Education courses - Southern Cross University

Transforming the lives of others

The Faculty of Education at Southern Cross University is dedicated to fostering excellence in preparing and supporting outstanding teachers. We enjoy strong links with the teaching sector across our region and in the national and international education community. 

Depending on whether you are starting after high school or looking for a new career in teaching, our range of Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programs are designed for those wanting to enter the teaching profession with the Bachelor of Education and Master of Teaching. All NESA accredited degrees, qualify you to be a teacher in Australia, and many countries overseas.

Along with the benefits of studying under the Southern Cross Model, you will undertake extensive, supervised, professional experience placements, emerging with degrees that enable you to teach Australia-wide.

Holly Wedd stands in a classroom at South Grafton High School with a group of five children gathered around a school table working through maths problem

“The best part is when you see a kid finally ‘get it’ and it clicks for them. If that's what gives you joy, then you should become a teacher.”

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Why choose Education at Southern Cross University?

No.1 in Australia

Top 100 Young Universities (Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2024)

90% undergraduate employment

Our graduates are classroom ready and highly sought after (Graduate Outcome Survey 2018-2020)

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Postgraduate employment and student support in Education and Training (GUG 2024)

My name's Kylie. I'm studying the Master of Teaching at Southern Cross University.

I'm a single mum. I work full time. I needed to have a course where I could, uh, work in with, with my life. After being a designer for 20 years, people were starting to ask me to teach them programs and art and I didn't quite feel ready to do that.

I started to talk to a few different teachers and you know, what sort of courses they did and I contacted Southern Cross University and I had a really flexible course that I could take. I chose this course because I was able to do it, uh, full-time and

part-time if I needed to. Yeah, I'm really looking forward to becoming a teacher.

I particularly like the idea of being able to pass on some of the knowledge that I've

learned in my career to these students. We've explored so many different aspects of it, and we've had some excellent professional experience as well. I found all the lecturers really inspiring. They really helped me whenever I needed any kind of support.

They were always there to reach out and very available. After I moved away, the online course was perfect for me. All the course materials, all the classes have all been online, so Southern Cross is quite accessible like that.