Bachelor of Teaching and Bachelor of Arts (BTeach)

Program Code
BTBA

Program Faculty
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Academic Year
2018

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.

Conditions

Condition of enrolment
Interruption of program: Students must apply for permission from the Program Coordinator before taking a Leave of Absence. Any extension of the leave without approval will result in the loss of place in the program but an application may be made to be re-admitted to the program subject to the admission procedures in place at the time.

Academic Program Rules for Bachelor of Teaching and Bachelor of Arts

There shall be a Bachelor of Teaching and Bachelor of Arts.

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 Arts including:
  3. One major to the value of 24 units (or 33 units for the Psychology major)
  4. One minor to the value of 18 units (or 21 units for the Psychology minor)
  5. Core course ARTS 1007 The Enquiring Mind
  6. Electives courses to a minimum of 9 units and a maximum of 12 units
  7. Level I courses to the value of at least 18 units, including at least 12 units at Level I from the Bachelor of Arts.
  8. Level II and Level III courses to the value of at least 39 units, including the 6 unit capstone for the chosen major.
  9. The major and minor must be from different disciplines and may be chosen from the following:
  • Chinese Studies
  • Economics
  • English
  • French Studies
  • Geography Environment and Population
  • German Studies
  • History
  • Indonesian Studies
  • Italian Studies
  • Japanese Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Mathematical Sciences
  • Modern Greek Studies
  • Music
  • Music Education (minor only)
  • Psychology (major only)
  • Spanish Studies

Graduation Requirement

The Australian Government 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 this benchmark prior to graduation.

Core Courses

Major

Minor

Electives

  • Bachelor of Arts Electives

    To satisfy the requirements for Bachelor of Arts Electives students must complete courses to the value of 9 units.

    Elective courses up to 9 units, chosen from those available in the Faculty of Arts in accordance with the relevant Academic Program Rules for the degree of Bachelor of Arts as follows:
     

    Level I

    Courses to the value of up to 3 units may be taken from the following:

    Courses from any discipline in the University of Adelaide that are available to the student.

    Unless undertaking a major in Psychology, you are exempt from this requirement.

     

    Level II

    Courses to the value of 6 units from the following:

    Courses from any discipline in the University of Adelaide that are available to the student.

    Unless undertaking a major in Economics, you will take elective courses to the value of 3 units.

    Or undertaking a major in Psychology, you are exempt from this requirement.