Bachelor of Secondary Education (Arts)

Inspire young minds with your artistic flair This fun and creative four-year specialist degree in secondary education and arts will see you develop into a knowledgeable and informed classroom-ready teacher, qualified for employment across both state and independent schools. You’ll study a choice of two teaching streams from a range of arts and humanities disciplines, including English languages, history, business studies, the creative arts, geography, religious studies, psychology, media studies, legal studies, and more. Thanks to a series of Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) units, you’ll put your teaching theories to the test in a real-world environment, regularly engaging with secondary school students across the entire range of year levels. At the completion of the course, you’ll be ready to hit the ground running as a newly qualified teacher, confident in helping to enthuse young people aged 12 to 18 about a range of subjects across the arts spectrum. Study a Bachelor of Secondary Education (Arts) at UC and you will:demonstrate specialised knowledge and skills in two arts disciplines, across a range of classes and year groups, within a secondary school environment.learn the theories and principles that are the foundation for educational practice in secondary settings.demonstrate an understanding of student needs and differences, and develop teaching activities for a range of indigenous, English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EALD) and mainstream settings.develop and implement effective assessment strategies and carry out evaluation of teaching programs, resources and your own teaching.apply the required content knowledge for all secondary school curriculum areas to teaching and reporting methods, alternate/enhanced literacy and numeracy strategies, and the effective use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in teaching and learning. Work Integrated Learning A teaching degree, by its very nature, is the embodiment of Work Integrated Learning (WIL), with its focus on compulsory professional teaching practice. During this course, you’ll undertake a minimum of 80 days of practical placement across a range of different secondary school levels and settings, including arts-specific positions, culminating in a 30-day teaching placement in your final year. In addition to this, the course content is developed by secondary education professionals, and kept relevant and up-to-date through consistent monitoring of, and engagement with, the industry. You’ll undertake authentic assessment tasks which are highly relevant to the day-to-day practice of teaching, and will take part in regular professional development activities, field trips to educational sites, lectures hosted by guest speakers from a range of education and teaching backgrounds, and more. Career opportunitiesSecondary school teacherEnglish teacher History teacherVisual arts teacherDrama teacherMedia studies teacherBusiness studies teacherArt and design teacherPerforming arts teacherLegal studies teacherGeography teacherPsychology teacherReligious education teacherHead of department PrincipalDeputy principalExecutive teacherHead teacher welfareDirector of curriculumYear adviserSpecial needs teacherGifted and talented teacherRelief teacherGuidance officerCareers adviserLearning support teacherStudent adviserEducation adviserSchools policy adviserVocational education and training instructorPrivate tutorSchools engagement coordinator. Course-specific information This course is registered by the ACT Teacher Quality Institute (TQI) and recognised as a teaching qualification throughout Australia. On graduating, students must register with the appropriate state teaching body in order to teach. Students must obtain a Working with Vulnerable People Check before their first placement. Professional accreditationThis course is registered by the ACT Teacher Quality Institute (TQI) and recognised as a teaching qualification throughout Australia.