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Bachelor of Education (Secondary) Industry Entry Program

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Become a secondary teacher and share your knowledge with the next generation. Our fully accredited Bachelor of Education (Secondary) − Industry Entry builds on (and gives credit for) the skills you've acquired in your professional life and reshapes them into a new career inspiring high school students. Also, because we value that experience, you could receive credit for up to a third of the degree – meaning you graduate sooner.

You'll specialise in a secondary school discipline related to your experience in your trade – and put your skills into action on professional placements (we have a dedicated team who will aim to find you a placement in your preferred location). Plus, you're in the driver's seat: you can study completely online, anywhere in Australia, full-time or part-time, so you can qualify as a teacher while working.

This course is part of an articulated program of study. Articulated programs allow you to build on your study to achieve the right level of qualification for you.

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    Key information

    Study mode and sessions

    Online
    Next session start: July 14, 2025
    Session 1 : March 3, 2025
    Online
    Session 2 : July 14, 2025
    Online

    Duration

    Minimum time - 2.5 year(s)
    Maximum time - 5 year(s)

    Entry score

    TBA
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    Indicative fees

    Domestic online
    Commonwealth grant scheme (CGS):
    Full-time - $8,132.00 pa
    Part-time - $4,066.00 pa

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    Course points and codes

    Credit Points: 264
    AQF: Level 7
    Cricos:

    Additional information

    • Integrated Industry connections
    • Work-integrated learning
    • Professionally accredited course
    • On campus intensive school

    Thinking about a career shift? Study with us to become a teacher.

    Applications close February 12

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    Why study with us?

    Your experience is valued and recognised

    The Bachelor of Education (Secondary) - Industry Entry offers significant credit toward a teaching degree in a number of secondary school discipline specialisations. Relevant trade or industry knowledge and experience gained through study and in the workplace may result in up to one third of your degree being credited through our recognition of prior learning process. This recognition values what you bring to the course, makes becoming a teacher more readily attainable, and means you can graduate earlier.

    Position your career into a high demand area

    This education course aims to meet the future employment demands for secondary English, human society and its environment (HSIE), mathematics, science, and technology and applied studies (TAS) teachers. Gain the knowledge and skills required to teach Years 7 to 12 in your teaching area(s). You'll develop professional knowledge and values, including how to develop learning activities, monitor and assess student progress and learning activities, and employ appropriate teaching and learning technologies pertinent to your field.

    Specialise in your area of expertise

    Teaching areas within this teaching degree include English, HSIE (which includes history, business studies and geography), mathematics, science, and TAS. If your goal is to become a TAS teacher, you'll study design and technology and choose one additional teaching area from agricultural, food, industrial, information and or textiles technology.

    Graduate industry-ready

    Gain valuable hands-on skills through three professional experience subjects where you'll undertake a total of 80 days of workplace learning. During these placements, you'll observe and practice teaching, enabling you to apply knowledge from your studies to the secondary school environment.

    Professional Accreditation

    This course is professionally accredited by -

    • NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA)

    Please refer to the Charles Sturt Professional Accreditation resource for specific information and a link to the accreditation body.

    We are #1 in NSW for first-in-family students.

    *Good Universities Guide 2022/23

    Career opportunities

    When you graduate, you'll be ready to make your mark in a wide range of careers, including:

    • Secondary school teacher

    What you will study

    For each 8-point subject you are enrolled in, you should expect to spend 10 to 12 hours per week working on assignments and assigned readings, tutorial assistance, individual or group research/study, forum activity, workplace learning, and attending lectures, intensive schools, or examinations. If you are studying four subjects per session, this is equivalent to a full-time job. The workload for some subjects may vary as a result of approved course design.

    Intensive school

    You may need to attend an online or on-campus intensive school for certain subjects in this course. These schools usually involve lectures, tutorials and practicals that will give you a deeper understanding of your subject.

    This course consists of 32 subjects (264 points). Students entering with a credit package equivalent to 72 or 88 points complete the course as per the credit package on entry.

