This guide is designed to help you plan your enrolment for the first year. It doesn’t include the full details of your course but it will help you enrol in your initial units. This guide should be read in conjunction with the course map and course rules.

By carefully following the advice here you will be correctly enrolled in your units for the first year. Enrolling in units that are not part of the course rules may mean that you cannot finish on time and you may have to take additional units to meet the requirements. If you are unsure about any aspects of your course, please contact your Course Coordinator. More information about progressing to the second year will be provided in your first year.

The Handbook is an important document that provides details about your course rules. You should become familiar with it now as it will be useful throughout your course. Select the current year and type the name of your course into the search field.

We recommend you complete your enrolment on a desktop or laptop computer instead of on a mobile device.

Select your course from the list below

Choose your teaching areas

In this course, you must select two different teaching areas of study that you would like to teach, for example, English and Geography.

You will choose from the available studies in the Teaching Area List . One from the Teaching Area 1 group and one from the Teaching Area 2 group, subject to availability on your campus. If you aren't sure, choose something that you think you might be interested in. You will be allowed to change your teaching area/s over the next 18 months.

When you have selected your two teaching areas, find the relevant units in the Table of Units. Find two units for Teaching Area 1 (one in Semester 1 and one in Semester 2) and one unit for Teaching Area 2 ( in Semester 2). When you have found your three units, write them down so you can easily remember them later.

You cannot choose the teaching areas of Biology, Chemistry, Physical Education, Outdoor Education or Design and Technologies in this course.

Enrol in your units

Your full list of units will look like this:

Semester 1

EDES100 Understanding Learning and Teaching
Elective Unit (enrol in EDCU150 Literacy and Numeracy for Secondary Teachers)
Core Curriculum Unit 1​
Teaching Area 1 unit (chosen from the Table of Units) 

 

Semester 2

EDES103 Understanding Learners and Their Contexts
EDES104 Digital Cultures and CapabilitiesTeaching Area 1 unit (chosen from the Table of Units) 
​Teaching Area 1 unit (chosen from the Table of Units) 
​Teaching Area 2 unit (chosen from the Table of Units) 

You will enrol in your units via Student Connect. If you need help using the enrolment system, please contact AskACU and a friendly student advisor will assist you.

Note: If you start your course in Semester 2 (midyear), you will enrol in those units first then enrol in the Semester 1 units for the following year. Re-enrolment opens in October each year.

 

Choose your teaching area

In this course, your first teaching area is Mathematics. You must select one additional area of study that you would like to teach, for example, English or History.

You will choose from the available studies in the Teaching Area List, from the Teaching Area 2 group, subject to availability on your campus. If you aren't sure, choose something that you think you might be interested in. You will be allowed to change your additional teaching area over the next 18 months.

When you have selected your teaching area, find the relevant units in the Table of Units. You only need to find the unit that is available in Semester 2. When you have found your unit, write it down so you can easily remember it later.

You cannot choose Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physical Education, Outdoor Education or Design and Technologies as your additional teaching area in this course.

Enrol in your units

Your full list of units will look like this:

Semester 1

EDES100 Understanding Learning and Teaching
Elective Unit (enrol in EDCU150 Literacy and Numeracy for Secondary Teachers)
Core Curriculum Unit 1
MATH107 Introduction to Logic and Algebra

Semester 2

EDES103 Understanding Learners and Their Contexts
EDES104 Digital Cultures and Capabilities
MATH104 Differential and Integral Calculus
Additional Teaching Area unit (chosen from the Table of Units) 

You will enrol in your units via Student Connect. If you need help using the enrolment system, please contact AskACU and a friendly student advisor will assist you.

Note: If you start your course in Semester 2 (midyear), you will enrol in those units first then enrol in the Semester 1 units for the following year. Re-enrolment opens in October each year.

 

Choose your teaching area

In this course, your first teaching area of study is Visual Arts. You must select one additional area of study that you would like to teach, for example, English or History.

You will choose from the available studies in the Teaching Area List, from the Teaching Area 2 group, subject to availability on your campus. If you aren't sure, choose something that you think you might be interested in. You will be allowed to change your additional teaching area over the next 18 months.

