Master of Teaching (Secondary) Internship (MC-TEACHSI) // Course structure
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Adam Taylor
Course structure
The Master of Teaching (Secondary) Internship requires the successful completion of 200 credit points of study over two years of full-time study.
The course requires completion of:
A two-year employment-based teaching internship in a Secondary school (for four days per week); and
Fourteen compulsory subjects and one elective, which must be taken in the sequence outlined in the Subject Options section. The subjects include:
- Four core subjects;
- Six Learning Area subjects (taken in two Learning Area study sequences, or in a double sequence);
- Three Engaging and Assessing Learners subjects (which incorporate the employment-based teaching Internship);
- One Professional Learning Capstone subject; and
- One Foundations elective.
Progression Rules
1. LITERACY AND NUMERACY TEST FOR INITIAL TEACHER EDUCATION STUDENTS OR AUSTRALIAN FIRST NATIONS LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
- The Australian Commonwealth Government’s Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students (LANTITE) is a compulsory test for Initial Teacher Education students administered by the Australian Council for Educational Research (independently of The University of Melbourne). In the case of Australian First Nations language speakers, recognition of Australian First Nations language proficiency by a relevant cultural authority or a formal qualification in an Australian First Nations language is an acceptable alternative standard.
- The Faculty of Education requires each Intern who is required to undertake the LANTITE to:
a) attempt the LANTITE before the end of the first calendar year of their enrolment in the Master of Teaching (Secondary) Internship to continue the course; and
b) pass the LANTITE prior to the end of the course to be eligible to graduate from the Master of Teaching (Secondary) Internship.
- Interns demonstrating the alternative standard through Australian First Nations proficiency or a formal qualification in an Australian First Nations language must provide this evidence to be eligible to graduate from the Master of Teaching (Secondary) Internship.
- Failure to satisfactorily meet the LANTITE requirements or the Australian First Nations proficiency alternative standard will result in referral to the Faculty of Education Course Academic Progress Committee and may result in exclusion from the course until requirements are satisfactorily completed.
- An excluded Interns may be granted an early exit award of a Graduate Diploma in Pedagogy* (if they have satisfactorily completed 100 credit points of the course).
- LANTITE website Information
*Note that the Graduate Diploma in Pedagogy (Secondary) Internship is not a qualification for registration to teach in Australian schools
2. COURSE ACADEMIC PROGRESS COMMITTEE
Any Intern who does not satisfactorily complete a subject, meet the course progression rules, or maintain an approved teaching contract, will be called to attend a Course Academic Progress Committee (CAPC) meeting after results have been certified for each subject. Interns in these categories will be invited to make an oral and/or written submission to the Committee as per the requirements of the CAPC process.
3. EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS
- Admission into and continued enrolment in the Master of Teaching (Secondary) Internship course is conditional upon an Intern maintaining an approved contractual employment agreement with a school throughout the duration of their studies*.
- Any resignation or termination of school employment may result in an Intern being excluded from the course. An excluded Intern may be granted an early exit award of a Graduate Diploma in Pedagogy (Secondary) Internship (if they have satisfactorily completed 100 credit points of the course). Alternatively, they may be withdrawn from the course.
- Where an Intern is granted a Leave of Absence from the course (by the Faculty of Education), the option to continue or cease school employment will be conditional upon relevant approvals and arrangements. This may include a change to Permission to Teach, to be arranged by the Intern with the employing school and the Victorian Institute of Teaching (or equivalent Australian state/territory-based authority for Interns with a school appointment outside Victoria). Where an Intern continues school employment whilst on Leave of Absence from the course, no activities (including employment-based hours) undertaken during the Leave of Absence will be counted towards fulfilment of course and subject requirements.
*Interns’ school employment match is approved by either the relevant Australian state/territory government department of education or the Faculty of Education (FoE). An Intern’s employment contract is offered and managed directly by the school of employment.
Subject Options
Interns must follow the below structure when enrolling.
FIRST YEAR SUBJECTS
Summer Intensive and Semester 1
- Two Learning Area 1 subjects (12.5 credit points each); and
- The two subjects below.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDUC91202 | First Nations in Education (SI) | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91203 | Engaging and Assessing Learners (SI) 1 | Semester 1 (Extended) (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
Winter Intensive and Semester 2
- Two Learning Area 2 subjects (12.5 credit points each); and
- The two subjects below.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDUC91204 | Engaging and Assessing Learners (SI) 2 | Semester 2 (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91206 | Literacies, Languages, and Learners (SI) | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
SECOND YEAR SUBJECTS
Summer Intensive and Semester 1
- Two Learning Area 3 subjects (12.5 credit points each); and
- One Foundations Elective; and
- The two subjects below.
Note: ‘Professional Learning Capstone (MTeach)’ runs year-long and continues into semester 2.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDUC91205 | Engaging and Assessing Learners (SI) 3 | Semester 1 (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91152 | Professional Learning Capstone (MTeach) | Year Long (Off Campus) |
25 |
Semester 2
- Continue the EDUC91152 Year-Long ‘Professional Learning Capstone (MTeach)’; and
- The two subjects below.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDUC91207 | Leadership in Schools (SI) | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91208 | Promoting Wellbeing in Sec Schools (SI) | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
LEARNING AREA SUBJECTS
Interns enrol in the two Learning Area study sequences (or double sequence) as confirmed in their letter of offer into the course.
Note: The availability of Learning Area subjects will vary, dependent upon each cohort of Interns’ school appointment approved teaching areas.
