Overview

The Master of Teaching provides an advanced postgraduate initial secondary teaching qualification for both government and non-government schools in New South Wales and in all other states in Australia. It is also widely accepted as a teaching qualification overseas. The Master of Teaching (Secondary) is a two-year equivalent accelerated secondary … For more content click the Read More button below. While the first year of study is fixed (students will overload and complete 4 courses each term), the second year of study is more flexible and can be finished at the end of Term 1, 2, or 3. Students can also opt to take the program part-time and be eligible to teach after their second year of study. Please refer to the sample programs for more information on the different structures. Fully online mode is only available to domestic students and students not on an international student visa.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments.
  • Professionals
2.
Critically evaluate and respond to a range of issues in education nationally and internationally.
  • Global citizens
  • Professionals
  • Scholars
3.
Engage in independent and collaborative professional learning and critical inquiry.
  • Professionals
  • Scholars
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Engage professionally and ethically with colleagues, parents/carers and the community to communicate and lead change.
  • Leaders
  • Professionals
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Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning to drive improvement.
  • Scholars
  • Professionals
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Know students and how they learn in a range of different contexts.
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Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning, and transfer knowledge and skills to new and complex environments.
  • Scholars
  • Professionals
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Know the curriculum content and how to teach it to diverse learners, and through team-work, build on key specialisations to create depth and breadth of knowledge and understanding.
  • Scholars

Graduate Capabilities

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Program Structure

Students must complete 96 UOC when taken as a standalone program.

The program consists of a sequence of compulsory and elective units, including six core education units, four subject teaching area units (called methods), three electives, and two professional experience placements, including an internship.

The program requires students to study two single teaching specialisations, or one double teaching specialisation (available only for English, Mathematics, Music and Visual Arts) from those methods listed below. Applicants require a recognised Bachelor degree with studies in the relevant teaching specialisation(s):

First teaching specialisation – a major, consisting of a sequence of at least six units of undergraduate study in a teaching area, with no more than two at first year and at least two at third year.

Additional teaching specialisation – a minor consisting of a sequence of at least  four units of undergraduate study in a teaching area, with at least two of these at second year or above).

Subject to changing demand, teaching specialisations offered include:

  • Aboriginal Studies
  • Biology
  • Business Studies
  • Chemistry
  • Chemistry/Biology
  • Drama (Theatre and Performance Studies)
  • Earth and Environmental Science
  • Economics
  • English*
  • English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D)
  • Geography
  • Graphics and Multimedia Technology
  • History - Ancient
  • History - Modern 
  • Investigating Science
  • Languages: French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and /or Korean (A high level of competence in spoken and written language is required. A minor without prior studies or background in the language is usually insufficient to qualify as a teacher of the language).
  • Legal Studies
  • Mathematics*
  • Music*
  • Physics
  • Science
  • Society and Culture
  • Visual Arts*

*Can be taken as an extended teaching specialisation

National Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE)
Year 1 Core Courses36 Units of Credit:
Year 2 Core Course18 Units of Credit:
Master of Education Prescribed Electives18 Units of Credit:
Teaching Method Courses24 Units of Credit:
Academic Writing & English Enhancement Courses

Enrolment Disclaimer

Please note that this Handbook is a comprehensive catalogue of our offerings and includes courses that can be taken to satisfy program requirements irrespective as to their availability for a particular year. Availability of courses is best checked using filters on this site or on the class timetable site.

You are responsible for ensuring that you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and by following the advice of your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program requirements.

Sample Programs

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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements

Minimum Entry Requirements

Special Admission Requirements

Personal statement

For more information about admission requirements for various UNSW programs, visit the following website(s):
Domestic Students
International Student

Program Requirements

Participation and Enrolment Requirements

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Other

Compulsory Training Component

As the program includes supervised teaching experience, including an internship, in at least two different secondary schools, all full-time students must be available for five days per week for the full school day (approximately 8.30am - 4.00pm) in late May-June and in October-December. Part-time students will need to do their final school placement on a full-time basis.

Progression Requirements

Progression rules are in accordance to university policy.

For more information on university policy on progression requirements please visit Academic Progression

Associated Programs

Postgraduate Pathway

Graduate Certificate in Teaching - GradCertTeaching7327 - Teaching
Graduate Certificate in Education - GCED7401 - Education

Nested Postgraduate Program

Graduate Certificate in Teaching - GradCertTeaching7327 - Teaching

Professional Outcomes

Accreditations

New South Wales Education Standards Authority

Career Opportunities

Education Professionals

Recognition of Achievement

Award with Excellence
Current Students Award with Excellence
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The Award with Excellence is awarded in coursework masters programs, including Masters (Extension) but with the exception of Masters (Extended) such as JD and MD, when a Weighted Average Mean (WAM) of at least 80% has been achieved and at least 50% of the requirements of the award are completed at UNSW. All eligible programs will award 'with Excellence' except in special circumstances where approval of Academic Board has been given for a program to opt out.

Additional Information

Participation and Enrolment Requirements

For accreditation as a teacher in NSW, all teacher education students will need to meet the Participation and Enrolment Requirements set by the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).

For more detail, see your program information pack for your commencement year which will be issued by the School.

See information on degree finder here. 

Further Information

Contact the UNSW Nucleus for advice.

Delivery Mode

The following advice should be read in conjunction with the program Information Pack for your enrolment year.

This program is available face-to-face or distance (online with some face-to-face, i.e. multimodal). Should you need to pursue the entire program fully online, please kindly reach out to the School to address your study plan needs: education@unsw.edu.au. 

Program Fees

At UNSW fees are generally charged at course level and therefore dependent upon individual enrolment and other factors such as student's residency status. For generic information on fees and additional expenses of UNSW programs, click on one of the following:

Domestic Students
Commonwealth Supported Students (if applicable)
International Students

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