When you have selected your teaching area, find the relevant units in the Table of Units. You only need to find the unit that is available in Semester 2. When you have found your unit, write it down so you can easily remember it later.

You cannot choose Visual Arts, Biology, Chemistry, Physical Education, Outdoor Education or Design and Technologies as your additional teaching area in this course.

Enrol in your units

Your full list of units will look like this:

Semester 1

EDES100 Understanding Learning and Teaching
Elective Unit (enrol in EDCU150 Literacy and Numeracy for Secondary Teachers)
Core Curriculum Unit 1
DESN111 Introduction to Graphic Design OR ARTS109 Introduction to Drawing

Semester 2

EDES103 Understanding Learners and Their Contexts
EDES104 Digital Cultures and Capabilities
ARTS112Art in the Early Twentieth Century
Additional Teaching Area unit (chosen from the Table of Units) 

You will enrol in your units via Student Connect. If you need help using the enrolment system, please contact AskACU and a friendly student advisor will assist you.

Note: If you start your course in Semester 2 (midyear), you will enrol in those units first then enrol in the Semester 1 units for the following year. Re-enrolment opens in October each year.

 

Your teaching area

In this course, your teaching area is Design and Technologies.

You don't need to refer to any additional information as the course is defined for its duration.
 

Enrol in your units

Your full list of units will look like this:

Semester 1

EDES100 Understanding Learning and Teaching
Elective Unit (enrol in EDCU150 Literacy and Numeracy for Secondary Teachers)
TECH105 Design Principles
SCIT101 STEM Principles

Semester 2

EDES103 Understanding Learners and Their Contexts
EDES106 Contemporary Learning Cultures and Contexts
TECH108 Design in Textiles
TECH207 Food and Society 

You will enrol in your units via Student Connect. If you need help using the enrolment system, please contact AskACU and a friendly student advisor will assist you.

Note: If you start your course in Semester 2 (midyear), you will enrol in those units first then enrol in the Semester 1 units for the following year. Re-enrolment opens in October each year.

 

Choose your teaching area

In this course, your first teaching area is Exercise Science, which leads to becoming a teacher of Physical Education (VIC/QLD) or Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) (NSW).

Your units in the first year of the course are already defined so you can follow the list below to enrol. However, in second year you will choose your second teaching area and you might like to start thinking about that now. You can see what is available in the Teaching Area List. You will only be able to choose from the Teaching Area 2 group.
 

You cannot choose Health as your second teaching area, however there are ways to become a PE and Health teacher (VIC only). Please speak to your Course Coordinator.

Enrol in your units

Your full list of units will look like this:

Semester 1

EDES100 Understanding Learning and Teaching
Elective Unit (enrol in EDCU150 Literacy and Numeracy for Secondary Teachers)
EXSC109 Games and Sports Skills
EXSC187 Growth, Motor Development and Ageing​
​

Semester 2

EDES103 Understanding Learners and Their Contexts
EDES104 Digital Cultures and Capabilities
BIOL125 Human Biology 1
​EXSC106 - Social and Emotional Wellbeing of Young People (NSW students only) OR NUTR101 Introduction to Nutrition (VIC/QLD students only) 

You will enrol in your units via Student Connect. If you need help using the enrolment system, please contact AskACU and a friendly student advisor will assist you.

Note: If you start your course in Semester 2 (midyear), you will enrol in those units first then enrol in the Semester 1 units for the following year. Re-enrolment opens in October each year.

 

Choose your teaching area

In this course, you must select one teaching area of study that you would like to teach at secondary school level, for example, Mathematics or English. This is in addition to special education studies which you'll study throughout your course.

Your secondary teaching area may be chosen from the available studies in the Teaching Area List from the Teaching Area 1 group, subject to availability on your campus. If you aren't sure, choose something that you think you might be interested in. You may be allowed to change your additional teaching area over the next 18 months.

When you have selected your secondary teaching area, find the relevant unit in the Table of Units. The only secondary teaching area unit you'll study in your first year is offered in Semester 2. When you have found your unit, write it down so you can easily remember it later.

You cannot choose Physical Education, Outdoor Education, or Design and Technologies as your teaching area. In addition to this list, students in NSW cannot choose Economics or Business Studies.

