Become a humanities teacher in a secondary school, where you'll support your students to develop their historical, geographical, social, and economic understanding of societies. This course leads to a career in secondary school teaching with a specialisation in a range of humanities areas.

Students will develop the professional knowledge, skills and attitudes required of an effective classroom teacher.

Secondary school placements during the course ensure valuable practical experience for students.

Students will study a major and minor (and/or extended minor in Humanities areas) in two Arts disciplines.

Students wanting to teach Religious Education are advised to consult with their Course Coordinator to ensure they enrol in the correct sequence of units.

Professional experience

All initial teacher education programs must include a defined period, or professional experience, where pre-service teachers practise teaching in a school under the direct supervision and guidance of an appropriately qualified teacher. In order to graduate, pre-service teachers must satisfy all the requirements of their program, including the professional experience requirements. The current requirements are for a minimum of 80 days of professional experience that occurs in structured supervised settings.

Supervised professional experience is at the heart of all our pre-service teacher education courses and the Faculty will find appropriate placements to suit the needs of your course. Placements will usually be arranged for the scheduled placement period in the professional experience calendar though this may not always be possible.

Professional recognition

This program has been listed on the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) accredited programs list and meets the teacher education component of the qualification requirement for registration (accreditation) as a secondary school teacher in all states and territories.

Our graduates have pursued careers in:

• secondary teaching, including Catholic, government and independent settings
• institutes of technical and further education (TAFE)
• vocational education
• community education centres
• private colleges
• special education settings