Learning Area 1 subjects
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDUC91209 | Learning Area Accounting (SI) 1 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91210 | Learning Area Biology (SI) 1 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91211 | Learning Area Business Mgmt (SI) 1 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91212 | Learning Area Chemistry (SI) 1 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91213 | Learning Area Commerce (SI) 1 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91214 | Learning Area Drama (SI) A1 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91215 | Learning Area Drama (SI) B1 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91216 | Learning Area Economics (SI) 1 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91217 | Learning Area English (SI) 1 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91308 | Learning Area English Additional (SI) 1 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91218 | Learning Area Environmental Sci (SI) 1 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91219 | Learning Area Health Education (SI) 1 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91220 | Learning Area History (SI) 1 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91221 | Learning Area Humanities (SI) 1 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91222 | Learning Area Humanities Addt'l (SI) 1 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91223 | Learning Area Languages (SI) 1 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91224 | Learning Area Legal Studies (SI) 1 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91225 | Learning Area Mathematics (SI) 1 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91311 | Learning Area Mathematics Addt'l (SI) 1 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91226 | Learning Area Media Studies (SI) 1 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91227 | Learning Area Music (SI) A1 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91228 | Learning Area Music (SI) B1 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91229 | Learning Area Physical Education (SI) 1 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91230 | Learning Area Physics (SI) 1 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91231 | Learning Area Politics (SI) 1 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91232 | Learning Area Psychology (SI) 1 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91233 | Learning Area Science (SI) 1 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91234 | Learning Area TESOL (SI) 1 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91235 | Learning Area Visual Arts & Des (SI) A1 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91236 | Learning Area Visual Arts & Des (SI) B1 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Learning Area 2 subjects
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDUC91237 | Learning Area Accounting (SI) 2 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91238 | Learning Area Biology (SI) 2 | July (Online) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91239 | Learning Area Business Mgmt (SI) 2 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91240 | Learning Area Chemistry (SI) 2 | July (Online) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91241 | Learning Area Commerce (SI) 2 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91242 | Learning Area Drama (SI) A2 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91243 | Learning Area Drama (SI) B2 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91244 | Learning Area Economics (SI) 2 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91245 | Learning Area English (SI) 2 | July (Online) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91309 | Learning Area English Additional (SI) 2 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91246 | Learning Area Environmental Sci (SI) 2 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91247 | Learning Area Health Education (SI) 2 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91248 | Learning Area History (SI) 2 | July (Online) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91249 | Learning Area Humanities (SI) 2 | July (Online) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91250 | Learning Area Humanities Addt'l (SI) 2 | July (Online) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91251 | Learning Area Languages (SI) 2 | July (Online) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91252 | Learning Area Legal Studies (SI) 2 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91253 | Learning Area Mathematics (SI) 2 | July (Online) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91312 | Learning Area Mathematics Addt'l (SI) 2 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91254 | Learning Area Media Studies (SI) 2 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91255 | Learning Area Music (SI) A2 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91256 | Learning Area Music (SI) B2 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91257 | Learning Area Physical Education (SI) 2 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91258 | Learning Area Physics (SI) 2 | July (Online) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91259 | Learning Area Politics (SI) 2 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91260 | Learning Area Psychology (SI) 2 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91261 | Learning Area Science (SI) 2 | July (Online) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91262 | Learning Area TESOL (SI) 2 | July (Online) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91263 | Learning Area Visual Arts & Des (SI) A2 | July (Online) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91264 | Learning Area Visual Arts & Des (SI) B2 | July (Online) |
12.5 |
Learning Area 3 subjects
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDUC91265 | Learning Area Accounting (SI) 3 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91266 | Learning Area Biology (SI) 3 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91267 | Learning Area Business Mgmt (SI) 3 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91268 | Learning Area Chemistry (SI) 3 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91269 | Learning Area Commerce (SI) 3 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91270 | Learning Area Drama (SI) A3 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91271 | Learning Area Drama (SI) B3 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91272 | Learning Area Economics (SI) 3 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91273 | Learning Area English (SI) 3 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91310 | Learning Area English Additional (SI) 3 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91274 | Learning Area Environmental Sci (SI) 3 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91275 | Learning Area Health Education (SI) 3 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91276 | Learning Area History (SI) 3 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91277 | Learning Area Humanities (SI) 3 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91278 | Learning Area Humanities Addt'l (SI) 3 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91279 | Learning Area Languages (SI) 3 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91280 | Learning Area Legal Studies (SI) 3 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91281 | Learning Area Mathematics (SI) 3 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91313 | Learning Area Mathematics Addt'l (SI) 3 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91282 | Learning Area Media Studies (SI) 3 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91283 | Learning Area Music (SI) A3 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91284 | Learning Area Music (SI) B3 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91285 | Learning Area Physical Education (SI) 3 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91286 | Learning Area Physics (SI) 3 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91287 | Learning Area Politics (SI) 3 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91288 | Learning Area Psychology (SI) 3 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91289 | Learning Area Science (SI) 3 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91290 | Learning Area TESOL (SI) 3 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91291 | Learning Area Visual Arts & Des (SI) A3 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91292 | Learning Area Visual Arts & Des (SI) B3 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
FOUNDATIONS ELECTIVES
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDUC91293 | Foundations: Arts Teaching (SI) | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91294 | Foundations: DigiTech Teaching (SI) | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91295 | Foundations: English Teaching (SI) | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91296 | Foundations: Health & Phys Ed Teach (SI) | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91297 | Foundations: Humanities Teaching (SI) | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91298 | Foundations: Languages Teaching (SI) | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| EDUC91299 | Foundations: Mathematics Teaching (SI) | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC91300 | Foundations: Science Teaching (SI) | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
Last updated: 1 March 2025