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H77 / U55 Master of Career Development

The Master of Career Development is a professional qualification for career practitioners and leaders in the fields of career development, career counselling, career and life coaching, education, training, employment services, outplacement support, human resource development, and labour market programs.  Graduates will be positioned to take professional career practitioner and career development leadership roles in corporate, government, education and not-for-profit organisations, as private career practitioners, and as providers of consultancy services to individuals and organisations.  Students may exit with the Graduate Certificate in Career Development after completing Stage One.
 
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants will normally be required to have an undergraduate degree or a postgraduate qualification in career development from a recognised tertiary institution and be working in the field of career development.
 
COURSE LOCATION
Off-campus delivery.
 
MODE OF STUDY
This course is available by Part-time mode.
 
MODE OF DELIVERY
This course is available in the following mode of delivery - Online.

Off-campus with supplementary materials, and some intensive skill development components. The course comprises eight compulsory units. Four of the eight units are available Off-campus. Two units (Employability and Enterprise and Career Coaching) are available Off-campus or combined intensive and off-campus mode. Two units (Counselling Skills for Career Development and Career Counselling) must be completed in intensive mode.
 
COURSE STRUCTURE

The course consists of 120 credit points of study (8 units). 
 
Semester 1 (Stage One)
CDE5121 Career Development 15
CDE5122 Counselling Skills for Career Development 15
CDE5123 Employability and Enterprise Skills 15
CDE5124 Career Development in Practice 15
 
Semester 2 (Stage Two)
CDE5125 Advanced Studies in Career Development 15
CDE5126 Career Counselling 15
CDE5127 Career Coaching 15
CDE5128 Career Development Professional Project 15
 
The Career Development, Employability and Enterprise Skills, Career Development in Practice, Advanced Studies in Career Development, and Career Development Professional Project units are available in external delivery mode. The Counselling Skills for Career Development unit must be completed in intensive mode. The Career Counselling and Career Coaching units include an intensive skill development components.
 
 
 
 
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes, Graduate Attributes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Student Equity, Diversity and Disability Service website:
http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/support/student-equity

Last Updated - Higher Education: 31/03/2010 VET: 31/03/2010