Major - Secondary Teaching
Western Sydney University
Major
Code:
M1120.1
Related Courses
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2786.2
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Bachelor of Business
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2786.3
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Bachelor of Business
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2804.1
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Bachelor of Business (Pathway to Teaching Secondary)
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6037.1
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Diploma in Business/Bachelor of Business
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6037.2
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Diploma in Business/Bachelor of Business
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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, Geography and Urban Studies or Mathematics, 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 four pools of which Learning in Context is mandatory with a choice of either History and Political Thought, Geography and Urban Studies or Mathematics as shown below. Students must complete no more than 30 credit points at Level 1 and at least 30 credit points at Level 3.
All students must complete Learning in Context.
Learning in Context
Students must complete 4 units: one unit at level 1 and 3 units at level 2 or 3. (A minimum of 30 credit points at level 3 is required over all teaching areas)
Level 1
All students must complete one of the following Level 1 units
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101751
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Contextualising Indigenous Australia (Day Mode)
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(M1041 Indigenous Australian Studies Major)
Choose one of
Or choose one of
Level 2
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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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Choose one of
Level 3
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101661
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Education in a Cosmopolitan Society
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Replaced Units
The units listed below count towards completion of this course/specialisation for students who passed these units in 2019 or earlier.
101874 - Experiential Learning in Communities (ELC)
102210 - Australia-Asia Education
Students must choose one of the three areas: (1) History and Political Thought or (2) Geography and Urban Studies or (3) Mathematics
Students must complete 4 units: one unit at level 1 and 3 units at level 2 or 3. (A minimum of 30 credit points at level 3 is required over all teaching areas in conjunction with Learning in Context)
History and Political Thought
Important Note
To meet NESA subject area teaching requirements students who aim to qualify as modern history teachers must complete one unit of Ancient History. This may be attained by approved cross-institutional study, by completing the level 3 unit 102492 Catastrophe: The Environmental History of the Ancient and Modern World, or by completing the level 2 unit 100244 Ancient Western Culture: Periclean Athens. It is also strongly recommended that students select at least one Australian history unit.
Not all units will be offered each year. Units will be offered on a rotational basis.
Level 1
Choose one of
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102768
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When Worlds Collide: European Empires and the World, c.1600-1950
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102000
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Modern European History and Politics
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Level 2
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101992
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Religion and the Emergence of Modern Politics
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101882
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A History of Modern Global Buddhism
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100244
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Ancient Western Culture: Periclean Athens
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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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Level 3
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102004
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Australian Colonial History
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102492
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Catastrophe: The Environmental History of the Ancient and Modern World
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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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102766
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Historical Methodologies
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101830
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WWII in Asia and the Pacific
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101782
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The History and Politics of Contemporary Central Asia
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102003
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Comparative Nationalism
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102007
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Ethics in Historical Perspective
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102516
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Australian History Around Us
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Replaced Units
The units listed below count towards completion of this course/specialisation for students who passed these units in 2019 or earlier.
101910 - Global History
102001 - Theories and Methods of History
100254 - Exploring Local History
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Geography and Urban Studies
Level 1
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101589
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Cities: Introduction to Urban Studies
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Level 2
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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
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101905
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Indigenous Cultures: A Global Perspective
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Or
Mathematics
Level 1
Level 2