Education (Guidance and Counselling) is ideal for teachers wishing to extend their career as a guidance officer, guidance counsellor or school counsellor. You will have the opportunity to study in the areas of advanced counselling in educational contexts, emotional and behavioural problems of children and young people, child wellbeing and protection, and assessment and testing. Expand your understanding of the transformative role of education in society, and develop the skills to work through the contemporary challenges faced by educators in rapidly changing, diverse communities.
Recommended study pattern
The Enrolment Pattern for this program will be updated soon. In the meantime, please submit your contact details below for us to reach out and discuss the program further.
Award requirements
Completion of 12 units as outlined in the Recommended Study Pattern section.Exit points
Graduate Certificate of Education (after successful completion of 4 approved courses). Graduate Diploma of Education (after successful completion of 8 approved courses).As Australia’s #1 university for graduate starting salary (Good Universities Guide, 2022), University of Southern Queensland is the right place to make real progress. Regardless of your education history, your age or your aspirations, at UniSQ you’ll be inspired by quality learning experiences matched with top resources and research. Having delivered distance and online learning for over 40+ years, UniSQ supports you to learn at your own pace—exactly how it suits you.
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- 24
- Times Higher Education Ranking 2024:
- 24
How to apply
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Entry requirements
Completed Bachelor of Education program or equivalent + English Language Proficiency
- Exemptions/credit will be assessed based on the UniSQ Credit and Exemption Procedure. Claims for credit for previous study should be submitted prior to or at the time of enrolment. Each claim will be assessed on individual merit in line with UniSQ policy.
Career opportunities
Career opportunities exist in an array of work environments from schools, TAFEs and universities to government agencies and industry. Roles can include guidance officer, guidance counsellor or school counsellor.
Professional recognition
The Master of Education (Guidance and Counselling) is an appropriate qualification for entry-level membership of the Queensland Guidance and Counselling Association (QGCA).Career outlook
- Education Advisers and Reviewers:
- $93K to $120K
- School Principals:
- Unknown average