    Additional Teaching Areas
    With approval from the Course Director, where a student commences the program with four or more appropriate subjects in their first teaching area  (with two or more of these at level 2) it may be possible to complete the discipline content and curriculum studies for an additional teaching area. This may include other teaching areas such as:

    English / Mathematics / Biology / Modern History / Geography / Business Studies / Economics / Society & Environment / Studies of Religion

    Initial teacher education students are required to pass both components of the personal Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) as part of the accreditation requirements of this course and before commencement of the final professional experience placement. Further information about the LANTITE including how to register can be found on the LANTITE website of https://teacheredtest.acer.edu.au/

    Core subjects96 Credit Points

    Education studies64 Credit Points

    Legend:
    • Intensive school
    • Workplace learning
    EEE315Aligning Learning, Teaching and Assessment 8 credit pts
    EEA311Managing the Learning Environment8 credit pts
    EED422Adolescent Learning and Development8 credit pts
    EED408Successful Teaching8 credit pts
    EEP306Pedagogy in Diverse Classrooms8 credit pts
    ELN402Literacy Strategies for Learning8 credit pts
    ESC407Classroom Technologies8 credit pts
    ESS419Principles of Inclusive Education8 credit pts

    Indigenous Studies8 Credit Points

    Legend:
    • Intensive school
    • Workplace learning
    IKC101First Nations Foundations: Knowing, Relating and Understanding Country8 credit pts

    Professional Experience24 Credit Points

    Legend:
    • Intensive school
    • Workplace learning
    EPT241Professional Experience - Introduction to the Secondary Context8 credit pts
    EPT329Working Within The Community8 credit pts
    EPT462Final Professional Experience: Consolidating practice in the Secondary Context 8 credit pts

    Discipline Specialist Area subjects

    Technology and Applied Studies or HSIE, English, Maths, and Science

    Technology and Applied Studies (TAS)8 Credit Points

    Foundation studies subject8 Credit Points

    Legend:
    • Intensive school
    • Workplace learning
    EML102Written Communication8 credit pts

    HSIE, English, Maths and Science16 Credit Points

    These six subjects will be made up of a combination of core compulsory discipline subjects for their teaching area/s. The discipline subjects will focus on enhancing and extending existing previous study and/or industry qualifications and skills as well as broadening discipline knowledge and skills related to the student’s teaching area/s. Where a student has appropriate subject content for their first teaching area it may be possible to include discipline content electives for a second teaching area.

    Restricted electives - Education Studies Option16 Credit Points

    Legend:
    • Intensive school
    • Workplace learning
    Students select subjects two from the following or other suitable Education subject/s as approved by Course Director where a student has appropriate subject content for a second teaching area to complete a relevant pair of Curriculum Method subject
    EEB435Indigenous Australian Studies for Teachers8 credit pts
    EEP425Critical Studies in Education and Practice8 credit pts
    EEP427Social Justice, Ethics and Inclusion in Classroom Practice8 credit pts
    EML436The Multimodal Writing Process8 credit pts
    ESC413Online Pedagogies8 credit pts
    ESS426Collaboration and Teamwork in the Inclusive School8 credit pts

    Curriculum Method subjects16 Credit Points

    Students select two (2) subjects from one of the following curriculum methods:

    Technology and Applied Studies16 Credit Points

    Legend:
    • Intensive school
    • Workplace learning
    Select two (2) subjects from the following:
    EMT445Curriculum Method: Design and Technology8 credit pts
    EMT446Curriculum Method: Technologies8 credit pts
    EMT203Design and Digital Technologies: Curriculum and Pedagogy8 credit pts

    Mathematics16 Credit Points

    Legend:
    • Intensive school
    • Workplace learning
    EMM341Curriculum Method 1: Mathematics8 credit pts
    EMM342Curriculum Method 2: Mathematics8 credit pts

    English 16 Credit Points

    Legend:
    • Intensive school
    • Workplace learning
    EML341Curriculum Method 1: English8 credit pts
    EML342Curriculum Method 2: English8 credit pts

    Science16 Credit Points

    Legend:
    • Intensive school
    • Workplace learning
    EMS341Curriculum Method 1: Science8 credit pts
    EMS342Curriculum Method 2: Science 8 credit pts

