Bachelor Of Arts :: Bachelor Of Teaching :: Undergraduate :: Courses
Bachelor of Arts :: Bachelor of Teaching
The Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Teaching combines professional studies in education with studies in Bachelor of Arts disciplines appropriate to equip graduates for secondary teaching.
Duration
Four years full-time or equivalent part-time.
Credit points
192 credit points
Accreditation
The degrees are accredited by the NSW Department of Education and Training.
Entry requirements
The general entry requirements for Avondale College degree courses are stated in the Academic Policies section of the Handbook. In addition, the following majors have specific entry requirements:
Mathematics
Recent HSC (or equivalent) Mathematics Extension 1, or recommendation of the Faculty of Science and Mathematics.
Music
Admission to the Music major is by interview, audition and placement tests. Applicants should normally have studied music for approximately six years, but with approval of the Director of Music may be admitted with other appropriate music experience and may be required to take HA060 Foundations of Harmony in their first semester. The written theory placement test will consist of questions on key signatures, scale writing (major and minor), intervals, cadences, writing in four vocal parts, and melody writing.
Visual Arts
Applicants should normally have HSC Art (or interstate equivalent) and are interviewed by phone by the Visual Arts academic staff. If quotas on student numbers need to be applied then applicants may be requested to present a portfolio of art works and be interviewed in person.
Course structure
The BA/BTch is a four-year program of 192 credit points combining professional studies in Education with studies in teaching field disciplines from the BA degree. The Bachelor of Arts strand contributes 96 credit points to the combined degree, while the Bachelor of Teaching strand is 96 credit points.
Students choose a major (at least 48 credit points) and a minor (at least 24 credit points) from a range of BA disciplines. Electives in the degree may be used to augment the major and/or minor teaching fields, or to develop an additional teaching field.
The professional (BTch) components of the degree are described under Secondary Education Degrees
Major teaching fields
- English
- Geography
- History
- Mathematics
- Music
- Religious Studies
- Visual Arts
Minor teaching fields
- Biology
- English
- Communication
- Geography
- Graphic Design
- History
- International Development Studies
- Mathematics
- Music
- Religious Studies
- Visual Arts
NOTE: Minors from other degrees may be available, subject to timetable constraints and with the approval of the Dean of the Faculty of Education and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts.
Summary of minimum requirements in the BA/BTch degree
| Component of Course |
Credit Points |
| Christian Studies Subjects
| 18
| BA Major
| 48
| BA Minor
| 24
| BA Electives
| 18
| Education Subjects
| 36
| Curriculum Subjects
| 12
| Professional Development and Experience
| 36
| TOTALS
| 192
BA strand major/minor sequences
NOTE: Students anticipating postgraduate study in the area of their major teaching field should select electives from that discipline, where available.
Biology minor (with Geography major only)
and at least one of:
Biology curriculum studies
Communication Minor (with English Major only)
Communication Minor
and at least one of:
English
English major
and at least three of:
and at least three of
English minor
and two English subjects at 200-level/300-level.
English Curriculum Studies
Special note to BA/BTch (English) majors:
English majors in the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Teaching program are strongly advised to choose from the following list of electives to complement their program:
Geography
Geography major
Geography electives
Geography minor
and
or
Geography Curriculum Studies
Graphic Design
Graphic Design minor
and at least two of:
History
History major
and at least three of:
and at least three of:
History elective
History minor
and at least two History subjects at 200-level
History Curriculum Studies
Information Technology minor
and any one of:
NOTE: Information Technology minors must take
CO164 :: Introduction to Information Management in place of
ED156 :: Communication and Information Management as a required.
International Development Studies
International Development Studies minor (with Geography major only)
and at least one of:
Mathematics
Mathematics major
Mathematics electives
Mathematics minor
and at least one of
Mathematics Curriculum Studies
Music
NOTE: The BA/BTch in Music is designed for classroom teachers of Music. It is not the same sequence as the Music major in the BA. See Arts section for the non-teaching sequence in Music.
Music may be taken as a specialisation (11 subjects), a major (at least eight subjects) or a minor (at least four subjects).
Music specialisation
or
Music major
Music electives
Music minor
At least 24 credit points of Music subjects as approved by the Director of Music.
Music Curriculum Studies and advised education elective
Religious Studies major
and at least three of:
and at least three of:
Religious Studies minor
and at least two Religious Studies subjects at 200-level
Religious Studies—Curriculum Studies
Visual Arts
Visual Arts may be taken as a specialisation, a major (at least eight subjects) or a minor (at least four subjects). It may be taken as a double major.
NOTE: A Visual Arts specialisation allows a minor of four subjects but no electives.
Visual Arts specialisation
or
Visual Arts double major