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Bachelor of Teaching/Bachelor of Arts (Humanities)

BTeach/BA

320 cp

Minimum duration: 4 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Course available at: Melbourne, Victoria

EFTSL value of units: All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values

1. Definitions

“Major”: 80 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, including at least 10 cp at introductory level and at least 60 cp at advanced level.

“Minor”: 40 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, including at least 10 cp at introductory level and at least 20 cp at advanced level.

2. Requirements for Completion of the Degree24

To qualify for the degree, a student must complete:

1. 320 cp consisting of:

  1. 160 cp in accordance with the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree, consisting of: 
    1. 80 cp from 1 Major;
    2. 40 cp from 1 Minor;
    3. 40 cp from other units from the Bachelor of Arts which may be:
      1. 40 cp from advanced level units in the same discipline area as the Minor making a second Major;
      2. 40 cp from a second Minor; or
      3. 40 cp from Electives25;

  2. 160 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
    1. 80 cp from Education Studies;
    2. 60 cp from Curriculum Studies;
    3. 20 cp from Extended Reflective Practice;

and

2.

  1. 4 Professional Experience units; and
  2. 1 Community Engagement Program unit.

Schedule of Unit Offerings

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Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.

Arts Units

Units from the following disciplines listed in the Schedule of Unit Offerings for the Bachelor of Arts degree:
 
Majors
History
ICT
Italian
Literature
Mathematics
Theological Studies

If completing 2 Minors, one Minor must be selected from the list of Majors above and the other from either the list above or below
Drama
Japanese
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology

Education Studies Units
 
Core Units
                    

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
EDFD127 10 Contexts for Learning and Development
EDFD133 10 Understanding Learning
EDFD220 10 Teaching and Managing Learning Environments
EDFD221 10 Creating Inclusive, Safe and Supportive Schools
EDFD447 10 Diversity in the Classroom
EDFD452 10 Transition to the Profession
EDFD454 10 Curriculum Literacies
EDCU507 10 Curriculum and Assessment

Curriculum Studies Units
 
Core Units

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
EDCU508 10 Contemporary Issues in School Curriculum

Electives

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
HIST106 10 Australian Indigenous Peoples: Past and Present
EDFD444 10 The Middle Years of Schooling

Elective Curriculum and Teaching Studies26

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
EDLA438 10 English Curriculum and Teaching 1
EDLA439 10 English Curriculum and Teaching 2
EDLA440 10 ESL Curriculum and Teaching 1
EDLA441 10 ESL Curriculum and Teaching 2
EDLO409 10 LOTE Curriculum and Teaching 1
EDLO411 10 LOTE Curriculum and Teaching 2
EDMA417 10 Mathematics Curriculum and Teaching 1
EDMA418 10 Mathematics Curriculum and Teaching 2
EDRE527 10 Religious Education Curriculum and Teaching Studies 1
EDRE528 10 Religious Education Curriculum and Teaching Studies 2
EDSS420 10 History Curriculum and Teaching 1
EDSS421 10 History Curriculum and Teaching 2
EDSS422 10 Humanities Curriculum and Teaching 1
EDSS423 10 Humanities Curriculum and Teaching 2
EDST441 10 ICT Curriculum and Teaching 1
EDST442 10 ICT Curriculum and Teaching 2

Professional Experience Units

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
EDFX207 0 Community Engagement Program
EDFX110 0 Professional Experience 1
EDFX214 0 Professional Experience Secondary 2
EDFX312 0 Professional Experience Secondary 3A
EDFX313 0 Professional Experience Secondary 3B
EDFX414 20 Extended Reflective Practice

24 Requirements for working with children: All students enrolled must have the appropriate approvals before they may enter a classroom. These are: Blue Card (Qld), Working with Children Background Check (ACT, Vic, NSW). International students should check this with the Course Co-ordinator and may need to bring documentation from their own countries.
25 “Elective”: units other than those required for the selected Major or Minor, listed in the Schedule of Unit Offerings or from other disciplines within the University (subject to campus availability, unit limitations and having met prerequisite and co-requisite requirements).
26 40 cp are to be taken from curriculum and teaching studies units which build on discipline sequences already taken and include two Curriculum and Teaching Studies units in each of two teaching subject areas.
To be eligible to enrol in a Curriculum and Teaching Studies sequence, a student must either have satisfactorily completed the prerequisite study prescribed for that Curriculum and Teaching Study or be able to demonstrate knowledge or skills approved by the Course Co-ordinator as equivalent. In the case of Religious Education, the designated Theological Studies units provide co-requisites.