CC13 Bachelor of Education (Secondary)

In order to complete this course, you must:

  1. Complete the core structure
  2. Complete 2 minors

Core Structure

Number of units: 18 Total credit points: 120

Year 1 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDSE11024 Teaching Youth
EDED11454 Education as a Profession
Year 1 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDED11457 Responding to Diversity and Inclusion
EDFE11038 Professional Practice 1 - Introduction to Teaching
Year 1 - Term 3
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDED11458 Indigenous Studies and Learning
Year 2 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDSE12024 Digital Pedagogies in Secondary Schools
EDSE12025 Neuroeducation and Managing Challenging Behaviour
Year 2 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDSE12021 Middle Years Learning and Teaching
EDFE12043 Professional Practice 2 (Secondary) - Application of Curriculum
Year 3 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDED13434 Learning and Wellbeing in Middle School
EDED13435 Students with Special Needs
Year 3 - Term 3
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDFE13033 Professional Practice 3 (Secondary) - Engagement with Others
Year 4 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDSE14004 Assessment and Reporting in Secondary Schools
EDSE14002 Senior Years Learning and Teaching
EDSE14003 Literacy and Numeracy across the Curriculum
Year 4 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDED14354 The Ethical Professional
EDFE14022 Professional Practice 4 (Secondary) - Learning and Teaching in Action
EDFE14020 Professional Practice Specialisation

In addition to the above, students are required to complete six units from Discipline Teaching Area 1 and six units from Discipline Teaching Area 2 as follows:-

Year 1, Term 1

Discipline Teaching Area 1

Discipline Teaching Area 2

Year 1, Term 2

Discipline Teaching Area 1

Discipline Teaching Area 2

Year 2, Term 1

Discipline Teaching Area 1

Discipline Teaching Area 2

Year 3, Term 1

Discipline Teaching Area 1

Discipline Teaching Area 1

Discipline Teaching Area 2

Discipline Teaching Area 2

Year 3, Term 2

Discipline Teaching Area 1

Discipline Teaching Area 2

A list of units relating to the Discipline Areas can be found by accessing the information relating to specific minors in this course. Students should also refer to the More Details section for important information regarding completion of these units.

Accounting Minor

Number of units: 6 Total credit points: 36

Students wishing to teach Accounting must complete and pass the two (2) Level 1 units from the list below plus four (4) Advanced level units.

Level 1 Units

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
COIS11011 Foundations of Business Computing
ACCT11057 Principles of Accounting

Advanced Level Units

Available units
Students must complete 4 from the following units:
ACCT19060 Management Accounting
ACCT19066 Accounting Systems and Assurance
ACCT19061 Advanced Financial Accounting
ACCT19064 Auditing & Professional Practice
ACCT19062 Intermediate Financial Accounting
ACCT19082 Financial Accounting Theory
ACCT19084 Financial Accounting

Biology Minor

Number of units: 6 Total credit points: 36

Students wishing to teach Biology (including Year 7-10 Science) must complete and pass the two (2) Level 1 units from the list below plus four (4) Advanced level units.

Level 1 Units

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
BIOL11099 Living Systems
BIOL11100 Functional Biology

Advanced Level Units

Available units
Students must complete 2 from the following units:
BOTN13002 Plants and the Environment
BOTN19001 Australian Botany
MBIO19012 Microbiology
ZOOL13015 Environmental Physiology of Animals
MBIO19013 Environmental Microbiology
ZOOL19002 Australian Vertebrate Fauna
Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
ZOOL12009 Invertebrate Zoology
BIOL12105 Scientific Analysis and Statistics

Business Minor

Number of units: 6 Total credit points: 36

Students wishing to teach Business must complete and pass two (2) Level 1 units from the list below plus four (4) Advanced level units.

Level 1 Units

Available units
Students must complete 2 from the following units:
MRKT11029 Marketing Fundamentals
LAWS11030 Foundations of Business Law
ACCT11057 Principles of Accounting
ACCT11059 Accounting, Learning and Online Communication
ECON11026 Principles of Economics
COIS11011 Foundations of Business Computing
MGMT11109 Introduction to Business

Advanced Level Units

Available units
Students must complete 4 from the following units:
ACCT19084 Financial Accounting
ACCT19060 Management Accounting
ACCT19066 Accounting Systems and Assurance
ECON19031 Environmental Economics
ECON19033 Macroeconomics
ACCT19083 Corporate Governance & Ethics
LAWS19032 Company & Association Law
MGMT19126 Operations Management
MRKT19030 Marketing Communications

Chemistry Minor

Number of units: 6 Total credit points: 36

Students wishing to teach Chemistry (including Year 7-10 Science) must complete and pass two (2) Level 1 units from the list below plus four (4) Advanced level units.

Level 1 Units

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
CHEM11041 Chemistry for the Life Sciences
SCIE11024 Science Investigation

Advanced Level Units

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
CHEM19085 Environmental Chemistry
EVST19023 Water Resource Management
CHEM13080 Analytical Science
CHEM12077 Food Science & Analysis

English Minor

Number of units: 6 Total credit points: 36

Students wishing to teach English must complete and pass two (2) Level 1 units from the list below plus four (4) Advanced level units.

