Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary Curriculum)

What is this course about?

This course offers students enrolled in the Bachelor of Education (K-12 Middle Schooling) or the Bachelor of Education (Health and PE) the opportunity to complete a second major high school specialisation or further studies to existing secondary teachers in a new teaching area not covered by initial qualifications.

This course offers candidates in the Bachelor of Education (K-12 Middle Schooling) who are currently studying the Graduate Certificate in Secondary Education, the opportunity to convert their second teaching area from a minor to major in the following areas.

• English

• Information Technology

• History

• Economics

• Geography

The course also offers qualified secondary teachers who hold a three or four year undergraduate or postgraduate teaching degree from any Australian tertiary institution or international equivalent the opportunity to undertake further study in a content area not already contained within their present qualifications.

The course allows a concurrent program with the Bachelor of Education (Health and Physical Education). The course will offer students the option to have a second teaching area in science.

Depending on their background qualifications, on completion of the course graduates will have either:

• a second specialist teaching area in either English, information technology, geography, history or economics, if enrolled in the Bachelor of Education (K-12 Middle Schooling)

or

• a second specialist teaching area in science if enrolled in the Bachelor of Education (Health and PE)

• further studies in a new teaching area  not originally covered in existing secondary teaching qualifications.

Note: This award does not provide an initial teacher education qualification. For graduate study, consider the Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary).