Programme overview
The programme is intended to contribute to the professional development of practitioners in Higher Education with particular reference to teaching and learning. It serves to promote deep reflection and conscious, ethical practice by such staff through interrogation of current research, theories and discourses of Higher Education.
Specializations on offer
All students need to choose one of the following specialisations in the course work:
- Masters of Education in Curriculum Studies (MAE-CS)
- Masters of Education in Educational Leadership, Management and Policy (ME-EMP)
- Masters of Education in Higher Education Teaching and Learning (ME-HT)
- Masters of Education in Higher Education Student and Professional Services (ME-HSP)
- Masters of Education in Social Justice Education (ME-SJE)
- Masters of Education in Teacher Development Studies (ME-TDS)
Masters by Full Research:
- Adult Education (Pietermaritzburg)
- Curriculum Studies (Edgewood)
- Education Leadership, Management and Policy (Edgewood & Pietermaritzburg)
- Gender Education (Edgewood)
- History Education (Edgewood)
- Language and Media Studies (Edgewood)
- Social Justice Education (Edgewood & Pietermaritzburg)
- Social Science Education (Edgewood)
- Science Education (Edgewood)
- Mathematics Education (Edgewood)
- Teacher Development Studies (Edgewood & Pietermaritzburg)
- Technology Education (Edgewood)
Who qualifies to enter?
- Applicants may be registered for the qualification of Postgraduate Diploma provided that they have:
- completed a bachelor’s degree regarded as appropriate by the college concerned; or
- been admitted to the status of that degree in terms of Rule GR7(a); or
- attained a level of competence as defined in Rule GR7(b).
- A college may prescribe further minimum criteria for admission to study.
- A college may provide in its rules for an appropriate Advanced Diploma to be accepted for entry to a Postgraduate Diploma in accordance with the HEQF.
In addition, applicants to the Programme must have the opportunity to work within a Higher Education institution in a capacity that will allow them to achieve the Programme’s learning outcomes for at least the duration of the Programme.
Delivery mode of the Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education at UKZN
Students are given readings to prepare for critical engagement during lecture time. Various methodologies are used such as student presentations, drawing up annotated bibliographies, panel discussions, writing long essays in the shape of a literature review or reading reactions and using the student LANS to search for relevant articles. Additionally, lecturer presentations and discussions are supported with the use of power point presentations. Group work and peer activity are encouraged to motivate students to discuss their ideas, it is in this way that student interaction is promoted within the lecture room. In terms of material development, facilitators develop their own portfolios of evidence, reflective journals, posters and compilations of their own publications in the scholarship of teaching and learning that are shared with the students. In this way the students have useful examples that they can draw from for their own teaching and learning practice
Module Sheet
How to apply
The URL link for online applications is available on the UKZN web page. https://erpweb.ukzn.ac.za/pls/ukznint/gen.gw1pkg.gw1startup?x_processcode=UKZN_REQUEST
Application Fees
No application fee is payable if there has been no break in studies. Applicants who have been out of the system for a full academic year or more will be required to pay a new application fee.
A non-refundable application fee is payable on submission of the application form.
- SA applicants on-time – R210
- SA applicants late – R420
- SADC and Africa – R490
- Countries outside Africa – $153
Tuition Fees Payable
For fee structures, refer to https://www.ukzn.ac.za/ and from ‘Student Portal.
Admin Contact Details
Edgewood Campus
Telephone Number
0312603888/3634
PMB Campus
033260-6189
Private Bag X01, Scottsville, 3209