Bachelor of Arts, Master of Teaching (Secondary)

The Bachelor of Arts, Master of Teaching (Secondary) double degree is a pre-service teacher education course which requires five years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time). Students who study part-time would normally be expected to complete the double degree program within ten years.

The course is offered by the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work.

• Admission requirements
• Course aims
• Learning outcomes
• Program of study 
  

Admission requirements

The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements.

Applicants must complete a non-academic capabilities assessment task that is based on the Australian Institute for Teaching and school Leadership Initial Teacher Education standards.

Course aims

The course aims to provide graduates with a sound basis of knowledge in their chosen areas of study in the Bachelor of Arts together with the ability to apply an advanced/specialised body of content and pedagogical knowledge, skills and dispositions to:

• plan, implement and advocate transformative teaching and learning in the secondary years
• enact policies and practices that take account of social and individual difference, ensuring that all young people learn in safe, supportive and just environments
• work independently and collaboratively with young people, colleagues and communities to construct and assess inclusive and intellectually challenging curriculum in the secondary years
• engage in critical reflection and continuing professional learning through a variety of pathways including research-based projects

Learning outcomes

On completion of the double degree program graduates will be able to:

• demonstrate achievement of the learning outcomes of the Bachelor of Arts and be able to apply these in an education setting
• synthesise in-depth, current knowledge and an integrated understanding of the theories, content and processes of learning and teaching in the secondary years
• articulate advanced knowledge and reflexivity regarding young people’s development and individual and social differences, including for Indigenous Australians
• apply the cognitive, technical and creative skills and dispositions to create and maintain mutually respectful and socially just learning environments for all young people
• communicate respectfully with young people, colleagues, parents and communities to enhance professional practice and student learning in secondary schools
• apply the cognitive, technical and creative skills to construct and assess inclusive and intellectually challenging curriculum in the secondary years
• demonstrate and apply sound knowledge of research principles and methods to complete a research based project in secondary education
• commit to ongoing professional learning to do with new discourses, debates and issues in education as they arise in the secondary years
• demonstrate dispositions towards relational and transformative education and a strong sense of themselves as agents, advocates and leading professionals in the secondary years.

Program of study

To qualify for the double degree of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Teaching (Secondary), a student must:

• complete 180 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, consisting of 108 units in the Bachelor of Arts and 72 units in the Master of Teaching, according to the program of study below; and
• meet the required benchmark in the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students (LANTITE) prior to commencing the professional experience topics. Students must normally meet the benchmark within two attempts. Further attempts may be recommended by the Dean (Education) under exceptional circumstances.

The double degree focuses on teaching students who are in secondary years. During their secondary years young people develop their plans for post-secondary education and work. As secondary teachers, graduates of this pre-service qualification will play a key role in developing the knowledge, skills and resources that young people need to meet their goals.

This double degree allows pre-service teachers to pursue a teaching specialisation in more depth and deepen their understanding in topics and issues of personal interest. Graduates will be qualified to teach in at least two different school curriculum areas at secondary school level. The school curriculum subjects that are offered are:

English, Drama, Visual Art, Health Education, Information Technology, Science, Biology, Earth Science, Mathematics, Languages other than English, Geography, History, Legal Studies, Psychology and Business Studies.

Except with the permission of the Dean (Education), a student may not proceed to the Master level topics in years four and five unless they have satisfactorily completed the first three years of the double degree.

Students will normally need to have achieved a GPA of 5.00 or higher in the first 108 units to enter the Masters component in the final two years of the double degree. Under exceptional circumstances and subject to specific conditions, the Dean (Education) may permit students who do not meet this GPA requirement to enter the final two years of the double degree. Those not meeting this requirement will transfer to the four-year Bachelor of Education (Secondary), Bachelor of Arts double degree.

Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Education (Secondary), Bachelor of Arts may transfer to Bachelor of Arts, Master of Teaching (Secondary) if they have achieved a GPA of at least 5.00 after completion of 36 or 72 units of the degree. Under exceptional circumstances and subject to specific conditions, the Dean (Education) may invite other students to transfer.

