Bachelor of Arts (Western Civilisation)/Master of Teaching (Secondary)

BA(WestCiv)/MTeach(Sec)

Credit points

400

Minimum duration

4.5 years full-time or equivalent part-time

Approved locations

• North Sydney

EFTSL value of units : All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

Admission requirements

Definition

A Major is 80 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, normally including at least 10 cp at 100-level, at least 40 cp at 200-level and at least 20 cp from 300-level.

A Minor is 40 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, normally including at least 10 cp at 100-level and at least 20 cp at 200- or 300-level.

Completion requirements

To qualify for the Bachelor of Arts (Western Civilisation)/Master of Teaching (Secondary) degree, a student must complete 400 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

1. 240 cp from the Bachelor of Arts (Western Civilisation), consisting of:

1. 140 cp from Western Civilisation Specified Units (Part A)
2. 10 cp from Community Engagement Unit (Part B)
3. 80 cp from Bachelor of Arts Units (Part C)
4. 1 Bachelor of Arts Major (Part C1); OR
5. 1 Bachelor of Arts Minor (Part C2); AND 40 cp of Electives Units from the Bachelor of Arts (Part C3)
6. 10 cp from Bachelor of Arts elective units (Part D)

2. 160 cp from the Master of Teaching (Secondary), consisting of:

1. 100 cp from Education Studies and Effective Teaching Units (Part E)
2. 40 cp from Curriculum Studies Units (Part F)
3. 20 cp from Education Elective Units (Part G)
4. 0 cp from ACER Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Units (Part H)

Other requirements

Students are required to follow the pattern of unit enrolment set out in the relevant Course Enrolment Guide, unless otherwise approved by the Course Coordinator. In all aspects of progress through the course, students will be advised by the Course Coordinator.

Applicants seeking teacher registration in Australia should check with state registration bodies to confirm English Language Proficiency requirements for teacher registration.

Exit points

A student who has successfully completed the following requirements may exit from the course with that qualification. Note that none of these qualifications will lead to teacher registration.

1. Diploma in Liberal Arts: 80 cp from Parts A-D.
2. Bachelor of Arts (Western Civilisation): 240 cp from Parts A-D.
3. Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies: 40 cp from Parts E-G.
4. Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies: 80 cp from Parts E-G.

A student who has successfully completed the Master of Teaching (Secondary) but does not meet the LANTITE requirements may exit with the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies or Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies if they meet the requirements of those awards.

Progression requirements

1. Bachelor of Arts (Western Civilisation}:

Unless otherwise specified, students must complete a unit or units at an introductory level (100-level) in an approved sequence before undertaking advanced level units (200 or 300-level) in that sequence. Any additional prerequisites for individual units are shown in brackets after the unit in the Schedule of Unit Offerings.

2. Master of Teaching (Secondary)

All students progressing to the Master of Teaching (Secondary) must:

1. Have successfully completed the Bachelor of Arts (Western Civilisation) with:
2. a major study in one teaching area; and
3. a separate minor study in a second teaching area, that may be separate from or related to the major study area;
4. be able to select from teaching areas that are available within the course and meet the requirements of the applicant's local state/territory registration authority; and
5. the combination of teaching areas identified would usually prepare the applicant to teach across all year levels of secondary schooling.
6. Have the appropriate approvals before they may enter a classroom. These are Blue Card (Queensland), Working with Vulnerable People Registration (Australian Capital Territory), or Working with Children Check (New South Wales and Victoria). International students must bring police check documentation from their own countries.

To meet the requirements for working in settings other than schools, a National Police check may be required. All students who have lived in another country for 12 months or more must provide a police check from that country for that period.

Part A : Specified Western Civilisation Units

Complete exactly 140 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
WCIV100	The Desire to Understand: Introducing the Western Intellectual Tradition	10
WCIV101	Form and Beauty: Origins of Western Art and Architecture	10
WCIV200	Doctrine, Myth and History: Religion and the West	10
WCIV301	Scientific Revolutions and the Western World	10
WLIT100	Greek and Roman Classics: Origins of Western Literature	10
WLIT200	Medieval and Renaissance Masterpieces: the Rise of the English Literary Tradition	10
WLIT201	The Age of the Novel: 1600-1900	10
WLIT300	Romanticism to Postmodernism: Movements Toward the Literary Present	10
WPHI101	Thinking the Real: Western Metaphysics	10
WPHI201	Truth and Knowledge in Western Philosophy	10
WPHI301	The Good, the Right and the Beautiful: Western Ethic and Aesthetics	10
WPOL100	The Birth of Politics: Origins of Western Political Thought	10
WPOL200	The Rise of Liberalism: Authority, Society and Freedom	10
WPOL300	Politics and People in British, American and Australian Democracies	10

