Teaching
Master
Location - Hobart, Launceston (check availability for areas of interest), on campus, external or mixed mode
Fees - Commonwealth supported
Intake - February
Duration - 2 years
The Master of Teaching is a 2-year course, taken after the completion of a first degree, in an area other than teaching or education. The course is intended to provide teaching practice and skills to enable the beginning teacher to cope with the early years of teaching and to lay a foundation for further professional development in both theory and practice of education.
The Master of Teaching qualification is an innovative teacher education program to prepare students to teach in a number of streams.
The Master of Teaching is available externally, with the exception of the Design & Technology specialisation. The streams, and locations from which they are taught, are listed below:
| Specialisation | Campus |
Minimum Prerequisites |
| Primary (K-6) | Launceston, Hobart, external | Bachelor degree |
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Secondary - Specialisations
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Secondary - Specialisations
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| Design & Technology | Launceston |
Bachelor degree with 4 units in relevant area e.g. architecture, CAD, food science, engineering, visual art, design |
| English-literacy | Launceston, Hobart, external | Bachelor degree with 4 units in english |
| General Sciences | Launceston, Hobart, external | Bachelor degree with 4 units in science e.g. physics, chemistry, biology, zoology, geology, botany |
| Information Technology | Launceston, Hobart, external | Bachelor degree with 4 units in computing or information systems |
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Languages other than English (LOTE) |
Launceston, Hobart, external | Bachelor degreewith 4 units in a language other than english |
| Mathematics | Launceston, Hobart, external | Bachelor degree with 4 units in mathematics |
| Multimedia | Launceston, Hobart, external | Bachelor degree with 4 units in multimedia e.g. photography, graphic design,theatre studies, video production & editing,e-media, web design, 3D design |
| Performing Arts (Drama) | Launceston, Hobart, external | Bachelor degree with 4 units in drama, theatre or equivalent studies |
| Performing Arts (Music) | Launceston, Hobart, external | Bachelor degree with 4 units in music |
| Social Sciences | Launceston, Hobart, external | Bachelor degreewith 4 units in social sciences e.g. history, philosophy,geograpghy,political science, sociology, psychology |
| Visual Art | Launceston, Hobart, external | Bachelor degree with 4 units in art, fine arts or equivalent studies |