Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary)

For the Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) Integrated Mode, students complete all the Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) course requirements in and through each double degree that uses the Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) as a constituent degree.

The double degree course consists of 33 subjects organised as follows:

a) A major in English (8 subjects)
b) A major strand in Education (8 subjects)
c) A minor in Drama, History, Psychology or Sociology (4 subjects)
d) Curriculum studies in English, plus either Social Science or Drama (4 subjects)
e) Professional Experience (2 subjects)
f) Compulsory core subjects COM120 and LIT101 Language and Text (required only for students who have not achieved Band 4 in HSC English or equivalent. (2 subjects)
g) Electives selected from BA and/or Education (5 subjects)

Details of subjects in each of the above categories are as follows:

a) English major (8 subjects)

Two level one subjects:

LIT107 English Literature 1
LIT108 English Literature 2

At least Two level two subjects:

LIT201 Irish Literature
LIT212 American Literature
LIT214 Australian Literature
LIT216 Introduction to Literary Theory
*LIT220 Screenwriting
*LIT221 Creative Writing
*WRT210 Writing for Publication
LIT222 Contemporary Children's Texts (compulsory)

At least Two level three subjects:

LIT301 Modernism
LIT302 Contemporary Australian Writing
LIT303 The Novel from Austen to Lawrence
LIT316 Children's Fiction
COM327 Literature and Film (compulsory)
*WRT301 Life Writing

*Note: A student may include only one of LIT220 LIT221 WRT210 and WRT301 in their English Major.

b) Education strand (8 subjects)

To complete an Education major for the Bachelor of Arts students can select eight subjects from the following list. However, to meet Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) course requirements the following should be undertaken plus at least two curriculum subjects (section d) and two professional experience subjects (section e):

EED441 Constructions of Adolescence and their Educational Implications
EED442 Teaching for Learning
EEP441 Reconceptualising Secondary Education
EEP442 Cultural Politics in Education
EEP443 Aboriginal Perspectives for Secondary Education
EES441 Inclusive Learning and Teaching
EEL441 Literacies for Learning

and one of:

EEA310 Managing the Learning Environment
ESC401 Introduction to Educational Computing
ESR401 Teaching in Rural Secondary Schools

c) A minor sequence in either Drama, History, Psychology or Sociology (4 subjects)

Subjects listed below may be varied depending on availability.

Drama minor

Three subjects at level one:

ACT120 Fundamentals of Acting
ACT121 Techniques of Acting
ACT122 Voice and Presentation
ACT123 Performance Making

One subject at level two or level three:

ACT218 Theatre History
ACT318 Theatre in Australia

History Minor

Two subjects at level one:

HST101 The Contemporary World 1
HST102 The Contemporary World 2

Two subjects at level two or level three:

HST201 Colonial Australia
HST204 Twentieth Century Australia
HST301 International History from 1945
HST308 Australian and Asia
HST311 Local History in Context

Psychology minor

Two subjects at level one:

PSY101 Foundations of Psychology 1M
PSY102 Foundations of Psychology 2M

Two subjects at level two or level three:

PSY201 Research Methods in Psychology (compulsory)
PSY202 Developmental Psychology
PSY203 Social Psychology
PSY204 Psychological Testing
PSY208 Biopsychology
PSY301 Advanced Research Methods in Psychology
PSY303 Psychology of Language
PSY304 Psychopathology
PSY305 Psychology of Personality
PSY306 Modification of Human Behaviour
PSY307 Cognition
PSY308 Psychology of Learning

Sociology minor

SOC101 Introductory Sociology
And EITHER
SOC108 Sociology of Health and Healthcare OR
SOC102 Social Inequality

And two from the following, with at least one at Level 2:

SOC203 Sociology of Youth
SOC205 Social Research
SOC215 Gender, Family and Society
SOC217 Fame and Social Control
SOC226 Rurality in a Globalised World
SOC303 Sociological Theory
SOC302 Environment and Society
SOC308 Community Analysis
SOC314 Organisations, Culture and Society
SOC315 Migration and Settlement

d) Curriculum studies in English plus Social Science or Drama (4 subjects)

EML441 Curriculum Method 1: English
EML442 Curriculum Method 2: English
EMH441 Curriculum Method 1 Society and Environment
or
EML443 Curriculum Method 1: Drama

and one of the following second Curriculum Method subjects can be undertaken to ensure a second years 7-12 area of specialisation is registerable with the NSW Institute of Teachers. This subject selection is dependant upon the completion within the Bachelor of Arts of six (6) discipline subjects in the minor area.

EMH442 Curriculum Method 2 Society and Environment
or
EML444 Curriculum Method 2: Drama

e) Professional Experience (2 subjects)

EPT441 Professional Experience 1
EPT442 Professional Experience 2

f) Core subjects (2 subjects)

COM120 Reasoning, Values and Communication
LIT101 Language and Text

g) Electives (5 subjects)

These can be selected from the first level subjects of minors listed above (other than the minor being completed as part of the course requirements), from additional subjects in the Social Sciences (for example, HST213 Civics and Citizenship, GEO164 Earth Systems, POL101 Australian Government and Politics), from Education electives, and from subjects offered from Vianney College for students who want to teach in Catholic schools (for example, VNY111 Catholic Catechism, VNY222 Catholic Religious Education, VNY211 Catholic Biblical Studies).
If students wish to teach to HSC level in NSW schools in an area in addition to English, they will be advised to select two additional subjects from their minor as electives.

Key Subjects

From 200940 the following key subjects apply:

LIT101 Language and Text
EEP441 Reconceptualising Secondary Education
EED441 Constructions of Adolescence and their Educational Implications

Enrolment pattern

English Major and Social Science Minor or Drama Minor

FLEXIBLE OFFERING

LIT101 Language and Text*

* It is recommended that this subject be undertaken in Session 3 of Year 1.

YEAR 1

Session 1

COM120 Reasoning, Values and Communication
LIT107 English Literature 1
[ ] Minor 1
[ ] Elective 1

Session 2

LIT108 English Literature 2
LIT222 Contemporary Children's Texts
[ ] Minor 2
[ ] Elective 2

YEAR 2

Session 1

[ ] English Major 4
[ ] English Major 5
[ ] Minor 3
[ ] Minor 4

Session 2

[ ] English Major 6
[ ] English Major 7
[ ] Elective 3/Minor 5
[ ] Elective 4

YEAR 3

Session 1

COM327 Literature and Film
EML441 Curriculum Method 1: English
EEP441 Reconceptualising Secondary Education
EMH441 Curriculum Method 1: Society and Environment
or
EML443 Curriculum Method 1: Drama

Session 2

EED441 Constructions of Adolescence and their Educational Implications
EML442 Curriculum Method 2: English
EMH442 Curriculum Method 2: Society and Environment
or
EML444 Curriculum Method 2: Drama
[ ] Elective 5/Minor 6

YEAR 4

Session 1

EEP442 Cultural Politics of Education
EED442 Teaching for Learning
EPT 441 Professional Experience 1
one of:
EEA310 Managing the Learning Environment
ESC401 Introduction to Educational Computing
ESR401 Teaching in Rural Secondary Schools

Session 2

ESS441 Inclusive Learning and Teaching Education
EEL441 Literacies for Learning Education
EEP443 Aboriginal Perspectives for Secondary Education
EPT442 Professional Experience 2

Professional recognition

The Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) is accredited with the NSW Institute of Teachers.

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