Bachelor of Education (Secondary)

Customise your degree

Choose two teaching areas from this list to give you a broad background and to maximise your employment opportunities. If you can’t decide, the best advice is to follow your passion and select senior subjects you enjoyed at school. 

You can take any combination of two teaching areas, except for the following: 

• Mathematics and Mathematics Extension 
• two science areas, including Physics, Biology, Chemistry and Earth & Environmental Science. 

Otherwise, you can form your combination from any of the following list: 

• Biology – to teach students how the natural world works 
• Chemistry – to enable fundamental scientific principles 
• Earth and Environmental Science – to help students become aware of the power and fragility of our planet. 
• English – to help create a strong cohort of students ready to take on corporate and creative worlds. 
• Geography – to foster students’ sense of wonder, respect and curiosity for other places and cultures. 
• Health and Physical Education – to help students not only support their own health, but to take positive practices into their careers and futures. 
• History – to enable students to build on their critical thinking and inquiry skills, and to investigate the past with meaningful questions. 
• Mathematics – to play a role in bringing through the next generation of mathematic progress and discoveries. 
• Mathematics Extension – to help advanced learners push their limits and make discoveries. 
• Physics – to help students understand and measure the fundamental laws of the world around them. 

Double degrees

A double degree with secondary education can deepen your specialisation, and allow you to expand your career opportunities.

Learn more about Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Creative Arts.

QUT will ensure you can step into the classroom with confidence and continue to adapt to ongoing workforce changes and future opportunities. Some key inclusions in the course are:

• a deep understanding of child and adolescent development
• curriculum and pedagogy knowledges and practices
• creating positive learning environments
• inclusion and diversity
• building positive relationships with parents, carers, communities, and education stakeholders
• digital technologies
• entrepreneurial thinking and leadership
• innovation and creativity
• evaluation and assessment
• developing your professional identity
• global perspectives
• resilience.

QUT will ensure you can step into the classroom with confidence and continue to adapt to ongoing workforce changes and future opportunities. Some key inclusions in the course are:

• a deep understanding of child and adolescent development
• curriculum and pedagogy knowledges and practices
• creating positive learning environments
• inclusion and diversity
• building positive relationships with parents, carers, communities, and education stakeholders
• digital technologies
• entrepreneurial thinking and leadership
• innovation and creativity
• evaluation and assessment
• developing your professional identity
• global perspectives
• resilience.

Visit the student and graduate blog to find out more about what it’s like to study education and where a QUT degree can take you.

Professional Experience

We organise professional experience placements to give you the opportunity to work in a range of real school classrooms and other settings, supervised by practising professional educators. These start from as early as your first year of your course. 

These experiences help you to develop your capabilities as you progress through the course. You can choose where you complete your professional experience from a variety of locations, including South-East Queensland, rural and remote schools, and overseas. You will be required to undertake the majority of your supervised professional experience in Australian school settings. You can select from a range of experiences to align with your interests and career goals. 

Find out more about professional experience 

Flexible delivery

At QUT, we understand life can get busy. That’s why our courses are flexible and responsive to your needs. 

Choose the part-time or full-time course to suit your circumstances and lifestyle.  Part-time students should note that daytime attendance is required. Some lectures and tutorials may have evening sessions. 

The timing of the course can even vary, depending on how fast you’d like to complete it. If you include 2 summer semesters, you can choose to finish your course in 3.5 years, rather than 4 years.  

This course is based at Kelvin Grove campus, however, depending on your teaching areas, you may need to complete some units at Gardens Point campus. 

Real-world facilities

Experience the new Education Precinct at the heart of Kelvin Grove campus. With five levels dedicated to world-class teaching, you’ll have access to imaginatively designed face-to-face and online interactive learning spaces. A centrepiece of the Precinct is the Sphere, a digital LED globe suspended over two floors with a changing menu of innovative visual content. 

To prepare you to be an inspiring, innovative and confident teacher for the future, you’ll be able to experiment and innovate in preparation for professional experiences in schools. The spaces facilitate just the right balance of collaborative learning, interaction and quiet individual research. 

Our expert teaching staff will inspire you to push boundaries, be curious and innovate. Qualities you will in turn foster in the students you teach. 

Learn more about QUT’s education precinct 

Work Integrated Learning

During this course, you will be required to complete 80 days (equivalent to 560 hours) of professional experience placements.

Learn more about study life

Visit the student and graduate blog to find out more about what it’s like to study education and where a QUT degree can take you.

Careers and outcomes

Graduates will have a solid foundation of knowledge to teach in secondary schools. Your career will be guided by, but not limited to, your chosen teaching areas. Your qualification can also allow you to work across Australia and overseas.

Teachers develop a range of skills, knowledges and practices as a result of their own unique combination of work experiences and personal qualities. You will be empowered to shape your own career path and explore the many ways to make an impact. You can explore careers outside the classroom, including:

• education policy and program implementation
• training and development roles in private and public organisations
• education and outreach roles
• developing products for the education services industry
• learning designer
• entertainment industry roles
• consultancy
• education research.

Professional recognition

This course meets professional teaching standards for the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership and Queensland College of Teachers. Graduates are eligible to apply for teacher registration.