Bachelor of Education Secondary

The Bachelor of Education Secondary prepares you to become a secondary school teacher, and teach year 7 to year 12.

In this role, you will be responsible for educating and guiding students as they prepare for the real world.If you are a good communicator, love having fun with children and are passionate about sharing a love of learning, then this may be the career for you!

At CDU, you can study a Bachelor of Education Secondary online or on campus, part time or full time (for a majority of specialisations).

This makes it easier to fit study into your existing commitments.

When you graduate, you'll be qualified to register as a teacher anywhere in Australia.

The course focuses on the skills and knowledge that you will need to teach in high schools, as outlined by the Australian National Curriculum.

It meets both the national and local need for teachers committed to improving educational outcomes for children in year 7 to year 12.

You will learn about:

the school curriculum contemporary approaches to issues in education, such as inclusivity child and adolescent development promoting positive behaviour improving the teaching-learning relationship in the classroom indigenous perspectives raising awareness of issues surrounding Indigenous education developing an informed, evidence-based approach to learning and teaching in secondary school settings.

As a secondary teacher, you will specialise in teaching certain subjects.

As part of your degree, you will choose two specialisations:

a major and a minor.

You can choose from a range of options, including:

digital technology health and physical education humanities indigenous knowledges languages mathematics music science visual arts The course is a mixture of discipline-specific curriculum and pedagogical studies, general education studies and professional experience.

When you graduate, your levels of personal literacy and numeracy will be broadly equivalent to the top 30% of the Australian population.

Students are encouraged to review the employer eligibility requirements as they can vary state to state.

Common Units(2 units) - 20cp

Common units totalling 20 credit points as detailed below.

CUC100

CUC107

(compulsory)

Common Units

Core Units(10 units) - 120cp

Compulsory Core units totalling 120 credit points as per the list of units detailed below.

EPR100 Professional Experience 1: Teacher as Learner EPR200 Professional Experience 2: Teaching in Context EPR211 Professional Experience 3: Classroom Practice (replaces EPR201 from 2019) EST200 Child and Adolescent Development EST203 Teaching Indigenous Learners EPR301 Professional Experience 4: Classroom Ready (30cp) (replaces EPR300 from 2018) EST300 Assessment, Moderation and Reporting EST302 Researching Classroom Practice EST303 Special Needs in the Classroom (recoded from EST301 2018) EST305 Socially Inclusive Pedagogy (replaces EST304 Diversity and Inclusive Education from 2020)

