Secondary teachers nurture, teach and empower students at a critical period of their development. You will learn how to inspire high school students to make the most of their education and ignite their passion in a particular subject area.

Combine your passion for education with your chosen areas of interest. Choose your teaching specialisations from a range of NESA Accredited Teaching Areas. Gain in-depth knowledge, expertise, confidence, and the skills to be an exceptional teacher.

Study in our state-of-the-art technologies. SimTeach, SimCave and SimSchool immerse students in both virtual reality and hands on experiences. These technologies prepare students for diverse contexts and diverse students. Our technologies are used to reflect our commitment to equity, excellence and indigenous knowledges, through shared experiences, indigenous storytelling and reflective practice.

Specialise and diversify with up to three teaching areas – choose from 29 teaching areas and increase your knowledge, expertise and career pathways.

• Complete one first teaching area; and
• Choose to complete one or two additional teaching area/s;
• Extended studies are also an option in some majors: Health and Physical Education, and Mathematics.

To focus your studies and gain flexibility in your degree, you may combine your first teaching area with additional teaching areas under any of the three streams – Humanities; STEM (Science Technology, Engineering Studies and Mathematics) and Health & Physical Education.

Core

Teaching Areas

Core Courses

Complete the following core courses to fulfil the requirements of this program.

• Aboriginal Education, Policies and Issues
• Curriculum, Assessment and Pedagogy
• Educational Psychology: Learners and the Learning Process
• Ethical Teaching in Classrooms
• Foundations of Secondary Education
• Inclusive and Special Education
• Managing the Learning Environment
• Multiliteracies
• Quality Teaching and Student Learning 7-12
• Quality Teaching, Equity and Diversity 7-12
• Schooling, Identity and Society
• The Future of Teaching and Learning

These are courses currently available in "Core Courses", for full requirements and availability always refer to the handbook.

Internship Course List

2024 Program Handbook

The courses shown above are a guide, and don't reflect the exact year-by-year structure of the program, you should always refer to the program handbook for details of the complete program structure, course requirements and availability.

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Diversify your skills and career pathways by qualifying for both teaching and non-teaching roles. Work with diverse families and children in various educational settings.

Professional outcomes

On completion of this degree, you’ll be able to work in roles such as:

• High School Teacher (in subject-specific areas)
• Specialist Teacher in Primary School
• English as a Second Language Teacher
• Community Educator
• Education Policy Analyst
• Curriculum Developer or Evaluator

Admission to our undergraduate degree programs usually requires successful completion of a senior secondary school qualification similar to the Higher School Certificate (HSC).

TOEFL paper-based test score of 610; TOEFL internet based score of 102; IELTS (Academic) score of 7.5. (Listing, Speaking: 8.0; Reading, writing: 7.5); PTE GSE score of 73; Cambridge English: Advanced score of 74.