Students who commence, but subsequently do not wish to complete, the double degree program may be eligible to exit with:

• a Bachelor of Education Studies or a Bachelor of Arts after completing 108 units, if they have met the course rule requirements for one of those awards; or
• a Bachelor of Education (Secondary), Bachelor of Arts double degree after completing 144 units, if they have met the course rule requirements for that degree.

Except with the permission of the Dean (Education):

• no compulsory Education topic may be taken more than twice
• professional experience topics may not be attempted more than once
• students must complete the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students (LANTITE) prior to commencing the professional experience topics.

Students should note that professional experience topics require full-time commitment for their duration.

The 108 unit Bachelor of Arts component must include:

• COMS1001 Academic and Professional Communication;
• 36 units of one Arts major sequence selected from the list below;
• 27 units of Teaching major, consisting of 9 units of Year 1 topics,  9 units of Year 2 topics and 9 units of Year 2 or Year 3 topics, appropriate for teaching in the secondary years and selected from the relevant and available majors as listed below;
• 4.5 units of Arts electives which can be selected from any one of the BA majors/minors at any level provided the entry requirements are met; and
• 36 units of Education topics.

Bachelor of Arts component

Core - Year 1 topics

13.5 units comprising

 COMS1001  Academic and Professional Communication  (4.5 units)
 EDUC1120  Teaching and Educational Contexts  (4.5 units)
 EDUC1223  Middle Schooling Philosophy and Pedagogy  (4.5 units)
 EDUC1227 Professional Experience: Year 1 (Middle and Secondary Schooling) (0 units)

Option - Year 1 topics

Choose 22.5 units comprising:

9 units of BA Major topics
9 units of Teaching Major topics 
4.5 units of BA Elective topics*

*BA electives can be selected from any of the BA majors/minors at any level provided the entry requirements are met

Core - Year 2 topics

4.5 units comprising

 EDUC2320  Learners and their Development - Middle and Secondary Schooling  (4.5 units)
 EDUC2326 Professional Experience: Year 2A (Middle and Secondary Schooling) (0 units)
 EDUC2426 Professional Experience: Year 2B (Middle and Secondary Schooling) (0 units)

Option - Year 2 topics

Choose 31.5 units comprising:

18 units of BA Major topics  
13.5 units of Teaching Major topics

Core - Year 3 topics

18 units comprising:

 EDUC3526  Literacies Across the Curriculum in the Middle and Secondary Years  (4.5 units)
 EDUC3530  Professional Experience: Year 3A (Middle and Secondary Schooling) (0 units)
 EDUC3628  Numeracy and ICT Across the Middle and Secondary Curriculum  (4.5 units)
 EDUC3642  Professional Experience: Year 3B (Middle and Secondary Schooling)  (4.5 units)
 EDUC7360  Understanding Child and Adolescent Behaviour  (4.5 units)#

Option Curriculum Specialisation - Year 3 topics

Choose 4.5 units of Curriculum Specialisation A1: Curriculum Development in the Middle Years from

EDUC3531A  Drama Curriculum Specialisation A1: Curriculum Development in the Middle Years  (4.5 units)
EDUC3531B  English Curriculum Specialisation A1: Curriculum Development in the Middle Years  (4.5 units)
EDUC3531D  HASS Curriculum Specialisation A1: Curriculum Development in the Middle Years  (4.5 units)
EDUC3531E  Languages Curriculum Specialisation A1: Curriculum Development in the Middle Years  (4.5 units)
EDUC3531F  Mathematics Curriculum Specialisation A1: Curriculum Development in the Middle Years  (4.5 units)
EDUC3531H  Science Curriculum Specialisation A1: Curriculum Development in the Middle Years  (4.5 units)
EDUC3531I  Visual Arts Curriculum Specialisation A1: Curriculum Development in the Middle Years  (4.5 units)

Choose 4.5 units of Curriculum Specialisation B1: Curriculum Context in the Middle Years from

