Master of Teaching Secondary

Masters (Coursework)

Make a difference in young people's lives with a Master of Teaching Secondary. If you already hold a bachelor degree in a relevant field other than education, this course will enable you to become a teacher in two years.

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Key details

Degree Type

Masters (Coursework)

Duration

2 years full-time, 4 years part-time

Course Code

STCHS1

Study Mode

Online, In person

About this course

Make a difference in young people's lives with a Master of Teaching Secondary. If you already hold a bachelor degree in a relevant field other than education, this course will enable you to become a teacher in two years. Study either online or on campus, part-time or full-time, with additional flexibility to switch between study modes. On graduating, you will be eligible to register as a teacher in middle, secondary and senior colleges, in all states and territories in Australia.

Graduate ready to plan and deliver engaging experiences for different learning styles and be prepared for new and changing educator roles. You will develop your awareness of the environmental and cultural influences on teaching and learning and explore the needs of learners and communities with diverse linguistic and cultural orientations, including Indigenous learners.

Choose to specialise in your area of prior qualification in:

English,
Health and Physical Education,
Visual Arts,
Music,
Digital Technologies,
Languages, and Languages Other Than English,
Sciences,
Humanities (history, geography, Indigenous studies) or
Business (accounting, economics, business studies, legal studies)
Mathematics

Apply your learning with 60 days of professional experience in middle, secondary and senior colleges.

As a teacher, your levels of personal literacy and numeracy will be broadly equivalent to the top 30% of the Australian population.

Entry requirements

Successful completion of a recognised bachelor degree or equivalent international qualification comprising a major sequence (6 units) in areas such as:

business (economics, legal studies, accounting and business studies)
English
health and physical education;
humanities areas such as geography, history and Indigenous studies;
languages other than English;
mathematics;
music;
science areas such as chemistry, biology/ecology, environmental science, physics;
technologies such as digital technologies;
visual arts.

Study locations

Casuarina

Online

What you will learn

You will study a range of units, including professional experience in a range of school settings. The units are designed to develop skills, strategies and dispositions for facilitating positive development and learning in students you will teach. Necessary skills and understandings for a range of middle, secondary and senior colleges and capacities such as building family and community partnerships, leadership, advocacy and quality improvement systems are developed across the course.

Career pathways

This qualification prepares you for teaching in middle and secondary schools and senior colleges.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Teacher Education courses at Charles Darwin University (CDU).

64.3%

Overall satisfaction

64.3%

Skill scale

53.6%

Teaching scale

97.1%

Employed full-time

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