    Human Societies and its Environment - (Modern History / Geography / Business Studies / Geography)16 Credit Points

    Legend:
    • Intensive school
    • Workplace learning
    EMH341Curriculum Method 1: HSIE/HASS8 credit pts
    EMH342Curriculum Method 2: HASS/HSIE8 credit pts

    Teaching Areas48 Credit Points

    Select six (6) subjects from chosen teaching area and complete requirements as listed:

    Technology and Applied Studies (TAS)

    These subjects focus on enhancing and extending existing industry skills and broadening discipline knowledge or skills in an existing industry area related to their teaching area. The subjects required vary depending on the students prior qualifications, experience and study. * Design and Technology * Industrial Technology (Timber Construction, Metal Fabrication, Electrical/Electronics, Graphics, Multimedia) * Food Technology; * Textiles Technology; * Agricultural Technology; * Information Technology. Listed below are the subjects required for each teaching area. Students will undertake only one of these areas and the subjects required are determined by the students' existing industry background as approved by Course Director - these subjects may include, but are not restricted to:

    Compulsory Design and Technology subjects24 Credit Points

    Legend:
    • Intensive school
    • Workplace learning
    Required for: Agricultural Technology or Industrial Technology or Food Technology or Information Technology or Textiles Technology teaching areas.
    DES113Spatial Design8 credit pts
    EMT303Design and Technology Project8 credit pts
    EPI204Mandatory Technology Contexts: Computational, Design, and Systems Thinking8 credit pts

    Restricted Elective Discipline subjects related to teaching area

    These restricted elective discipline subjects will focus on enhancing and extending existing previous study and/or industry qualifications and skills as well as broadening discipline knowledge and skills related to the student’s teaching area/s of Design and Technology and one of: * Industrial Technology (3 or 5 subjects) sets of subjects, depending on teaching area to be completed and existing qualifications - Timber Construction, or Metal Fabrication, or Electrical/Electronics or Automotive or Plumbing, or Graphics or Multimedia. or * Food Technology; or * Textiles Technology; or * Agricultural Technology; or * Information Technology.

    Industrial Technology

    Industrial Technology - Timber Construction trade background – e.g. carpentry/cabinet-making/shopfitting/joinery:24 Credit Points

    Legend:
    • Intensive school
    • Workplace learning
    EPI203Metal Technology: Workshop and Design8 credit pts
    EPI205Technology and Applied Studies Engineering8 credit pts
    EPI306Metal Technology: Workshop and Pedagogy8 credit pts

    Industrial Technology - Metal Fabrication trade background – e.g. fitter-machinist/boilermaker/metals engineering:24 Credit Points

    Legend:
    • Intensive school
    • Workplace learning
    EPI104Timber Technology: Workshop and Design8 credit pts
    EPI205Technology and Applied Studies Engineering8 credit pts
    EPI307Timber Technology: Workshop and Pedagogy8 credit pts

    Industrial Technology - Electrical/Electronics or Automotive or Plumbing trade background – e.g. electrician/electrical; mechanic/automotive mechanic; diesel/plant mechanic; plumber:40 Credit Points

    Legend:
    • Intensive school
    • Workplace learning
    EPI104Timber Technology: Workshop and Design8 credit pts
    EPI307Timber Technology: Workshop and Pedagogy8 credit pts
    EPI203Metal Technology: Workshop and Design8 credit pts
    EPI306Metal Technology: Workshop and Pedagogy8 credit pts
    EPI205Technology and Applied Studies Engineering8 credit pts

    Industrial Technology - Graphics trade background48 Credit Points

    Legend:
    • Intensive school
    • Workplace learning
    EPI104Timber Technology: Workshop and Design8 credit pts
    EPI203Metal Technology: Workshop and Design8 credit pts
    EPI306Metal Technology: Workshop and Pedagogy8 credit pts
    EPI307Timber Technology: Workshop and Pedagogy8 credit pts
    COM135Spotlight on Design and Content Creation8 credit pts
    MPI221Multimedia Design and Creation8 credit pts