Major Specialist Electives(11 - 18 units) - 110cp or 180cp

Specialist Elective units selected from one of the Major Teaching Areas

EITHER: Science Complete all 50 credit points of: ECM201 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary Science ECM202 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary Science EST204 ICT in Education ETL301 Learning and Teaching in the Adolescent Years ETL302 Secondary Schooling Operations and Practices (replaces ETL201 from 2018) Plus one of the following Majors: BIOLOGY Major Plus 60 credit points of the following (including at least two 300 level units): ENV102 The Diversity of Life ENV201 Introductory Ecology ENV302 Organisms and Environmental Change ENV303 Ecological Restoration and Conservation ENV316 Ecosystem Function: Field Studies in North Australia SBI171 Anatomy and Physiology 1 SBI172 Anatomy and Physiology 2 SBI173 Microbiology SBI209 Design and Analysis CHEMISTRY Major (Internal Only) Plus 60 credit points of the following (including at least two 300 level units): SCH101 Chemical Concepts SCH102 Organic and Inorganic Chemistry SBI245 Biochemistry PHA212 Medicinal Chemistry (no longer available from 2020 - a suitable replacement unit will be confirmed) PHA311 Clinical Biochemistry ENV323 Environmental Microbiology ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Major Plus 60 credit points of the following (including no more than two 100 level units and at least two 300 level units): ENV101 Earth Systems ENV102 The Diversity of Life ENV103 Environmental Issues ENV201 Introductory Ecology ENV206 Environmental Physiology ENV208 Applied Geographic Information Systems ENV302 Organisms and Environmental Change ENV316 Ecosystem Function: Field Studies in North Australia OR: Languages Complete all 50 credit points of: ECM251 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary LOTE ECM252 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary LOTE EST204 ICT in Education ETL301 Learning and Teaching in the Adolescent Years ETL302 Secondary Schooling Operations and Practices (replaces ETL201 from 2018) Plus one of the following majors: CHINESE Major Plus 60 credit points of the following (including at least two 300 and/or 400 level units): IAS161 Language Studies 1 (replaces CHN101 from 2020) IAS162 Language Studies 2 (replaces CHN102 from 2020) IAS261 Language Studies 3 (replaces CHN201 from 2020) IAS262 Language Studies 4 (replaces CHN202 from 2020) IAS362 Advanced Language Studies (repeatable) (replaces CHN301 and CHN302 from 2020) IAS404 In-Country Placement (repeatable) (replaces LAN311 from 2020) LAN201 Negotiated Language Study (no longer available from 2020) LAN211 In-Country Language Study (no longer available from 2020) LAN301 Language Project (no longer available from 2020) GREEK Major Plus 60 credit points of the following (including at least two 300 and/or 400 level units): IAS161 Language Studies 1 (replaces HEL101 from 2020) IAS162 Language Studies 2 (replaces HEL102 from 2020) IAS261 Language Studies 3 (replaces HEL201 from 2020) IAS262 Language Studies 4 (replaces HEL202 from 2020) IAS362 Advanced Language Studies (repeatable) (replaces HEL301 and HEL302 from 2020) IAS404 In-Country Placement (repeatable) (replaces LAN311 from 2020) LAN201 Negotiated Language Study (no longer available from 2020) LAN211 In-Country Language Study (no longer available from 2020) LAN301 Language Project (no longer available from 2020) INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE Major Plus 60 credit points of the following (including at least two 300 and/or 400 level units): IAS161 Language Studies 1 (replaces CAS110 and CAL210 from 2020) IAS162 Language Studies 2 (replaces CAS111 and CAL211 from 2020) IAS261 Language Studies 3 (replaces CAS205 from 2020) IAS262 Language Studies 4 (replaces CAS206 from 2020) IAS362 Advanced Language Studies (repeatable) (replaces CAS305 and CAL305 from 2020) IAS406 Language Translation and Protocols (replaces INL390 from 2020) New for 2020 IAS403 Independent Study INDONESIAN Major Plus 60 credit points of the following (including at least two 300 and/or 400 level units): IAS161 Language Studies 1 (replaces INI101 from 2020) IAS162 Language Studies 2 (replaces INI102 from 2020) IAS261 Language Studies 3 (replaces INI201 from 2020) IAS262 Language Studies 4 (replaces INI202 from 2020) IAS362 Advanced Language Studies (repeatable) (replaces INI301 and INI302 from 2020) IAS404 In-Country Placement (repeatable) (replaces LAN311 from 2020) LAN201 Negotiated Language Study (no longer available from 2020) LAN211 In-Country Language Study (no longer available from 2020) LAN301 Language Project (no longer available from 2020) OR: DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY Major Complete all 50 credit points of: ECM241 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary Digital Technology ECM242 