October UNIT SELECTION GUIDE Bachelor of Education (Sec: Humanities & Social Science) and Bachelor of Arts

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October 2015

2016 UNIT SELECTION GUIDE

Bachelor of Education (Sec: Humanities & Social Science) and Bachelor of Arts

In this degree students must complete the following:

1. Two teaching areas - students must choose a first and second teaching area. Students will be qualified to teach to HSC level in both areas.

a. First teaching area – students must choose a first teaching area from the table below. This first teaching area will determine the Bachelor of Arts major.

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b. Second teaching area – students must choose a second teaching area from either the table above or the table below.

2. Bachelor of Arts major – students must complete a Bachelor of Arts major that will relate to the first teaching area. Students may also complete an additional Bachelor of Arts major that will relate to the second teaching area, but this is not compulsory.

*Students selecting Ancient History as a first teaching area CANNOT undertake Modern History as a second teaching area and vice versa.

** Students selecting Commerce/Economics as a first teaching area CANNOT undertake Commerce/Business Studies as a second teaching area.

#_{TESOL is also available to students as a third teaching area option in fifth year. Students must have completed at} least four units of English and/or linguistics and/or a language to undertake TESOL.

%_{Aboriginal Studies is also available to students as a third teaching area option in fifth year. Students must have} completed at least four units of Indigenous Australian Studies to undertake Aboriginal Studies.

First or Second Teaching Areas Related Bachelor of Arts Major

Aboriginal Studies% Indigenous Australian Studies

Ancient History* Ancient History

Drama Performance Studies

Economics/Commerce** Political Economy OR Economics

English English OR Australian Literature

Modern History* History

Languages

Arabic Arabic Language and Literature

Chinese Chinese Studies

French French Studies

German Germanic Studies

Indonesian Indonesian Studies

Italian Italian Studies

Japanese Japanese Studies

Korean Korean Studies

Latin Latin

Modern Greek Modern Greek

Modern Hebrew Hebrew (Modern)

Spanish Spanish and Latin American Studies

Second Teaching Areas Related Bachelor of Arts Major

Business Studies/Commerce** Industrial Relations & Human Resource Management^ Classical Hebrew and Judaism Hebrew (Classical)^

Geography Geography^

TESOL# _{Linguistics^ OR English OR a language}

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COURSE STRUCTURE GRID

The table below details all of the units of study required to complete the degree, and the order in which they must be completed. The shaded boxes indicate all Education units of study. The white boxes indicate units of study undertaken in Arts, Science and Business.

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GLOSSARY

Bachelor of Arts major Students must complete 36 senior (2000/3000-level) credit points in the

nominated area to obtain a Bachelor of Arts major. The Arts major must relate to the first teaching area. Completing a second major is possible and this must relate to the second teaching area.

Teaching Areas Choose from list above. Students must have two.

Junior unit unit of study at 1000 level (eg ENGL1002, HSTY1076)

Intermediate unit unit of study at 2000 level (ECON2385, MATH2590)

(Faculty of Science & Business School only)

Senior unit unit of study at 2000 or 3000 level (Eg. ENGL3057, JPNS2004, HSTY2304)

(Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences & Faculty of Science & Business School)

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ABORIGINAL STUDIES

First Teaching Area (Bachelor of Arts major): students must complete a major (6 senior (2000/3000-level) units) in Indigenous Studies and complete units as listed below in years 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the degree. Second Teaching area: students must complete the units as listed below in years 1 and 2 of the degree.

YEAR 1

Students must complete the following units:

INDG1001 Introduction to Indigenous Cultures (Sem 1) INDG1002 Introduction to Indigenous History (Sem 2)

YEAR 2

Students must complete the following:

KOCR2603 Indigenous Health and Communities (Sem 1) INDG2002 Indigenous Art and Culture (Sem 2)

YEAR 3

TWO senior (2000/3000-level) units of study in Indigenous Studies (KOCR or INDG)^

YEAR 4

TWO senior (2000/3000-level) units of study in Indigenous Studies (KOCR or INDG)^

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CLASSICAL HEBREW AND JUDAISM

First Teaching Area (Bachelor of Arts major): Classical Hebrew and Judaism is NOT available as a first teaching area.

Second Teaching area: students must complete the units as listed below in years 1 and 2 of the degree. Jewish Civilisation, Thought and Culture

It is recommended, in addition to the compulsory units listed below, that students complete some senior (2000-level) units of study in Jewish Civilisation, Thought and Culture (JCTC). This study can be completed in year five^.

