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Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) (Honours)



The honours option allows selected students to complete a program in research methodology and conduct their own research under supervision. Furthermore, this program enhances the efforts of high potential students to influence professional practice through research and facilitates access for students to proceed to research-based studies at Masters or Doctoral level.
The honours option in the BTch (Primary) comprises 120 credit points typically spread over five semesters of full-time (or equivalent part-time) study.

Special admission requirements for the honours program



An average mark of 75% or greater in the subjects of the undergraduate degree. There is no second semester intake for this subject.

Course structure



The Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) (Honours) program includes the following four research subjects in addition to the subjects in the regular Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) program:

To accommodate the extra honours subjects, the regular BTch (Primary) program is modified to include a fifth semester as shown in the Structure below. Regular subjects which have been replaced by honours subjects in semesters one, two and three, have been transferred to semester five.

Bachelor of Teaching (Primary)—(Honours)



Sem
1 ED143 :: Christian Studies for Teachers I or CR243 :: Christian Studies II ED420 :: Research Methods I CP225 :: Curriculum Studies - English I PP180 :: Professional Development & Experience IA (BTch)
Professional Experience (July, 4 weeks) Education Related Professional Experience (Insemester, 5 days)
2 CP270 :: Curriculum Studies - Religion ED421 :: Research Methods II CP299 :: Curriculum Studies - Mathematics II PP181 :: Professional Development & Experience IB (BTch)
Professional Experience (February, 3 weeks)
3 CP217 :: Curriculum Studies - Creative Arts (BTch) ED422 :: Research Project IA CP232 :: Curriculum Studies-Personal Dev Health & PE (BTch) PP385 :: Professional Development & Experience IVA (BTch)
Professional Experience (July-August, 6 weeks)
4 CP226 :: Curriculum Studies - English II CP285 :: Curriculum Studies - Human Society & Its Environment CP283 :: Curriculum Studies - Science & Technology (Bteach) PP386 :: Professional Development & Experience IVB (BTch)
5 ED346 :: Philosophy of Christian Education - DE ED423 :: Research Project IB ED300 :: Individual Differences & the Atypical Child ED295 :: Multicultural Education & Indigenous Studies