C10405v1 Bachelor of Communication (Creative Writing) Master of Teaching in Secondary Education
Award(s): Bachelor of Communication (Creative Writing) (BComm)Master of Teaching in Secondary Education (MTeach)
CRICOS code: 102566B
Commonwealth supported place?: Yes
Load credit points: 192
Course EFTSL: 4
Location: City campus
Notes
This new course replaces the Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Education (Secondary) from 2021. Students may use the 2020?selection rank for the Bachelor of Communication (Creative Writing) as a guide. The lowest selection rank for Autumn 2020 intake was 72.95. ?
Overview
Career options
Course intended learning outcomes
Admission requirements
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Professional recognition
Other information
Overview
This degree combines practical experience and theoretical engagement in communication, media and contemporary creative writing with a teacher education course to teach English in NSW secondary schools. Students may also qualify as teachers of English as an Additional Language/Dialect (EAL/D) or Society & Culture - Human Society and its Environment (HSIE). Students earn both an undergraduate Bachelor of Communication and a postgraduate Master of Teaching in Secondary Education in four (4) years of full-time study.
The course is suitable for high-school leavers and provides a grounding in disciplinary studies before students learn, through pedagogical and curriculum subjects, how to apply their knowledge and skills in a secondary school context.
The Bachelor of Communication component allows students to develop analytical skills and writing techniques through studies of key texts, genres and narrative forms. By studying with a team of experienced writers, publishers, scholars and industry professionals, students learn to use language to communicate for different audiences, contexts and purposes. A focus on critical skills and collaborative workshopping leads to the development of individual writing skills and the ability to provide constructive feedback. Students may complete general electives or specific subjects in the Society and Culture stream.
The Master of Teaching core component provides students with research-based studies of educational theory and practice as a basis for professional decision-making in secondary schools. Students undertake teaching methods and professional experience related to their chosen teaching area(s) to develop skills and confidence in curriculum and classroom management for effective teaching. Campus-based academic study scaffolds 80 days of professional experience across a variety of school settings in preparation for completion of the mandatory Teaching Performance Assessment. Students may undertake Education electives to broaden out their studies in areas such as learning design and digital pedagogy or complete specific subjects related to English as an Additional Language/Dialect.
Career options
Career options include secondary teaching (years 7–12) in English, as well as English as an Additional Language/Dialect (EALD) and Society and Culture in a public or private school, locally or internationally (subject to meeting relevant employer requirements).
Graduates can also work as fiction and non-fiction writers in anthologies, magazines and newspapers, and for literary journals and online presses, as well as screenwriters, story developers and communication professionals.
Course intended learning outcomes
This course engages with the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs), which are tailored to the Graduate Attributes set for all graduates of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences:
| 1.1 | Possess a well-developed awareness of professional practice in the context of the communication industries |
| 1.2 | Apply theoretically informed understanding of the communication industries in independent and collaborative projects across a range of media |
| 2.1 | Possess information literacy skills to locate, gather, organise and synthesise information across diverse platforms to inform the understanding of the communication industries |
| 2.2 | Be reflexive critical thinkers and creative practitioners who are intellectually curious, imaginative and innovative, with an ability to evaluate their own and others' work |
| 3.1 | Demonstrate an awareness and knowledge of global contexts and openness to cultural exchange |
| 3.2 | Employ professional skills responsibly and respectfully in a global environment |
| 4.1 | Possess a critical understanding of the importance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples within contemporary Australian politics, history and culture |
| 4.2 | Integrate knowledge of Indigenous issues in professional practices and engage responsibly in communicating with and about Indigenous people and communities |
| 5.1 | Possess the awareness of ethical practice in the personal, political and professional contexts of civil society |
| 5.2 | Possess the skills to behave ethically in personal and professional contexts |
| 6.1 | Possess well-developed skills and proficiencies to communicate and respond effectively and appropriately across different contexts |
| 6.2 | Demonstrate digital literacy and production skills across a range of media and media texts |
| MT.1.1 | Know secondary school students and how they learn, with an advanced ability to critically evaluate the physical, social and emotional dimensions of learners |
| MT.1.2 | Know the content and how to teach it, demonstrating an advanced knowledge of a teaching program in one or more disciplines to critically evaluate its delivery |
| MT.1.3 | Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning with an advanced knowledge of educational practice, pedagogy, policy, curriculum and systems |
| MT.1.4 | Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning |
| MT.1.5 | Engage in professional learning for educators |
| MT.2.1 | Plan and carry out extended analysis, and undertake independent research, of issues related to content-specialisations and teaching theories and practices |
| MT.3.1 | Create and maintain inclusive, supportive, well managed, diverse and safe learning environments |
| MT.4.1 | Research and plan ways to embed Indigenous Australian knowledges in the curriculum and acknowledge histories of Indigenous Australian strength, disadvantage and dominant culture privilege |
| MT.5.1 | Communicate effectively using diverse modes and technologies in academic, professional and community contexts |
| MT.6.1 | Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the associated school communities |
| MT.6.2 | Collaborate with learning designers, analysts and subject matter experts, using effective English communication skills, to design technology intensive learning resources |
Key
MT = Master of Teaching in Secondary Education
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed an Australian Year 12 qualification, Australian Qualifications Framework Diploma, or equivalent Australian or overseas qualification at the required level.
