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Minor Availability:
- Location:
Mt Lawley - Delivery Mode:
On-campus
- Location:
Joondalup
Mt Lawley - Study Mode:
Full-time
Part-time - Delivery Mode:
On-campus - Duration:
4 years full-time or equivalent part-time - Faculty:
Education and Arts - School:
Education - Code:
Y68 - CRICOS:
074171B - Indicative ATAR (TER):
65
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Bachelor of Education (Secondary)
Minor In Social Science Education
This minor prepares students for lower secondary teaching in the Society and Environment learning area, which includes history, political and legal studies, geography, and economics.
It is recommended that students choose their specialisation within this minor to enable themselves to teach in topics and explore issues from these disciplines.
The minor focuses on short and long term planning, using information technologies to enhance teaching and learning, investigative learning and developing assessment strategies to monitor learning.
Minor structure
This unitset structure contains information about the units which comprise the course as well as the credit points required to successfully complete it.
The Social Science minor prepares students for lower secondary teaching in the Society and Environment learning area, which includes history, political and legal studies, geography, and economics. It is recommended that students choose Minor Specialisation units that will enable them to teach in topics and explore issues from these disciplines. The Curriculum units focus on short and long term planning, using information technologies to enhance teaching and learning, investigative learning and developing assessment strategies to monitor learning.
| Unit | Description | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEO1150 | Geography and Environment: People, Pattern, Process | 15 | |
| ECF1110 | Economics I | 15 | |
| POL1104 | Foundations of Politics and Government | 15 | |
| Choose one from: | |||
| HIS1105 | World History | 15 | |
| HIS1106 | Themes in Australian History | 15 | |
| Curriculum Minor Units | |||
| SSE3110 | Planning and Teaching Lower Secondary Society & Environment | 15 | |
| SSE3213 | Assessment and Learning in Lower Secondary Society & Environment | 15 | |
This major can also be studied in the following courses: