BA(WestCiv)/MTeach(Sec)

Credit points

400

Minimum duration

4.5 years full-time or equivalent part-time

Approved locations

  • North Sydney

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.

Admission requirements

Applicants must comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy that includes meeting a minimum ATAR requirement.

International applicants need to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements as defined in the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.

Eligibility for this course is determined via multiple factors. Applicants are assessed on each of the following to determine suitability for this course:

  1. Personal statement or essay,
  2. ATAR/Selection Rank, International Baccalaureate (IB), or equivalent,
  3. Performance at interview, and
  4. Demonstrated suitability for teaching, as evidenced by completion of the relevant State assessment, which will be provided in the application process.

To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites at year 12 level, or equivalent:

StatePrerequisites

New South Wales

English (Advanced) (Band 2) or English (EAL) (Band 4)

Disclaimer: The course entry requirements above are for 2025 Admission. Refer to your relevant Tertiary Admission Centre website for future years' entry requirements.



Definition

A Major is 80 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, normally including at least 10 cp at 100-level, at least 40 cp at 200-level and at least 20 cp from 300-level.

A Minor is 40 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, normally including at least 10 cp at 100-level and at least 20 cp at 200- or 300-level.

Completion requirements

To qualify for the Bachelor of Arts (Western Civilisation)/Master of Teaching (Secondary) degree, a student must complete 400 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

1. 240 cp from the Bachelor of Arts (Western Civilisation), consisting of:

  1. 140 cp from Western Civilisation Specified Units (Part A)
  2. 10 cp from Community Engagement Unit (Part B)
  3. 80 cp from Bachelor of Arts Units (Part C)
  4. 1 Bachelor of Arts Major (Part C1); OR
  5. 1 Bachelor of Arts Minor (Part C2); AND 40 cp of Electives Units from the Bachelor of Arts (Part C3)
  6. 10 cp from Bachelor of Arts elective units (Part D)

2. 160 cp from the Master of Teaching (Secondary), consisting of:

  1. 100 cp from Education Studies and Effective Teaching Units (Part E)
  2. 40 cp from Curriculum Studies Units (Part F)
  3. 20 cp from Education Elective Units (Part G)
  4. 0 cp from ACER Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Units (Part H)

Other requirements

Students are required to follow the pattern of unit enrolment set out in the relevant Course Enrolment Guide, unless otherwise approved by the Course Coordinator. In all aspects of progress through the course, students will be advised by the Course Coordinator.

Students will complete a first or second teaching area in English in the undergraduate component of the course. First or second teaching areas in English will normally include WLIT100, WLIT200, WLIT201 and WLIT300. Students should seek course advice about their teaching areas.

Applicants seeking teacher registration in Australia should check with state registration bodies to confirm English Language Proficiency requirements for teacher registration.

Exit points

A student who has successfully completed the following requirements may exit from the course with that qualification. Note that none of these qualifications will lead to teacher registration.

  1. Diploma in Liberal Arts: 80 cp from Parts A-D.
  2. Bachelor of Arts (Western Civilisation): 240 cp from Parts A-D.
  3. Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies: 40 cp from Parts E-G.
  4. Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies: 80 cp from Parts E-G.

A student who has successfully completed the Master of Teaching (Secondary) but does not meet the LANTITE requirements may exit with the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies or Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies if they meet the requirements of those awards.

Progression requirements

1. Bachelor of Arts (Western Civilisation}:

Unless otherwise specified, students must complete a unit or units at an introductory level (100-level) in an approved sequence before undertaking advanced level units (200 or 300-level) in that sequence.

All students progressing to the Master of Teaching (Secondary) must:

  1. Have successfully completed the Bachelor of Arts (Western Civilisation) with:
  2. a major study in one teaching area; and
  3. a separate minor study in a second teaching area, that may be separate from or related to the major study area;
  4. be able to select from teaching areas that are available within the course and meet the requirements of the applicant's local state/territory registration authority; and
  5. the combination of teaching areas identified would usually prepare the applicant to teach across all year levels of secondary schooling.
  6. Have the appropriate approvals before they may enter a classroom. These are Blue Card (Queensland), Working with Vulnerable People Registration (Australian Capital Territory), or Working with Children Check (New South Wales and Victoria). International students must bring police check documentation from their own countries.

To meet the requirements for working in settings other than schools, a National Police check may be required. All students who have lived in another country for 12 months or more must provide a police check from that country for that period.

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Schedule of unit offerings

Complete exactly 140 credit points from the following:

  • WCIV100The Desire to Understand: Introducing the Western Intellectual Tradition10 CP
  • WCIV101Form and Beauty: Origins of Western Art and Architecture10 CP
  • WCIV200Doctrine, Myth and History: Religion and the West10 CP
  • WCIV301Scientific Revolutions and the Western World10 CP
  • WLIT100Greek and Roman Classics: Origins of Western Literature10 CP
  • WLIT200Medieval and Renaissance Masterpieces: the Rise of the English Literary Tradition10 CP
  • WLIT201The Age of the Novel: 1600-190010 CP
  • WLIT300Romanticism to Postmodernism: Movements Toward the Literary Present10 CP
  • WPHI101Thinking the Real: Western Metaphysics10 CP
  • WPHI201Truth and Knowledge in Western Philosophy10 CP
  • WPHI301The Good, the Right and the Beautiful: Western Ethic and Aesthetics10 CP
  • WPOL100The Birth of Politics: Origins of Western Political Thought10 CP
  • WPOL200The Rise of Liberalism: Authority, Society and Freedom10 CP
  • WPOL300Politics and People in British, American and Australian Democracies10 CP