EDUC3643A  Drama Curriculum Specialisation B1: Curriculum Context in the Middle Years  (4.5 units)
EDUC3643B  English Curriculum Specialisation B1: Curriculum Context in the Middle Years  (4.5 units)
EDUC3643C  Health Education Curriculum Specialisation B1: Developing Curriculum in Context in the Middle Years  (4.5 units)
EDUC3643D  HASS Curriculum Specialisation B1: Curriculum Context in the Middle Years  (4.5 units)
EDUC3643E  Languages Curriculum Specialisation B1: Curriculum Context in the Middle Years  (4.5 units)
EDUC3643F  Mathematics Curriculum Specialisation B1: Curriculum Context in the Middle Years  (4.5 units)
EDUC3643H  Science Curriculum Specialisation B1: Curriculum Context in the Middle Years  (4.5 units)
EDUC3643I  Visual Arts Curriculum Specialisation B1: Curriculum Context in the Middle Years  (4.5 units)
EDUC3643J  General Curriculum Specialisation B1: Curriculum Context in the Middle Years  (4.5 units)

Option - Year 3 topics

Choose 9 units comprising:

4.5 units of BA Major topics
4.5 units of Teaching Major topics

Master of Teaching (Secondary) component

Core - Year 4 topics

22.5 units comprising:

 EDUC9226  Professional Issues in Secondary Education (4.5 units)
 EDUC9308  Professional Experience 2: Assessment for Registration (Secondary) (4.5 units)
 EDUC9400  Teaching Indigenous Australian Students GE  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9401  Teacher as Researcher  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9406  Differentiation and Inclusive Educational Practices (4.5 units)

Option Curriculum Specialisation - Year 4 topics

Choose 4.5 units of Curriculum Studies A2: Senior Years Specialisation 1 from:

 EDUC9305A  Drama Curriculum Studies A2: Senior Years Specialisation 1  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9305B  English Curriculum Studies A2: Senior Years Specialisation 1  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9305C  Health Education Curriculum Studies A2: Senior Years Specialisation 1  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9305E  Languages Curriculum Studies A2: Senior Years Specialisation 1  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9305F  Mathematics Curriculum Studies A2: Senior Years Specialisation 1  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9305I  Visual Arts Curriculum Studies A2: Senior Years Specialisation 1  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9305K  Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Physics Curriculum Studies A2: Senior Years Specialisation 1  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9305L  History Curriculum Studies A2: Senior Years Specialisation 1  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9305M  Biological Sciences Curriculum Studies A2: Senior Years Specialisation 1  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9305N  Psychology Curriculum Studies A2: Senior Years Specialisation 1  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9305O  Geography, Legal Studies, Business Studies Curriculum Studies A2: Senior Years Specialisation 1  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9305P  Information Technology Curriculum Studies A2: Senior Years Specialisation 1  (4.5 units)

Choose 4.5 units of Curriculum Studies B2: Senior Years Specialisation 2 from:

 EDUC9306A  Drama Curriculum Studies B2: Senior Years Specialisation 2  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9306B  English Curriculum Studies B2: Senior Years Specialisation 2  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9306C  Health Education Curriculum Studies B2: Senior Years Specialisation 2  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9306E  Languages Curriculum Studies B2: Senior Years Specialisation 2  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9306F  Mathematics Curriculum Studies B2: Senior Years Specialisation 2  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9306H  Advanced Science Curriculum Studies B2: Senior Years Specialisation 2  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9306I  Visual Arts Curriculum Studies B2: Senior Years Specialisation 2  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9306K  Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Physics Curriculum Studies B2: Senior Years Specialisation 2  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9306L  History Curriculum Studies B2: Senior Years Specialisation 2  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9306M  Biological Sciences Curriculum Studies B2: Senior Years Specialisation 2  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9306N  Psychology Curriculum Studies B2: Senior Years Specialisation 2  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9306O  Geography, Legal Studies, Business Studies Curriculum Studies B2: Senior Years Specialisation 2  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9306P  Information Technology Curriculum Studies B2: Senior Years Specialisation 2  (4.5 units)

