Campus
City West

Duration
4 year(s) full-time

Program Code
DBSM

Study as
Full-time or part-time

Entry Requirements
Selection Rank (Internal): 69.20 (for 2014)
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Prerequisites
None

Assumed Knowledge
None

Aim

To prepare intending middle/secondary school teachers as specialists in Aboriginal Studies and a second teaching area who are skilled, committed and flexible professionals with the capacities to promote effective and inclusive learning in a variety of education settings and a range of community contexts.

Content & Structure

The program is equivalent to four years of full-time study, that is 144 units.
The program includes courses in:

  • Australian Studies (8 x 4.5 unit courses = 36 units);
  • a further sub-major or minors of the student's choice which will provide at least a second teaching area in schools (6 x 4.5 unit courses = 27 units);
  • Education Studies which include theoretical courses regarding learning, curriculum and the social contexts of education, reflective practice placements in schools and courses related to the curriculum and methodology of teaching the two selected Learning Areas (13 x 4.5 unit courses plus 1 x 9 unit course = 67.5 units);
  • 2 x 4.5 unit electives (1 x 4.5 unit Aboriginal Studies elective plus 1 x 4.5 unit International Relations elective (= 9 units);
  • 1 x 4.5 unit Free Elective course selected from undergraduate courses across UniSA (= 4.5 units).

The emphasis in the first two years is on Australian Studies with the Education Studies being emphasised in the second half of the program.

What courses you'll study

Course name Area and cat no. Units Reference  
FIRST YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Australian Politics and Power POLI 1013 4.5
Australian Society and Cultures HUMS 1009 4.5
Colonial Experiment: Australian History 1788 - 1918 HUMS 1053 4.5
Sub-major 1 4.5 Note(s): 1,2
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Forging a Nation: Australian History 1920 - Present HUMS 2034 4.5
Free Elective 4.5 Note(s): 9
Aboriginal Studies Elective 4.5 Note(s): 8
Sub-major 2 4.5 Note(s): 1,2
SECOND YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Contemporary Aboriginal Issues HUMS 1034 4.5
Approaches to Learning EDUC 4157 4.5
Language and Multiliteracies EDUC 1063 4.5
Sub-major 3 4.5 Note(s): 1,2
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Rights and Racism HUMS 2008 4.5
International Studies Elective 4.5
Rethinking the Middle Years EDUC 4198 4.5
Sub-major 4 4.5 Note(s): 1,2
THIRD YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Humanities and Social Sciences 1 EDUC 4070 4.5
Teaching the Second Learning Area 1 4.5 Note(s): 1,2,3,11
Reflective Practice 1 EDUC 4094 4.5 Note(s): 4
Second Semester (Study Period 4)
Contesting Curriculum EDUC 4158 4.5
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Teaching the Second Learning Area 2 4.5 Note(s): 1,2,3,11
Reflective Practice 2 EDUC 4043 4.5 Note(s): 5,7
Humanities and Social Sciences 2 EDUC 4071 4.5
Inclusive Approaches to Diverse Student Needs EDUC 4196 4.5
FOURTH YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Reflective Practice 3 EDUC 4055 9 Note(s): 6,7
Humanities and Social Sciences 3 EDUC 4072 4.5
Identity and Representation HUMS 3014 4.5 Note(s): 12
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Education, Change and Society EDUC 4169 4.5
Australia Imagined: Identity and Diversity in Australian Film and Literature COMM 3048 4.5
Sub-major 5 4.5 Note(s): 1,2
Sub-major 6 4.5 Note(s): 1,2
For options for Teaching the Second Learning Area 1 & 2 see Electives listings below: Note(s): 1,3,11