Bachelor of Teaching/Bachelor of Arts (Humanities)
BTeach/BA(Hum)
320 cp
Minimum duration: 4 years full-time or equivalent part-time
Bachelor of Teaching (Honours) /Bachelor of Arts (Humanities)
BTeach(Hons)/BA(Hum)
350 cp1
(Honours not offered in 2018)
Course available at:
- Brisbane, Queensland
- Canberra, ACT
- Melbourne, Victoria
- Sydney (Strathfield), NSW
1. Admission Requirements
An applicant must also comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy that includes meeting a minimum ATAR requirement.
Assumed knowledge includes minimum requirements in English and Mathematics as well as in intended teaching area to be studied.
In addition applicants will be required to:
- demonstrate suitability for teaching;
- meet any additional prerequisite requirements imposed by state jurisdictions.
Applicants who do not meet state jurisdictional minimum requirements will be able to undertake approved alternative entry pathways.
International applicants need to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements as defined in the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.
To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites at year 12 level, or equivalent.
Australian Capital Territory
- Prerequisites: Nil
- Assumed Knowledge:
- Major in English (T)
- SOSE (T)
- Mathematics discipline: Major in Mathematics (T)
New South Wales
- Prerequisites: Nil
- Assumed Knowledge:
- A minimum of three Band 5 HSC results, including one in English
- Mathematics discipline: Mathematics other than Mathematics General 2
- Note: This course is structured to allow applicants to meet the three Band 5 entry requirements within the degree program by including a full year of discipline studies before applicants study how to teach.
Queensland
- Prerequisites:
- English (4,SA)
- Maths A, B or C (4,SA)
Victoria
- Prerequisites:
- English: Units 3 and 4 – a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or 25 in any other English.
- Mathematics: Units 1 and 2 – two units (any study combination) of General Mathematics or Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics or Units 3 and 4: Mathematics (any).
- Assumed Knowledge:
- Music discipline: AMEB Grade VI or Year 12 Practical Music.
- Mathematics discipline: Units 3 and 4: Mathematical Methods
2. Additional Approvals
All students enrolled must have the appropriate approvals before they may enter a classroom. These are: Blue Card (Qld), Working with Vulnerable People (ACT) or Working with Children Check (NSW and Vic). International students must bring police check documentation from their own countries. All students who have lived in another country for 12 months or more must provide a police check from that country for that period.
3. Definitions
"Major": 80 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, normally including at least 10 cp at introductory level, at least 40 cp at 200-level and at least 20 cp from 300-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.
4. Requirements for Completion of the Degree
To qualify for the degree, a student must complete 320 cp consisting of:
- 160 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
- 70 cp from Education Studies units;
- 40 cp from Curriculum Studies units;
- 10 cp from Education Elective unit;
- 30 cp from Professional Experience units;
- 10 cp from Core Curriculum unit
- 160 cp in accordance with the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree, consisting of2:
- 10 cp from Arts unit;
- 80 cp from 1 Arts Major;
- 40 cp from 1 Arts Minor;
- 20 cp from other units in the Bachelor of Arts degree which may be:
- 20 cp from advanced level units in the same discipline as the Major or Minor; or
- 20 cp from Arts Elective units; and
- 10 cp from Core Curriculum unit.
Students must pass all professional experience components, including professional experience embedded within units.
Students are required to follow the pattern of unit enrolment set out in the relevant Course Enrolment Guide, unless otherwise approved by the Course Coordinator. In all aspects of progress through the course, students will be advised by the Course Coordinator.
5. Admission Requirements for the Honours Degree
To be eligible for admission to the Honours degree a student must have
- completed 160 credit points from all units in Years 1 and 2 of the Bachelor of Teaching/Bachelor of Arts; and
- maintained a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 6.0 across all units in Years 1 and 2 of the course.