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary Digital Technology EST204 ICT in Education ETL301 Learning and Teaching in the Adolescent Years ETL302 Secondary Schooling Operations and Practices (replaces ETL201 from 2018) Plus 60 credit points of the following (including no more than two 100 level units and at least two 300 level units): HIT137 Software Now HIT164 Computing Fundamentals HIT172 Operating Systems and Applications HIT174 Network Engineering Concepts (no longer available from 2020) HIT234 Database Concepts (replaces BIS234 from 2019) HIT333 Cyber Security (replaces BIS243 from 2019) HIT226 Mobile Web Structures PMO201 Project Management HIT401 Capstone Project (replaces PMO301 Project from 2019) HIT326 Database-Driven Web Applications HIT381 Human Computer Interaction Design OR: ENGLISH Major Complete all 50 credit points of: ECM281 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary English ECM282 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary English EST204 ICT in Education ETL301 Learning and Teaching in the Adolescent Years ETL302 Secondary Schooling Operations and Practices (replaces ETL201 from 2018) Plus 60 credit points of the following (including at least two 300 level units): IAS111 Introduction to Australasian Literature (replaces LIT104 from 2020) IAS112 Creative Practice in a Digital Context (replaces LIT103 from 2020) IAS213 Guilty Reading: Topics in Popular Genres (replaces LIT205 from 2020) IAS214 Contemporary Literature and Writing (replaces LIT210 from 2020) LIT203 Workshop in Poetic Creativity (no longer available from 2020) LIT204 Workshop in Fictive Creativity (no longer available from 2020) LIT302 Independent Study in Creative Practice (no longer available from 2020) IAS314 Research and Literary Studies (replaces LIT303 from 2020) LIT304 Advanced Creative Writing (no longer available from 2020) New for 2020 IAS313 Workshop in Creative Writing (replaces LIT203 and LIT204 from 2020) OR: GEOGRAPHY Major Complete all 50 credit points of: ECM214 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary Geography ECM215 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary Geography EST204 ICT in Education ETL301 Learning and Teaching in the Adolescent Years ETL302 Secondary Schooling Operations and Practices (replaces ETL201 from 2018) Plus 60 credit points of the following (including at least two 300 level units): ENV101 Earth Systems ENV102 The Diversity of Life ENV202 Introductory Remote Sensing ENV204 Ecosystems and Biodiversity ENV207 Fire Ecology and Management in North Australia ENV306 Environmental Monitoring and Modelling ENV318 Advanced Spatial Analysis OR: HISTORY Major Complete all 50 credit points of: ECM291 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary History ECM292 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary History EST204 ICT in Education ETL301 Learning and Teaching in the Adolescent Years ETL302 Secondary Schooling Operations and Practices (replaces ETL201 from 2018) Plus 60 credit points of the following (including at least two 300 level units): HIS142 Introduction to Australian History (no longer available from 2020) IAS132 Colonial Rule in Southeast Asia (replaces HIS231 from 2020) POL101 Introduction to Australian Politics (no longer available from 2020) IAS231 Colonial North Australia (replaces HIS246 from 2020) IAS331 South-East Asia in the 20th Century (replaces HIS252 and HIS355 from 2020) IAS332 North Australia in the 20th Century (replaces HIS347 from 2020) New for 2020 IAS234 Indonesia: State and Society (replaces INI210 from 2020) IAS236 Indonesia and the World (replaces INI220 from 2020) IAS243 Indigenous Policy Agendas in Federal and State Politics IAS333 Political Ideas IAS334 Politics of Indonesia (replaces INI310 from 2020) IAS335 War, Revolutions and Terror IAS336 Major Issues in Contemporary Indonesia (replaces INI320 from 2020) OR: INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE Major Complete all 50 credit points of: ECM218 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary Indigenous Knowledge Systems ECM219 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary Indigenous Knowledge Systems EST204 ICT in Education ETL301 Learning and Teaching in the Adolescent Years ETL302 Secondary Schooling Operations and Practices (replaces ETL201 from 2018) Plus 60 credit points of the following (including no more than two 100 level units and at least two 300 and/or 400 level units): IAS101 Indigenous Australia (replaces IND120 from 2020) IAS131 Colonising Australia (replaces IND150 from 2020) ATI230 Resourcing Community Action (no longer available from 2020) IAS201 Cultural Capabilities (replaces IND200 from 2020) IAS241 Indigenous Policy Principles and Practice (replaces ATI110 and ATI211 from 2020) IAS242 Indigenous Governance and Leadership (replaces ATI210 from 2020) IAS223 Representing and Recording Country (replaces CIK210 