Applicants must submit a personal statement as part of their application.
Applicants should also review the inherent requirements to ensure they are able to complete this course.
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 7.5 overall, with a minimum of 8.0 in both the speaking and listening modules, and a reading and writing score of 7.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 610-633 overall with TWE of 5.0, internet based: 102-109 overall with a writing score of 27; or PTE: 73-78 overall with a 79 in both the speaking and listening, and a reading and writing score of 65; or CAE: 191-199 overall with 200 in both the speaking and listening, and a reading and writing score of 185.
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
International students
Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
Course duration and attendance
The course duration is four years of full-time study.
Course progression criteria exist and students are required to:
- satisfactorily complete the NSW Government’s LANTITE Literacy and Numeracy test before progressing to the first Professional Experience supervised teaching placement in Year 3
- achieve credit average results at the completion of 96 credit points (typically at the end of Year 2). Students who do not achieve a credit average are transferred to the relevant standalone Bachelor degree. Upon completion, they are eligible to apply to the Master of Teaching in Secondary Education via the regular graduate entry pathway.
Course structure
Students must complete 96 credit points of disciplinary content subjects in the Bachelor of Communication (Creative Writing) consisting of 24 credit points of core subjects and a 48 credit points major. Students who selected the English/Society and Culture teaching area at application undertake 24 credit points of specific subjects from the Society and Culture stream, while those who chose the English or English/English as an Additional Language/Dialect teaching areas, complete 24 credit points of Communication electives.
In the Master of Teaching in Secondary Education component students complete 96 credit points comprising 42 credit points of core subjects focused on the foundation education disciplines of learning, motivation and adolescent psychology as well as addressing the education of students with special needs; and 54 credit points of teaching methods and professional experience relating to the teaching area/s chosen at application, as well as elective subjects or, for those undertaking English/EALD, additional subjects contributing to their second teaching area.
Industrial training/professional practice
Students undertake professional experience totalling 80 days of supervised teaching practice in schools. Students work under the supervision of an in-service high school teacher in their area(s) of specialisation and are mentored by a tertiary education supervisor.
Course completion requirements
| STM91104 Communication core | 24cp | |
| MAJ10051 Creative Writing | 48cp | |
| CBK91929 Society and Culture stream / Communication electives | 24cp | |
| STM91579 Secondary Education core | 42cp | |
| CBK91930 Specialisation Choice | 54cp | |
| Total | 192cp |
Course program
Example programs for students undertaking the course full time are shown below.
Course programs for each individual major and stream are available at study plan management.
| English major, Autumn commencing, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 54000 Citizenship and Communication | 8cp | |
| 54070 Fictional Forms | 8cp | |
| Select 8 credit points from the following: | 8cp | |
| CBK91928 Electives | 24cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 54001 Digital Literacies | 8cp | |
| 54071 Imagining the Real | 8cp | |
| Select 8 credit points from the following: | 8cp | |
| CBK91928 Electives | 24cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 54002 Communicating Difference | 8cp | |
| Autumn D Session | ||
| 013232 English Teaching Methods 1 | 6cp | |
| 010048 Professional Learning | 6cp | |
| 010047 Literacy and Numeracy Across the Curriculum | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 54073 Genre Writing | 8cp | |
| Select 8 credit points from the following: | 8cp | |
| CBK91928 Electives | 24cp | |
| Spring D Session | ||
| 010049 Understanding and Engaging Adolescent Learners | 6cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 54072 Narrative and Theory | 8cp | |
| 54074 Writing Laboratory | 8cp | |
| Autumn D Session | ||
| 013233 English Teaching Methods 2 | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6cp | |
| CBK91921 Secondary Education electives | 24cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 54075 Creative Writing Project | 8cp | |
| Spring D Session | ||
| 013241 Professional Experience Teaching Practice 1 | 6cp | |
| 010046 Learning Futures: Teaching for Complexity and Diversity | 6cp | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Autumn D Session | ||
| 013404 Inclusive Education | 6cp | |
| 013407 Resetting the Future: Indigenous Australian Education | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6cp | |
