Program Overview

Program Overview

The Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education is an honours level equivalent programme offered in the School of Education, College of Humanities. This programme aims to contribute to the professional development of higher education practitioners with a focus on teaching and learning.

Program Structure

Students register for 8 x 16 credit modules.

Admission Criteria

Entry into the PGDipHE requires:

• An Honours degree regarded as appropriate by the College of Humanities
• Admission to the status of that degree in terms of Rule GR7(a)
• Evidence of a level of competence as defined in Rule GR7(b)

Program Modules

Core Modules

• Higher education policy and context
• Practice, reflection & portfolio development in higher education
• Research in higher education

Elective Modules

• Designing & evaluating curricula in higher education
• Teaching & learning in higher education
• Assessing learning in higher education
• Supervising research in higher education
• Diversity & the student in higher education
• Technology for higher education pedagogy
• Elective module