OVERVIEW
Gain a professional qualification to teach in secondary schools in just four years. Follow your passions and focus on two teaching areas from a choice of 25. With international opportunities and three school placements, we set our graduates up to be outstanding teachers and future leaders.
Who is it for?
This course is designed for students looking to become a qualified high school teacher or education professional.
You'll be qualified to teach in secondary schools in areas such as:
- Aboriginal studies
- biology
- chemistry
- business studies
- drama
- economics
- English
- geography
- health and physical education
- history (modern or ancient)
- languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew (modern or classical), Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Judaic Studies, Korean, Latin, Modern Greek, or Spanish
- mathematics
- physics
- TESOL (linguistics)
You'll also have the expertise to act in a variety of other education roles including curriculum consultant; educational administrator; educational researcher; government policy adviser.
Professional accreditation
This course is accredited with NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA). Graduates are accredited to become teachers in Australia (pending completion of LANTITE).
Under the Institute of Teachers Act 2004, graduates will need to be accredited for professional competence following their employment in schools.
What you’ll study
The Bachelor of Education (Secondary) is an undergraduate degree that gives students a professional qualification to teach in secondary schools in the areas of humanities and social sciences, mathematics and science.
You will complete core units in:
- professional teaching
- Aboriginal education
- special and inclusive education
- international education
- information and communications technology
- a major in education studies.
You will also complete a second major or minor, along with an additional minor or teaching area from the disciplinary pool, and units from the Open Learning Environment or the shared pool as needed to meet the requirements of the course.
You will undertake professional experience and work-based training throughout your studies alongside your coursework.
Professional practice
This course includes significant professional experience placements in schools. The placements begin in the third year of the course and the amount of responsibility and duration of the placements progressively increases until the final placement in which students are competent to teach under minimal supervision.
Why study with us?
- We are ranked no.1 in NSW and 25th globally for education (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022).
- The University of Sydney is ranked no. 1 in Australia and no. 4 in the world for graduate employability (QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022).
- We are one of only a few Australian universities to offer three professional placements in schools, setting you up with the skills, experience and connections to graduate job-ready.
- You will be taught by world-leading experts in learning sciences and curriculum design and who are helping to develop frontline practices.
- Our teacher education degrees are accredited by the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
