澳大利亞天主教大學

The Bachelor of Teaching/Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) is a double degree for students who want to teach visual arts in secondary schools, such as high schools, and build their skills in visual media.

More than just a teaching degree, this is also a visual arts course where the subjects cover:

• two-dimensional media areas such as drawing, painting, printmaking and photography
• three- and four-dimensional areas such as sculpture and object design.

Students also gain substantial professional practical experience during the course, such as preparing and curating exhibitions or preparing and developing a commissioned artistic project.

Students study Visual Arts as a major and will also choose to study another specialisation from our Arts Disciplines. The inclusion of units in theology and religious education will support accreditation to teach religious education.

Professional experience

The current requirements are for a minimum of 80 days of professional experience that occurs in structured supervised settings.

Work placement

All initial teacher education programs must include a defined period, or professional experience, where pre-service teachers practise teaching in a school under the direct supervision and guidance of an appropriately qualified teacher. In order to graduate, pre-service teachers must satisfy all the requirements of their program, including the professional experience requirements. Supervised professional experience is at the heart of all our pre-service teacher education courses and the Faculty will find appropriate placements to suit the needs of your course. Placements will usually be arranged for the scheduled placement period in the professional experience calendar though this may not always be possible.

Careers

Our graduates have pursued careers in:

• secondary school teaching, including Catholic, government and independent settings
• institutes of technical and further education (TAFE)
• vocational education
• community education centres
• private colleges
• special education settings

Students with a Student Visa will need to complete the program in minimum duration, study at least one subject on-campus each semester and must not undertake more than 33% of the program online.