    Industrial Technology - Multimedia trade background48 Credit Points

    Legend:
    • Intensive school
    • Workplace learning
    EPI104Timber Technology: Workshop and Design8 credit pts
    EPI203Metal Technology: Workshop and Design8 credit pts
    EPI306Metal Technology: Workshop and Pedagogy8 credit pts
    EPI307Timber Technology: Workshop and Pedagogy8 credit pts
    GRP118The Contemporary Designer8 credit pts
    GRP223Strategic Thinking in Design8 credit pts

    Food Technology24 Credit Points

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    • Intensive school
    • Workplace learning
    Select the following three (3) subjects:
    NUT201Food, Nutrition and Sociology8 credit pts
    FDS102Introduction to Food and Nutrition8 credit pts
    FDS310Food Product Development8 credit pts

    Textiles Technology24 Credit Points

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    • Intensive school
    • Workplace learning
    Select the following three (3) subjects:
    CCI105Drawing to Design8 credit pts
    GRP225Experimental Design8 credit pts
    CCI301Research and Reflective Practice8 credit pts

    Agricultural Technology24 Credit Points

    Legend:
    • Intensive school
    • Workplace learning
    Select three (3) subjects from the following: Include one subject each at level 100, level 200 and level 300 (or 400). With approval from Course Director may include, but not restricted to:
    AGR130Biology in Agriculture8 credit pts
    AGS100Livestock Production Systems8 credit pts
    PSC102Botany8 credit pts
    PSC104Soil Science8 credit pts
    ASC171Animal Anatomy and Physiology8 credit pts
    AGR202Food Environment and Culture8 credit pts
    ASC261Animal Reproduction8 credit pts
    ASC273Animal Nutrition8 credit pts
    PSC202Crop And Pasture Science8 credit pts
    PSC215Plant Physiology8 credit pts
    PSC236Pasture Production and Utilisation8 credit pts
    PSC270Annual Crop Management8 credit pts
    PSC271Crop Agronomy8 credit pts
    AGR475Sustainable Agriculture: Issues and Viewpoints8 credit pts
    AGS300Livestock Management8 credit pts
    ASC350Animal Health8 credit pts
    PSC360Pastures and Rangelands8 credit pts

    Infomation Technology24 Credit Points

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    • Intensive school
    • Workplace learning
    Select three (3) subjects from the following: Include one subject each at level 100, level 200 and level 300.
    ITC106Programming Principles8 credit pts
    ITC114Introduction to Database Systems8 credit pts
    ITC161Computer Systems8 credit pts
    ITC204Human Computer Interaction8 credit pts
    ITC211Systems Analysis and Design8 credit pts
    ITC212Internet Technologies8 credit pts
    ITC218ICT Project Management8 credit pts
    ITC233Computer Networks8 credit pts
    ITC293Introduction to the Web8 credit pts
    ITC331Ethics and Professional Practice8 credit pts
    ITC397Introduction to Artificial Intelligence8 credit pts

    Mathematics48 Credit Points

    These restricted elective discipline subjects will focus on enhancing and extending existing previous study and/or industry qualifications and skills as well as broadening discipline knowledge and skills related to the student’s teaching area/s of Mathematics. Subjects are focussed on enhancing and extending the students' existing Mathematics skills and broadening discipline knowledge. Students must complete the core compulsory Mathematics discipline subject (MTH102) and 5 other Mathematics restricted elective discipline subjects.By completion of study students must have completed a sequence of study in pure and applied Mathematics with a minimum of six Mathematics discipline subjects (including prior study deemed relevant to this program). These must include two appropriate subjects at Level 100; three at level 200 and two at level 300/400 or above. Subjects must include algebra and calculus and in total, only one unit of statistics may be counted in this Mathematics major, provided it is studied as a stand-alone unit. A student may only include other discipline subject/s as their restricted elective discipline subjects if the Course Director determines they have sufficient current Mathematics content to meet the accreditation criteria for Secondary Mathematics as a first designated teaching area.

