Education
Arts students may enrol in Education units of study as listed in Table B of the table of units of study in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Undergraduate Handbook.
There are a wide range of units of study on offer. These are not designed to prepare students for teaching but rather seek to promote the understanding of education as a social phenomenon. As such they open up for analysis the complexities of education through study in a number of fields. For example, there is the study of the nature, context and processes of education through historical, psychological, philosophical and sociological perspectives; of human growth and development and their implications for education; and, across different societies and cultures, of the relationship between education and politics, social organisation and economic development.
Pass and special entry units of study
Junior units of study in Education are available to Arts students. However, entry into intermediate and senior units in Education is possible, subject to completion of junior units in a range of other disciplines (see table of units of study in Education).
Education General Units
EDGU1001 Creativity, Youth Culture and the Arts, 6 credit points
EDGU1002 Youth and Digital Culture, 6 credit points
EDGU1003 Diet and Nutrition for Health and Sport, 6 credit points
EDGU1004 Young People, Sex and Sexual Health, 6 credit points
EDGU1005 Sports Couching: Theory and Practice, 6 credit points
EDGU1006 Texts and Expectations, 6 credit points
EDGU2000 Teaching English Internationally 1, 6 credit points
EDGU3000 Teaching English Internationally 2, 6 credit points
EDGU4000 Teaching English for Academic Purposes, 6 credit points
Coordinator Education General Units: Dr Jen Scott Curwood
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Education major
Arts students wishing to major in Education must complete:
EDUF2006 Educational Psychology, 6 credit points
EDUF2007 Social Perspectives on Education, 6 credit points
and 24 credit points from the following collection of senior units in Education:
EDUF3023 Sport: Contemporary Educational Issues, 6 credit points
EDUF3026 Global Poverty and Education, 6 credit points
EDUF3027 International Education, 6 credit points
EDUF3028 Mentoring in Educational Contexts, 6 credit points
EDUF3029 Psychology of Learning and Teaching, 6 credit points
EDUF3030 Australian Schooling Systems, 6 credit points
EDUF3032 Curriculum and Evaluation, 6 credit points
EDUF3037 Creativity, Learning and Teacher Artistry, 6 credit points
EDUF3135 Aboriginal Community Engagement, 6 credit points
EDUF3136 Research with Young Children, 6 credit points
Coordinators
Education Junior, Intermediate and Senior: Associate Professor Debra Hayes
Honours Coordinator: Dr Minkang Kim
Advice
Students should consult the Education and Social Work website for staffing information sydney.edu.au/education_social_work
Bachelor of Arts (Honours in Education)
Program Director: Dr Minkang Kim
Phone: +61 2 9351 6627
Email:
Suitably qualified Arts candidates are invited to undertake honours in Education. The honours thesis involves an investigation of a topic of students' choice relevant to their own interests, and will be supervised directly by a member of the faculty. Though the length of the thesis will vary with the nature of the investigation, and length does not indicate quality, the thesis will normally comprise 20,000-25,000 words.
Prerequisites
Students intending to take honours in Education must have achieved a credit average result or higher in an Arts subject area, for example History, Anthropology, etc.
Enrolment
Students enrol in the following Education units of study.
Second Year
Pass units
EDUF2006 Educational Psychology (6 credit points)
EDUF2007 Social Perspectives on Education (6 credit points)
BA Hons units
6 credit points from those Education units offered at 3000 level
Total for Second Year: 18 credit points
Third Year
Pass units
Three pass units of study from Education 3000 level. 18 credit points.
Fourth Year
Honours units of study (EDUF4215/EDUF4216). 48 credit points
Total for Fourth Year: 48 credit points