Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary) Dean's ScholarsApproved Abbreviation: BA(TchPrmry)DS
Western Sydney University Course Code: 1822.1
AQF Level: 7
Course Status: CONTINUING
This version of the course is available only to continuing or completing students.
Students should follow the course structure for the course version relevant to the year they commenced. This version applies to students whose commencement year for this course is 2017 or later.
Graduates of this degree are eligible for direct entry into the Master of Teaching (Primary) via Transition to Teaching pathway. Completion of both the Bachelor’s and Master’s courses provides a teaching qualification for Primary. Eligible students will receive advice during their final study session in the Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary) regarding how to accept an offer into the Postgraduate course to attain a teaching qualification.
The Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary) Dean’s Scholars is a three year degree for high achieving students specially designed to lead into the Master of Teaching (Primary), an accredited postgraduate teaching qualification. Together, the two degrees provide direct access to a teaching career in four years and improved prospects for career advancement. The Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary) Dean’s Scholars component provides a focussed study in a Major content discipline of your choice as well as the opportunity to study an Education Studies Major that develops understandings of contemporary education issues, teaching and learning.
This degree is exclusively for high-achieving students. Students in the Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary) Dean’s Scholars program are automatically enrolled in The Academy at Western Sydney University, which offers interdisciplinary leadership programs, professional development and local and international internship and engagement opportunities for students.
- Director of Academic Program - Dr Di Dickenson
Study Mode
Three years full-time or six years part-time.
Course Advice
Location
| Campus | Attendance | Mode | Course Advice | | Parramatta Campus - Victoria Road | Full Time | Internal |
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Advanced standing
Students demonstrating successful completion of relevant studies at other tertiary institutions prior to enrolment may be granted advanced standing for those studies, in accordance with current University policy.
Admission
Assumed knowledge: two units of HSC English.
ATAR score of at least 90 required.
Applications from Australian and New Zealand citizens and holders of permanent resident visas must be made via the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC). Use the links below to apply via UAC or Western Sydney University. Applications made directly to Western Sydney do not have an application fee.
Applicants who have undertaken studies overseas may have to provide proof of proficiency in English. Local and International applicants who are applying through the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) will find details of minimum English proficiency requirements and acceptable proof on the UAC website. Local applicants applying directly to the University should also use the information provided on the UAC website.
http://www.uac.edu.au/
https://westernsydney.uac.edu.au/ws/
Overseas qualifications must be deemed by the Australian Education International - National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (AEI-NOOSR) to be equivalent to Australian qualifications in order to be considered by UAC and Western Sydney University.
Course Structure
Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 240 credit points with no less than 60 credit points at Level 3 or higher.
All students must enrol in and complete:
- 40 credit points Bachelor of Arts Core
- 80 credit point Education Studies Major
- 80 credit point Arts Major
- 20 credit points of electives
- 20 credit points from the Dean’s Scholars unit pool
Core Components
The 40 credit points of core units are as follows
Year 1 Core units
| 100846 | Analytical Reading and Writing |
Education Studies Major
| M1081 | Education Studies (Primary) |
Majors
All students must complete one of the following Majors. Explanation of these Majors can be found under the program listings below.
Note: Not all majors are available on all campuses, please check availability.
Note: The following Majors and Sub-majors have inherent requirements; Arabic, Chinese, Indonesian and Japanese.
Click here for details of the Inherent Requirements
| M1052 | Cultural and Social Analysis |
| M1071 | Geography and Urban Studies |
| M1054 | History and Political Thought |
| M1041 | Indigenous Australian Studies |
| M1108 | International English |
| M1055 | International Relations and Asian Studies |
| M2512 | Organisations and Work |
| M1110 | Psychological Studies |
Dean’s Scholars pool units
Students must complete at least 20 credit points from the following Dean’s Scholar’s pool
| 102211 | Creativity, Innovation and Design Thinking |
| 102193 | International Special Study |
| 102212 | Internship and Community Engagement |
| 301071 | Introduction to Critical Thinking |
| 200855 | Leadership in a Complex World |
| 301070 | Logic, Rhetoric and Argumentation |
Recommended Full-time sequence
Year 1
Autumn session
BA core unit
BA core unit
Major unit
Major unit
Spring session
BA core unit
BA core unit
Major/Education Studies major unit
Major/Education Studies major unit/Elective
Year 2
Autumn session
Major/Education Studies major unit
Major/Education Studies major unit
Major/Education Studies major unit
And one elective
Spring session
Major/Education Studies major unit
Major/Education Studies major unit
Major/Education Studies major unit
And one elective
Year 3
Autumn session
Major/Education Studies major unit
Major/Education Studies major unit
Major/Education Studies major unit
Dean’s Scholars Pool unit
Spring session
Major/Education Studies major unit
Major/Education Studies major unit
Major/Education Studies major unit
Dean’s Scholars Pool unit