    Compulsory8 Credit Points

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    • Intensive school
    • Workplace learning
    MTH102Computer Aided Mathematics 2 with Applications8 credit pts

    Restricted electives40 Credit Points

    Legend:
    • Intensive school
    • Workplace learning
    Select five (5) subjects from the following ensuring subject level requirements are met:
    MTH218Multivariable Calculus8 credit pts
    MTH219Linear Algebra8 credit pts
    MTH220Ordinary Differential Equations8 credit pts
    STA201Scientific Statistics8 credit pts
    MTH307Mathematical Modelling8 credit pts
    MTH328Complex Analysis8 credit pts
    MTH418Topics In Calculus8 credit pts

    English48 Credit Points

    Subjects are focussed on enhancing and extending the students existing English study and broadening discipline knowledge. Students must complete six English Studies restricted elective discipline subjects. By completion of the course students must have completed a minimum of six subject sequence of English studies subjects (including prior study deemed relevant to this program), with two subjects at level 100, two subjects at level 200 and two subjects at level 300. This must comprise a minimum of three subjects with a strong core of textual studies including literature. Other subjects may include studies in communications, creative writing, linguistics, media studies. A student may only include other restricted elective discipline subject/s if the Course Director determines they have sufficient current English studies content to meet the accreditation criteria for Secondary English as a first designated teaching area.

    Restricted electives48 Credit Points

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    • Intensive school
    • Workplace learning
    Select six (6) subjects (two at each level) from the following ensuring subject level requirements are met:
    LIT111Fairytales, Superheroes and Literary Greats8 credit pts
    LIT124From Grimm to Ghibli: A Journey Through Children's Literature8 credit pts
    LIT212World Literature8 credit pts
    LIT221Zadie Smith to Taylor Swift: The Art of Creative Writing8 credit pts
    LIT224Too close for comfort: realistic fantasy and gritty realism in Youth Adult literature8 credit pts
    LIT225Medieval Legends and Legacies: Bards, Babes and Bawdiness8 credit pts
    LIT301Making it New: The Power and Influence of Modernist Literature8 credit pts
    LIT302Larrikin, Rebel, Dreamer: Australian Voices8 credit pts
    LIT303The Revolution of the Self: Romantic and Victorian Imaginings8 credit pts
    LIT318Digital Futures: Questioning Texts in Media, Literature and Philosophy8 credit pts

    Science Studies48 Credit Points

    Subjects are focussed on enhancing and extending the students' existing Science skills and broadening discipline knowledge. Students must complete six Science studies restricted elective discipline subjects that must include two appropriate subjects at Level 100; two at level 200 and two at level 300 or above. By completion of study students must have completed a sequence of study (including prior study deemed relevant to this program) in at least one of the following science teaching areas: Biology: a total of 6 Biology subjects with two subjects at level 100, two subjects at level 200 and two subjects at level 300. Chemistry: a total of 6 Chemistry subjects with two subjects at level 100, two subjects at level 200 and two subjects at level 300. Physics: a total of 6 Physics subjects with two subjects at level 100, two subjects at level 200 and two subjects at level 300. A student may only include other discipline subject/s as their restricted elective discipline subjects if the Course Director determines they have sufficient content to meet the accreditation criteria for Biology or Chemistry or Physics as a first designated teaching area.

