The Bachelor of Arts, Master of Teaching (Primary R-7) double degree is a pre-service teacher education course which requires five years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time). Students who study part-time would normally be expected to complete the double degree program within ten years.
The course is offered by the Faculty of Education, Humanities and Law.
A Lutheran pathway is available in the fifth year of study for students wishing to teach in that system and a languages stream is available for qualified students who wish to teach a language(s) in Primary R-7 schools (see stream coordinator).
Admission requirements
The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements.
Course aims
The course aims to provide graduates with a sound basis of knowledge in their chosen areas of study in the Bachelor of Arts together with the ability to apply an advanced/specialised body of content and pedagogical knowledge, skills and dispositions to:
- plan, implement and advocate transformative teaching and learning in the primary years
- enact policies and practices that take account of social and individual difference, ensuring that all children learn in safe and supportive environments
- work independently and collaboratively with children, colleagues and communities to construct and assess inclusive and intellectually challenging curriculum in the primary years
- engage in critical reflection and continuing professional learning through a variety of pathways including research-based projects
Learning outcomes
On completion of the double degree program graduates will be able to:
- demonstrate achievement of the learning outcomes of the Bachelor of Arts and be able to apply these in an education setting
- synthesise in-depth, current knowledge and an integrated understanding of the theories, content and processes of learning and teaching in the primary years
- articulate advanced knowledge and reflexivity regarding children’s development and individual and social differences, including for Indigenous Australians
- apply the cognitive, technical and creative skills and dispositions to create and maintain mutually respectful and safe/socially just learning environments in the primary years
- communicate respectfully with students, colleagues, parents and communities to enhance professional practice and student learning in primary schools
- apply the cognitive, technical and creative skills to construct and assess inclusive and intellectually challenging curriculum in the primary years
- demonstrate and apply sound knowledge of research principles and methods to complete a research based project in primary education
- commit to ongoing professional learning to do with new discourses, debates and issues in education as they arise in the primary years
- demonstrate dispositions towards relational and transformative education and a strong sense of themselves as agents, advocates and leading professionals in the primary years.
Program of study
To qualify for the double degree of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Teaching (Primary R-7), a student must:
- complete 180 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, consisting of 108 units in the Bachelor of Arts and 72 units in the Master of Teaching, according to the program of study below; and
- meet the required benchmark in the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students (LANTITE). Students must normally meet the benchmark within three attempts. Further attempts may be recommended by the Faculty Board under exceptional circumstances.
Except with the permission of the Faculty Board, a student may not proceed to the Master level topics in years four and five unless they have satisfactorily completed the first three years of the double degree.
Students will normally need to have achieved a GPA of 5.00 or higher in the first 108 units to enter the Masters component in the final two years of the double degree. Under exceptional circumstances and subject to specific conditions, the Faculty Board may permit students who do not meet this GPA requirement to enter the final two years of the double degree. Those not meeting this requirement will transfer to the four-year Bachelor of Education (Primary R-7), Bachelor of Arts double degree.
Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Education (Primary R-7), Bachelor of Arts may transfer to Bachelor of Arts, Master of Teaching (Primary R-7) if they have achieved a GPA of at least 5.00 after completion of 36 or 72 units of the degree. Under exceptional circumstances and subject to specific conditions, the Faculty Board may invite other students to transfer.
Students who commence, but subsequently do not wish to complete, the double degree program may be eligible to exit with:
- a Bachelor of Education Studies or a Bachelor of Arts after completing 108 units, if they have met the course rule requirements for one of those awards; or
- a Bachelor of Education (Primary R-7), Bachelor of Arts double degree after completing 144 units, if they have met the course rule requirements for that degree.
Except with the permission of the Board:
- no compulsory Education topic may be taken more than twice
- professional experience topics may not be attempted more than once.
Students should note that professional experience topics require full-time commitment for their duration.
The 108 unit Bachelor of Arts component must include:
- COMS1001 Academic and Professional Communication;
- 36 units of one Arts major sequence selected from the list below;
- 22.5 units of one Arts minor sequence selected from the list below;
- 4.5 units of Arts electives which can be selected from any one of the BA majors/minors at any level provided the entry requirements are met; and
- 40.5 units of Education topics.
