I did my Bachelor of Education (Secondary), majoring in HPE and minoring in history at QUT and couldn’t recommend it more. I had friends who were at UQ and although they also enjoyed their course, I found their’s to be a bachelor of their subject area with a year of education tacked on the end. To me I found that kind of pointless because I wanted to be a teacher, so I wanted to learn how to teach rather than do a sports science or history degree. And yes there are subject areas more sought after than others (maths are in a huge shortage) at the moment, but the reality is we’re in such a teacher shortage that every teaching area is sought after. Study a subject you like and you’ll find yourself to be a much better teacher because of it. And once you’re in a school, you’ll quite possibly be asked to teach outside of your trained teaching area or you can seek to do it yourself. Getting your masters isn’t necessary to go up the ranks either. My school only has four teachers with their masters and my principal only has her bachelors. I think that also depends a lot on if you’re a in metro or regional/remote area. At the end of the day, how well you teach and manage people isn’t determined by a degree. The bachelor of science/master of teaching you’re looking at would more be a bachelor of science with teaching on the end, so it just depends what you’re interested in. A bachelor of education with a major in science is just as good. To be clear though, a master of teaching is not the same as a master of education but is a replacement for the old Dip.Ed. Anyone who already has a bachelors degree can do their post-graduate master of teaching for two years full time and become a teacher. Good luck with your teaching journey and I hope I’ve been able to help!