from 2020) IAS252 Language Maintenance and Identity (replaces IND230 from 2020) IAS254 Partnership and Engagement in Indigenous Land and Sea Management (replaces CIK230 from 2020) IAS351 Indigenous Networking and Collaboration (replaces ATI330 from 2020) IAS352 Practices and Skills in Indigenous Community Work (replaces ATI331 from 2020) IAS353 Indigenous Cultures and the Environment (replaces CIK240 from 2020) IAS402 Intercultural Practice (replaces CIK305 from 2020) OR: LEGAL STUDIES Major Complete all 50 credit points of: ECM233 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary Legal Studies ECM234 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary Legal Studies EST204 ICT in Education ETL301 Learning and Teaching in the Adolescent Years ETL302 Secondary Schooling Operations and Practices (replaces ETL201 from 2018) Plus 60 credit points of the following (including no more than two 100 level units and at least two 300 level units): LWZ118 Contracts LWZ114 Criminal Law LWZ115 Legal Process LWZ112 Comparative Legal Systems LWZ204 Constitutional Law LWZ212 Transnational Law LWA316 Intellectual Property LWA321 Public International Law LWA328 Competition and Consumer Law (not offered 2018, next offering 2019) LWA332 Science and the Law (not offered 2018, next offering 2019) OR: MATHEMATICS Major Complete all 110 credit points of: ECM261 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary Mathematics ECM262 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary Mathematics EST204 ICT in Education ETL301 Learning and Teaching in the Adolescent Years ETL302 Secondary Schooling Operations and Practices (replaces ETL201 from 2018) SMA101 Mathematics 1A SMA102 Mathematics 1B SMA209 Mathematics 2A SMA211 Mathematics 2B HIT401 Capstone Project (replaces PMO301 Project x 2 from 2019) OR: VISUAL ARTS Major Complete all 50 credit points of: ECM213 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary Visual Arts ECM223 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary Visual Arts EST204 ICT in Education ETL301 Learning and Teaching in the Adolescent Years ETL302 Secondary Schooling Operations and Practices (replaces ETL201 from 2018) Plus 60 credit points of the following (including no more than 20 credit points at 100 level units and at least 20 credit points at 300 level units): IAS114 Introduction to Screen Media (replaces SMP101 from 2020) IAS173 Drawing and Other Visual Representation Tools (repeatable) (replaces VIS140,VIS240,VIS250 from 2020) IAS174 Digital Media and Online Content Design (replaces SMP102 from 2020) IAS273 Sculptural Design (replaces VIS270 from 2020) IAS274 Digital Image Capture and Photographic Media (replaces VIS260 from 2020) VIS200 Visual Arts Feature (no longer available from 2020) VIS230 Contemporary Art 1 (no longer available from 2020) VIS330 Contemporary Art 2 (no longer available from 2020) VIS340 Visual Arts Project (no longer available from 2020) New for 2020 IAS215 Screen Media and Production 1 IAS216 Screen Media and Production 2 IAS271 Creative Studio 3 (20cp) IAS272 Creative Studio 4 (20cp) IAS371 Creative Practice and Theory (20cp repeatable) IAS372 Business of Creative Industries (repeatable) OR: MUSIC Major Complete all 110 credit points of: ECM231 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary Music ECM232 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary Music IAS181 Music Making and Theory 1 (20cp) (replaces MUS114 and MUS192 from 2020) IAS182 Music Making and Theory 2 (20cp) (replaces MUS115 and MUS193 from 2020) IAS281 Music Making and Theory 3 (20cp) (replaces MUS214 and MUS292 from 2020) MUS384 History of Music 1 (no longer available from 2020) MUS385 History of Music 2 (no longer available from 2020) ETL302 Secondary Schooling Operations and Practices (replaces ETL201 from 2018) New for 2020 IAS382 Music for Playing and Wellbeing (to commence 2021) IAS383 Music and the Educator (to commence 2021) OR: HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION Major Complete all 180 credit points of: ECM201 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary Science ECM202 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary Science ECM211 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary Health and Physical Education ECM212 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary Health and Physical Education PSY140 Introduction to Psychology A SBI171 Anatomy and Physiology 1 SBI172 Anatomy and Physiology 2 AOD201 Alcohol and Other Drug Studies SBI209 Design and Analysis of Biological Studies SBI261 Functional Anatomy SPE205 Biomechanics 1 SPE206 Exercise and Sport Psychology 1 SPE209 Exercise Physiology 1 SPE210 Motor Control and Development SPE309 Exercise Physiology 2 SPE320 Nutrition and Health (ESSA registration requirement) SPE330 Exercise and Health (ESSA registration requirement) SPE405 Exercise and Sport Science Practicum