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

  • WCIV300Making a Difference: Community Engagement in Local, National and International Contexts10 CP

Complete 80 cp from one Arts Major OR 40 cp from one Arts Minor AND 40 cp from Arts Elective Units

Part C.1 OR ( Part C.2 AND Part C.3 )

    Part C.1 : Bachelor of Arts Major

    Complete exactly 1 of the following:

  • ARCHArchaeology80 CP
  • DRAMDrama80 CP
  • GEESGeography, Environment and Society80 CP
  • HISTHistory80 CP
  • MATHMathematics80 CP
  • SRLGStudy of Religions80 CP
  • VISUVisual Arts80 CP
  • Part C.2 : Bachelor of Arts Minors

    Complete exactly 1 of the following:

  • ARCHArchaeology40 CP
  • DRAMDrama40 CP
  • ECONEconomics40 CP

    Available online only

  • GEESGeography, Environment and Society40 CP
  • HISTHistory40 CP
  • MATHMathematics40 CP
  • SRLGStudy of Religions40 CP
  • VISUVisual Arts40 CP
  • Part C.3 : Electives from the Bachelor of Arts

    Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

  • BABachelor of Arts240 CP

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

  • BABachelor of Arts240 CP

Students must take options that will meet the requirements of the New South Wales Education Standards Authority (NESA) first and second teaching areas.

Complete exactly 100 credit points from the following:

  • EDES590Foundations of Teaching 1: Understanding Adolescents10 CP

    Education Studies

  • EDES591Foundations of Teaching 2: The Nature of Learning10 CP

    Education Studies

  • EDES600Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories, Cultures and Education10 CP

    Education Studies

  • EDES603Inclusive Practice10 CP
  • EDES690Literacy and Numeracy across the Secondary Curriculum10 CP

    Education Studies

  • EDES69121st Century Skills across the Secondary Curriculum10 CP

    Education Studies

  • EDET595Effective Teaching 1: Professional Practices10 CP

    Effective Teaching

  • EDET695Effective Teaching 2: Engaging Learners10 CP

    Effective Teaching

  • EDET696Effective Teaching 3: Teacher Inquiry and Evidence-based Practice10 CP

    Effective Teaching

  • EDET692Applied Educational Assessment Across the Secondary Curriculum10 CP

    Effective Teaching

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

  • EDAR599Visual Arts Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 110 CP

    Teaching Area: Visual Arts

  • EDAR699Visual Arts Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 210 CP

    Teaching Area: Visual Arts

  • EDCB599Commerce and Business Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 110 CP

    Teaching Area: Accounting, Business Studies, Economics

  • EDDR599Drama Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 110 CP

    Teaching Area: Drama

  • EDDR699Drama Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 210 CP

    Teaching Area: Drama

  • EDEE699Earth and Environmental Studies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment10 CP

    Teaching Area: Earth and Environmental Science

  • EDEN599English Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 110 CP

    Teaching Area: English

  • EDEN699English Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 210 CP

    Teaching Area: English

  • EDEO699Economics Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment10 CP

    Teaching Area: Economics

  • EDGE599Geography Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 110 CP

    Teaching Area: Geography

  • EDGE699Geography Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 210 CP

    Teaching Area: Geography

  • EDHI599History Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 110 CP

    Teaching Area: History

  • EDHI697Ancient History Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment10 CP

    Teaching Area: Ancient History

  • EDHI698Modern History Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment10 CP

    Teaching Area: Modern History

  • EDHI699History Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 210 CP

    Teaching Area: History

  • EDMA599Mathematics Curriculum Pedagogy and Assessment 110 CP

    Teaching Area: Mathematics

  • EDMA699Mathematics Curriculum Pedagogy and Assessment 210 CP

    Teaching Area: Mathematics

  • EDSI599Science Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 110 CP

    Teaching Area: Science, Biology, Earth and Environmental Science, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology

Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

  • MEDNMaster of Education160 CP

Any other Education elective units at Master level as approved by the Course Coordinator and advised of in the Course Enrolment Guides.

Complete exactly 3 of the following:

  • LNTE110Literacy and Numeracy Diagnostic0 CP
  • LNTE100LANTITE - Literacy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students0 CP
  • LNTE101LANTITE - Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students0 CP

Course map

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Always check your Course Enrolment Guide before you finalise your enrolment.

Course maps are subject to change.


English first teaching area and any chosen second teaching area - Commencing Semester 1

  • Specified Western Civilisation UnitsWCIV100The Desire to Understand: Introducing the Western Intellectual Tradition10 cp
  • Specified Western Civilisation UnitsWPOL100The Birth of Politics: Origins of Western Political Thought10 cp
  • Specified Western Civilisation UnitsWCIV101Form and Beauty: Origins of Western Art and Architecture10 cp
  • Bachelor of Arts MinorsMinor Unit 1 (100-level unit)10 cp
  • Specified Western Civilisation UnitsWLIT100Greek and Roman Classics: Origins of Western Literature10 cp
  • Specified Western Civilisation UnitsWPHI101Thinking the Real: Western Metaphysics10 cp
  • Bachelor of Arts MinorsMinor Unit 2 (100-level unit)10 cp
  • Bachelor of Arts MinorsMinor Unit 3 (200-/300-level unit)10 cp
  • ACER Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education UnitsLNTE110Literacy and Numeracy Diagnostic0 cp
  • ACER Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education UnitsLNTE100LANTITE - Literacy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students0 cp
  • ACER Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education UnitsLNTE101LANTITE - Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students0 cp

Any chosen first teaching area and English second teaching area - Commencing Semester 1

English first teaching area and any chosen second teaching area- Commencing Semester 2

Any chosen first teaching area and English second teaching area - Commencing Semester 2

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