Level 1 Units

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
LITR11055 Popular Genres
LITR11043 The Short Story

Advanced Level Units

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
LITR19051 Literary Theory
LITR19049 Romantic and Contemporary Poetry
LITR19056 Shakespeare Today
Available units
Students must complete 1 from the following units:
LITR19052 The Modern Novel
LITR19057 Contemporary Australian Literature

Geography Minor

Number of units: 6 Total credit points: 36

Students wishing to teach Geography must complete and pass the two (2) Level 1 units from the list below plus four (4) Advanced level units.

Level 1 Units

Available units
Students must complete 1 from the following units:
GEOH11001 Introduction to Human Geography
GEOG11023 Physical Geography of Australia
Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
GEOG11024 Conservation in Australia

Advanced Level Units:

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
GEOG13013 Sustainable Regions and Cities
EVST19022 Climate Change: Risk and Assessments

Advanced Level Units

Available units
Students must complete 2 from the following units:
EVST19020 Environmental Management Systems
GEOG19021 Geographic Information Systems
EVST19007 Environmental and Social Impact Assessment
GEOG19029 Applied Demography
EVST19008 Development and Environmental Policy

Health and Physical Education Minor

Number of units: 6 Total credit points: 36

Students wishing to teach Physical Education (including Year 7-10 HPE & Year 11-12 Physical Education) must complete and pass two (2) Level 1 units from the list below plus four (4) Advanced level units.

Level 1 Units

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
BIOH11005 Introductory Anatomy and Physiology
ESSC11003 Skill Acquisition and Movement

Advanced Level Units

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
ESSC12001 Exercise and Sport Physiology
ESSC12004 Exercise and Sport Biomechanics
ESSC12005 Applied Exercise and Sport Physiology
NUTR12001 Human Nutrition

ESSC12001 and ESSC12004 have compulsory Residential Schools for Distance students. Please ensure you check the relevant Unit Profile for these details. Please note that residential schools may be held outside the term in which the unit is run.

History Minor

Number of units: 6 Total credit points: 36

Students wishing to teach History must complete and pass two (2) Level 1 units from the list below plus four (4) Advanced level units.

Level 1 Units

Available units
Students must complete 2 from the following units:
HIST11037 Dawn of Humanity: An Introduction to World History
HIST11038 The Modern World Emerges: An Overview

Advanced Level Units

Available units
Students must complete 4 from the following units:
HIST19031 Australia on the World Stage: History and Politics
HIST19038 20th Century: Crucible of the Modern World
EVST19015 Australian Environmental History
HIST19035 Modern South East Asia
HIST19029 Modern Japan
HIST19032 War and Australian Society

Home Economics & Hospitality Minor

Number of units: 6 Total credit points: 36

Students wishing to teach Home Economics & Hospitality must complete and pass the two (2) Level 1 units from the list below plus four (4) Advanced level units.

Level 1 Units

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDVT11021 Food Technology
EDVT11022 Textile Technology

Advanced Level Units

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDSE12023 Individuals, Families & Communities
EDSE14001 Fashion Design
NUTR12001 Human Nutrition
EDSE13001 Culinary Science for Teachers

In addition to the on-line Moodle site requirements, EDVT11021 and EDVT11022 also include intensive workshop components delivered face-to-face over 5 days in Rockhamtpon.

Trade Entry:- Students who enter the course with a relevant Trade Qualification can apply for up to 6 units credit towards Discipline Teaching Area 1. For these students, Discipline Teaching Area 2 must comprise the completion of the six (6) units listed above.

Industrial Technology & Design Minor

Number of units: 6 Total credit points: 36

Students wishing to teach Industrial Technology and Design must complete and pass the two (2) Level 1 units from the list below plus four (4) Advanced level units.

Level 1 Units

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDSE11022 Timber Technology and Design
EDSE11023 Metal Technologies and Design

Advanced Level Units

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDSE12027 Industrial Furnishing Processes
EDSE12026 Graphics, 3D Computer Aided Drafting and Design
EDSE14005 Design and Manufacturing
EDSE13002 Industrial Skills

In addition to the on-line Moodle site requirements, all units that make up this teaching area also include compulsory intensive workshop components delivered face-to-face over 4 days. Please consult the current handbook under "Residential Schools" or further details.

Trade Entry:- Students who enter the course with a relevant Trade Qualification can apply for up to 6 units credit towards Discipline Teaching Area 1. For these students, Discipline Teaching Area 2 must comprise the completion of the six (6) units listed above.

Mathematics Minor

Number of units: 6 Total credit points: 36

Students wishing to teach Mathematics must complete and pass two (2) Level 1 units from the list below plus four (4) Advanced level units.

Level 1 Units

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
MATH11160 Technology Mathematics
STAT11048 Essential Statistics

Advanced Level Units

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
MATH12223 Calculus A
MATH12224 Calculus B
MATH13217 Linear Algebra and Vectors
MATH13218 Advanced Applications of Mathematics