Graduate Certificate of Specialist Inclusive Education
2025 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2026 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Graduate Certificate of Specialist Inclusive Education |
| Deakin course code | E544 |
| Course Credit Points | 4 |
| Course version | 3 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts and Education |
| Course Information | For students who commenced from 2018 to 2024 |
| Final Intake | Offered to continuing students only. The final intake to this course was in teaching period 2, 2024. Students should contact Student Central for course, course map and enrolment information. |
| Duration | 1 year part-time |
Course sub-headings
Course Learning Outcomes
| Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities | Review, analyse, consolidate and synthesise inclusive education theoretical foundations and practices, and create and apply specialist pedagogies, curriculum and assessments across a range of educational contexts. |
| Communication | Review, analyse, consolidate and synthesise inclusive education theoretical foundations and practices, and create and apply specialist pedagogies, curriculum and assessments across a range of educational contexts. |
| Digital literacy | Initiate, plan, implement and evaluate high quality, credible, adaptive digital resources to support equitable access, participation and engagement in learning for all students. |
| Critical thinking | Understand the interrelationship between philosophies, theories and practices of inclusive education to inform strategies that advance equitable access and positive learning outcomes for students and complex learning partnerships. |
| Problem solving | Identify and apply professional and ethical judgement to realise creative, positive and inclusive solutions to complex teaching and learning problems across a range of learning partnerships. |
| Self-management | Demonstrate critically reflective practice and ongoing professional learning to support the development of inclusive communities of practice, cross-disciplinary dialogue and scholarship. |
| Teamwork | Collaborate and contribute to learning partnerships and multidisciplinary teams across a range of diverse contexts to advance the inclusive learning and development of all learners. |
| Global citizenship | Review national and international practice and theory of inclusive education in relation to legal, ethical and policy frameworks to address issues of equity and social justice across diverse communities in a global context. |
Approved at Faculty Board July 2017
Course rules
To complete the Graduate Certificate of Specialist Inclusive Education you 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 your first study period
- 3 credit points of core units
- 1 credit point course elective
Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements.
Course structure
Core units
| EXE732 | Social Justice and Difference |
| EIE702 | Teaching and Learning in the Inclusive Classroom |
| EEI715 | Effective Classroom Management: Positive Learning Environments |
Course electives
| EMP700 | The Arts and the Art of Teaching (replaces ECP711) |
| ESP701 | Education and Development of Exceptional Learners |
| ECP703 | Protective Education and Children's Wellbeing |
| EDX701 | Research Design Development and Method |
| EIE704 | Supporting Communication in Inclusive Classrooms |
| ECM720 | Educational Context, Policy and Leadership in Challenging Times |
EEL702 New and Traditional Literacies and Diverse Student Needs [No longer available for enrolment]
ESP707 Psychology in Education [No longer available for enrolment]
ESM701 Teaching Mathematics Successfully [No longer available for enrolment]
ECM711 Education Governance and Policy [No longer available for enrolment]
ECM712 Education Leadership in Changing Times [No longer available for enrolment]
ECP711 Creativity and the Arts [No longer available for enrolment, replacement unit EMP700]
Course duration
Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as failing of units or accessing or completing placements.
Fees and charges
Tuition fees will vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study, your study load and/or unit discipline.
Your tuition fees will increase annually at the start of each calendar year. All fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD) and do not include additional costs such as textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment, mandatory checks, travel, consumables and other costs.
For further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods visit our Current students website.