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Master of Applied Linguistics (ends 2014) (MAPL) - MAppLing
CRICOS code (International applicants): 021018E
The Master of Applied Linguistics will accept
no new admissions from Semester 1, 2015. This program will be replaced
with a new 12鈥搖nit program from Semester 1, 2015.
| On-campus*# | Online |
Semester intake: | Semester 1 (March) Semester 2 (July) | Semester 1 (March) Semester 2 (July) Semester 3 (November) |
Campus: | Toowoomba | - |
Fees: | Domestic full fee paying place International full fee paying place
| Domestic full fee paying place International full fee paying place
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Standard duration: | 1 year full-time, 5 years part-time on-campus,
up to five years part-time distance education, up to five years part-time
online education |
Program articulation: | From: Postgraduate Certificate of Applied Linguistics To: ; Doctor of Education |
Notes
From 2013, the Commonwealth Government will only support students
in Masters programs who are studying one of the following three specialisations:
Special Education TESOL Early Childhood. The Commonwealth Government
will no longer provide any support for students who will be enrolled
in Post Graduate Certificate programs. Those students who enrolled
prior to 2013 with a Commonwealth Government Supported Place will
be permitted to teach out their current program with Commonwealth
Government Support.
This program does not qualify students for teacher registration
with relevant teaching authorities. To qualify for teacher registration
in Queensland please refer to the Graduate Diploma of Learning and Teaching
.
Contact us
Future Australian and New Zealand students |
Future International students |
Current students |
Freecall (within Australia): 1800 269 500 Phone (from outside Australia): +61 7 4631 5315 Email: study@usq.edu.au |
Phone: +61 7 4631 5543 Email: international@usq.edu.au |
Freecall (within Australia): 1800 007 252 Phone (from outside Australia): +61 7 4631 2285 Email usq.support@usq.edu.au |
Program objectives
On successful completion of the Master of Applied Linguistics,
graduates should be able to:
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critically reflect on language related issues and analyse their
implications
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integrate knowledge and assess outcomes as a strategic facilitator
in second language contexts
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expand communication management and multi-literacy skills assisted
by technology in relevant discourse communities
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demonstrate enhanced competence in academic and scholarly writing
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use analytical skills in a specialised field of Applied Linguistics.
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed a bachelor degree or equivalent
from a recognised institution.
Program fees
Domestic full fee paying place
Domestic full fee paying places are funded entirely through
the full fees paid by the student. Full fees vary depending on the
courses that are taken. You are able to calculate the fees for a particular
course via the
Domestic full fee paying students
may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called provided they meet the residency and citizenship
requirements.
Australian citizens, Permanent Humanitarian Visa
holders, Permanent Resident visa holders and New Zealand citizens
who will be resident outside Australia for the duration of their program
pay full tuition fees and are not eligible for .
International full fee paying place
International students pay full fees. Full fees vary depending
on the courses that are taken and whether they are studied on-campus,
via distance education/online. You are able to calculate the fees
for a particular course via the .
Program structure
The Master of Applied Linguistics is an 8-unit program. A minimum
of 50% of the program (4 units) must comprise courses at level 8.
The program is offered in two strands: Community and Teaching. Both
strands have a research pathway. The teaching strand also has a wholly
coursework pathway.
The Community strand embeds a research pathway and coursework,
as shown in the following Table.
Required Applied Linguistics courses |
, , |
3 units |
Required Research courses: |
, |
3 units |
Optional Research courses: |
or
|
1 unit |
Optional Elective postgraduate course |
See note 1 |
1 unit |
Note 1 Elective courses may be drawn from the Master of Education (8 Units) or from other . Contact the Faculty of Business, Education, Law and
Arts to confirm suitability.
TheTeaching Strand embeds a research or coursework pathway,
as shown in the following Table.
|
Research |
Coursework |
Required Applied Linguistics courses |
, , |
3 units |
, , |
3 units |
Elective Applied Linguistics courses |
, , , , |
2 units |
, , , , |
4 units |
Required Research courses |
, or |
3 units |
|
|
Optional Elective postgraduate course |
|
|
See note 1 |
1 unit |
Note 1 Elective courses may be drawn from the Master of Education (8 Units) or from other . Contact the Faculty of Business, Education, Law and
Arts to confirm suitability.
In some countries, completion of a research stream is a requirement
for recognition of the Master's qualification. Those students
in particular from Canada and the Middle East, or those intending
to live and work there, should check registration requirements with
the relevant authority in-country around the half-way point of the
Master's program. This will allow time for students to complete
their program via the research pathway if the need to do so is indicated.
Program completion requirements
Students are required to follow the recommended enrolment pattern
to graduate with a Master of Applied Linguistics. Those who deviate
from the recommended enrolment pattern are invited to transfer to
the Master of Education (TESOL), a program with a less highly structured
enrolment pattern containing all Applied Linguistics courses, or the
Master of Learning and Development, a program that accommodates non-education
courses.
Required time limits
Students have a maximum of 5 years to complete this program.
Elective courses
Elective courses will be selected from
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Note: Minimum enrolment numbers apply to all courses.
Should enrolments not meet the minimum number required, students may
be transferred to a different mode or offering and advised of this
change prior to semester start.
IT requirements
Students must have reliable and ready access to email and the
Internet. See for more information.
