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Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary) - Teaching area entry requirements

Self-assess your teaching areas

The self-assessment tool is available for you to assess your teaching areas prior to submitting your application through QTAC for formal assessment.

Applicants must satisfy the discipline study requirements of at least:

  • six curriculum specific courses (one-quarter of a degree) in a nominated first teaching area
  • four curriculum specific courses (one-sixth of a degree) in a nominated second teaching area.

A maximum of two introductory level courses can be counted towards a teaching area.

Select a teaching area to self-assess your eligibility for entry

Accounting — available as a first teaching area only
A combination of accounting, economics and finance courses.

Sample USC courses for an ACCOUNTING teaching area

ACC106 Internship in Politics and Industry
ACC210 International Community Development and Global Justice
ACC211 Understanding Society: An Introduction to Social Theory
ACC220 Public International Law
ACC310 International Relations Theory and Practice
BUS102 Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
BUS203 Nationalism and Identity in the 20th Century: Themes and Tensions
FIN210 International Human Rights Law

Or similar courses offered at other Australian tertiary institutions.

Suggested degrees

  • Business
  • Commerce
  • Financial Planning
Agricultural Science — available as a first teaching area only
A combination of courses across animal and plant biology, biochemistry, botany, chemistry, ecology, environmental science, horticulture and zoology.

Suggested degrees

  • Agricultural Science
  • Science
  • Vet Science
Biology — available as a first teaching area only
A combination of Biology courses covering anatomy, animal physiology, biochemistry, biotechnology, cell biology, ecology, genetics, human physiology, microbiology, molecular biology.

Sample USC courses for a BIOLOGY teaching area

ENS221 Accounting for Managers
ENS222 Economics for Managers
ENS318 Managing Research
LFS100 Marketing in an International Environment
LFS112 Contemporary and Emerging Issues in Health Sector Business Management
LFS122 Managing People
LFS201 Global Business Management
LFS252 Entrepreneurship and Venture Planning
LFS261 Corporate Governance, Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
MBT361 Retail Supply Chain Management and Procurement
SCI102 Supply Chain Sustainability and Risk Management
SCI212 Food Marketing

Or similar courses offered at other Australian tertiary institutions.

Suggested degrees

  • Biomedical Science
  • Science
  • Medicine
  • Vet Science
Business — available as a first and second teaching area
A combination of Business courses covering business plans, economic systems, financial management, human resource management, international business, marketing and operations management.

Sample USC courses for a BUSINESS teaching area

BUS104 Project Planning
BUS105 Project Integration
BUS203 Corporate Finance
HRM210 Marketing Management
HRM220 Research Project
IBS210 Managerial Project
MGT310 Innovation and Management Decision Making
MKG221 International Trade and Finance

Or similar courses offered at other Australian tertiary institutions.

Suggested degrees

  • Business
  • Commerce

 

Chemistry — available as a first teaching area only

 A combination of Chemistry courses covering organic, physical, inorganic, biochemistry, analytical and environmental chemistry.

Sample USC courses for a CHEMISTRY teaching area

SCI105 Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation
CHM202 Project Integration
CHM210 Managing Organisations
CHM310 Strategic Management
CHM311 International Business Law and Ethics
ENS305 Managing Across Global Cultures
LFS251 International Trade and Finance
SCI302 Management Informatics

Or similar courses offered at other Australian tertiary institutions.

Suggested degrees

  • Science

 

Chinese — available as a first and second teaching area

 A combination of courses across spoken and written Chinese. Native speakers may also be eligible.

 Suggested degrees

  • Arts
Dance — available as a first and second teaching area

A combination of studio practice courses in ballet, jazz, world dance contemporary, choreography (at university level).

Suggested degrees

  • Creative Industries
  • Performing Arts
Drama — available as a first and second teaching area

A combination of studio practice courses in acting, directing, voice or movement, stage craft and history of theatre (at university level).

Sample USC courses for a DRAMA teaching area

DRA100 Leveraging Innovation, Design and Creativity
DRA101 Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation
DRA200 Supply Chain Management
DRA201 Project Management Principles
DRA301 Project Risk
DRA302 Marketing Essentials
DRA202 Contemporary Communication Theory and Trends
DRA203 Communication for the Creative Professional
DRA204 Public Relations: Contemporary Perspectives
DRA205 Introduction to Creative Entrepreneurship

Or similar courses offered at other Australian tertiary institutions.

