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Foundations in Higher Education

Sydney Professional Certificate

Graduates of this Professional Certificate will have specialised knowledge in the Foundations in Higher Education.

Graduates will have cognitive skills to:

  • Critically reflect on their practice to enhance their integrated professional, ethical and personal identity around teaching
  • Apply their understanding of higher education research and scholarship to the practice of teaching
  • Design student-focused, research-led and evidence-based pedagogy, particularly in the context of applying technologies appropriately and effectively.

Sydney Professional Certificate in Foundations in Higher Education

Admission requirements:
Bachelor from the University of Sydney or equivalent; and
Completion of postgraduate studies in Education or professional experience equivalent to one year full-time in a field considered by the Faculty to be appropriate to the program of study.
Students must complete:
(a) 12 credit points of 5000-level or higher units of study
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

5000-level units of study

EDPR5002
Reflection and Practice in University T and L
6  

6000-level units of study

EDPR6012
Developing Integ eLearning Env Higher Ed
6