CQUniversity is now the only university in Queensland
offering a dedicated Home Economics/Hospitality pathway to secondary
teaching. In 2014, the School of Education and the Arts at CQUniversity
launched its new nationally accredited Bachelor of Education (Secondary)
initial pre-service teacher education degree that offers a fully distance
education pathway in either full-time or part-time modes.
The CQU program is a four-year program with
residential schools for the Home Economics practical discipline subjects such
as Food Studies and Textiles and Fashion. These practical residential courses
and the practicum placements were previously offered only in Rockhampton.
However, CQU is now planning that from 2016 onwards, the residential schools
and the practicum placements will also be offered in Brisbane.
CQUniversity will offer the Home
Economics/Hospitality pathway as an online program:
- The program of 32 courses, of which 15 focus on Home Economics, will be delivered via distance education with an online site for each course. In addition to the on-line course materials, distance delivery for all education courses includes on-line classes in real-time via Blackboard Collaborate for student engagement.
- Four of the six Home Economics discipline studies courses are supplemented with intensive face-to-face residential schools, available in both Brisbane and Rockhampton.
- Professional placements will be in schools in and around Brisbane as well as Rockhampton.
- In addition to the Home Economics/Hospitality pathway, students choose a second teaching discipline area from a wide range on offer at CQU.
Studying Home
Economics through CQUniversity’s Bachelor of Education (Secondary) has the
benefits of:
- flexible study options allowing study by distance education but with important face-to-face components for practical skills and professional placements in schools
- a dedicated Home Economics/Hospitality pathway that includes residential schools in both Brisbane and Rockhampton for intensive hands-on practical experiences
- a program that includes studies in food and nutrition, textiles and fashion and family studies
- the availability of trade-to-teacher pathways, providing the opportunity to apply for recognition of prior learning
- professional placements in schools local to the student’s home base.
For further
information about the degree, please contact Jenny in the Guidance Office, or Dr Bill Blayney at Central
Queensland University.