Bachelor of Arts component
Core - Year 1 topics
13.5 units comprising
COMS1001 Academic and Professional Communication (4.5 units)
EDUC1120 Teaching and Educational Contexts (4.5 units)
EDUC1222 English Curriculum Studies 1 (4.5 units)
EDUC1226 Professional Experience: Year 1 (Primary R-7) (0 units)
Option - Year 1 topics
Choose 22.5 units comprising:
9 units of BA Major topics
9 units of BA Minor topics
4.5 units of BA Elective topics*
*BA electives can be selected from any of the BA majors/minors at any level provided the entry requirements are met
Core - Year 2 topics
9 units comprising
EDUC2322 Learners and their Development (Primary) (4.5 units)
EDUC2325 Professional Experience: Year 2A (Primary R-7) (0 units)
EDUC2422 Mathematics Curriculum Studies (4.5 units)
EDUC2425 Professional Experience: Year 2B (Primary R-7) (0 units)
Option - Year 2 topics
Choose 27 units comprising:
13.5 units of BA Major topics
13.5 units of BA Minor topics
Core - Year 3 topics
27 units comprising:
EDUC3523 Expressive Arts Curriculum Studies: Visual Art, Drama, Media, Music and Dance (4.5 units)
EDUC3524 Health and Physical Education Curriculum Studies (4.5 units)
EDUC3529 Professional Experience: Year 3A (Primary R-7) (0 units)
EDUC3624 Science and Design & Technology Curriculum Studies (4.5 units)
EDUC3625 Numeracy and ICT Across the Curriculum (4.5 units)
EDUC3641 Professional Experience: Year 3B (Primary R-7) (4.5 units)
EDUC7xxx Relationships for Learning (4.5 units)#
Option - Year 3 topics
Choose 9 units of BA Major topics
Master of Teaching (Primary R-7) component
Core - Year 4 topics
27 units comprising:
EDUC9310 English Curriculum Studies 2: Literature Studies and Approaches to Teaching (4.5 units)
EDUC9311 Social Sciences Curriculum Studies: History, Geography & Civics (4.5 units)
EDUC9312 Professional Experience 2: Assessment for Registration (Primary R-7) (4.5 units)
EDUC9400 Critical Indigenous Pedagogies (4.5 units)
EDUC9401 The Reflective Professional in Action (4.5 units)
EDUC9406 Differentiation and Inclusive Educational Practices (4.5 units)
Option - Year 4 topics
Choose 9 units comprising:
4.5 units chosen from the list of Option - Year 5 - Master of Education topics below
4.5 units of BA Major topics^
Core - Year 5 topics
4.5 units comprising:
EDUC9761 Approaches to Research (4.5 units)
Option - Year 5 - Research topics
Choose either a 4.5 unit Independent Research Study or an 18 unit Dissertation:
EDUC9719 Independent Research Study (4.5 units)
OR complete the following 18 unit Dissertation
EDUC9724A Dissertation in Education (4.5/18 units)
EDUC9724B Dissertation in Education (4.5/18 units)
EDUC9724C Dissertation in Education (4.5/18 units)
EDUC9724D Dissertation in Education (4.5/18 units)
Option - Year 5 - Master of Education topics
Select the remaining topics from the list below to fulfil the 36 unit year 5 requirement. Students may choose topics from a single Master of Education specialisation area as listed below or can choose topics from a range of these specialisation areas:
Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice
EDUC8731 Motivation, Cognition and Metacognition in Learning (4.5 units)
EDUC9732 Teaching to Develop Motivation, Cognition and Metacognition (4.5 units)
EDUC9733 The Psychology of Learning and Instruction (4.5 units)
EDUC9734 Applications of Psychology to Learning and Instruction (4.5 units)
EDUC9735 Research Design in Cognition and Instruction (4.5 units)
EDUC9736 Research Application in Cognition and Instruction (4.5 units)
Educational Research, Evaluation and Assessment
AUST9000 Indigenous Research Methodologies (4.5 units)
EDUC9762 Introduction to Statistics (4.5 units)
EDUC9763 Survey and Questionnaire Methods (4.5 units)
EDUC9764 Methods in Ethnography (4.5 units)