Part B : Community Engagement Unit

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
WCIV300	Making a Difference: Community Engagement in Local, National and International Contexts	10

Part C : Bachelor of Arts Majors and Minors

Part C.1 OR ( Part C.2 AND Part C.3 )

Part C.1 : Bachelor of Arts Major

Complete exactly 1 of the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
ARCH	Archaeology	80
DRAM	Drama	80
ECON	Economics	80
GEES	Geography, Environment and Society	80
HIST	History	80
MATH	Mathematics	80
SRLG	Study of Religions	80
VISU	Visual Arts	80

Part C.2 : Bachelor of Arts Minors

Complete exactly 1 of the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
ARCH	Archaeology	40
DRAM	Drama	40
ECON	Economics	40
GEES	Geography, Environment and Society	40
HIST	History	40
MATH	Mathematics	40
SRLG	Study of Religions	40
VISU	Visual Arts	40

Part C.3 : Electives from the Bachelor of Arts

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
BA	Bachelor of Arts	240

Part D : Bachelor of Arts elective units

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
BA	Bachelor of Arts	240

Students must take options that will meet the requirements of the New South Wales Education Standards Authority (NESA) first and second teaching areas.

Part E : Education Studies and Effective Teaching Units

Complete exactly 100 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
EDES590	Foundations of Teaching 1: Understanding Adolescents	10	Education Studies
EDES591	Foundations of Teaching 2: The Nature of Learning	10	Education Studies
EDES600	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories, Cultures and Education	10	Education Studies
EDES601	Special Education and Inclusive Practice	10	Education Studies
EDES690	Literacy and Numeracy across the Secondary Curriculum	10	Education Studies
EDES691	21st Century Skills across the Secondary Curriculum	10	Education Studies
EDET595	Effective Teaching 1: Professional Practices	10	Effective Teaching
EDET695	Effective Teaching 2: Engaging Learners	10	Effective Teaching
EDET696	Effective Teaching 3: Teacher Inquiry and Evidence-based Practice	10	Effective Teaching
EDET692	Applied Educational Assessment Across the Secondary Curriculum	10	Effective Teaching

Part F : Curriculum Studies Units

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
EDAR599	Visual Arts Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1	10	Teaching Area: Visual Arts
EDAR699	Visual Arts Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2	10	Teaching Area: Visual Arts
EDCB599	Commerce and Business Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1	10	Teaching Area: Accounting, Business Studies, Economics
EDDR599	Drama Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1	10	Teaching Area: Drama
EDDR699	Drama Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2	10	Teaching Area: Drama
EDEE699	Earth and Environmental Studies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment	10	Teaching Area: Earth and Environmental Science
EDEN599	English Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1	10	Teaching Area: English
EDEN699	English Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2	10	Teaching Area: English
EDEO699	Economics Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment	10	Teaching Area: Economics
EDGE599	Geography Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1	10	Teaching Area: Geography
EDGE699	Geography Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2	10	Teaching Area: Geography
EDHI599	History Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1	10	Teaching Area: History
EDHI699	History Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2	10	Teaching Area: History
EDMA599	Mathematics Curriculum Pedagogy and Assessment 1	10	Teaching Area: Mathematics
EDMA699	Mathematics Curriculum Pedagogy and Assessment 2	10	Teaching Area: Mathematics
EDRE527	Religious Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1	10	Teaching Area: Religious Education
EDRE528	Religious Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2	10	Teaching Area: Religious Education
EDSI599	Science Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1	10	Teaching Area: Science, Biology, Earth and Environmental Science, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology

Part G : Education Elective Units

Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
MEDN	Master of Education	160

Any other Education elective units at Master level as approved by the Course Coordinator and advised of in the Course Enrolment Guides.

Part H : ACER Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Units

Complete exactly 3 of the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
LNTE110	Literacy and Numeracy Diagnostic	0
LNTE100	LANTITE - Literacy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students	0
LNTE101	LANTITE - Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students	0