You can choose to accelerate your studies over 1.5 years or study full-time over two years. If you choose the accelerated option you will be able to apply for registration six months earlier than graduates from other universities.

If you are a graduate from a non-education background, perhaps seeking a career change, and wish to teach in secondary school settings, this new degree will provide you with the necessary skills and knowledge you need to register with the QCT.

You will learn the theory and practice of teaching, as well as about the characteristics of learners and teachers and the social contexts of education. The degree includes education studies, curriculum studies in two nominated teaching areas, and professional experience in secondary school settings.

You will need to be able to identify two of the following Teaching Areas (and students may choose to take teaching areas from another campus and travel to the campus at which those teaching areas are offered):

• Biology (Gold Coast and Mt Gravatt)#
• Business (Gold Coast only)#
• Chemistry (Gold Coast and Mt Gravatt)#
• Design Technologies (Gold Coast only)
• Digital Technologies (Gold Coast only)
• Drama (Mt Gravatt only)
• Earth and Environmental Science (Gold Coast and Mt Gravatt)#
• English (Gold Coast and Mt Gravatt)
• Food and Nutrition (Gold Coast)
• Health and Physical Education (Gold Coast and Mt Gravatt)
• History (Mt Gravatt only)
• Instrumental Music (Mt Gravatt only)#
• Languages other than English (LOTE) (Mt Gravatt only)#
• Mathematics (Gold Coast and Mt Gravatt)
• Music (Mt Gravatt only)
• Physics (Gold Coast and Mt Gravatt)#
• Psychology (Mt Gravatt only)#
• Visual Arts (Mt Gravatt only)

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

The Master of Secondary Teaching is accredited by the Queensland College of Teachers (QCT).

To obtain registration with the Queensland College of Teachers, graduating teachers must have evidence to demonstrate that their English language proficiency meets the minimum requirements for registration.

Graduates of the Master of Secondary Teaching will be qualified to teach students in public and private secondary schools anywhere in Australia as well as at equivalent levels overseas.