Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Behavioural Science (double degree)

The Bachelor of Education (Secondary) is a comprehensive undergraduate program that combines theory, the latest teaching technology, and many opportunities for practical classroom experience.

Working from a rigorous and practical curriculum, students will acquire the requisite academic and practical skills needed to teach early and late adolescents. In addition, the students will be required to choose one major teaching area such as English, Humanities and Social Sciences, Mathematics, Science or Religious Education. Students will complete eight courses in the major learning area, plus four courses in a specialisation learning area.

An integral part of the program is 32 weeks of supervised teaching (practicum) experience. During these four professional experience placements, students will be required to teach in both their major and specialisation learning areas as well as immerse themselves in a secondary school community.

Upon graduation students are eligible to teach in Catholic, Government and Independent secondary schools in WA.

Education students in WA must sit the national Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students (LANTITE). The test is administered externally by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). The Education student must register and pay for the test. Education students also need to successfully complete the Graduate Teacher Performance Assessment after their final teaching placement in order to graduate from this program.

The Bachelor of Behavioural Science is a unique trans-disciplinary social science based on a foundation of critical psychology, political science, cultural studies and sociology.  Integrating specialised knowledge developed in these social science disciplines, and with a strong focus on critical psychology, means that the degree provides the nexus between understandings and practices of traditional psychology and social work. Students develop an understanding of their place and role in society as well as respect for social and cultural diversity. Embedded within the degree is a specific emphasis on the assumptions and practices that promote substantive reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.