Share your passion for the outdoors and recreation.
- Only a full-time option is available to international students on a Student visa. Online programs are not available to Student visa holders.
- * Estimated tuition fees are based on 2025 rates. Refer to international fees for more information.
- Not all majors/minors and elective options are available at every campus. You should refer to the What Can I Study tab, and the proposed study sequence for your chosen campus and intake for further information.
Program structure
Required courses (16)
COR109 Professional Learning: Curriculum Approaches and Pedagogies
EDU114 Professional Practice: The Inquiring Teacher
EDU202 Investigating the World Around Us
EDU328 Teaching HPE in the Early Years
EDU410 Professional Experience: Responding to Individual Learner Needs
EDU412 Teaching Science in Primary Schools
EDU417 Teaching Reading and Writing
EDU418 Leadership and Advocacy in Early Childhood
EDU419 Teaching Arts in the Early Years
EDU420 Teaching Primary School Mathematics
EDU421 Professional Experience: Teacher Identity and Professional Practice
EDU422 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
OES100 Transitions in Curriculum and Pedagogy
OES101 Inclusive Practices and Intervention in Early Education
SCS203 Internship
SPX102 Teacher as Researcher
Required curriculum and pedagogy courses (4)
EDU368 Communication and Thought
EDU369 Business Analytics
PLUS select 2 courses to match your chosen Minor:
EDU347 Introduction to Economics
EDU348 Introduction to Management
EDU356 Introduction to Marketing
EDU357 Accounting for Business
EDU358 Introduction to Informatics
EDU359 Business Law and Ethics
EDU363 Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
EDU364 Microbiology
Minor (4)
English
Geography
History
Mathematical Studies
Health and Physical Education major (8)
OES240 Pharmaceutical and Food Microbiology
OES300 Food Studies
OES301 Food Safety: Laws, Regulations and Quality Assurance
PUB104 Communication and Thought
SPX101 Professional Experience: Orientation to the Profession
SPX222 Individual Learner Needs
SPX361 Professional Experience: Managing Learning Environments
SPX362 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
*Subject to final approval
Note: Program structures are subject to change. Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
Total units: 384
Recommended study sequences
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Successfully complete 384 units as outlined in the Program Structure
- Complete no more than 10 introductory level (100 coded) courses, including the core course
- Complete 80 days Supervised Professional Experience, completed as full-time blocks, and 15 days of Wider Field Experience
- Complete 25 days Outdoor Environmental Fieldwork on Fraser Island and other natural environments on the Sunshine Coast
- Successfully complete the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education students. For more information on this Government initiative please visit the Students First website. Further information on the test, including sample test questions and registration information, please visit the Australian Council of Educational Research website
- You must select and register your compulsory major(s)/minor(s) as soon as possible
In order to commence Supervised Professional Experience (SPE) placement you must:
- Obtain a Blue Card (or link your existing Blue Card to USC) prior to commencing supervised professional experience. Applications should be submitted at least 12 weeks prior to the SPE start date. View the Blue Card Fact Sheet for further information
- Complete PrePlace and a Student Placement Agreement (further information will be provided by the placement office upon enrolment)
- Be willing to travel to attend supervised professional experience placements
- Visit Education - Supervised Professional Experience (SPE) for more information regarding requirements for placements
Program notes
- Cross-institutional study is not permitted for the education (EDU) coded courses and SCS203 Diversity and Inclusion in the Bachelor of Education (Secondary) / Bachelor of Recreation and Outdoor Environmental Studies
- Completing this program within the specified (full-time) duration is based on studying 48 unit points per semester (normally 4 courses)
- Most courses are valued at 12 units unless otherwise specified
- Courses within this program are assessed using a variety of assessment methods which may include essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests and examinations
- Only a full-time study option is available to international students on a Student Visa
- Students will need to be aware of the physical components and location requirements of the program. If you have a disability, medical condition or any concerns that may affect your potential participation in some of the practical components of the program, you are invited to discuss your options with the program coordinator
- Register your selected major(s) and/or minor(s)
- Refer to the Planning your study page to manage your progression