Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) - graduate entry

About the course

Graduates of the course will be four-year-trained specialist secondary school educators who are critically reflective professional practitioners, knowledgeable in their specialist content area and who are able to operate effectively in a variety of secondary educational contexts in which they find themselves.

Curriculum areas available in the course consist of Agriculture, Design and Technology, Drama, English, Information Technology, LOTE (Languages Other Than English), Mathematics, PDHPE (Physical Development Health Physical Education), Science, Society and Environment, Teacher Librarianship and Visual Art.

The specific course aims suggest graduates will:

• be committed to education as a process of critical transformation of individuals, school and society
• have a deep understanding of, and effective skill in the teaching of the full range of subject knowledge as a dynamic aspect of children’s curricular experience
• make appropriate and explicit links between discipline and pedagogical knowledge
• be responsive to the rights and needs of diverse learners and community groups
• understand the need as scholarly and autonomous adult learners to take responsibility for their own continuing personal and professional development as critically reflective professionals.

The course can be studied either full-time on campus over 1.5 years via either Bathurst or Wagga Wagga campuses, or full-time/part-time by distance education over 1.5-3 years through Bathurst Campus.

Residential schools

There are no residential schools or on campus requirements for students enrolled in the distance education mode associated with this course.

Credit

On entry into the Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) a standard credit package of a maximum of 96 credit points (12 subjects) will be given based on the applicant’s undergraduate degree in a teaching related discipline. Students will then be required to complete 96 credit points (12 subjects) in the Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary).

If students require additional discipline subjects (maximum of two) to meet NSWIT accreditation requirements then students will be granted 80 credit points (10 subjects) from their previous degree and be provided with the opportunity to complete the two additional discipline subjects concurrently with the Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary).

Additionally credit will be granted for equivalent subjects completed at another institution. A minimum of 50% of the course must be completed at CSU, however, in order to graduate with a CSU award.

For credit specifications in regard to Professional Experience see the section on Proficiency Credit (PCR).

Proficiency credit (PCR)

In order for a student to gain credit for professional experience, the applicant must demonstrate to the Sub-Dean Professional Experience that the completed task was indeed equivalent to a professional experience placement (PEP), that is, the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) had provided the student with an opportunity to satisfy the requirements of a typical PEP. All applications for credit will be considered and a decision determined by the Sub-Dean Professional Experience.

Child protection requirements and criminal record checks

All Teacher Education courses require enrolling students to provide specific data related to Child Protection. The Child Protection Act 1998 states that you must undertake the necessary training and police checks in order to commence any site visit or professional experience placement. The procedures for these will depend on the state in which you live and where you intend to undertake site visits and practicum. Please visit the faculty of Education's Policy on Professional Practice website.

If you are successful in gaining entry to the course, you will be required to complete Child Protection training as a part of the subject EPT441 Professional Experience 1.

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