    Restricted electives48 Credit Points

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    • Intensive school
    • Workplace learning
    Biology: Select six (6) Biology subjects with two subjects at level 100, two subjects at level 200 and two subjects at level 300. Chemistry: Select six (6) Chemistry subjects with two subjects at level 100, two subjects at level 200 and two subjects at level 300. Physics: Select six (6) Physics subjects with two subjects at level 100, two subjects at level 200 and two subjects at level 300.
    BIO100Concepts of Biology8 credit pts
    BIO112Principles of Ecology8 credit pts
    CHM104Chemistry 1A8 credit pts
    CHM107Chemistry 1B8 credit pts
    GEO164Earth System Processes8 credit pts
    PHY101Mechanics and Thermal Physics8 credit pts
    PHY102Electricity and Waves8 credit pts
    BIO203Animal Diversity8 credit pts
    BIO216Conservation Biology8 credit pts
    BIO262Vegetation Ecology8 credit pts
    BIO263Methods for Environmental Data Analysis8 credit pts
    BMS263Foundational Pharmacology and Pathophysiology for Allied Health Practice8 credit pts
    CHM213Analytical Chemistry8 credit pts
    CHM214Physical Chemistry8 credit pts
    CHM215Inorganic Chemistry8 credit pts
    CHM216Organic Chemistry8 credit pts
    GEO204Ecological and Environmental Soil Science8 credit pts
    PHY215Scientific Instrumentation (Electronics)8 credit pts
    PHY299Introduction to Astronomy8 credit pts
    BIO312Landscape Ecology8 credit pts
    BIO323River and Floodplain Ecology8 credit pts
    BIO327Wildlife Ecology and Management16 credit pts
    BIO329Wildlife Ecology8 credit pts
    BIO330Wildlife Management8 credit pts
    CHM321Laboratory Management Issues8 credit pts
    CHM323Instrumental Analysis 18 credit pts
    CHM324Instrumental Analysis 28 credit pts
    ENM308Challenges of Global Sustainable Development8 credit pts
    GEO303Climatology8 credit pts
    GEO314River Hydrology and Geomorphology8 credit pts
    PHY301Astrophysics8 credit pts
    PHY304Relativity and Cosmology8 credit pts

    Human Societies and its Environment - (Modern History / Business Studies / Geography) 48 Credit Points

    Human Societies and its Environment - (Modern History / Business Studies / Geography) - 48 credit points - contains up to 160 Subjects are focussed on enhancing and extending the students' existing study and broadening discipline knowledge in one of the following HSIE strands as a first teaching area: Modern History or Geography or Business Studies. Students must complete six restricted elective discipline subjects to ensure that by completion of study they will have completed a six subject sequence of study (including prior study deemed relevant to this program) in at least one of the Modern History or Geography or Business Studies teaching areas. The subjects in the student's HSIE first teaching area must include four appropriate subjects at level 100 and level 200, with no more than two level 100 subjects and two at level 300 or above, and cover the content for at least one of the teaching areas as noted below:

    Restricted electives48 Credit Points

    Modern History48 Credit Points

    Legend:
    • Intensive school
    • Workplace learning
    On completion of study the six subjects sequence completed (including prior study deemed relevant to this program) for a first teaching area in Modern History must cover areas such as Australian history, contact and Aboriginal history, early modern history, historiography, modern history. With approval from the Course Director students can select discipline subjects from:
    HST101The Short Twentieth Century8 credit pts
    HST201Australia in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Times of Debate and Change8 credit pts
    HST210The Rise of Media and Propaganda8 credit pts
    HST214Medieval Worlds8 credit pts
    HST262Historical Sociology: Migration and Human Relocation8 credit pts
    SOC212Class, Global Capitalism and Social Change8 credit pts
    HST301International History from 19458 credit pts
    HST311The Theory and Method of History8 credit pts

    Business Studies 48 Credit Points

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    • Intensive school
    • Workplace learning
    On completion of study the six subjects completed (including prior study deemed relevant to this program) for a first teaching area in Business Studies must include at least one unit of finance or accounting and one unit of business management and remaining units drawn from: business law (Australian/English), economics, human resource management, industrial relations, marketing, business management, finance or accounting. With approval from the Course Director students can select discipline subjects from:
    ACC127Accounting and Financial Literacy8 credit pts
    LAW110Business Law8 credit pts
    MGT100Organisations and Management8 credit pts
    MKT110Marketing Fundamentals8 credit pts
    QBM117Business Statistics8 credit pts
    ACC200Accounting Systems8 credit pts
    ACC210Management Accounting8 credit pts
    ACC240Financial Management of Small Business8 credit pts
    HRM210Human Resource Management8 credit pts
    LAW220Business Organisations Law8 credit pts
    MKT220Consumer Behaviour8 credit pts
    MKT230Market Research8 credit pts
    ACC311Strategic and Sustainable Accounting8 credit pts
    HRM310Developing Human Resources8 credit pts
    HRM320Issues in Human Resource Management8 credit pts
    HRM330Strategic Human Resource Management8 credit pts
    INR310Comparative Industrial Relations8 credit pts
    MKT310Integrated Marketing Communications8 credit pts
    MKT335Marketing of Services8 credit pts

