Master of Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education - AUT University

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This masters programme aims to equip literacy educators with the necessary skills and knowledge to enable them to address the diverse challenges of teaching literacies in New Zealand in the 21st century.

Programme Code: AK1286
Level: 9
Points: 120
Duration: One years full time / Equivalent part time
Venue: Mainly online with some block teaching at city campus
Starting date: 3 March 2008 / 21 July 2008
Application deadline: 16 November 2007 / 27 June 2008

AUT encourages early application.
Late applications may be accepted if the programme is not full.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

• A three-year bachelors degree or the equivalent and one of:
  
  (a) a year of advanced study in adult literacy and/or numeracy education or a relevant field leading to the award of a bachelors honours degree, a postgraduate diploma or an equivalent professional qualification;
  
  (b) evidence of professional experience adult literacy and/or numeracy education or deemed by the University to be equivalent to one year of advanced study in a relevant field; (c) a graduate diploma in a relevant field.

OR

• A four-year bachelors degree in a relevant field.

In addition to the above requirements, an applicant shall provide evidence of at least one year of further professional experience in adult literacy and/or numeracy education or a relevant field deemed suitable by the Board of Studies for the degree.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

Applicants for whom English or Māori is not their first language are required to provide proof of an acceptable pass/grade gained in an accepted English language test. 

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Graduates will possess advanced professional skills in adult literacy and numeracy education that will enhance their employment prospects and allow them not only to engage with literacy and numeracy learners but also in the training of literacy and numeracy practitioners.

FURTHER STUDIES

Although this is a terminal degree graduates may also be eligible to enrol in the AUT Master of Philosophy and pursue research interests in their chosen area.

PAPERS

169001 Adult Literacy: Contemporary Perspectives
169002 Adult Numeracy: Contemporary Perspectives
169003 Adult Literacy: Teaching Strategies
169004 Adult Numeracy: Teaching Strategies
169005 Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education: Online Teaching and Learning
169006 Adult Literacy and Numeracy: Programme Design and Assessment 
169007 Adult Literacy and Numeracy: Applied Project