Articulation
The Master of Applied Linguistics program articulates from the
Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Linguistics (PGAL).
The Community Strand embeds the PGAL Community Strand. Articulating
PGAL students will study 3 Required Research Courses and one of the
Optional Research courses.
The Teaching Strand embeds the PGAL Teaching Strand. Articulating
PGAL students will study 3 Required Research Courses and one Elective
course to complete their MAPL research pathway or 3-4 Applied Linguistics
elective courses and optionally one postgraduate elective course to
complete their MAPL coursework pathway.
Exit points
The Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Linguisicts (PGAL) and
the Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Development (PGLD) are
optional exit points from the Masters with four relevant courses completed.
Credit
The maximum credit granted will be no more than half of the
program units (four units). Within this limit, credit will be granted
for relevant studies successfully completed at postgraduate level
in the last five years and may be considered for studies successfully
completed in the last 10 years. Students who have completed the Postgraduate
Certificate programs listed in the Articulation section above, will
receive full credit if they study the same specialisation in this
program. Students intending to apply for credit should follow the . Within the framework
of those regulations, the following points should be given particular
consideration:
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Transfer of credit from other incomplete USQ award programs
may be permitted where there is similar or appropriate content.
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Normally an accredited Certificate in TESOL (e.g. the Cambridge
Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages - CELTA)
attracts 1 unit of credit and a Diploma in TESOL 2 units of credit.
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completed and assessed professional development modules based
on PGAL course materials will attract credit into the program.
Students should seek advice from the Faculty of Business, Education,
Law and Arts before applying for credit.
Students who have completed or or as part of an undergraduate program
in the past 5 years are exempt from repeating the course but must
complete electives in Applied Linguistics to gain 8-units for the
award.
Other information
Assessment of the courses will involve one or more of the following
components: written assignments, take-home examinations, reflective
journal keeping, seminar presentation (where appropriate), report
writing, development of work courses, questionnaires, marking schemes,
etc. as appropriate to each course.
Enrolment
Students may commence this Program in semesters one, two or
three. External students may choose to study part-time or full-time,
or a combination of both at different stages of their program. On-campus
commencement is restricted to semesters one and two. International
on-campus students must be enrolled full-time.
In this section:
Community strand - Recommended enrolment pattern
Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus,
distance education or online), regardless of the program mode of study
they enrolled in.
Graduates will have a clear sense of strategic direction for
identifying linguistic differences in communities and assisting in
the management of this diversity.
It is recommended that
Course | Year of program and semester in which course is normally studied | Enrolment requirements |
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On-campus (ONC) | Distance education (EXT) | Online (ONL) |
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Year | Sem | Year | Sem | Year | Sem |
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Required
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| | 1 | | | 1 | 1, 3 | |
| | 2 | | | | 1, 2 | |
| | 2 | | | | 2, 3 | |
| | 1, 2, 3 | | | | 1, 2, 3 | |
| | 2 | | | | 1, 2, 3 | Pre-requisite: and 4 units of completed Postgraduate 精东传媒app and minimum GPA 5 |
Select a minimum of one unit
|
| | 1, 2 | | | | 1, 2, 3 | Pre-requisite: |
| | | | | 2 | 1, 2, 3 | |
Select a maximum of one elective unit from the table of Elective
courses
|
Teaching strand - Recommended enrolment pattern
Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus,
distance education or online), regardless of the program mode of study
they enrolled in.
Graduates will be competent in key areas for second language
teaching in a range of contexts. This Strand enhances each student's
capacity for open, critical reflective thinking about second language
teaching practice by critically analysing relevant professional issues
affecting current educational practices in the area of second language
teaching and policy development.
It is recommended that
Course | Year of program and semester in which course is normally studied | Enrolment requirements |
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On-campus (ONC) | Distance education (EXT) | Online (ONL) |
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Year | Sem | Year | Sem | Year | Sem |
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Coursework pathway
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Required
|
| 1 | 1 | | | 1 | 1, 3 | |
| 1 | 1 | | | | 1, 2 | |
| | 2 | | | 1 | 2 | |
Select minimum of 4 courses
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| | | | | | 3 | |
| | 2 | | | | 1, 2 | |
| | 2 | | | | 1, 2 | |
| | | | | | 1, 3 | |
| | 2 | | | | 2, 3 | |
| | 1 | | | | 1 | |
Select a maximum of one elective unit from the table of Elective
Courses
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To best position yourself for later PhD studies, the Research
pathway is recommended
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Research pathway
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Required
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| 1 | 1 | | | 1 | 1, 3 | |
| 1 | 1 | | | | 1, 2 | |
| | 2 | | | 1 | 2 | |
Select minimum of two courses from
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| | | | | | 3 | |
| | 2 | | | | 1, 2 | |
| | 2 | | | | 1, 2 | |
| | | | | | 1, 3 | |
| | 2 | | | | 2, 3 | |
| | 1 | | | | 1 | |
Research course:
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| | 1, 2, 3 | | | 1 | 1, 2, 3 | |
Required project work
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| | 2 | | | | 1, 2, 3 | Pre-requisite: and 4 units of completed Postgraduate 精东传媒app and minimum GPA 5 |
Notes
On campus offers are contingent upon sufficient enrolments.
Subject to International Student visa requirements, alternative modes
of EXT or WEB may be substituted.