Bachelor of Business (Pathway to Teaching Secondary)

3 Years On Campus Bachelors Program

Western Sydney University Penrith

Program Overview

If you’re eager to step into the classroom and make a real difference in young lives, the Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Secondary) at our university is your ideal launchpad. This three-year program is designed for those who already know they’d love to teach at the secondary level, giving you a strong major (like English, History, Mathematics or Language), paired with educational foundations that prepare you for a Master of Teaching (Secondary).

Curriculum Structure
Year 1
In your first year, you’ll build a solid base in understanding how society, culture and learning work together. You’ll dive into core units such as Australia and the World, Contemporary Society and Analytical Reading and Writing, shaping your ability to engage critically and communicate confidently. Concurrently, you’ll begin your chosen major (for example, English or Geography and Urban Studies) and an initial sub-major, setting the scene for your teaching subject specialisation.

Year 2
In the second year, you’ll deepen your first teaching area via major units that explore your subject in greater depth (for instance, Advanced Studies in Mathematics or Modern History). Alongside this, your Education Studies sub-major kicks in: units like Thinking Critically About Texts and Society or Diversity, Language and Culture challenge you to explore how teaching and learning happen, and consider your future role as a teacher. You’ll also pick up elective or sub-major units that refine an additional teaching area, giving you flexibility and options.

Year 3
In your final year, you’ll pull together everything you’ve learned. You’ll complete advanced major units (for example, Literature Studies, Japanese Advanced, or Music for Secondary Teaching) alongside Education Studies units that focus on real-world teaching contexts, pedagogy and curriculum. These might include specialised units in education theory and practice. By the end, you’ll be ready for transition into your Master of Teaching (Secondary), equipped with a first teaching area, second teaching area, and solid understanding of contemporary educational issues.

Focus Areas: English, History, Mathematics, Languages Other Than English, Geography & Urban Studies
Learning Outcomes: Develop subject-specialist knowledge, refine teaching and learning perspectives, cultivate strong communication and adaptability skills
Professional Alignment (Accreditation): This pathway is engineered to align with secondary teaching requirements so that when you finish your bachelor and then your Master of Teaching (Secondary), you are eligible for teacher accreditation and ready to step into classroom roles.
Reputation (Employability Rankings): Our institution is ranked in the top 2% of universities globally, and is placed in the Top 400 in the QS World University Rankings. This recognition speaks to strong graduate outcomes and the value your future employers will place on your qualification.

Experiential Learning (Research, Projects, Internships etc.)

If you’re looking to build a career that combines business knowledge with a passion for teaching, the Bachelor of Business (Pathway to Teaching Secondary) at Western Sydney University is a smart choice. This degree lets you develop real-world professional skills in accounting, marketing, management, economics and international business while also diving into contemporary education issues and subject-content units applicable to teaching. You’ll graduate not just with business acumen, but with a pathway into secondary teaching — preparing you to enter a Master of Teaching and step confidently into a classroom. Here are the hands-on learning opportunities you’ll experience in this program:

Learning core business units such as accounting, applied finance, management and international business so you can apply real industry thinking.
Studying education-major units focused on things like sustainability, creativity, Australia-Asia relationships, outdoor education and neuroscience, giving you varied, practical frameworks for teaching.
Choosing subject-content units in modern history, geography and urban studies or mathematics — depending on your interests — readying you for teaching those disciplines.
Accessing the Adobe Creative Cloud suite as part of being at an Adobe Creative Campus, so you can build your digital, design and communication skills as part of your study.
Undertaking your major in Secondary Teaching in a setting that articulates with a Master of Teaching, meaning this Bachelor is built for the real career transition from student to teacher.

Progression & Future Opportunities

If you pursue the Bachelor of Business (Pathway to Teaching Secondary) at Western Sydney University, you’re setting yourself up for a versatile and meaningful career. On graduation, you could step into roles such as a business administrator, marketing coordinator, management trainee, or—even better—move toward being a secondary school teacher with business-specialist teaching credentials.

Here’s what this means for you:

Employability is supported by Western Sydney’s commitment to both business and education disciplines: you’ll gain a solid foundation in accounting, marketing, management, international business, economics and education-related units that let you critique contemporary education issues and specialise in either business studies or secondary teaching.
The School of Business is AACSB accredited, which adds global recognition to the business side of your qualification.
Because the program leads into the Master of Teaching (Secondary) at Western Sydney, you’re not just preparing for business roles—you’re also preparing for a teaching career in secondary schools in Australia and beyond.
On the teaching side: the program holds full accreditation for secondary school teaching in government and non-government schools in Australia (and in most other countries) once you complete the postgraduate step.
The degree is three years full-time (or part-time over up to six years) and offered across campuses at Parramatta City, Bankstown and Campbelltown — giving you flexibility in how and where you study.

Further Academic Progression:
Once you complete this bachelor’s degree, you have a clear pathway into the Master of Teaching (Secondary) at Western Sydney University, which qualifies you to teach in secondary schools with your business and/or education specialisation. From there, you could continue further into leadership roles in schools, pursue honours or research in education or business, or even pivot into postgraduate teaching in business/management or educational leadership. The strong foundation you build with this undergraduate gives you the flexibility to continue deepening your practice and credentials over time.