| CBK91921 Secondary Education electives | 24cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 013096 Teaching Grammar and Vocabulary | 6cp | |
| Spring D Session | ||
| 013242 Professional Experience Teaching Practice 2 | 6cp | |
| 013408 Teaching and Learning with Digital Technologies | 6cp | |
| 013234 English Teaching Methods 3 | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6cp | |
| CBK91921 Secondary Education electives | 24cp | |
| English major and EAL/D minor, Autumn commencing, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 54000 Citizenship and Communication | 8cp | |
| 54070 Fictional Forms | 8cp | |
| Select 8 credit points from the following: | 8cp | |
| CBK91928 Electives | 24cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 54001 Digital Literacies | 8cp | |
| 54071 Imagining the Real | 8cp | |
| Select 8 credit points from the following: | 8cp | |
| CBK91928 Electives | 24cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 54002 Communicating Difference | 8cp | |
| Autumn D Session | ||
| 013232 English Teaching Methods 1 | 6cp | |
| 010048 Professional Learning | 6cp | |
| 010047 Literacy and Numeracy Across the Curriculum | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 54073 Genre Writing | 8cp | |
| Select 8 credit points from the following: | 8cp | |
| CBK91928 Electives | 24cp | |
| Spring D Session | ||
| 010049 Understanding and Engaging Adolescent Learners | 6cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 54072 Narrative and Theory | 8cp | |
| 54074 Writing Laboratory | 8cp | |
| Autumn D Session | ||
| 013233 English Teaching Methods 2 | 6cp | |
| 013102 Introducing Knowledge about Language | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 54075 Creative Writing Project | 8cp | |
| Spring D Session | ||
| 013241 Professional Experience Teaching Practice 1 | 6cp | |
| 010046 Learning Futures: Teaching for Complexity and Diversity | 6cp | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 013105 The Multilingual Learner | 6cp | |
| 028253 TESOL: Methodology | 6cp | |
| Autumn D Session | ||
| 013404 Inclusive Education | 6cp | |
| 013407 Resetting the Future: Indigenous Australian Education | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 010025 Teaching EAL/D and Literacy in Schools | 6cp | |
| Spring D Session | ||
| 013242 Professional Experience Teaching Practice 2 | 6cp | |
| 013408 Teaching and Learning with Digital Technologies | 6cp | |
| 013234 English Teaching Methods 3 | 6cp | |
| English major and Society and Culture minor, Autumn commencing, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 54000 Citizenship and Communication | 8cp | |
| 54070 Fictional Forms | 8cp | |
| 54050 Self and Society | 8cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 54001 Digital Literacies | 8cp | |
| 54071 Imagining the Real | 8cp | |
| 013992 Aboriginal Sydney Now | 6cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 54002 Communicating Difference | 8cp | |
| Autumn D Session | ||
| 013232 English Teaching Methods 1 | 6cp | |
| 010048 Professional Learning | 6cp | |
| 010047 Literacy and Numeracy Across the Curriculum | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 54073 Genre Writing | 8cp | |
| 54051 Politics, Ideologies and Beliefs | 8cp | |
| Spring D Session | ||
| 010049 Understanding and Engaging Adolescent Learners | 6cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 54072 Narrative and Theory | 8cp | |
| 54074 Writing Laboratory | 8cp | |
| Autumn D Session | ||
| 013233 English Teaching Methods 2 | 6cp | |
| 013235 Human Society and its Environment Teaching Methods 1 | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 54075 Creative Writing Project | 8cp | |
| Spring D Session | ||
| 013241 Professional Experience Teaching Practice 1 | 6cp | |
| 010046 Learning Futures: Teaching for Complexity and Diversity | 6cp | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Autumn D Session | ||
| 013404 Inclusive Education | 6cp | |
| 013407 Resetting the Future: Indigenous Australian Education | 6cp | |
| 013171 Society and Culture Teaching Methods 2 | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6cp | |
| CBK90869 Electives (Secondary Education) | 12cp | |
| Spring D Session | ||
| 013242 Professional Experience Teaching Practice 2 | 6cp | |
| 013408 Teaching and Learning with Digital Technologies | 6cp | |
| 013234 English Teaching Methods 3 | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6cp | |
| CBK90869 Electives (Secondary Education) | 12cp | |
Professional recognition
This course is professionally accredited by the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) as a recognised secondary school teaching qualification. To gain employment as a teacher in NSW schools, graduands must meet the requirements of the NESA, including language proficiency.
Other information
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or +61 2 9514 1222
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Future international students:
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