Master of Teaching (Secondary)

Transform your outlook and accelerate your career opportunities with a Master of Teaching (Secondary) degree. Graduate ready to design and implement engaging, creative and flexible learning experiences to inspire and positively influence the lives of young people.

Delivered with the latest research-informed pedagogy, your professional journey to becoming a graduate teacher is guided by highly experienced mentor teachers in a range of educational contexts. You will gain theoretical understanding and deep knowledge of how students learn and participate in real-world practical experience in the classroom with professional placements.

Whether you are looking for a complete career change or are a recent graduate, your undergraduate degree will form the foundations for your specialist teaching areas in this course. This course will prepare you to teach in one or two specialist teaching areas, depending on your undergraduate degree and campus of study.

The following senior secondary level teaching areas are available (with some variations from state to state): accounting, business studies, biology, chemistry, design and technologies, drama, earth and environmental studies, economics, English, geography, health, history, ICT and digital technology, language, legal studies, mathematics, music, outdoor education, physical education, physics, religious education, society and culture, TESOL, visual arts, vocational studies.

Duration - 2 years full-time

IELTS 7.5 7.0 W and R 8.0 SL
TOEFL iBT 105 min 24R 27W 28L 26S


International students must have an IELTS of no score less than 7.0 in reading and writing and no score less than 8.0 in listening and speaking plus an Australian threeyear Bachelors Degree or equivalent with a Grade Point Average GPA equivalent to an Australian Catholic University GPA of 4.0

Students must also nominate two subject areas for which based on their Bachelor studies they believe they are qualified to teach The Faculty of Education and Arts will assess students suitability for these methods during the admissions process

International English Language Testing System IELTS - No score less than 7 in reading and writing No score less than 8 in listening and speaking
Test of English as a Foreign Language Academic TOEFL - No score less than 24 in reading 27 in writing 28 in listening and 26 in speaking