Handbook - Arts / Education (Secondary)

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Overview

The Dual degree program, Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Education (Secondary) is a four-year program (192 UOC) for intending secondary school teachers. The program is a nationally accredited pre-service qualification. You will combine studies in two single or one double secondary teaching specialisation(s) from the Bachelor of Arts. The program … For more content click the Read More button below.

The Dual degree program, Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Education (Secondary) is a four-year program (192 UOC) for intending secondary school teachers. The program is a nationally accredited pre-service qualification.

You will combine studies in two single or one double secondary teaching specialisation(s) from the Bachelor of Arts. The program covers both theoretical and practical aspects of education, including 80 days supervised professional experience in at least two different secondary schools.

Stand Alone Programs

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Double Degree Structure

Students must complete 192 UOC.

Bachelor of Arts (96 UOC)

A home major (60 UOC)
A minor (24 UOC)
Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Electives (12 UOC)*

A home major (60 UOC)
An extended minor (36 UOC)

* If you complete an extended minor you are deemed to have met this requirement

Bachelor of Education (96 UOC)

Education Core (66 UOC)
Prescribed Education method electives (24 UOC)
Prescribed Education electives (6 UOC)

Disciplinary Component - 3409 Arts96 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 96 UOC of the following to satisfy the core requirements of this degree

Home Extended Minors

You may choose to take an extended minor (36 UOC) in place of a minor (24 UOC) and Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Electives (12 UOC).

Home Majors and Minors

You are required to complete one Home Major and one Minor in order to graduate.

Note: If you choose to complete a major or minor in a language and your language skills are assessed as Level A in Introductory, Intermediate, Advanced or Professional, you can only commence study of the language in Term 1.

Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Electives

Academic Writing & Language Enhancement

Disciplinary Component - 4056 Education (Secondary)96 Units of Credit:

You must complete 96 UOC of the following to satisfy the core requirements of this degree.

Level 1 Core Courses18 Units of Credit:

Level 2 Core Courses12 Units of Credit:

Level 3 Core Courses18 Units of Credit:

You must take 18 UOC of the following courses:

Note: In order to be eligible for EDST6760 Professional Experience 1 students must have completed the prerequisite courses and participation and enrolment requirements for EDST6760, and sufficient subject content knowledge in their first and second teaching specialisations (methods areas). Typically, students will need to have completed 24 UOC in an appropriate minor (12 UOC at level 1 and 12 UOC at level 2 or above), and a minimum of 24 UOC in an appropriate major (12 UOC at level 1 and 12 UOC at level 2 or above).

Level 4 Core Courses18 Units of Credit:

You must take 18 UOC of the following courses.

Please note that EDST6765 cannot be studied concurrently with another course.

Note: In order to be eligible for EDST6765 Professional Experience 2/Internship students must have completed the prerequisite courses and participation and enrolment requirements for EDST6765, and the appropriate subject content knowledge in their first and second teaching specialisations (methods areas). Typically, students will need to have completed 24 UOC in an appropriate minor (12 UOC at level 1 and 12 UOC at level 2 or above), and a minimum of 36 UOC in an appropriate major (maximum 12 UOC at level 1 and at least 12 UOC at level 3 or above).

Eligibility Requirements for Professional Experience

LANTITE

Successful completion of the NESA Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students (LANTITE) test will be recorded as two zero credit courses, EDST6600 LANTITE (Literacy) and EDST6601 LANTITE (Numeracy) on your academic record.

You must complete the LANTITE test before enrolling in EDST2002 Professional Engagement.

Prescribed Education Methods24 Units of Credit:

You must take four single method courses in two areas of specialisation (24 UOC), taking 12 UOC per term.

Prescribed Elective6 Units of Credit:

4053 - Arts & Social Sciences Prescribed Elective Exemption

4053 - Major/Minor Restrictions and Education Methods

Certain major/minor combinations are restricted due to teaching specialisation requirements:
- Asian Studies, Australian Studies, Environmental Humanities, European Studies minors - must be combined with History major
- Creative Writing, Film Studies, Media, Culture & Technology, Philosophy minors - must be combined with English major
- Womens & Gender Studies minor - must be combined with English or History major

The Prescribed Education Methods comprise of two of the following teaching specialisations: Aboriginal (Indigenous) Studies, Ancient History, Drama, English, English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D), Geography, Languages (Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish), Legal Studies, Modern History, Music Studies (Intensive), Society and Culture.

Enrolment Disclaimer

Please read the Double Degree Program rules as some specific rules apply to particular Double Degree combinations.

You are responsible for ensuring you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and advice from 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.

Sample Programs

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Additional Information

Stream availability

The following streams are not available in this program: Development Studies, Criminology, Politics & International Relations, Arts & Social Sciences, Modern Greek Studies, Italian Studies, and all external minors.
The following streams are only available as a minor: Asian Studies, Creative Writing, Environmental Humanities, European Studies, Film Studies, Linguistics (ext), Media, Culture & Technology, Philosophy.
The following stream is only available as a major: Music Studies (Intensive).

Teaching Area Requirements

For available teaching areas and their respective UNSW majors/minors/extended minors, please refer to the most recent 4053 sample program plan. For more information about the teaching area requirements, download NESA's Subject Content Knowledge Policy (PDF).

Exit Strategies

Students completing the Bachelor of Education (Secondary) in Dual mode with the Bachelor of Arts who decide to discontinue their enrolment in this program may exit the program and enrol in the Bachelor of Arts program in Single mode.

Students may transfer from the combined degree Program to the single Arts degree program in their first 2 years.

After three years study in the dual degree, students may exit the program with a Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Education (60 UOC) and a Minor in an area of discipline study. Students who elect this option should follow one of the following exit strategies:

Students identified at the end of Term 1 in Year 3 will be required to complete 12 UOC of general education courses, 6 UOC of EDST Elective and 6 uoc in the upper level Arts course that would have been their first teaching subject.
Students identified at the beginning of Term 1 in Year 4 will be required to complete 12 UOC of general education courses instead of the Year 4 courses.

Students seeking to exit the program should contact the Nucleus Student Hub for advice.

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:

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Faculty
Faculty: The primary academic unit in which related disciplines of teaching and research are conducted.

Managing Faculty

Campus

Sydney

Study Level
Study Level refers to the academic level of a program, specialisation or course.

Undergraduate

Typical duration:

4 Year(s)

Intake Period

Term 1, Term 3

Academic Calendar

Minimum Units of Credit

192

Award Type(s)

Bachelor

Award(s)
Award(s): Qualification upon completion (all awards offered by UNSW are accredited by UNSW and align with the Australian Qualifications Framework).

Bachelor of Arts - BA
Bachelor of Education (Secondary) - BEd (Secondary)

UAC Code

422100

CRICOS Code

075262B