Course: Bachelor of Education in Secondary Teaching (Music) (433AC)
Award: Bachelor of Education
Course Level: 10
Faculty: Faculty of Education
University Admissions Centre (UAC) Course Code: 364143
CRICOS Code: 056342D
Offered Locations and Delivery Modes:
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UC Bruce Campus
- Full Time, Face-to-Face - Convener: Mr Philip Roberts (Ph: +61 2 6206 8625)
- Part Time, Face-to-Face - Convener: Mr Philip Roberts (Ph: +61 2 6206 8625)
Introduction
This course is offered to school leavers and those with no previous tertiary qualifications who would like to become secondary teachers in Music. Graduates will develop sensitivity to the needs and characteristics of learners, awareness of the social context and implications of schooling, understanding of basic education problems and issues, self-awareness including awareness of the place of the teachers personal theories, values and modes of operation in the motivation of learning, knowledge skills and attitudes to be an effective teacher and flexibility to enable constructive work in given education settings.
Course Requirements
96 credit points comprising:
(a) Required (90 credit points):
- MJ0118 Major in Teacher Education (18 credit points)
- MJ0097 Major in Professional Studies (Secondary Education) (21 credit points)
- Music Major I ANU (18 credit points)
- Music Major II ANU (15 credit points)
Required Units: (18 credit points)
7840 Learning with Technology
7779 Music Teaching Workshop (6cp)
6904 Teaching Internship (6cp)
8336 Literacy Across Disciplines
(b) Restricted choice (6 credit points):
Restricted choice Professional Practice Electives from ANU School of Music.
Course Duration
Standed eight semesters full-time, equivalent. Maximum twenty semesters.Typical Course Structure
Note: UC units are shown with their UC unit codes. UC units are 3 credit points unless indicated otherwise.
ANU units are shown without unit codes and their equivalent UC credit point value.
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
| YEAR 1 | |
| 4782 Education Foundations | 7840 Learning with Technology |
| Conducting Skills (1.5cp) | Introduction to Music Technology (1.5cp) |
| Music and Its Cultural Context 1 (3cp) | Music and Its Cultural Context 2 (3cp) |
| Aural and Foundation Theory 1 (3cp) | Aural and Foundation Theory 2 (3cp) |
| Instrumental Music 1 (1.5 cp) | Instrumental Music 2 (1.5 cp) |
| YEAR 2 | |
| 6732 Promoting Positive Learning Environments | 7779 Music Teaching Workshop (6cp) |
| 6906 Professional Experience SEC 1 | |
| Professional Practice Elective (1.5 cp) | Professional Practice Elective (1.5 cp) |
| Aural and Foundation Theory 3 (3cp) | Aural and Foundation Theory 4 (3cp) |
| Instrumental Music 3 (1.5 cp) | Instrumental Music 4 (1.5 cp) |
| YEAR 3 | |
| 6762 Secondary Teaching Studies 1 (Music) | 6774 Secondary Teaching Studies 2 (Music) |
| 6907 Professional Experience SEC 2 | 6908 Professional Experience SEC 3 |
| Professional Practice Elective (2 x 1.5 cp or 3cp) | 6577 Indigenous Education: What Works |
| Improvisation and Composition 1 and Aural 1 (3cp) | Improvisation and Composition 2 and Aural 2 (3cp) |
| YEAR 4 | |
| 7480 Secondary Teaching Studies 3 (6cp) | 6889 Socio-Cultural Politics of Education |
| 6733 Responding to Individual Needs in Education | |
| 6891 Curriculum Studies | |
| 6904 Teaching Internship (6cp) | 8336 Literacy Across Disciplines |
Admission Requirements
Normal University requirements for admission to an undergraduate course plus successful completion of an audition in performance in their major instrument of study (this can be voice) and passing of a test in musicianship at the School of Music, National Institute of the Arts, Australian National University in the year before beginning at UC.
Additional requirements
All students enrolled in the Bachelor of Education (Secondary) degree are required to complete appropriate police checks or sign employment declaration forms prior to the commencement of their Professional Experience placement.
Additional admission requirement:
An overall Academic IELTS band score of 7.5.
Assumed Knowledge
Professional Recognition
All University of Canberra teacher education courses are accredited by the NSW Institute of Teachers and approved by the ACT Department of Education as teaching qualifications recognised throughout
Subsumable awards
Students who are unable to complete a four-year Bachelor of Education degree may be eligible to exit the course after three years with a Bachelor of Educational Studies. To qualify for this award, students must have completed 72 credit points or more from the academic requirements of the four-year course as set out above. The Bachelor of Educational Studies is NOT professionally accredited and does not qualify students to teach in the ACT or New South Wales.
Course Enquiries
All students must seek the advice of the course convener for approval of their study program. For further information please contact the Faculty of Education on (02) 6201 5352.