6. Requirements for Completion of the Honours Degree
To qualify for the degree with Honours, a student must
- Qualify for admission to the Honours Degree
- Maintain a minimum GPA of 6.0 for the duration of the course
- Complete 350 cp consisting of:
- 190 cp from the Bachelor of Teaching Schedule of Unit offerings requirements of the degree
- 70 cp from Education Studies units;
- 40 cp from Curriculum Studies units;
- 30 cp from Professional Experience units
- 40 cp from Honours units
- 10 cp from Core Curriculum unit
- 160 cp in accordance with the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree as stipulated above.
- 190 cp from the Bachelor of Teaching Schedule of Unit offerings requirements of the degree
Students must pass all professional experience components, including professional experience embedded within units.
Schedule of Unit Offerings
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Prerequisite (Pre) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicates in parentheses where applicable.
Arts Units
Units from the following disciplines listed in the Schedule of Unit Offerings for the Bachelor of Arts degree:
Brisbane
Majors/Minors
- Business Studies (major or minor)
- Drama (major or minor)
- History (major)
- Literature (major or minor)
- Music (major or minor)
- Theological Studies3 or Study of Religions4 (major or minor)
- Visual Arts (major or minor)
Minors to be completed with an additional two units from another area of Geography
- History (minor)
Canberra
Majors/Minors:
- Business Studies (major or minor)
- Geography (major or minor)
- History (major or minor)
- Literature (major or minor)
- Mathematics (major or minor)
- Modern Languages (major or minor)
- Music (major or minor)
- Study of Religions (minor only)
- Visual Arts (major or minor)
Melbourne
Majors/Minors:
- Business Studies (major only)
- Drama (major or minor)
- Healthy Development (minor only)
- History (major)
- Literature (major or minor)
- Mathematics (major or minor)
- Music (major only)
- Psychology (minor only from 2019)
- Theological Studies3,4 or Study of Religions (major or minor)
Minors to be completed with an additional two units from another area of Geography or History
- Economics
- Geography (minor only)
- History (minor)
- Philosophy (minor only)
- Politics and International Relations (minor only)
- Sociology (minor only)
Sydney (Strathfield)
Majors/Minors:
- Drama (major or minor)
- History (major)
- Literature
- Study of Religions (major or minor)
Minors to be completed with an additonal two units from Geography or History
- Geography (+2 History)
- History (+2 Geography or History)*
- Sociology (minor only +2 History)
Major/minor to be completed with an additional two units from another area of Finance/Accounting and Business Management
- Economics
Minors:
- Computing
- Mathematics
- Sociology
- Visual Arts
* In Strathfield students have the option of combining ancient and modern history units in a 10 unit sequence.
Unit offerings include options in Theology and Religious Education that enable students to teach in Catholic/Lutheran schools.
Specified Arts units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
COMM170 | 10 | Interpreting and Communicating Ideas |
Education Studies
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
EDFD177 | 10 | Contexts for Learning and Development in a Diverse Society |
EDFD471 | 10 | Assessment Practices and Evaluation |
EDFD472 | 10 | Transition into Secondary Teaching |
EDFD478 | 10 | Catering for Diversity and Inclusion in the Classroom |
EDFX173 | 10 | Understanding the Psychology of Learning in Diverse Communities |
EDFX271 | 10 | Creating Inclusive, Safe and Supportive Learning Environments (Pre: EDFX173 Understanding the Psychology of Learning in Diverse Communities ) |
EDFX348 | 10 | Engaging Student Learning through Reflective Practice (Pre: EDFX271 Creating Inclusive, Safe and Supportive Learning Environments) |
Education Electives
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
EDFD444 | 10 | The Middle Years of Schooling |
EDFD467 | 10 | Wellbeing and the Development of the Whole Person |
EDRE429 | 10 | Foundation Studies: Teaching in Catholic Schools5 |
Other electives as approved by the Course Coordinator.