Suggested degrees

  • Fine Arts
  • Creative Industries
  • Performing Arts
English — available as a first and second teaching area

A combination of courses covering literature studies, creative writing, grammar, literacy and media and film studies.

Sample USC courses for an ENGLISH teaching area

CMN116 Issues in Social Media
EDU307 Introduction to Creative Advertising
EGL120 Social Media: Content Curation and Creation
EGL201 Social Media
EGL205 Social Media: Monitoring and Measurement
EGL206 Transmedia Storytelling Campaigns
EGL285 Social Media Internship
CMN213 Creativity, Design and Communication Project
CMN266 Social Media Management

Or similar courses offered at other Australian tertiary institutions.

Suggested degrees

  • Arts
  • Creative Industries
  • Creative Writing
Film, TV and New Media — available as a first teaching area only

A combination of courses covering film and media theory and production.

Sample USC courses for a FILM, TELEVISION AND NEW MEDIA teaching area

CMN104 Contexts of Practice: Mental Health Care
CMN105 Anatomy and Physiology
CMN200 Contexts of Practice: The Older Person and Family
CMN201 Introduction to Practice Competencies in Nursing
CMN202 Contexts of practice: child, youth and family
CMN300 Preparation for Practice 2
CMN303 Drug Therapy
DES101 Contexts of Practice: Health Alteration
HIS290 Nursing Practice 2

Or similar courses offered at other Australian tertiary institutions.

Suggested degrees

  • Arts
  • Creative Arts
  • Creative Industries
French — available as a first and second teaching area

A combination of courses across spoken and written French. Native speakers may also be eligible.

Suggested degrees

  • Arts
Geography — available as a first and second teaching area

A combination of courses across human geography, physical geographies, economic geography, geomorphology, bio-geography, geology, cultural studies and environmental studies.

Sample USC courses for a GEOGRAPHY teaching area

GEO100 Health Law and Ethics
GEO101 Preparation for Practice 3
GEO201 Contexts of Practice: Complex Care
GEO310 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety
GEO201 Nursing Practice 3
GEO301 Preparation and Nursing Practice 4
GEO302 Leadership in Clinical Practice
GEO310 Nursing Internship
GEO340 Contexts of Practice: Mental Health Care
GEO350 Anatomy and Physiology
GEO390 Contexts of Practice: The Older Person and Family
ENP236 Introduction to Practice Competencies in Nursing
ENP245 Contexts of practice: child, youth and family
ENS253 Drug Therapy
ENP255 Contexts of Practice: Health Alteration
ENS242 Preparation for Practice 2
ENS254 Nursing Practice 2
ENS353 Health Law and Ethics

Or similar courses offered at other Australian tertiary institutions.

Suggested degrees

  • Arts
  • Environmental Science
  • Science
German — available as a first and second teaching area

A combination of courses across spoken and written German. Native speakers may also be eligible.

Suggested degrees

  • Arts
Health and Physical Education — available as a first and second teaching area

A combination of courses across biomechanics, anatomy, physiology, motor control and learning, health and nutrition and coaching science.

Sample USC courses for a HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION teaching area

LFS103 Contexts of Practice: Complex Care
LFS112 Preparation for Practice 3
LFS122 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety
SPX102 Nursing Practice 3
SPX201 Preparation and Nursing Practice 4
SPX231 Leadership in Clinical Practice
SPX361 Nursing Internship
SPX362 Accounting Principles
SPX331 Financial Accounting
SPX322 Business Finance
SPX371 Law of Business Associations

Or similar courses offered at other Australian tertiary institutions.

Suggested degrees

  • Human Movement
  • Sport and Exercise Science
History — available as a first and second teaching area

A combination of courses across modern and ancient history.

Sample USC courses for a HISTORY teaching area

HIS100 Management Accounting
HIS140 Introduction to Economics
HIS200 Business Law and Ethics
HIS210 Introduction to Financial Planning
HIS230 Plant Diversity and Ecology
HIS240 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
HIS320 Plant Growth and Reproduction
SCS130 Cell Biology

Or similar courses offered at other Australian tertiary institutions.

Suggested degrees

  • Arts

 

Indonesian — available as a first and second teaching area

A combination of courses across spoken and written Indonesian. Native speakers may also be eligible.

Sample USC courses for an INDONESIAN teaching area

IND110 Human Physiology
IND111 Human Anatomy
IND210 Systemic Physiology I
IND211 Molecular Biology
IND310 Microbiology
IND311 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
IND220 Biodiversity and Ecology
IND221 Genetics
IND222 Introduction to Management
IND223 Introduction to Marketing
IND212 Business Law and Ethics
LNG110 Managing Human Resources

Or similar courses offered at other Australian tertiary institutions.