EDUC9765 Researching Texts and Documents (4.5 units)
EDUC9766 Multivariate and Multilevel Statistics for Educational Research (4.5 units)
EDUC9767 Assessment in Education (4.5 units)
EDUC9769 Measuring Educational Achievement (4.5 units)
Gifted Education
EDUC8791 Gifted Education: Conceptions of Giftedness, Intelligence and Creativity (4.5 units)
EDUC9792 Gifted Education: Curriculum and Differentiation (4.5 units)
EDUC9793 Gifted Education: Program Design and Evaluation (4.5 units)
EDUC9794 Gifted Education: Affective Development (4.5 units)
Higher Education
EDUC8905 Higher Education: A Global Context (4.5 units)
EDUC9906 Higher Education: Global Perspectives on Teaching and Learning (4.5 units)
International Baccalaureate
EDUC8821 IBMYP Curriculum Foundations (4.5 units)
EDUC9822 IBMYP Curriculum Processes (4.5 units)
EDUC9823 Teaching, Learning and Assessment in the IBMYP (4.5 units)
EDUC9824 Classroom Diversity and the IBMYP (4.5 units)
Languages Education
EDUC8602 Leaders and Leadership (4.5 units)
EDUC8731 Motivation, Cognition and Metacognition in Learning (4.5 units)
EDUC9701 Effective Use of ICT for Learning and Teaching (4.5 units)
EDUC9704 Exploring Languages Pedagogy - Theory and Practice (4.5 units)
EDUC9705 Developing Literacies Through Intercultural Language Learning (4.5 units)
EDUC9706 Visualising Language Learning (4.5 units)
EDUC9708 New Technologies and e-pedagogy in Foreign Language Education (4.5 units)
EDUC9732 Teaching to Develop Motivation, Cognition and Metacognition (4.5 units)
EDUC9733 The Psychology of Learning and Instruction (4.5 units)
EDUC9767 Assessment in Education (4.5 units)
ESOL8001 Second Language Learning and Teaching (4.5 units)
ESOL8002 Second Language Testing (4.5 units)
LANG8001 Introduction to Second Language Acquisition (4.5 units)
LANG8002 Second Language Teaching Methodology (4.5 units)
Leadership and Management
EDUC8601 Strategic Thinking and Planning (4.5 units)
EDUC8602 Leaders and Leadership (4.5 units)
EDUC8618 Pedagogical Leadership (4.5 units)
EDUC9603 Theories of Organisational Change (4.5 units)
EDUC9604 Managing Human Resources (4.5 units)
EDUC9605 Knowledge Management for Organisational Learning (4.5 units)
EDUC9606 Planning Change in Organisations (4.5 units)
EDUC9608 Globalisation, Development and Education (4.5 units)
EDUC9609 Leadership and Management in Rural Contexts (4.5 units)
EDUC9610 Developing People in Organisations (4.5 units)
EDUC9611 Managing Innovation in Organisations (4.5 units)
EDUC9616 Leadership and Management in Education (4.5 units)
EDUC9617 Education Governance (4.5 units)
EDUC9707 Leading Change in the Digital Age (4.5 units)
Special Education
EDUC8129 Contemporary Issues in Special Education (4.5 units)
EDUC8541 Studies in Vision Impairment 1 (4.5 units)
EDUC8731 Motivation, Cognition and Metacognition in Learning (4.5 units)
EDUC8791 Gifted Education: Conceptions of Giftedness, Intelligence and Creativity (4.5 units)
EDUC9307 Educational Planning and Assessment for Students with Special Needs (4.5 units)
EDUC9406 Differentiation and Inclusive Educational Practices (4.5 units)
EDUC9409 Intervention for Students with Numeracy Difficulties (4.5 units)
EDUC9501 Understanding Behaviour in Educational Contexts (4.5 units)
EDUC9503 Supporting Behaviour Change (4.5 units)
EDUC9504 Supporting Positive Behaviour in Schools (4.5 units)
EDUC9511 Complex Communication Needs and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (4.5 units)
EDUC9512 Supporting Learners with Disability and Challenging Behaviour (4.5 units)
EDUC9513 Designing Individualised Functional Curriculum (4.5 units)
EDUC9521 Supporting Students with Learning Difficulties in Schools (4.5 units)