Curriculum Studies Core units6
Four electives in two discipline areas from:
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
EDAR276 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Visual Arts Education 1 |
EDAR477 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Visual Arts Education 2 (Pre: EDAR416 Visual Arts Curriculum and Teaching 1 or EDAR276 Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Visual Arts Education 1) |
EDDR201 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Drama Education 1 |
EDDR472 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment In Drama Education 2 (Pre: EDDR401 Drama Curriculum and Teaching 1 or EDDR201 Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment In Drama Education 1) |
EDLA250 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Language Education 1 |
EDLA278 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in English Education 1 |
EDLA439 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment In English Education 2 (Pre: EDLA278 Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in English Education 1 or EDLA478 English Curriculum and Teaching 1) |
EDLA451 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment In Language Education 2 (Pre: EDLO411 LOTE Curriculum and Teaching 1 or EDLA250 Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment In Language Education 1) |
EDMA217 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Mathematics Education 1 |
EDMA478 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment In Mathematics Education 2 (Pre: EDMA417 Mathematics Curriculum and Teaching 1 or EDMA217 Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment In Mathematics Education 1) |
EDMU208 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Music Education 1 |
EDMU479 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment In Music Education 2 (Pre: EDMU408 Music Curriculum and Teaching 1 or EDMU208 Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment In Music Education 1) |
EDPH232 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Health Education 1 |
EDPH433 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Health Education 2 (Pre: EDPH232 Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Health Education 1) |
EDRE270 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Religious Education 1 |
EDRE471 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Religious Education 2 (Pre: EDRE300 Religious Education Curriculum and Teaching Studies 1 or EDRE270 Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Religious Education 1) |
EDSS220 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in History Education 1 |
EDSS232 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Geography Education 1 |
EDSS234 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Humanities and Social Sciences Education 1 |
EDSS241 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Commerce and Business Studies 1 |
EDSS421 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in History Education 2 (Pre: EDSS470 History Curriculum and Teaching 1 or EDSS220 Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in History Education 1) |
EDSS435 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Humanities and Social Sciences Education 2 (Pre: EDSS234 Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Humanities and Social Sciences Education 1) |
EDSS441 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Commerce and Business Studies 2 (Pre: EDSS241 Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Commerce and Business Studies Education 1) |
EDSS475 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Geography Education 2 (Pre: EDSS232 Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Geography Education 1) |
EDSS476 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Society and Culture (Pre: EDSS234 Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Humanities and Social Sciences Education 1) |
EDSS477 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Politics and International Relations (Pre: EDSS234 Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Humanities and Social Sciences Education 1) |
EDSS478 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Economics (Pre: EDSS234 Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Humanities and Social Sciences Education 1 OR EDSS241 Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Commerce and Business Studies 1) |
EDSS479 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Business Studies (Pre: EDSS234 Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Humanities and Social Sciences Education 1 OR EDSS241 Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Commerce and Business Studies 1) |
EDST271 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in ICT and Digital Technologies Education 1 |
EDST275 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Psychology Education 1 |
EDST474 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in ICT and Digital Technologies Education 2 (Pre: EDST271 Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in ICT and Digital Technologies Education 1) |
EDST476 | 10 | Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Psychology Education 2 (Pre: EDST275 Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Psychology Education 1) |
Alternative CPA units may be approved by the National Course Coordinator
Professional Experience units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
EDFX474 | 30 | Transforming Practice through Critical Inquiry and Evidence-Based Practice (Pre: 100 credit points of Education Studies Units including EDFX348 Engaging Student Learning through Reflective Practice, LNTE100 LANTITE Literacy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students, LNTE101 LANTITE Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students) |
Core Curriculum units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
UNCC100 | 10 | Self and Community: Exploring the anatomy of modern society |
UNCC300 | 10 | Justice and Change in a Global World (Pre: UNCC100 Self and Community: Exploring the anatomy of modern society; Inc: UNCC301 Humanity in Catholic History and Culture, UNCC302 Human Dignity in International Context) |
Honours units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
EDRS401 | 10 | Honours 1 |
EDRS402 | 10 | Honours 2 (Pre: EDRS401 Honours 1) |
EDRS503 | 20 | Honours 3 (Pre: EDRS402 Honours 2) |
Page last updated: 2017-06-28
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Page last updated: 2017-06-28
Short url: https://handbook.acu.edu.au/1290749