Bachelor of Education (Secondary: Humanities and Social Sciences)/Bachelor of Arts

Please note: This course is available full time only, and mid year intake is not available.

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• Why study at Sydney University?
• Course Structure
• Professional Experience
• Graduate Outcomes
• Staff

Course duration: 5 years full-time
Assumed knowledge: Depends on subjects chosen

2006 UAI: 83.25
UAC code: 511605 UAC fee code: 521605

This combined degree offers students a secondary school teaching qualification in the following areas of humanities and social sciences:

• English
• Drama
• History
• Languages (may be done as a double-teaching method: Arabic, Chinese, Classical Hebrew, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Modern Greek)
• Classical Hebrew and Judaism
• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
• Visual Arts
• Geography*
• Commerce/Economics*
• Mathematics*

*Students may major in these subjects but will need another Arts major in humanities to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts.

The two degrees are completed in five years. However it is possible to exit the course at the end of Year 3 with a Bachelor of Arts only, or at the end of Year 4 with a Bachelor of Education only. Students must seek approval from the Faculty. Students electing to exit with a Bachelor of Arts only must provide notification in writing at the end of the second year and submit this notification to both the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Arts.

• Provides students with a practical and theoretical preparation for teaching secondary school students.
• Includes special education, international education, education and ICT, and the professional knowledge of teaching.
• Fifth year option to allow students to undertake a third teaching method in TESOL, Teaching English Internationally or Cultural Diversity.

This program is strongly supported by the use of technology with extensive use of the Internet for close collaboration with schools in Australia and overseas.

First year

• Two junior units in Education
• Six junior units from the Faculty of Arts (4 units must be teaching subjects - e.g. English, History)

Second Year

• Three senior units in theories and practices of teaching
• One Teaching and Learning unit of study
• Four senior Faculty of Arts units of study (continuation of first-year teaching units)

Third Year

• Four Curriculum methods units of study
• Teaching and Learning units of study (including 20 days practice teaching)
• Two senior Faculty of Arts units of study (continuation of major teaching subject)

Fourth Year

• Continuation of curriculum methods
• Teaching and Learning units of study (including 25 days practice teaching)
• Two senior Faculty of Arts units of study (finalisation of major teaching subject)

Fifth Year

• Option of undertaking a third teaching method in TESOL, Teaching English Internationally, or Cultural Diversity
• Teaching internship
• Units to complete requirements for the Bachelor of Arts

More information about course content

Third Year: 20 days professional experience

Fourth Year: 25 days professional experience

Fifth Year: 30 days professional experience

• Teaching in secondary schools in NSW, Australia and overseas
• Careers in corporate training/HR settings
• Work in policy development for schools
• Leadership roles in secondary schools

Teacher Salaries