Bachelor
This degree combines a broad professionally focused and practice-based program focused on emerging technologies and software engineering with a teacher education course to teach Engineering Studies and Mathematics in NSW secondary schools. Students earn both an undergraduate Bachelor of Engineering Studies and a postgraduate Master of Teaching in Secondary Education in four and half (4.5) years of full-time study. It is suitable for high-school leavers and provides a grounding in disciplinary knowledge before engaging students in research-based studies of educational theory and practice as a basis for professional decision-making in the secondary school context In the Bachelor of Engineering Studies, students develop skills in design and problem-based thinking, computer-aided design (CAD), database design, networking, coding, non-visual programming languages, systems analysis and social aspects of technology that prepare them for both teaching and non-teaching roles in and beyond the education sector. Advanced mathematical study provides students with additional quantitative skills and improves employability for aspiring teachers. Students gain the required disciplinary grounding to qualify for a first teaching area(s) in Engineering Studies; Software Design and Development, Information Processes and Technology; Industrial Technology (focus area Graphics and Multimedia); and an additional area in Mathematics. 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) of Engineering Studies and Maths to develop skills and confidence in curriculum and classroom management for effective teaching.
Career options include secondary teaching in Engineering Studies (years 11-12), Industrial Technology (years 7-10 focus area Engineering) and Mathematics in a public or private school, locally or internationally (subject to meeting relevant employer requirements). Applicants are advised to check with potential employing bodies regarding employment requirements. As of the date of publication, they can be found . Both public and private sector schools can set eligibility requirements relating to academic performance among other criteria. Requirements to teach internationally can vary from country to country.
Students must complete 120 credit points of disciplinary content subjects in the Bachelor of Engineering Studies comprising 36 credit points of core subjects and 84 credit points of a major in Engineering and Technology Studies. In the Master of Teaching in Secondary Education component students complete 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. 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.