The Bachelor of Education (Secondary) is an initial teacher education course usually studied over a period of four years. This course will qualify you for professional registration as a secondary school teacher. You will demonstrate evidence of meeting the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (Graduate Career Stage) throughout the course of study. On successful completion of the course, you will be eligible for employment in secondary schools in two teaching areas.

In this course you will complete 125 days of planned teaching practice in secondary schools. Professional practice blocks are included in each year of the course structure, culminating in a teaching internship.

To graduate with a Bachelor of Education (Secondary), and consistent with external accreditation course requirements, you will complete:

Professional Studies in Education (20 units equivalent)

• Discipline-specific curriculum and pedagogical studies (2 x 12 credit point units - i.e. 4 units equivalent)
• General Education Studies (11 x 6 credit point units)
• Professional Practice (5 x 6 credit point units)

Discipline Studies (Discipline Teaching Area units) (12 units)

• 6 Discipline Teaching Area 1 units
• 6 Discipline Teaching Area 2 units

Discipline Teaching Area units are selected from the relevant Minor listing in this handbook based on unit availabilities by the relevant school that hosts the discipline area. Discipline Teaching Areas you can choose from in this course include:

• Biology (including Year 7 - 10 Science)
• Business
• Chemistry (including Year 7 - 10 Science)
• English
• Geography
• Health and Physical Education (including Year 7 - 10 HPE and Year 11 - 12 Physical Education)
• History
• Home Economics and Hospitality
• Industrial Technology and Design
• Mathematics
• Psychology (including Year 7-10 Science)

Please note: Study undertaken for each Discipline Teaching Area is equivalent to a total of three-quarters of a year of successful full-time higher education study, comprising sequential discipline study taken over three years as required by the National Program requirements. In this course, this equates to six units, with no more than two units at first-year level and no fewer than two units at third-year level. Annually, units are determined and advised by relevant Head of Course and/or Course Advisor from the various disciplines.

To be eligible for teacher registration, students in this course are required to undertake and pass the National Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Educators (ITE) prior to graduation.

Internships & Placements

20 day supervised placement in an educational setting comprising five non-assessable contextual days and five assessable days completed on a one day per week basis throughout Term 2 of the first year and a 10 day continuous assessable block.

Professional Recognition

Graduates are eligible to apply for provisional registration as a teacher upon completion of the course.

Career Outcomes

On completion of a Bachelor of Education (Secondary), you will be qualified to teach two specialist areas within secondary schools to Year 12. Like most professions, teaching has specific workforce demands and sometimes oversupply. Before undertaking a course of study, you should check with major employers regarding potential employment prospects.