Course description
The dual degree program is designed to:
1. offer studies in the Humanities, and Computing (all states), Mathematics (Victoria and New South Wales), Technology and Visual Arts (New South Wales only) in order to develop the knowledge, skills and conventions of these academic disciplines, and the capacity for rigorous, sustained, analytical thinking;
2. contribute to students’ personal, spiritual and moral development through training in analysis, evaluation, interpretation, objective appraisal of arguments, and identification of salient justice issues;
3. enable graduates to take an active part in the debates that inform a modern, democratic society and to serve the wider community in its ethical, spiritual and cultural development;
4. facilitate, within the Christian tradition, the development of reflective, culturally aware, and responsive individuals able to function effectively as beginning teachers in a variety of settings, particularly Catholic schools, and committed to continuing professional development.
Professional Experience
Students must complete professional experience units during which time they are required to be available full-time.
Working with Children Check
Students accepting a place in this course are required to participate in a number of professional placements throughout their program. In order to participate in professional experience it is the responsibility of each student to ensure that they are able to successfully complete the child protection screening required in their state. Students, who are not cleared for working with children and therefore not be able to be placed in a compulsory professional placement, will not be able to complete their course.
In Victoria, all students must apply for and obtain a Working With Children Check before they will be permitted to participate in the Professional Experience program.
There are no exceptions to this requirement and no student will be placed in a school without a valid Working With Children Check.
Students must obtain an application form for a Working With Children Check (WWCC) stamped with a University Stamp at Enrolment or during the enrolment period. It is the student's responsibility to submit the application form and, upon receiving the Working With Children Check/Card, submit the original Working With Children Check/Card and a copy of the original to Professional Experience personnel at the appropriate campus.
The Professional Experience personnel will sight the original Working With Children Check/Card, verify its authenticity and return it to the student. The copy will be placed in the student's Professional Experience file. Students must carry the WWCC every time they visit a school or work with children as part of their University Course.
International students must obtain and present their relevant police check from their home country and from any other country/ies where they have been domiciled for twelve months or more for the last ten years. These police checks must be sighted and authenticated before students will be permitted to undertake a Professional Experience in schools.
English Language Requirements
IELTS 7.0
Teacher registration also requires students to meet the English language requirements in their state. It is the students’ responsibility to develop their English language skills during their candidature to ensure that they meet the registration guidelines, which usually require a score of at least 7.0 in each of the IELTS bands.
Bachelor of Teaching/Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts)
BTeach/BA
320 cp
Minimum duration: 4 years full-time or equivalent part-time.
Course available at: Sydney (Strathfield), NSW
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.
1. Definitions
“Major”: 80 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, including at least 10 cp at introductory level and at least 60 cp at advanced level.
“Minor”: 40 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, including at least 10 cp at introductory level and at least 20 cp at advanced level.
2. Requirements for Completion of the Degree39
To qualify for the degree, a student must complete:
1. 320 cp consisting of:
1. 160 cp in accordance with the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree, consisting of:
1. 80 cp from 1 Major in Visual Arts;
2. 40 cp from 1 Minor40 in a second Curriculum Studies area;
3. 40 cp from other units from the Bachelor of Arts which may be:
1. a further 40 cp from Visual Arts, or
2. 40 cp from Electives, preferably including some Visual Arts units;
2. 160 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
1. 80 cp from Education Studies;
2. 60 cp from Curriculum Studies;
3. 20 cp from Internship or equivalent;
and
2.
1. 2 Professional Experience units; and
2. 1 Community Engagement Program unit.
Schedule of Unit Offerings
Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.
Arts Units
Units from the following disciplines listed in the Schedule of Unit Offerings for the Bachelor of Arts degree:
Major
Visual Arts
The second Minor may be selected from the following list
Computing
Economics/Business
Geography
History
Literature
Mathematics
Theological Studies
Education Studies Units
Core Units
Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
EDFD127 10 Contexts for Learning and Development
EDFD133 10 Understanding Learning
EDFD220 10 Teaching and Managing Learning Environments
EDFD221 10 Creating Inclusive, Safe and Supportive Schools
EDFD307 10 Educational Assessment
EDFD447 10 Diversity in the Classroom
EDFD452 10 Transition to the Profession
EDFD454 10 Curriculum Literacies
Curriculum Studies Units
Core Unit
Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
EDFD212 10 Professional Ethics in Education
EDAR416 10 Visual Arts Curriculum and Teaching 1
EDAR417 10 Visual Arts Curriculum and Teaching 2
Electives
One elective from:
Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
EDAB111 10 Indigenous Peoples and Culture
EDFD102 10 Race and Racism in Australian Educational Contexts
EDFD111 10 Alternatives in Education
EDFD112 10 Children at Risk
EDFD207 10 Social Justice and Education
EDFD210 10 Global Perspectives in Education
EDFD213 10 Technology and Learning
EDFD214 10 Language, Community Contexts and Empowerment
EDSS100 10 Australia in an Asian Context
Electives Curriculum and Teaching Units41
Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
EDLA438 10 English Curriculum and Teaching 1
EDLA439 10 English Curriculum and Teaching 2
EDMA417 10 Mathematics Curriculum and Teaching 1
EDMA418 10 Mathematics Curriculum and Teaching 2
EDRE527 10 Religious Education Curriculum and Teaching Studies 1
EDRE528 10 Religious Education Curriculum and Teaching Studies 2
EDSS420 10 History Curriculum and Teaching 1
EDSS421 10 History Curriculum and Teaching 2
EDSS430 10 Economics/Business Curriculum and Teaching 1
EDSS431 10 Economics/Business Curriculum and Teaching 2
EDSS432 10 Geography Curriculum and Teaching 1
EDSS433 10 Geography Curriculum and Teaching 2
EDST441 10 ICT Curriculum and Teaching 1
EDST442 10 ICT Curriculum and Teaching 2
Internship
Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
EDFX409 20 Internship
Professional Experience Units
Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
EDFX207 0 Community Engagement Program
EDFX214 0 Professional Experience Secondary 2
EDFX311 0 Professional Experience Secondary 3
39 Requirements for working with children: All students enrolled must have the appropriate approvals before they may enter a classroom. These are: Blue Card (Qld), Working with Children Background Check (ACT, Vic, NSW). International students should check this with the Course Co-ordinator and may need to bring documentation from their own countries.
40 Arts majors and minors must be in the discipline areas in which the Curriculum Studies units are undertaken.
41 20 cp are to be taken from one Curriculum and Teaching Studies area which builds on the discipline minor already taken.
To be eligible to enrol in a Curriculum and Teaching Studies sequence, a student must either have satisfactorily completed the prerequisite study prescribed for that Curriculum and Teaching Study or be able to demonstrate knowledge or skills approved by the Course Co-ordinator as equivalent. In the case of Religious Education, the designated Theological Studies units provide co-requisites.
