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Humanities and Social Sciences Education Major

Effective from 01-JAN-2025 : Code MAAAJH

This major focuses on teaching processes, content and skills that will equip students to teach social science subjects. Students aiming to fill specialist social sciences teaching roles in senior secondary (Years 11 and 12) can elect to specialise in Modern History, Geography, Economics, Accounting and Finance, Business Management and Enterprise, and Politics and Law. Emphasis is given to inquiry-based practical work, demonstrations, independent and co-operative group learning, whole class discussions, and use of information communication technology to ensure effective teaching and learning practices in secondary Humanities and Social Sciences. Units in this program address key social science understandings and provide the content knowledge, skills and values needed to address the demands and opportunities of Humanities and Social Sciences in secondary schools.

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This unit set information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester. In particular please check the unit and unit set offerings, as these differ according to course delivery location.

This Major can be studied in the following courses:

Mode of Delivery

On Campus at Mount Lawley

Unit Set Coordinator

Dr Katie THIVEOS

Learning Outcomes

  1. Adapt knowledge and skills in diverse contexts to create positive learning environments in social science.
  2. Communicate knowledge and ideas clearly in both written and oral formats.
  3. Critically reflect using accredited standards, mentor feedback and the ECA Code of Ethics to demonstrate responsibility and accountability and plan for continued collaborative and autonomous professional learning and development.
  4. Demonstrate broad and coherent knowledge of social science and the Australian curriculum and teaching strategies for social science teaching in secondary education.
  5. Demonstrate leadership, exercise professional judgement and collaborate to plan, problem solve and make decisions in social science.
  6. Exercise critical thinking and judgement to plan and implement social science programs for a range of students with diverse abilities and needs, and assess the outcomes.
  7. Review analyse and synthesise knowledge of teaching strategies to plan for the content of social science teaching.

Related Careers

Secondary Social Science Teacher

Employment Opportunities

Graduates will be eligible to seek employment in both government and non-government secondary schools teaching Humanities and Social Sciences.

Major Structure

Students are required to complete 10 Content units and 2 Curriculum units. Content units educate students in the subject area and Curriculum units explain how to teach the subject area to others.

Complete the following core Content units:

Content Units
Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
GEO1150Geography and Environment: People, Pattern, Process15
ECF1110Economics I15
SWK2112Australian Politics and Policy15
HIS1107Australian History: Colonisation, Nationalism and Identity15
CUR4210Curriculum Enrichment for the Major Secondary Specialisation15

Plus, complete 5 Content units from the following (it is strongly recommended that students select their five units from a single specialist area):

General HASS
Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
SWK2111 ^Aboriginal Histories of the Present15
SCI1192 ^Physical Environments15
SBL1100 ^Foundations of Business15
LAW1100 ^Introduction to Business Law15
POL3124 ^Hitler and Stalin: Studies in Power, Ideology and Propaganda15
Modern History
Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
SWK2111 ^Aboriginal Histories of the Present15
HIS3107 ^Currents of Modernity: Challenges and Transitions in Europe and America15
POL3124 ^Hitler and Stalin: Studies in Power, Ideology and Propaganda15
HIS3108 ^Leadership and Strategy: Studies in the Exercise of Power 15
HIS3180 ^Modern China: The Rise of a Superpower15
Geography
Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
SCI1001 ^Introduction to Sustainability15
SCI1192 ^Physical Environments15
ACS2122 ^Aboriginal Perspectives on the Environment15
SCI2108 ^Environmental Management and Sustainability15
SCI2371 ^Sustainable Water15
Economics
Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
ECF1120 ^Finance I15
SBL1100 ^Foundations of Business15
ECF2210 ^Capital Markets 15
ECF3603 ^Environmental Economics15
INB2102 ^International Business15
Accounting and Finance
Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
ACC1100 ^Accounting I15
ECF1120 ^Finance I15
ACC2250 ^Accounting II15
SBL1100 ^Foundations of Business15
ECF2222 ^Corporate Finance 15
Business Management and Enterprise
Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
SBL1100 ^Foundations of Business15
SBL1300 ^Business Environments & Markets15
LAW1100 ^Introduction to Business Law15
MAN1100 ^Management 15
MAN3802 ^Entrepreneurship15
Politics and Law
Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
POL2105 ^Australian Government: The Challenges of a Modern Democracy15
LAW1100 ^Introduction to Business Law15
POL1106 ^Ideas that have Shaped the Modern World15
CRI3109 ^International Human Rights15
HIS3101 ^Human Rights: Struggles for Global Justice15

Plus, complete the following 2 Curriculum units:

Curriculum Units
Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
HSS2130Teaching and Learning in Humanities and Social Sciences15
HSS2230Planning for Senior Secondary Humanities and Social Sciences15

^ Core Option

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

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