EDUC9522 Intervention for Students with Literacy Difficulties (4.5 units)
EDUC9531 Current Perspectives in Early Intervention (4.5 units)
EDUC9532 Early Intervention: Learning From and Through Play (4.5 units)
EDUC9542 Studies in Vision Impairment 2 (4.5 units)
EDUC9543 Studies in Braille: Research and Practice (4.5 units)
EDUC9544 Studies in Orientation and Mobility: Research and Practice (4.5 units)
EDUC9551 Introduction to Sensory Impairment (4.5 units)
EDUC9552 Collaborative Consultation (4.5 units)
EDUC9553 Autism Spectrum Disorders: Teaching and Learning (4.5 units)
EDUC9709 Mindfulness and the Inner World of Teaching and Learning (4.5 units)
EDUC9732 Teaching to Develop Motivation, Cognition and Metacognition (4.5 units)
EDUC9792 Gifted Education: Curriculum and Differentiation (4.5 units)
Studies of Asia
EDUC8881 Studies of Asia Across the Curriculum: An Introduction (4.5 units)
EDUC8883 Studies of Asia: Contemporary Issues and Values (4.5 units)
EDUC9882 Studies of Asia: Premodern Asian Societies and Cultures (4.5 units)
EDUC9884 Studies of Asia: Arts Learning Area 1 (Sources and Contexts) (4.5 units)
EDUC9885 Studies of Asia: Arts Learning Area 2 (Contemporary Arts of Asia) (4.5 units)
EDUC9886 Studies of Asia: English Learning Area 1 (Literatures from Asia) (4.5 units)
EDUC9887 Studies of Asia: English Learning Area 2 (Contemporary Asian Literature) (4.5 units)
EDUC9888 Studies of Asia: Utilising In-Country Experience (4.5 units)
Wellbeing and Positive Mental Health
EDUC8601 Strategic Thinking and Planning (4.5 units)
EDUC8602 Leaders and Leadership (4.5 units)
EDUC8731 Motivation, Cognition and Metacognition in Learning (4.5 units)
EDUC9531 Current Perspectives in Early Intervention (4.5 units)
EDUC9552 Collaborative Consultation (4.5 units)
EDUC9606 Planning Change in Organisations (4.5 units)
EDUC9702 Teaching and learning to promote wellbeing and positive mental health in schools and early childhood services (4.5 units)
EDUC9709 Mindfulness and the Inner World of Teaching and Learning (4.5 units)
Other Education Options
EDUC9502 Assessment, Planning and Teaching in Behaviour (4.5 units)
EDUC9612 Advanced Issues in Education (4.5 units)
EDUC9612A Advanced Issues in Education A (4.5 units)
EDUC9703 Postgraduate Education: Purposes and Practices (4.5 units)
EDUC9851 Constructions of Education and Social Justice (4.5 units)
EDUC9852 Ethics in Education (4.5 units)
EDUC9921 Issues in Professional Learning (4.5 units)
EDUC9922 Models of Professional Learning (4.5 units)
EDUC9923 Leading Professional Learning (4.5 units)
# This topic counts towards the Master of Teaching (Primary R-7) component of the double degree
^ This topic counts towards the Bachelor of Arts component of the double degree
The following majors or minors can be studied within the Bachelor of Arts component of the double degree:
- American Studies
- Applied Linguistics
- Archaeology
- Australian Studies
- Biological Sciences
- Business Studies
- Chinese#
- Creative Writing
- Criminology
- Drama
- Earth Sciences
- English
- French
- Geography and Environmental Studies
- German#
- Health Education (minor only)
- History
- Indigenous Studies (minor only)
- Indonesian
- Information Technology
- International Relations
- Italian
- Japanese#
- Latin American Studies (minor only)
- Law and Society
- Liberal Arts (minor only)
- Mathematics
- Modern Greek
- Philosophy
- Physical Education
- Politics
- Professional Studies (minor only)
- Public Policy
- Screen and Media
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Statistics (minor only)
- Visual Arts
- Women's Studies
# Chinese, German and Japanese are available cross-institutionally at the University of Adelaide. Please refer to http://hss.adelaide.edu.au/current-students/undergrad/majorsminors/