SPECIFIC ADMISSION REQUIREMENT

Applicants for Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) must fulfil the following criteria for admission:

i. a bachelor’s degree with honours recognised by Ministry of Education, Malaysia with a CGPA of at least 2.75; and
ii. pass the Malaysian Certificate of Education (SPM); and
iii. a credit in Bahasa Melayu/Bahasa Malaysia at SPM level or its equivalent.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) is a 40-credit-hour programme, which comprises the following components:

Core Courses (17 credit hours)
SGDF4012 Philosophy and Educational Development in Malaysia
SGDY4022 Application of Educational Psychology
SGDG4032 School and Society
SGDU4162 Co-Curriculum Management
SGDE4013 Assessment in Learning
SGDT4013 Technology and Innovation in Education
SGDP4043 Action Research in Education

Teaching Methodology (4 credit hours)
Choose any 1 course from the list below:

SGDK4014 Kaedah Mengajar Bahasa Melayu
SGDK4024 ELT Methodology
SGDK4034 Mathematics Teaching Method
SGDK4084 Moral Pedagogy
SGDK4044 Islamic Education Teaching Methods
SGDK4064 Teaching Method of Commerce and Entrepreneurship

Microteaching (2 credit hours)
SGDK4042 Micro and Macro Teaching

Second option courses (9 credit hours)
Choose any 1 option from the specialisations listed below:

a. Moral Education
SGDV4013 Ethics and Moral Education
SGDV4133 Moral Psychology
SGDV4213 Curriculum for Moral Education

b. Civic Education
SGDV4033 Education for Nation State
SGDV4123 Citizenship Education in Malaysia
SGDV4223 Civic and Citizenship in Education

c. TESL
SGDK4013 Literacy Pedagogy for Secondary Classrooms
SGDK4023 Oral Pedagogy for Secondary Classrooms
SGDK4033 Literary Studies

d. Bahasa Melayu
SBLM4013 Malay Linguistics
SBLM4023 Language in Social Cultural Context
SBLM4033 Malay Literature

e. Interactive Multimedia
SGDM4013 Graphic and Animation Development in Education
SGDM4023 Audio and Video Development for Education
SGDK4043 Information Technology Pedagogy

Teaching practice (8 credit hours)
SGDX4018 Teaching Practice