Enrol in your units

Your full list of units will look like this:

Semester 1

EDES100 Understanding Learning and Teaching
Elective Unit (enrol in EDCU150 Literacy and Numeracy for Secondary Teachers)
Core Curriculum Unit 1
Teaching Area unit (chosen from the Table of Units)​

Semester 2

EDES103 Understanding Learners and Their Contexts
EDES104 Digital Cultures and Capabilities
EDSE111 Attitudes and Inclusive Practice 
​Teaching Area unit (chosen from the Table of Units) 

You will enrol in your units via Student Connect. If you need help using the enrolment system, please contact AskACU and a friendly student advisor will assist you.

Note: If you start your course in Semester 2 (midyear), you will enrol in those units first then enrol in the Semester 1 units for the following year. Re-enrolment opens in October each year.

 

Choose your teaching area

In this course, you must select one teaching area of study that you would like to teach at secondary school level, for example, Mathematics or English. This is in addition to primary education studies which you'll study throughout your course.

Your secondary teaching areamay be chosenfrom the available studies in the Teaching Area List from the Teaching Area 1 group, subject to availability on your campus. If you aren't sure, choose something that you think you might be interested in. You may be allowed to change your additional teaching area over the next 18 months.

When you have selected your secondary teaching area, find the relevant unit in the Table of Units. The only secondary teaching area unit you'll study in your first year is offered in Semester 2. When you have found your unit, write it down so you can easily remember it later.

You cannot choose the teaching area of Design and Technologies in this degree. 

Enrol in your units

Your full list of units will look like this:

Semester 1

EDES100 Understanding Learning and Teaching
EDEN100 Foundations of Literacy 
Core Curriculum Unit 1
Teaching Area unit (chosen from the Table of Units) 

 

Semester 2

EDES103 Understanding Learners and Their Contexts
EDEN102 Children's Literature for Early Reading
EDMA150 Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching
Teaching Area unit (chosen from the Table of Units)

You will enrol in your units via Student Connect. If you need help using the enrolment system, please contact AskACU and a friendly student advisor will assist you.

 

Note: If you start your course in Semester 2 (midyear), you will enrol in those units first then enrol in the Semester 1 units for the following year. Re-enrolment opens in October each year.

Choose your teaching areas

In this course, you must select two different teaching areas of study that you would like to teach, for example, Mathematics and Chemistry.

You will choose from the available studies in the Teaching Area List . One from the Teaching Area 1 group and one from the Teaching Area 2 group, subject to availability on your campus. If you aren't sure, choose something that you think you might be interested in. You will be allowed to change your teaching area/s over the next 18 months.

When you have selected your two teaching areas, find the relevant units in the Table of Units. Find two units for Teaching Area 1 (one in Semester 1 and one in Semester 2) and one unit for Teaching Area 2 ( in Semester 2). When you have found your three units, write them down so you can easily remember them later.

If you choose Design and Technologies as your teaching area, follow the enrolment plan in the section above for Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Arts (Design Innovation and Technologies) as the first year is the same.

If you choose Physical Education as your first teaching area, you do not choose a second teaching area as you will study additional Physical Education units to meet accreditation requirements. Please follow the enrolment plan in the section above for the Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Exercise Science as the first year is the same.

Enrol in your units

Your full list of units will look like this:

Semester 1

EDES100 Understanding Learning and Teaching
Elective Unit (enrol in EDCU150 Literacy and Numeracy for Secondary Teachers)
Core Curriculum Unit 1​
Teaching Area 1 unit (chosen from the Table of Units) 

 

Semester 2

EDES103 Understanding Learners and Their Contexts
EDES104 Digital Cultures and CapabilitiesTeaching Area 1 unit (chosen from the Table of Units) 
​Teaching Area 1 unit (chosen from the Table of Units) 
​​Teaching Area 2 unit (chosen from the Table of Units) 

You will enrol in your units via Student Connect. If you need help using the enrolment system, please contact AskACU and a friendly student advisor will assist you.

Note: If you start your course in Semester 2 (midyear), you will enrol in those units first then enrol in the Semester 1 units for the following year. Re-enrolment opens in October each year.

 

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