- Only a full-time option is available to international students on a Student visa. Online programs are not available to Student visa holders.
- * Estimated tuition fees are based on 2024 rates. Refer to international fees for more information.
- Not all majors/minors and elective options are available at every campus. You should refer to the What Can I Study tab, and the proposed study sequence for your chosen campus and intake for further information.
Program structure
For students commencing in the current semester.
16 required courses:
COR109 Curriculum A Junior Secondary (Years 7-10) – Pedagogies for Learning
EDU114 Curriculum B Middle years 4-10 Assessing Learning
EDU202 The English Language
EDU328 Teaching Science in Primary Schools
EDU410 Teaching HPE in Primary School
EDU412 Professional Practice: The Inquiring Teacher
EDU417 Teaching Senior Secondary Arts 1
EDU418 Teaching Reading and Writing
EDU419 Integration Across the Curriculum
EDU420 Inclusive Practices and Intervention in Early Education
EDU421 Leadership and Advocacy in Early Learning
EDU422 Teaching Senior Secondary English
OES100 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
OES101 Reading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writing
SCS203 Indigenous Peoples and the Environment
SPX102 Indigenous Australia and the State
4 required curriculum and pedagogy courses:
2 required courses:
EDU368 Working Effectively with Aboriginal People
EDU369 Neuroimaging Advances in Mental Health
Plus select 2 courses to match your chosen Minor:
EDU347 Understanding and Preventing Suicide
EDU348 Mental Health and Neuroscience: Translational Research
EDU356 Youth Mental Health and Neurobiology
EDU357 Introduction to Psychology B
EDU358 Current Directions in Psychology
EDU359 Introductory Counselling Skills
EDU363 Introduction to Psychology A
EDU364 Research Methods in Psychology B
4 course minor from:
English
Geography
History
Mathematics
8 course Health and Physical Education Major
OES240 Social Psychology
OES300 Motivation and Emotion
OES301 Research Methods in Psychology A
PUB104 Physiological Psychology
SPX101 Introduction to Human Development
SPX222 Cognitive and Perceptual Psychology
SPX361 Human Associative Learning
SPX362
Note: Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
Requirements for placements
As required by the Queensland Family and Child Commission Act (2014), preservice teachers must undergo a Working with Children Check and be issued with a Blue Card by the Public Safety Business Agency to allow them to undertake supervised professional experience in a school or centre where children under 18 years of age are present. It is now a requirement of all Queensland sites and most Australian sites that preservice teachers have obtained a Blue Card prior to commencing supervised professional experience.
To avoid processing delays, you are encouraged to apply for a Blue Card as soon as you have accepted your offer. Blue Cards are free-of-charge for Education students when you apply through the USC's Professional Learning office (Level G, H1 building).
Note: If you do not possess a current Blue Card, you will be unable to complete the professional experience component of your program and you will be unable to meet graduation requirements.
Visit Education - Supervised Professional Experience (SPE) for more information on requirements for placement.
Visit the Public Safety Business Agency website for information on Blue Cards - For students commencing Semester 1, 2016.
Total units: 384
Recommended study sequences
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Complete 32 courses as listed in program structure.
- The total number of introductory courses (100 level) cannot exceed 15.
- Select and complete major and minor as per the list below.
- Register your selected major and minor with Student Administration.
- Complete a minimum of 80 days Supervised Professional Experience, completed as full-time blocks.
- Complete 15 days of Wider Field Experience.
- Complete 25 days Outdoor Environmental Fieldwork on Fraser Island and other natural environments on the Sunshine Coast.
In order to commence Supervised Professional Experience placement you must:
- Have a National Criminal History check (by Queensland Police Service or other state/territory authority).
- Travel to attend field education placements.
- A Blue Card is required, refer to Requirements for placements.
Program notes
- Completing this program within the specified (full-time) duration is based on studying 48 unit points per semester (normally 4 courses).
- Courses within this program are assessed using a variety of assessment methods including essays, seminar presentations, reports and examinations. Not all courses will necessarily include all methods.
- Only a full-time study option is available to international students on a Student Visa.
- Students will need to be aware of the physical components and location requirements of the program. If you have a disability, medical condition or any concerns that may affect your potential participation in some of the practical components of the program, you are invited to discuss your options with the program coordinator.
- When enrolling, please refer to the Study Plan.