BTeach/BA

320 cp

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

Course available at: Sydney (Strathfield), NSW

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. Admission Requirements¹

To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites at year 12 level, or equivalent:

Assumed knowledge:two units of English Band 4.

2. 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.

3. Requirements for Completion of the Degree²

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. 80 cp from 1 Minor;
   3. 40 cp from other units from the Bachelor of Arts degree which may be:
      1. 40 cp from advanced level units in the same discipline as the Minor making it a second Major;
      2. 40 cp from a second Minor³; or
      3. 40 cp from Electives⁴;
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 Internship or equivalent;

and
2.

1. 2 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
Business Studies
Economics
Geography
History
Literature
Theological Studies

One minor must be selected from the list below
Business Studies
Computing
Economics
Geography
History
Literature
Mathematics
Theological Studies
Visual Arts

If completing two minors, the second minor may be selected either from the list above or from the following list
Communications
Drama
Japanese
Philosophy

Education Studies Units

Core Units

Curriculum Studies Units

Core Unit

Electives

One elective from:

Electives Curriculum and Teaching Studies⁵

Four electives in two discipline areas from:

Internship

Professional Experience Units

¹ A student must also comply with the Admission Rules.
² 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 Check (ACT, Vic) and Prohibited Employment Declaration (NSW). International students must bring police check documentation from their own countries.
³ Arts majors and minors must be in the discipline areas in which the Curriculum Studies units are undertaken; where two minors are undertaken, the second need not be in a Curriculum Studies area.
⁴ “Electives”: 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).
⁵ 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 Coordinator as equivalent. In the case of Religious Education, the designated Theological Studies units provide co-requisites.