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About the course
This Humanities and Social Sciences Education Major (Politics and Law) builds the discipline knowledge and teaching approaches needed to teach Politics and Law for Years 11–12 and contribute across Humanities and Social Sciences for Years 7–12. You will develop curriculum and pedagogy in the field while also choosing a second teaching-area specialisation through either a minor teaching area or broader HASS study, as part of the BEd (Secondary) pathway. The programme builds legal reasoning, case analysis, and professional ethics for legal practice and public service pathways.
Career outcome
Graduates are prepared to work as secondary school teachers specialising in Politics and Law, with capability to teach across Humanities and Social Sciences subjects in Years 7–12 depending on their additional teaching-area specialisation. Career pathways typically include teaching roles in government and non-government secondary schools, with opportunities to contribute to curriculum planning, civics and citizenship education, and broader HASS learning programs in a Bachelor-level teacher education pathway.
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