Suggested degrees

  • Arts
Information and Communications Technology — available as a first and second teaching area

A combination of courses covering information and intelligent systems, software and system engineering and design.

Sample USC courses for an INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY teaching area

BUS108 Managing Workplace Relations
DES105 Principles of International Business
ICT211 Small Business and New Venture Management
ICT220 Sport and Event Marketing
ICT221 Chemistry
ICT310 Organic Chemistry
ICT311 Inorganic Chemistry
ICT320 Physical Chemistry

Or similar courses offered at other Australian tertiary institutions.

Suggested degrees

  • Information Technology
Italian — available as a first and second teaching area

A combination of courses across spoken and written Italian. Native speakers may also be eligible.

Sample USC courses for an ITALIAN teaching area

ITL110 Medicinal Organic Chemistry
ITL111 Environmental Chemistry
ITL200 Biochemistry
ITL201 Analytical Sciences
ITL210 Acting 1: The actor's craft
ITL211 Dramatic Languages
ITL310
ITL311
LNG110

Or similar courses offered at other Australian tertiary institutions.

Suggested degrees

  • Arts
Japanese — available as a first and second teaching area

A combination of courses across spoken and written Japanese. Native speakers may also be eligible.

Sample USC courses for a JAPANESE teaching area

LNG110
JPN110 Introductory Japanese 1
JPN111 Introductory Japanese 2
JPN210 Intermediate Japanese 1
JPN211 Intermediate Japanese 2
JPN310 Advanced Japanese 1: Language for Japanese Media
JPN311 Advanced Japanese 2: Language for Work and Study
JPN200
JPN201

Or similar courses offered at other Australian tertiary institutions.

Suggested degrees

  • Arts

 

Mathematics — available as a first and second teaching area

A combination of Mathematics courses across calculus, algebra, numerical analysis.

Sample USC courses for a MATHEMATICS teaching area

MTH100
MTH102
MTH200
MTH202
MTH212 Discrete Mathematics
MTH302 Applied Mathematics
MTH312
ENG203
MTH381 Applied Systems Modelling
ICT221 Object-Oriented Programming
SCI202 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics

Or similar courses offered at other Australian tertiary institutions.

Suggested degrees

  •  Science
Music — available as a first and second teaching area

A combination of music related courses in composition, general music, performance and musicology.

Suggested degrees

  • Music
  • Arts (with a Music major)
Physics — available as a first teaching area only

A combination of Physics courses in force, energy motion and Mathematics courses.

Sample USC courses for a PHYSICS teaching area

SCI107 Physics
SCI110 Science Research Methods
MTH202
MTH302 Applied Mathematics
PHY201
PHY202
PHY311
ENS281

Or similar courses offered at other Australian tertiary institutions.

Suggested degrees

  • Engineering
  • Science
Science — available as a first and second teaching area

A combination of courses across anatomy, biology, chemistry, earth sciences, environmental science and physics.

Sample USC courses for a SCIENCE teaching area

CHM202 Organic Chemistry
CHM210 Inorganic Chemistry
CHM310 Physical Chemistry
CHM311 Medicinal Organic Chemistry
ENS305 Environmental Chemistry
ENS281
ENS221 Plant Diversity and Ecology
ENS222 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
LFS100 Cell Biology
LFS112 Human Physiology
LFS251 Biochemistry
LFS252 Molecular Biology
LFS261 Microbiology
MBT352 Molecular Biotechnology
MBT361 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
PHY201
PHY202
PHY311
SCI102 Biodiversity and Ecology
SCI105 Introductory Chemistry
SCI107 Physics
SCI110 Science Research Methods

Or similar courses offered at other Australian tertiary institutions.

Suggested degrees

  • Biomedical Science
  • Environmental Science
  • Science
  • Sport and Exercise Science
Spanish — available as a first and second teaching area

A combination of courses across spoken and written Spanish. Native speakers may also be eligible.

Suggested degrees

  • Arts

Study of Religion — available as a first and second teaching area

A combination of courses covering theology, major world religions, religion in Australia, religious beliefs and practices.

Suggested degrees

  • Arts

  • Theology

Visual Arts — available as a first and second teaching area

A combination of studio practice courses in painting, drawing, design, sculpture, print making and art history/theory (at a university level).

Suggested degrees

  • Fine Arts