Option - Year 4 topics

Choose 4.5 units of BA Major topics^

Core - Year 5 topics

4.5 units comprising:

 EDUC9761  Approaches to Research  (4.5 units)

Option - Year 5 - Research topics

Choose either a 4.5 unit Independent Research Study or an 18 unit Dissertation:

 EDUC9719  Independent Research Study  (4.5 units)

OR complete the following 18 unit Dissertation

 EDUC9724A  Dissertation in Education  (4.5/18 units)
 EDUC9724B  Dissertation in Education  (4.5/18 units)
 EDUC9724C  Dissertation in Education  (4.5/18 units)
 EDUC9724D  Dissertation in Education  (4.5/18 units)

Option - Year 5 - Master of Education topics

Select the remaining topics from the list of Master of Education Option topics to fulfil the 36 unit year 5 requirement. Students may choose topics from a single Master of Education specialisation area as listed below or can choose topics from a range of these specialisation areas:

Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice

 EDUC8731  Motivation, Cognition and Metacognition in Learning  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9732  Teaching to Develop Motivation, Cognition and Metacognition  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9733  The Psychology of Learning and Instruction  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9734  Applications of Psychology to Learning and Instruction  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9735  Research Design in Cognition and Instruction  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9736  Research Application in Cognition and Instruction  (4.5 units)

Educational Research, Evaluation and Assessment

 EDUC9762  Introduction to Statistics  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9763  Survey and Questionnaire Methods  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9764  Methods in Ethnography  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9765  Researching Texts and Documents  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9766  Multivariate and Multilevel Statistics for Educational Research  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9767  Assessment in Education  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9769  Measuring Educational Achievement  (4.5 units)
 INDG9000  Indigenous Research Methodologies  (4.5 units)

Gifted Education

 EDUC8791  Gifted Education: Conceptions of Giftedness, Intelligence and Creativity  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9792  Gifted Education: Curriculum and Differentiation  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9793  Design Thinking to Develop and Evaluate Educational Programs  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9794  Gifted Education: Affective Development  (4.5 units)

Higher Education

 EDUC8905  Higher Education: A Global Context  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9906  Higher Education: Global Perspectives on Teaching and Learning  (4.5 units)

International Baccalaureate

  EDUC8821  IBMYP Curriculum Foundations  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9822  IBMYP Curriculum Processes  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9823  Teaching, Learning and Assessment in the IB  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9824  Classroom Diversity and the IBMYP  (4.5 units)

Languages Education

  EDUC8602  Leaders and Leadership  (4.5 units) 
  EDUC8731  Motivation, Cognition and Metacognition in Learning  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9701  Effective Use of ICT for Learning and Teaching  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9704  Exploring Languages Pedagogy - Theory and Practice  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9705  Developing Literacies Through Intercultural Language Learning  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9706  Visualising Language Learning  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9708  New Technologies and e-pedagogy in Foreign Language Education  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9732  Teaching to Develop Motivation, Cognition and Metacognition  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9733  The Psychology of Learning and Instruction  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9767  Assessment in Education  (4.5 units)
  ESOL8001  Fundamental Concepts of Second Language Learning and Teaching in TESOL GE (4.5 units)
  ESOL8002  Language Assessment in TESOL GE (4.5 units)
  LING8001  Introduction to Second Language Acquisition GE  (4.5 units)
  LING8002  Introduction to Second Language Teaching Methodology GE  (4.5 units)

Leadership and Management

  EDUC8601  Strategic Thinking and Planning  (4.5 units)
  EDUC8602  Leaders and Leadership  (4.5 units)
  EDUC8618  Pedagogical Leadership (4.5 units)
  EDUC9603  Theories of Organisational Change  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9604  Managing Human Resources  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9605  Leading Knowledge Management for Organisational Learning  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9606  Planning Change in Organisations  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9608  Globalisation, Development and Education  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9609  Leadership and Management in Rural Contexts  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9610  Developing People in Organisations  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9611  Managing Innovation in Organisations  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9616  Leadership and Management in Education  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9617  Education Governance  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9707  Leading Change in the Digital Age (4.5 units)