    Geography48 Credit Points

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    • Intensive school
    • Workplace learning
    On completion of study the six subjects completed (including prior study deemed relevant to this program) for a first teaching area in Geography must include subjects covering: spatial and ecological geography; physical geography; the effects of physical, social, cultural, economic and political factors on communities. With approval from the Course Director students can select discipline subjects from:
    BIO112Principles of Ecology8 credit pts
    GEO164Earth System Processes8 credit pts
    SCI103Introduction to Geospatial Science8 credit pts
    SOC101Understanding the Social World8 credit pts
    GEO204Ecological and Environmental Soil Science8 credit pts
    BIO262Vegetation Ecology8 credit pts
    BIO263Methods for Environmental Data Analysis8 credit pts
    PKM266Culture and Heritage8 credit pts
    BIO312Landscape Ecology8 credit pts
    BIO323River and Floodplain Ecology8 credit pts
    ENM308Challenges of Global Sustainable Development8 credit pts
    GEO303Climatology8 credit pts
    GEO314River Hydrology and Geomorphology8 credit pts
    PKM307Environmental Planning8 credit pts
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    Additional Selection Criteria Form - Bachelor of Education (Secondary) Industry Entry

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    First teaching area - Technology and Applied Studies

    Information Technology

    • An accredited Associate Diploma / Diploma in Information Technology / Computing completed through a Registered Training Organisation; and
    • five years (post training) recent industry experience in field of qualification (minimum total of seven years full time work including period of training); and
    • demonstrated ability to design and implement solutions to problems and needs in their technology specialisation evidenced by satisfactory responses to a questionnaire.

    OR

    Food Technology

    • An accredited Associate Diploma / Diploma in Hospitality (Commercial Cookery) / Food Science, completed through a Registered Training Organisation; and
    • five years (post training) recent industry experience in field of qualification (minimum total of seven years full time work including period of training); and
    • demonstrated ability to design and implement solutions to problems and needs in their technology specialisation that will require submission of a questionnaire. or
    • full chef qualifications (Apprenticeship and Trade Certificate III in Commercial Cookery); and
    • three to five years (post training) recent industry experience in field of qualification (minimum total of seven years full time work including period of training); and
    • demonstrated ability to design and implement solutions to problems and needs in their technology specialisation evidenced by satisfactory responses to a questionnaire.

    OR

    Industrial Technology

    • Trade qualified (Apprenticeship and Trade Certificate III) in Fitting and Turning/Machining; Metals Engineering; Carpentry; Joinery; or related areas; or
    • Trade qualified (Apprenticeship and Trade Certificate III) in Automotive Mechanic; Diesel/Plant Mechanic; Electrical Mechanic; Electrician/Electronics; Plumbing; or related area; and
    • three to five years (post training) recent industry experience in field of qualification (minimum total of seven years full time work including period of training); and
    • demonstrated ability to design and implement solutions to problems and needs in their technology specialisation evidenced by satisfactory responses to a questionnaire.

    OR

    Agricultural Technology

    • Accredited Associate Diploma Agricultural College (National or International) - two-year full time program or equivalent, completed through a Registered Training Organisation; and
    • five years (post training) recent industry experience in field of qualification (minimum total of seven years full time work including period of training); and
    • demonstrated ability to design and implement solutions to problems and needs in their technology specialisation evidenced by satisfactory responses to a questionnaire.

    OR

    Textiles Technology

    • An accredited Associate Diploma / Diploma in Fashion and Design completed through a Registered Training Organisation; and
    • five years (post training) recent industry experience in field of qualification (minimum total of seven years full time work including period of training); and
    • demonstrated ability to design and implement solutions to problems and needs in their technology specialisation evidenced by satisfactory responses to a questionnaire.

