Bachelor of Community and Human Services/Bachelor of Education

Our four-year degree will prepare you to become a confident, engaging and supportive teacher of psychology to secondary students and/or work in the area of student welfare in schools. You will develop skills in community and health services and learn all about the ethics and skills needed to help improve the lives of others.

You can work with students from Years 7 through to VCE. And you may even choose to work with students in programs where they've been identified as 'at risk' or disengaged. And throughout your career, you can switch between teaching and working in a community welfare role in schools.

During this degree, you'll spend many of your hours in the field, learning the latest practices and seeing situations unfold in the classroom and in community settings. Many of the contacts you make during these placements can lead to your future career.

This degree is VIT accredited to enable you to teach and work in schools. It is not ACWA accredited.

Areas of study include: communications, community studies, human services practice frameworks, psychology, research, rural social welfare, social policy, sociology.

You will undertake a minimum of 80 days of supervised teaching placement. This includes the opportunity during 3rd year for overseas placements in locations such as: Timor Leste, England, China, New Zealand, Nepal.

We provide a number of pathways and options to ensure you can follow your dream and become a great teacher. Visit www.federation.edu.au/become-a-teacher for more information including our interactive study pathways tool.

If what you have learned at work, from other courses, from life experience or training provided at work is relevant to this course, you may be entitled to gain subject credits or exemptions. For further details contact Federation University on 1800 333 864.