Bachelor of Arts with the degree of Bachelor of Education (Primary) with a major in Anthropology
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Overview
Teach primary school children. Become an open-minded and confident primary teacher who is responsive to academic needs.
By combining arts with primary education, you'll have over forty arts majors to choose from. You'll study teaching methodology, participate in a primary school based Professional Experience program and satisfy the Key Learning Area (KLA) content requirements of the NSW Institute of Teachers:
- English
- Mathematics
- Science and Technology
- Human Society and its Environment (HSIE)
- Creative arts and Personal Development
- Health and Physical Education (PDHPE)
The main focus is on preparing you to work as a primary school teacher.
Anthropology is the comparative study of societies and human diversity. It asks questions about behaviour, meaning and value between different societies and cultures.
Anthropologists focus on social groups that follow a distinct way of life, such as factory workers, people who live by hunting and gathering in the Amazon, corporate managers, Indigenous Australian artists, Harry Potter fans, opium growers in South-East Asia, religious groups, migrants and refugees.
Although anthropologists work in diverse social contexts, they share a commitment to exploring and understanding different ways of life and cultural perspectives, and illuminating these for others.
Key features
- Gain the skills to contribute to policy and interventions, by applying anthropological theories and methods to concrete problems.
- Engage with current research in the classroom: staff are active in fieldwork around Australia and the world.
- The University’s strong international focus includes links with local communities, NGOs and research institutions in South and South-East Asia, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the Americas and Australasia.
Location
North Ryde
Suitable for
Students with an interest in anthropology, society and culture, cultural studies.
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Entry requirements
English language requirements
If you have completed the NSW HSC or equivalent you satisfy the English proficiency requirements.
For full information view the English proficiency requirements table (436 Kb).
Work experience requirements
What you will study
| Degree requirements | Credit Points |
|---|---|
| Minimum number of credit points required for the degree | 96 |
| Minimum number of credit points at 200 level or above | 60 |
| Minimum number of credit points at 300 level or above | 39 |
| Completion of a qualifying major for the Bachelor of Arts | |
| Completion of a designated People unit | |
| Completion of a designated Planet unit | |
| Completion of other specific minimum requirements as set out below |
Combined degree requirements
The following outlines the units (subjects) to be studied within this combined degree.
Major requirements
The following outlines the units (subjects) to be studied within this major
| 100 level | Credit Points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Required | 3cp from | ANTH units at 100 level | 3 | ||
| 200 level | Credit Points | ||||
| Required | 6cp from | ANTH units at 200 level | 6 | ||
| 300 level | Credit Points | ||||
| Capstone | ANTH324 | C | Doing Ethnography | 3 | |
| Required | 9cp from | ANTH units at 300 level | 9 | ||
| Any level | Credit Points | ||||
| Required | 3cp from | ANTH units | 3 | ||
| Total credit points required to satisfy this major | 24 | ||||
Notes
- Units marked with a C are Capstone units.
- The course information contained on this page is applicable for 2012 ONLY.
For more information please read the courses disclaimer.
Careers
Accreditation
Professional anthropologists are Members or Fellows of the Australian Anthropological Society. A person who has completed an Honours degree (or equivalent) requiring at least four years study, or one with a postgraduate degree, can become a Member or Fellow of the Society.
Career Opportunities
Students doing applied work will learn skills that will allow them to contribute to policy development and shaping interventions. You will increasingly be employed in the development world, by government, non-government and multilateral aid agencies, as consultants and evaluators. Anthropologists are also employed in the corporate world, for example in market research and consumer behaviour studies.
Profiles
Our Expertise
Dr Chris Houston
'Teaching anthropology in the department at Macquarie is incredibly exciting. My collegues are experts in different and engrossing subjects, I come to work and learn about development in Laos one day, cinema in Cairo the next, and the physics of throwing a baseball on the third!
I learn from my post-graduate students too, as they report back in from their research in Istanbul ir Mumbai. Anthropology at Macquarie is a supportive department, and one of the best in the country.'
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