Special Education

  EDUC8129  Contemporary Issues in Special Education (4.5 units)
  EDUC8541  Studies in Vision Impairment 1  (4.5 units)
  EDUC8731  Motivation, Cognition and Metacognition in Learning  (4.5 units)
  EDUC8791  Gifted Education: Conceptions of Giftedness, Intelligence and Creativity  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9307  Educational Planning and Assessment for Students with Diverse Learning Needs (4.5 units)
  EDUC9406  Differentiation and Inclusive Educational Practices  (4.5 units) 
  EDUC9409  Intervention for Students with Numeracy Difficulties  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9501  Understanding Behaviour in Educational Contexts  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9503  Supporting Behaviour Change  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9504  Schoolwide Positive Behaviour Support  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9511  Complex Communication Needs and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (4.5 units)
  EDUC9512  Functional Behaviour Assessment in Education  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9513  Personalised Curriculum Design for Learners with Disabilities  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9521  Supporting Students with Learning Disabilities  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9522  Intervention for Students with Literacy Difficulties  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9531  Current Perspectives in Early Intervention  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9532  Early Intervention: Learning From and Through Play  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9544  Studies in Orientation and Mobility: Research and Practice  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9551  Introduction to Sensory Impairment  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9552  Collaborative Consultation  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9553  Autism Spectrum Disorders: Teaching and Learning  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9709  Mindfulness and the Inner World of Teaching and Learning  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9732  Teaching to Develop Motivation, Cognition and Metacognition  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9792  Gifted Education: Curriculum and Differentiation  (4.5 units)

Studies of Asia

  EDUC8881  Studies of Asia Across the Curriculum: An Introduction  (4.5 units)
  EDUC8883  Studies of Asia: Contemporary Issues and Values  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9882  Studies of Asia: Premodern Asian Societies and Cultures  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9884  Studies of Asia: Arts Learning Area 1 (Sources and Contexts)  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9885  Studies of Asia: Arts Learning Area 2 (Contemporary Arts of Asia)  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9886  Studies of Asia: English Learning Area 1 (Literatures from Asia)  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9887  Studies of Asia: English Learning Area 2 (Contemporary Asian Literature)  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9888  Studies of Asia: Utilising In-Country Experience  (4.5 units)

Wellbeing and Positive Mental Health

  EDUC8601  Strategic Thinking and Planning  (4.5 units)
  EDUC8602  Leaders and Leadership  (4.5 units)
  EDUC8731  Motivation, Cognition and Metacognition in Learning  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9531  Current Perspectives in Early Intervention  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9552  Collaborative Consultation  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9606  Planning Change in Organisations  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9702  Teaching and learning to promote wellbeing and positive mental health in schools and early childhood services  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9709  Mindfulness and the Inner World of Teaching and Learning (4.5 units)

Other Education Options

  EDUC9502  Assessment, Planning and Teaching in Behaviour  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9612  Advanced Issues in Education  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9612A  Advanced Issues in Education A  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9703  Postgraduate Education: Purposes and Practices  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9851  Constructions of Education and Social Justice  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9852  Ethics in Education  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9921  Issues in Professional Learning  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9922  Models of Professional Learning  (4.5 units)
  EDUC9923  Leading Professional Learning  (4.5 units)

# This topic counts towards the Master of Teaching (Secondary) component of the double degree

^ This topic counts towards the Bachelor of Arts component of the double degree

The recommended Bachelor of Arts majors are

• Biological Sciences
• Business Studies*
• Chinese#
• Creative Writing**
• Drama
• Earth Sciences
• English**
• French
• Geography and Environmental Studies
• German#
• History
• Indonesian
• Information Technology*
• Italian
• Japanese#
• Law and Society *
• Mathematics
• Modern Greek
• Psychology*
• Spanish
• Visual Arts

* Senior Teaching Areas only

** Students can choose either English or Creative Writing but not both together

# Chinese, German and Japanese are available cross-institutionally at the University of Adelaide. Please visit the University of Adelaide webpage for topic information