Postgraduate course
Master of Teaching (Secondary)
Excelsia Univeristy College
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About
Teaching is a career founded in care, resourcefulness, innovation, lifelong learning and leadership. Excelsia College’s Master of Teaching (Secondary) is underpinned by a Christian world view and designed to give you the tools to inspire hope, ignite imagination, and instil a love of learning in the children and young adults you teach.
Domestic students have the flexibility to choose between fully online or study some units on campus. For international students, the course is exclusively offered on campus.
One of the best things about studying a Master of Teaching (Secondary) with Excelsia College is its practical philosophy of skills-based learning. In any given semester you’ll study a mix of foundation units, like cultural perspectives or psychology for teachers, along with curriculum studies such as English, mathematics, physics, drama, history, music and design and technology.
Areas of study include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives, cultural perspectives, foundations of teaching and learning, psychology for teachers, teaching biblical studies, teaching for diverse abilities.
Upon completion on this degree career opportunities include Secondary school teacher, work in various government departments, private organisations and not-for-profit institutions.
Students will undertake professional experience in a number of different schools. These practicums (Professional Experience I, II and III) provide a rewarding, firsthand secondary teaching experience that will help you gain insight into your capabilities.
Admission criteria
Applicants may be admitted to the Master of Teaching (Secondary) upon successful completion of an accredited bachelor’s degree with a major study in a designated area related to the first school subject they wish to teach. Specifically, this requires in the undergraduate degree:
- a minimum of six sequential semester-long units of discipline knowledge in the designated area (equivalent to a minimum of three academic years of study in the designated area), with
- at least four of these units at Level 2 (Year 2) or above.
Applicants who wish to be qualified to teach a second school subject (for flexibility of employment) are required to complete in the bachelor degree:
- a minimum of four sequential semester-long units of discipline knowledge in the designated area (equivalent to a minimum of two academic years of study in the designated area), with
- at least two of these units at Level 2 (Year 2) or above.
Entry to this course will not be possible based on VET or TAFE studies or on work and life experience alone.
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Fees and charges
^ Fee listed is the indicative annual course cost for 2024 and is subject to annual review. Students studying at Excelsia may also be eligible for FEE-HELP.
Further information
Read the full course details on the Excelsia College website.
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