Humanities Curtin Extra programs
While you’re studying for your Curtin Humanities degree, there are plenty of ways for you to get more involved with your course and your passions, all while developing your professional and personal expertise.
You may be eligible to receive Curtin Extra recognition for your participation in these approved programs.
Curtin Creative Jam is a 5-day event where small teams of students challenge themselves to get innovative and design a digital interactive experience, exploring the mediums of App and/or Game design, in conjunction with other potential technologies like Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality or Mixed Reality.
Stream: Innovation and Enterprise
For more information: visit Creative Jam or email creativejam@curtin.edu.au
Ignite Mentoring is a student-run, not-for-profit organisation that aims to deliver dynamic and engaging soft-skill mentoring programs to high schools in low-socioeconomic backgrounds. Curtin students can participate as mentors, coordinators or as part of the leadership team. Mentors work with a group of high school students and help to deliver one of the Ignite’s programs in areas such as resilience, careers and English as a Second Language.
Stream: Social Impact
For more information: visit Ignite Mentoring or email info@ignitementoring.org
Professional related experiences are voluntary activities undertaken by pre-service teachers to develop and use skills and knowledge directly related to future work as an educator. They are in addition to and complement required, assessed coursework activities and formally assessed professional experience placements.
Stream: Professional Development
For more information: soestudentengagement@curtin.edu.au
This program complements the School of Education’s Bachelor of Education courses and is designed to support strongly performing pre-service teachers build their confidence, personal style and leadership capabilities.
Eligibility to apply
- Enrolled in a Curtin Bachelor of Education course
- Have 300+ credit points of unit completions (12+ units)
- Have a course weighted average of 70+
- This program is limited to 25 places. There are no direct costs to selected students.
- Currently this program is open to Curtin Perth (Bentley) students only.
Program content
The intention of this program is to assist aspirational, strongly performing students to develop robust teacher identities in terms of their capabilities, commitment and connection. The program has three components that combine internal and external professional development opportunities: directed reading and online modules, a full-day workshop, and self-determined learning of particular interest and relevance, undertaken through an external agency and/or online provision and/or Curtin School of Education’s Professional Learning Hub. This will have been pre-approved by the program coordinator.
Program details (20 hours)
- Nominated Pre-reading and Online Modules (4 hours)
- Compulsory Professional Development One Day Workshop (6 hours)
- Other pre-approved Professional Development workshops and activities (10 hours).
Stream: Professional Development
For more information: soestudentengagement@curtin.edu.au
This program complements the School of Education’s Bachelor of Education courses and is an ‘industry facing’ program designed to support strongly performing pre-service teachers consolidate their professional teaching and leadership capabilities as they prepare to enter the teaching profession.
Eligibility to apply
- Enrolled in a Curtin Bachelor of Education course
- Have 500+ credit points of unit completions (20+units)
- Have a course weighted average of 70+
- Have sound Practicum performance.
- This program is limited to 25 places. There are no direct costs to selected students.
- Currently this program is open to Curtin Perth (Bentley) students only.
Program content
The intention of this program is to assist aspirational, strongly performing students deepen their capabilities in relation to broad professional understandings and leadership; and to establish networks in the wider Education sector to enhance their employability profile.
The program has three components that combine internal and external professional development opportunities: directed reading and online modules, a full-day workshop, and self-determined learning of particular interest and relevance, undertaken through an external agency and/or online provision and/or Curtin School of Education’s Professional Learning Hub. This will have been pre-approved by the program coordinator.
Program details (20 hours)
- Nominated Pre-reading and Online Modules (4 hours)
- Compulsory Professional Development One Day Workshop (6 hours)
- Other pre-approved Professional Development workshops and activities (10 hours).
Stream: Professional Development
For more information: soestudentengagement@curtin.edu.au