YEAR 1

HBRW1111 Hebrew Classical B1 (Sem 1) HBRW1112 Hebrew Classical B2 (Sem 2)

NB: it is strongly recommended that students also complete the following units:

JCTC1001 Palestine: Roman Rule to Islam (Sem 1) JCTC1002 Jewish Settlement Outside Palestine (Sem 2)

YEAR 2

HBRW2625 Hebrew Classical 5 (Sem 1)

HBRW3602 Hebrew Classical Advanced 6 (Sem 2)

^ For a full list of available units, please consult the Faculty of Education and Social Work (Undergraduate

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COMMERCE / BUSINESS STUDIES

*STUDENTS CANNOT TAKE BUSINESS STUDIES IN CONJUNCTION WITH ECONOMICS/COMMERCE*

First Teaching Area (Bachelor of Arts major): Commerce/Business Studies is NOT available as a first teaching area.

Second Teaching area: students must complete the units as listed below in years 1 and 2 of the degree.

YEAR 1

Students must complete the following unit:

BUSS1030 Accounting, Business and Society* (Sem 1 or Sem 2)

*Please note: this unit of study is taught by the Sydney Business School and is very demanding. All students are highly recommended to register for Peer-Assisted Study Sessions for extra support. For more information, please consult the Business School Website:

http://sydney.edu.au/business/study/services/pass and ONE of the following units:

WORK1003 Foundations of Work and Employment (Sem 1 or Sem 2) ECOP1001 Economics as a Social Science (Sem 1)

NB: if students intend to study a senior (2000/3000-level) Political Economy (ECOP) unit in year 2, then students must complete ECOP1001 and the following unit:

ECOP1003 International Economy and Finance (Sem 2)

YEAR 2

Students must complete ONE of the following management units:

WORK2201 Foundations of Management (Sem 1) WORK2209 Managing Oganisational Change (Sem 1) WORK2210 Strategic Management (Sem 2)

WORK2217 International Human Resource Management (Sem 1) WORK2218 Managing Organisational Behaviour (Sem 1)

WORK2219 Managing Organisational Sustainability (Sem 1) WORK2222 Leadership in Organisations (Sem 2)

and ONE of the following units:

ONE senior (2000/3000-level) unit in Political Economy (ECOP)^

ONE senior (2000/3000-level) unit in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management (WORK)^

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COMMERCE / ECONOMICS

First Teaching Area (Bachelor of Arts major): complete a MAJOR in Political Economy and undertake units as listed below in Years 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the degree.

YEAR 1

ECOP1001 Economics as a Social Science (Sem 1) ECOP1003 International Economy and Finance (Sem 2)

NB: it is recommended (but not mandatory) that students also complete ONE of the following units:

ECON1001 Introductory Microeconomics (Sem 1 or Sem 2) ECON1002 Introductory Macroeconomics (Sem 1 or Sem 2)

YEAR 2

Students must complete TWO of the following core units:

ECOP2011 Economic Theories of Modern Capitalism (Sem 1) ECOP2012 Social Foundations of Modern Capitalism (Sem 1) ECOP2612 Economic Policy in Global Context (Sem 2)

YEAR 3

TWO senior (2000/3000-level) units in Political Economy (ECOP)^

YEAR 4

TWO senior (2000/3000-level) units in Political Economy (ECOP)^

^ ONE of these senior units must be at 3000-level in order to meet the requirements for a Political Economy major. For a full list of available units, please consult the Faculty of Education and Social Work

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DRAMA

First Teaching Area (Bachelor of Arts major): complete a MAJOR in Performance Studies and undertake units as listed below in Years 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the degree.

Second Teaching area: complete the units as listed below in years 1, 2 of the degree.

YEAR 1

PRFM1601 Performance: Process and Collaboration (Sem 1) PRFM1602 Dangerous Performances (Sem 2)

NB: it is recommended (but not mandatory) that students complete the following units:

EDGU1001 Creativity, Youth Culture and the Arts (Sem 1) EDGU1002 Youth and Digital Culture (Sem 2)

YEAR 2

Students must complete the following core units:

PRFM2601 Being There: Theories of Performance (Sem 1) PRFM2602 Performance: Production and Interpretation (Sem 2)

YEAR 3

TWO senior (2000/3000-level) units in Performance Studies (PRFM)^

YEAR 4

TWO senior (2000/3000-level) units in Performance Studies (PRFM)^

^ ONE of these senior units must be at 3000-level in order to meet the requirements for a Performance Studies major. For a full list of available units, please consult the Faculty of Education and Social Work

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ENGLISH

First Teaching Area (Bachelor of Arts major): complete a MAJOR in English OR Australian Literature and undertake

units as listed below in Years 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the degree.