Minor Specialist Electives(0 or 6 units) - 0cp or 60cp

Students who have selected the Health and Physical Education Major cannot undertake a minor area. Students must select a minor teaching area different from their Major teaching area. Where ECM units are common to the major and minor choices, students must replace the units with the relevant elective units. A minor may be selected from one of the majors above not already completed or from one of the Minors detailed below. Not every combination of Major and Minor can be achieved. Please contact the Course Coordinator for further information. ECONOMICS Minor Complete both of: ECM216 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary Economics ECM217 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary Economics Plus 40 credit points of the following (including at least two 200 level units): ECO107 Economics and the Modern Business Enterprise (replaces ECO105 from S2 2020) ECO204 Current Macroeconomic Issues (final offering in 2020) ECO205 Management Economics (final offering in 2020) ECO207 Labour Market Issues (final offering in 2020) QAB105 Business Research Methods (new title 2020) PHYSICS Minor Complete all 30 credit points of: ECM201 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary Science ECM202 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary Science SPH141 Concepts of Physics Plus 30 credit points of the following (including at least two 200 level units, and no more than 20cp of 100 level units): ENG151 Statics ENG174 Electrical Engineering SMA101 Mathematics 1A ENG247 Fluid and Thermodynamics ENG252 Dynamics MUSIC Minor Complete all 20 credit points of: ECM231 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary Music ECM232 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary Music Plus 40 credit points of the following (including at least 20 credit points at 200 level units, and no more than 20cp of 100 level units): IAS181 Music Making and Theory 1 (20cp) (replaces MUS114 and MUS192 from 2020) IAS182 Music Making and Theory 2 (20cp) (replaces MUS115 and MUS193 from 2020) IAS281 Music Making and Theory 3 (20cp) (replaces MUS214 and MUS292 from 2020) IAS282 Music Making and Theory 4 (20cp) (replaces MUS215 and MUS293 from 2020) HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION Complete all 20 credit points of: ECM211 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary Health and Physical Education ECM212 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary Health and Physical Education Plus 40 credit points of the following (including at least two 200 level units, and no more than 20cp of 100 level units): PSY140 Introduction to Psychology A SBI171 Anatomy and Physiology 1 SBI172 Anatomy and Physiology 2 AOD201 Alcohol and Other Drug Studies SBI209 Design and Analysis of Biological Studies SBI261 Functional Anatomy SPE205 Biomechanics 1 SPE206 Exercise and Sport Psychology 1 SPE209 Exercise Physiology 1 SPE210 Motor Control and Development

General Electives(0 or 1 unit) - 0cp or 10cp

One unit totalling 10 credit points selected from undergraduate units offered by the University.

- 320cp

Total Credit Points

Admission requirements are met by one of the following: Successful completion of the Northern Territory Certificate of Education and Training (or equivalent) and the awarding of an Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) of at least 60*. Successful completion of a national qualification at Certificate IV level or higher. Successful completion of at least 0.5 year of full-time study (or equivalent) of a higher education degree/diploma. Overseas secondary or tertiary qualifications considered equivalent to the above Australian qualifications. Attainment of a STAT Multiple Choice score of 135 (or a score of 145 if prior to May 2010). Successful completion of the Tertiary Enabling Program, the Preparation for Tertiary Success courses, or other recognised tertiary preparation course. Submission of an acceptable personal competencies statement and/or employment experience. * After any applicable adjustment factors have been applied.