Master of Secondary Teaching

This program replaces the Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary) from 2018 - a change sought by the Queensland College of Teachers (QCT) in response to government requirements. Accelerated over 1.5 years, this degree will enable students to apply for teacher registration six months earlier than graduates from other universities. If you are a graduate from a non-education background, perhaps seeking a career change, and wish to teach in secondary school settings, this new degree will provide you with the necessary skills and knowledge you need to register with the QCT. You will learn the theory and practice of teaching, as well as about the characteristics of learners and teachers and the social contexts of education. The degree includes education studies, curriculum studies in two nominated teaching areas, and professional experience in secondary school settings. You will need to be able to identify two of the following Teaching Areas (and students may choose to take teaching areas from another campus and travel to the campus at which those teaching areas are offered): Biology (Gold Coast and Mt Gravatt)# Business (Gold Coast only)# Chemistry (Gold Coast and Mt Gravatt)# Design Technologies (Gold Coast only) Digital Technologies (Gold Coast only) Drama (Mt Gravatt only) Earth and Environmental Science (Gold Coast and Mt Gravatt)# English (Gold Coast and Mt Gravatt) Food and Nutrition (Gold Coast) (subject to QCT approval) Health and Physical Education (Gold Coast and Mt Gravatt) History (Mt Gravatt only) Instrumental Music (Mt Gravatt only)# Languages other than English (LOTE) (Mt Gravatt only)# Mathematics (Gold Coast and Mt Gravatt) Music (Mt Gravatt only) Physics (Gold Coast and Mt Gravatt) Psychology (Mt Gravatt only) (offered from 2019) Visual Arts (Mt Gravatt only) # These teaching areas must be taken at a senior level and, therefore, require a minimum of six subjects in each area in the undergraduate degree. Alternatively, if you have completed at least six subjects in psychology in your Bachelor degree, you may nominate one of the above teaching areas to a senior level (for which you meet the study requirements with a minimum of six subjects) and complete the Learning Enhancement specialist area. In this specialist area, you will gain the skills needed to provide learning support to students with additional needs. You will be able to work in secondary settings where you advise teachers in their planning and/or teach in secondary special education settings.