Second Teaching Area: complete the units as listed below in years 1 and 2 of the degree.

Literature-based units: First Teaching Area students must complete a minimum of SIX literature-based units. Second

Teaching Area students MUST complete a minimum of FOUR literature-based units.

YEAR 1

Students must complete the following literature-based units:

ENGL1002 Narratives of Romance and Adventure (Sem 1) ENGL1026 Constructing the Fictive Self (Sem 1)

ENGL1012 The Gothic Imagination (Sem 2)

PLEASE NOTE: The following unit is NOT a literature-based unit:

ENGL1011 Introduction to Film Studies (Sem 2)

YEAR 2

TWO senior (2000/3000-level) literature-based units in English (ENGL) or Australian Literature (ASLT)^

YEAR 3

YEAR 4

PLEASE NOTE: The following units are NOT literature-based units:

ENGL2666 Creative Writing: Theory and Practice ENGL2653 Western Theories of Language ENGL3633 Introduction to Old English

Linguistics: students may complete ONE unit of study in Linguistics (LNGS) in year 4, provided that six

literature-based units have already been completed.

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GEOGRAPHY

First Teaching Area (Bachelor of Arts major): Geography is NOT available as a first teaching area. Second Teaching area: students must complete the units as listed below in years 1 and 2 of the degree.

YEAR 1

Students must complete ALL of the following units:

GEOS1001 Earth, Environment & Society (Sem 1) GEOS1002 Introductory Geography (Sem 2)

YEAR 2

TWO intermediate (2000-level) units in Geography (GEOS)^

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For a full list of available units, please consult the Faculty of Education and Social Work (Undergraduate

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HISTORY (ANCIENT)

First Teaching Area (Bachelor of Arts major): students must complete a MAJOR in Ancient History and complete units as listed below in years 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the degree.

YEAR 1

Students must complete ONE of the following ancient history units:

ANHS1600 Foundations for Ancient Greece (Sem 1) ANHS1601 Foundations for Ancient Rome (Sem 2) ANHS1602 Greek and Roman Myth (Sem 2)

and ONE of the following archaeology units:

ARCA1000 Early Humans: Hunters and Farmers (Sem 1) ARCA1001 Ancient Civilisations (Sem 2)

YEAR 2

TWO senior (2000/3000-level) units in Ancient History (ANHS)^

YEAR 3

TWO senior (2000/3000-level) units in Ancient History (ANHS)^

YEAR 4

TWO senior (2000/3000-level) cross-listed units in History (HSTY)*

^ ONE of these senior units must be at 3000-level in order to meet the requirements for an Ancient History major.

*Students MUST complete TWO cross-listed units from History (HSTY) in year 4. For a full list of available units, please consult the Faculty of Education and Social Work (Undergraduate and Graduate Entry)

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HISTORY (MODERN)

First Teaching Area (Bachelor of Arts major): students must complete a MAJOR in History and complete units as listed below in years 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the degree.

Second Teaching area: students must complete units as listed below in year 1 and 2 of the degree. Units required for teacher accreditation

To achieve teacher accreditation, students MUST complete

• at least ONE unit that explores the nature of contact history in the context of Aboriginal and indigenous peoples of the world:

o HSTY1089 Australia: Conflict and Transformation

• at least ONE of the following units that explores key features and issues of periods of peace and conflict in the 20th century:

o HSTY1044 Twentieth-Century Europe

o HSTY1076 American History from Lincoln to Obama

YEAR 1

HSTY1089 Australia: Conflict and Transformation (Sem 2)

and the following:

ONE junior (1000-level) unit in History (HSTY)

YEAR 2

TWO senior (2000/3000-level) units in History (HSTY)

YEAR 3

TWO senior (2000/3000-level) units in History (HSTY)^

YEAR 4

TWO senior (2000/3000-level) cross-listed units in Ancient History (ANHS)*

^ ONE of these senior units must be at 3000-level in order to meet the requirements for a History major. *Students MUST complete TWO cross-listed units from Ancient History (ANHS) in year 4. For a full list of available units, please consult the Faculty of Education and Social Work (Undergraduate and Graduate

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LANGUAGES

First Teaching Area (Bachelor of Arts major): students must complete a MAJOR in a Language and complete units as listed below in years 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the degree. The major must include at least FOUR language units (not culture units).