       

    OR

    Graphics and Multimedia Technology

    • Diploma or Advanced Diploma in Building Design with a minimum of five years industry experience (Graphics); or
    • Draftsperson trade and Certificate IV Residential Drafting with a minimum of seven years in industry including the period of training (Graphics) ; or
    • Advanced Diploma of Multimedia with a minimum of five years industry experience (Multimedia); or
    • Certificate III in Animation with a minimum of seven years in industry including the period of training (Multimedia); or
    • Certificate III in Information, Digital Media and Technology (multimedia electives) with a minimum of seven years in industry including the period of training (Multimedia); or
    • Cert IV in Information Technology specialising in multimedia with a minimum of seven years in industry including the period of training (multimedia); AND
    • five years (post training) recent industry experience in field of qualification (minimum total of seven years full time work including period of training); AND
    • demonstrated ability to design and implement solutions to problems and needs in their technology specialisation evidenced by satisfactory responses to a questionnaire.

     

    First teaching area - English

    • Two years or more of a degree with a minimum of two years university study including a sequence of at least two subjects from one or more of the following areas: literature, communications, media studies, creative writing and linguistics (one subject must be at level 1 and one at level 2 or higher);
      and
    • one year of recent employment/industry experience aligned to course content.

    Each applicant is assessed on a range of factors including academic readiness, previous study, work and life experience, motivation to succeed, and awareness of the demands of tertiary study.

    Admission requirements vary depending on prior study/industry experience and the teaching area to be completed.

    The entry requirements below relate to the specific first teaching areas.

    First teaching area - Science

    • Two years or more of a degree with a minimum of two years university study including a sequence of at least two subjects from one or more of the following areas: biology; chemistry; physics (one subject must be at level 1 and one at level 2 or higher);
      and
    • one year of recent employment/industry experience aligned to course content.

    First teaching area - Mathematics

    • Two years or more of a relevant degree e.g. Mathematics / Engineering / Econometrics / Economics / Actuarial Studies, where Mathematics and Applied Mathematics are inclusive within the program (with one Mathematics subject at level 1 and one at level 2 and no more than one Statistics subject);
      and
    • one year of recent employment/industry experience aligned to course content.
      or
    • A minimum of two years university study towards a degree including a sequence of at least two Mathematics subjects (one at level 1 and one at level 2 and no more than one Statistics subject);
      and
    • one year of recent employment/industry experience aligned to course content.

    First teaching area - Human Society and Environment (HSIE)

    • One of: Geography or Modern History or Business Studies
    • Two years or more of a degree with a minimum of two years university study including a sequence of at least two subjects from at least one the following areas: geography; modern history; business studies (one subject must be at level 1 and one at level 2 or higher);
      and
    • one year of recent employment/industry experience aligned to course content.

    English Language Proficiency (ELP) requirements Students must meet one of the following criteria:

    • Born in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, USA, or United Kingdom, and have completed at least one senior secondary or tertiary qualification in one of these countries. This qualification must have been taught and assessed in English;
      OR
    • Not born in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, USA, or United Kingdom, but have completed senior secondary study or at least three years of full-time university study (or equivalent) in one of these countries, and the language in which the qualification was taught and assessed was English;
      OR
    • Completed a minimum overall Academic IELTS score of 7.5 (with no score below 7 in reading and writing, and a score of no less than 8 in speaking and listening) or a qualification deemed equivalent. Testing results must be obtained within two years from the date of your application for admission;
      OR
    • International Second Language Proficiency Rating (ISLPR) with a score of Level 4 in all four skill areas of listening, speaking, reading and writing, undertaken at approved testing sites where the assessment is teacher focused. Testing results must be within two years from the date of your application for admission.

    Note: Please refer to relevant National or State employing bodies for their English language proficiency requirements when seeking employment.

    Credit and pathways

    If you’ve completed relevant tertiary study, or work experience related to your course, you could receive credit towards your degree. Which would mean completing your qualification quicker. Find out how to apply for credit and see our credit policy.

    Check your eligibility for credit

    We also have several admission pathways to help you take the step into your preferred course, even if you don't quite meet the entry requirements at first. Find out what admission pathways are available to you.

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