Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary Curriculum)

CSU's course offers students who have enrolled (pre-201430) 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.

Why study this course?

CSU’s Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary Curriculum) offers students who have enrolled pre-201430 in 3420KS, 3420KT, 3421KS in the Bachelor of Education (K-12 Middle Schooling) or 3408ED, 3409ED in the Bachelor of Education (Health and Physical Education) the opportunity to complete a second high school specialisation. The 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. It 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 Physical Education)
• 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).

Residential schools

Residential school requirements will be dependent on the subjects selected for study in this degree. Science subjects, for example, typically involve residential school requirements.

Graduation requirements

To graduate from CSU’s Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary Curriculum), students must satisfactorily complete 64 points.

Academic expectations

For each 8 point subject at CSU, students should normally expect to spend between 140-160 hours engaged in the specified learning and assessment activities (such as attending lectures or residential schools, assigned readings, tutorial assistance, individual or group research/study, forum activity, workplace learning, assignments or examinations). The student workload for some subjects may vary from these norms as a result of approved course design.

Students will be assessed on the basis of completed assignments, examinations, workplace learning, or other methods as outlined in specific subject outlines.

Where applicable, students are responsible for travel and accommodation costs involved in workplace learning experiences, or attending residential schools (distance education students).

Expectations relating to academic, workplace learning, time and cost requirements for specific subjects are provided in the subject abstracts and in course materials.