Bachelor of Teaching and Bachelor of Mathematical & Computer Sciences (BTeach)

Program Code
BTBMC

Program Faculty
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Academic Year
2017

These Program Rules should be read in conjunction with the University's policies (https://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies).

Overview

The Bachelor of Teaching degree program prepares students for teaching in secondary schools. The program is offered as a double degree only and is designed for students who are beginning tertiary study. The primary focus in the first three years of the degree is on completing a major in two different subject areas usually taught at senior secondary level. A major consists of courses taken over three consecutive years of study. Six semesters of study in a subject area is the general requirement for teaching a subject up to Year 12 level.

Students are required to have completed the requirements of the discipline degree to be eligible to enrol into the fourth year of the program.

The Bachelor of Teaching is an AQF level 7 qualification with a standard full-time duration of 4 years.

Academic Program Rules for Bachelor of Teaching and Bachelor of Mathematical & Computer Sciences

There shall be a Bachelor of Teaching and Bachelor of Mathematical & Computer Sciences.

Qualification Requirements

To qualify for the degree of Bachelor of Teaching as part of a double degree program, the student must complete satisfactorily a program of study consisting of a combined total of not less than 96 units, comprising:

  1. Core courses to the value of 42 units for the Bachelor of Teaching
  2. Courses to the value of 54 units from the Bachelor of Mathematical & Computer Sciences including:
    1. Level I courses to the value of 18 units
    2. Level II courses to the value of 18 units
    3. Level III courses to the value of 21 units
Note: Students may substitute one Level II course with a Level III course from those specified in the Academic Program Rules for the degree of Bachelor of Mathematical and Computer Sciences. Specific course requirements for majors in Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Mathematical Sciences, Pure Mathematics and Statistics are provided in the Academic Program Rules for the degree of Bachelor of Mathematical and Computer Sciences.

Graduation Requirement

Students are advised of the following requirements from 2017. The Australian Government has recently introduced the Literacy and Numeracy Test for all initial teacher education (ITE) students to ensure that they have the high level of personal literacy and numeracy skills required of teachers. The test is a single, national instrument designed to assess elements of an individual's literacy and numeracy skills and will be used to demonstrate that ITE graduates are in the top 30 per cent of the population for literacy and numeracy. All South Australian students commencing an ITE program after 1 January 2017 will be required to meet the benchmark prior to graduation.

Core Courses