How does it all work? (1 Viewer)

[EvansOne]

Hey guys,

Basically, I want to be a secondary teacher majoring in Ancient History with an English minor. I want to go to Macquarie University for this.

I'm a little unsure about how the degree actually works. I'll obviously be doing a 'Bachelor of Arts with the Diploma of Education with a specialisation in Secondary Teaching'. Say I pick my B Arts major to be 'Ancient History - Greece, Rome and Late Antiquity' - then what? Is that all I'll study besides the required education units and my minor? Or do I have to do other studies specific to ancient history besides my major?

I'm just a little confused about it all, mainly because most people where I live go to the Uni of Newcastle and they do things a little differently there...

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: I think I have a better hold on this now. I have another question though - is doing a double major in Ancient History and English feasible?

 

[Kelsey2]

I'm currently in my seccond year university becomming a history teacher myself. Not at MQ though.
You should do 4 units (a minor) in ancient history and another 4 units (another minor) in modern history. This will allow you to teach up to year 12 history. Doing 8 ancient history units is a waste as you only need 4. You will not get a job either as there is an oversupply of history teachers. You need to teach 2 subjects (modern / ancient count as one). My major is english.

So, No it is not feasible. As stated do.
4 units modern
4 units ancient
8 english