Second Teaching area: students must complete units as listed below in year 1 and 2 of the degree. ALL of these units must be language units (not culture units).

Languages available: • Arabic • Chinese (Mandarin) • French • German • Greek (Modern) • Hebrew (Modern) • Indonesian • Italian • Japanese • Korean • Latin • Spanish

It is possible to have two languages as the teaching areas (‘double languages’).

Eg. First Teaching Area - French, Second Teaching Area – Japanese

YEAR 1

TWO junior (1000-level) units in the chosen language^

YEARS 2, 3 and 4

SIX senior (2000/3000-level) units in the chosen language^

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MATHEMATICS

First Teaching Area (Bachelor of Arts major): Mathematics is NOT available as a first teaching area. Second Teaching area: students must complete the units as listed below in years 1 and 2 of the degree.

YEAR 1

Students who have completed HSC Mathematics Extension 2 (4-unit) or equivalent may wish to complete Advanced Mathematics units of study and should seek advice from the School of Mathematics and Statistics.

Students who have completed HSC Mathematics Extension 1 (3-unit) or equivalent, should complete FOUR of the following units:

MATH1001 Differential Calculus (Sem 1) MATH1002 Linear Algebra (Sem 1)

MATH1003 Integral Calculus and Modeling (Sem 2) MATH1004 Discrete Mathematics (Sem 2)

MATH1005 Statistics (Sem 2)

Students who have completed 2-unit Mathematics or equivalent should complete FOUR of the following units:

MATH1011 Applications of Calculus (Sem 1) MATH1015 Biostatistics (Sem 1)

MATH1013 Mathematical Modelling (Sem 2) MATH1014 Introduction to Linear Algebra (Sem 2) MATH1004 Discrete Mathematics (Sem 2)

Please note students should aim to achieve a CREDIT (65.0 or above) in MATH1011 and MATH1013 in order to prepare for Year 2 Mathematics units of study that involve higher calculus.

Students who have completed General Mathematics or equivalent must seek special permission to complete the following unit:

MATH1111 Introduction to Calculus (Sem 1)

and TWO of the following units:

MATH1004 Discrete Mathematics (Sem 2) MATH1005 Statistics (Sem 2)

MATH1013 Mathematical Modelling (Sem 2) MATH1014 Introduction to Linear Algebra (Sem 2)

Please note: students should aim to achieve a DISTINCTION (75.0 or above) in MATH1111 and a CREDIT (65.0 or above) in MATH1013 in order to prepare for Year 2 Mathematics units of study that involve higher calculus.

Mathematics Bridging Courses

There are two bridging courses available for students to gain additional early support:

• The Extension 1 Course is for people who have completed Mathematics (2-Unit) in the HSC and wish to enrol in a unit of study for which Extension 1 Mathematics (3-Unit) is assumed knowledge.

• The 2 Unit Course is for people who have not completed Mathematics (2-Unit) and wish to enrol in a unit of study for which 2-Unit Mathematics is assumed knowledge. The main content of this course will be an introduction to differential calculus together with revision of the necessary algebra and coordinate geometry. Knowledge of basic Year 10 mathematics will be assumed.

The Bridging Courses run during February and incur an additional cost. For more information, please consult the Mathematics Learning Centre website:

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YEAR 2

Students must complete TWO intermediate units in Mathematics (MATH). For a full list of available units, please consult the Faculty of Education and Social Work (Undergraduate and Graduate Entry) Handbook. (http://sydney.edu.au/handbooks/education_social_work/)

To obtain the necessary content for teaching, the following units are strongly recommended:

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TESOL – Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

First Teaching Area (Bachelor of Arts major): TESOL is NOT available as a first teaching area. Second Teaching area: students must complete the units as listed below in years 1 and 2 of the degree. TESOL as a third teaching area

TESOL is also available as a third teaching area that can be completed in year 5 of the degree. Both the second and third teaching area pathways lead to qualification as a TESOL teacher, and require the completion of the units outlined below.

YEAR 1

TWO junior (1000-level) units in Linguistics (LNGS), English (ENGL) or a language^

YEAR 2

TWO senior (2000/3000-level) units in Linguistics (LNGS), English (ENGL) or a language^

^For a full list of available units, please consult the Faculty of Education and Social Work (Undergraduate