Major - Secondary Teaching
Western Sydney University
Major
Code:
M1102.1
Available to students in other Western Sydney University Courses :
YES, if the specialisation is available on your Home campus. Please ensure your course structure allows space for enrolment in the units in this unit set. Students must also meet any pre-requisite requirements. Consult your Course Advisor for further advice.
Students in the Secondary Teaching Major will study units that deal with educational concepts such as sustainability, creativity, Australia-Asia relationships, outdoor education, neuroscience and languages. These units are broadly structured for students to investigate and critique contemporary education issues. Students are also provided with the opportunity to study subject content units in either Modern History or Geography and Urban Studies, dependent on their interests. This major together with a Business major articulates with a Master of Teaching postgraduate qualification in Secondary Teaching and leads to opportunities for employment across Australia as well as internationally.
Major
Structure
Students in Secondary Teaching major must complete 80 credit points. All units in this major are 10 credit points and are arranged in three pools of which Learning in Context is mandatory with a choice of either History and Political Thought or Geography and Urban Studies as shown below. Students must complete no more than 30 credit points at Level 1 and at least 30 credit points at Level 3.
Learning in Context
Students must complete 40 credit points: at least one level 3 unit if studying History and Political Thought; and, at least two level 3 units if studying Geography and Urban Studies.
Level 1 units
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102206
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Experience-based Outdoor Education
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One level 1 unit from M1041 Indigenous Australian Studies Major -
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101751
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Contextualising Indigenous Australia (Day Mode)
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One level 1 unit of study in a Language Other Than English in 1706 Bachelor of Arts SM1078 sub major Chinese or SM1080 Japanese sub major
Choose one of
Or choose one of
Level 2 units
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101874
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Experiential Learning in Communities (ELC)
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101263
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Education and Transformation
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101663
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Education for Sustainability
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101259
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Learning and Creativity
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102048
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Contemporary Childhoods
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One level 2 unit of study in a Language Other Than English in 1706 Bachelor of Arts SM1078 sub major Chinese or SM1080 Japanese sub major
Choose one of
Level 3 units
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101661
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Education in a Cosmopolitan Society
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102210
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Australia-Asia Education
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History and Political Thought
Students must complete 40 credit points: two level 1 units; and, two level 2 or 3 units.
Level 1 units
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102000
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Modern European History and Politics
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Level 2 units
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101882
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A History of Modern Global Buddhism
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101967
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Cultural History of Books and Reading
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100861
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Empire: European Colonial Rule and its Subjects, 1750-1920
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102002
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Religion and the Origins of Modern Science
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Note: 101872 - War has been replced by 102423 - War from 2017
Level 3 units
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102004
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Australian Colonial History
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101872
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Australian Indigenous History from Federation to Reconciliation
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101919
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Australian Indigenous History: From first contact to 'dying race'
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101799
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Convicts and Settlers - Australian History 1788 - 1840
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101999
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Twentieth Century Australia
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OR
Geography and Urban Studies
Students must complete 40 credit points: one level 1 unit; 2 level 2 units; and 1 level 3 unit.
Level 1 units
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101589
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Cities: Introduction to Urban Studies
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Level 2 units
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101590
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Cultural and Social Geographies
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101591
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The Economics of Cities and Regions
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101646
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Analysis of Spatial Data
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Level 3 units
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101905
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Indigenous Cultures: A Global Perspective
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