CSU's Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) course aims to produce highly capable teaching professionals whose knowledge and skills are significant both within and beyond the classroom.
Graduates of CSU's Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) will be specialist secondary school educators who are critically reflective professional practitioners, knowledgeable in their specialist content area and who are able to operate effectively in a variety of secondary educational contexts.
Curriculum areas available in the course include Agriculture, Design and Technology, Drama, English, Information Technology, Languages Other Than English (LOTE), Mathematics, Physical Development Health Physical Education (PDHPE), Science, Society and Environment, Teacher Librarianship and Visual Art.
The course can be studied full-time on campus over 1.5 years via either Bathurst or Wagga Wagga campuses, or full-time / part-time by distance education over 1.5 to three years through Bathurst Campus.
Graduates of this course will:
CSU's Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) is a pre-service teaching qualification. Eligibility for entry is dependent upon a prior tertiary qualification, the nature of which is determined by specific admission criteria for each course.
Students are required to undertake two professional experience placements to graduate with CSU’s Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary). Anaphylaxis training is a requirement for students to take place in professional experience activities in NSW schools. Students may also be required to undergo a National Criminal Record Clearance prior to placement.
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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.Academic expectations
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