Graduate Certificate of Secondary Mathematics
2025 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2025 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Graduate Certificate of Secondary Mathematics |
| Deakin course code | E515 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts and Education |
| Online | Yes |
| Duration | 2 years part-time |
| Course Map - enrolment planning tool | This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 1 2025. Course maps for commencement in previous years are available on the Course Maps webpage or please contact a Student Adviser in Student Central. |
| Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition | The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 8 |
This course is offered in conjunction with the Department of Education (DE). | |
Course sub-headings
- Course overview
- Indicative student workload
- Career opportunities
- Participation requirements
- Course Learning Outcomes
- Course rules
- Course structure
- Fees and charges
Course overview
This course is designed to support the professional studies of current (and often out-of-field) teachers in the secondary teaching areas of Mathematics Education to further their knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge and practical skills that support their practice as Mathematics teachers in secondary school contexts. Graduates of this degree are supported to move into new areas of teaching beyond those recognised through their initial teacher education degree.
Indicative student workload
You can expect to participate in a range of teaching activities each week. This could include online classes, online and/or face to face seminars, and online interaction. You can refer to the individual unit details in the course structure for more information. You will also need to study and complete assessment tasks in your own time.
Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period for each credit point undertaking required teaching, learning and assessment activities.
Career opportunities
The course allows currently qualified teachers to expand their career opportunities and move into a 7-10 mathematics teaching role.
For more information go to DeakinTALENT.
Participation requirements
Course delivery is blended and students are required to dedicate time to weekly engagement with located or online teaching and learning activities and resources. This is recommended at combined total 8-10 hours per week per unit including active learning/engagement either face to face or online, and independent study.
For each unit, students are required to participate actively in 5 x 6-hour intensive learning experiences with additional online learning opportunities and two assessment tasks.
Reasonable adjustments to participation and other course requirements will be made for students with a disability. More information available at Disability support services.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities | Critically analyse and apply specialist knowledge of the principles of contemporary evidence-based mathematics education pedagogies. |
| Communication | Employ a range of written communication skills and standards required of mathematics educators to be able to convey complex knowledge in mathematics education in professional and scholarly contexts. |
| Digital literacy | Use expert knowledge of, and technical proficiency in, digital technologies that can be specifically used to develop students’ understanding and support inquiry-based approaches. |
| Critical thinking | Demonstrate an ability to analyse and flexibly respond to individual student needs and school contexts to plan and implement strategies supporting a culture of interest in, and learning of, Year 7-10 mathematics. |
| Problem solving | Draw on contemporary understandings of teaching and learning practices within mathematics to critically review and improve their own practices. |
Approved at Faculty Board October 2020
Course rules
To complete the Graduate Certificate of Secondary Mathematics students must pass 4 credit points and meet the following course rules to be eligible to graduate:
- DAI001 Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0-credit-point compulsory unit) in their first study period
- 4 credit points of core units
Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements. See the enrolment codes and terminology to help make sense of the University’s vocabulary.
Note:
- This course is part-time only.
Course structure
Core units
| DAI001 | Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0-credit-point compulsory unit) |
| ETM709 | Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics 7-10: Number |
| ETM710 | Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics 7-10: Geometry and Measurement |
| ETM711 | Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics 7-10: Statistics and Probability |
| ETM712 | Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics 7-10: Algebraic Thinking and Function |
Course duration
Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as failing of units or accessing or completing placements.
Further information
Student Central can help you with course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements.
- Contact Student Central
Fees and charges
Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study, and their study discipline or your study load.
Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
For further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods visit our Current students website.