Bachelor of Arts (Psychology and Humanities)/Bachelor of Education


General information

Course code: 1800
This double degree offers students a flexible career option to study both psychology and education. Students who complete this programme will acquire skills, knowledge and professional expertise in psychology and both primary and secondary teaching. In addition to the required psychology major, students must undertake a second major in arts from history-politics, Indonesian, sociology, mass communications or writing.

Entry requirements

Applicants should have met the appropriate entry criteria for both the Bachelor of Arts (Psychology and Humanities) and the Bachelor of Education. All applicants should be willing to undertake a normal workload of forty-eight points a year full-time or twenty-four points to thirty-two a year part-time. Most studies must be taken on-campus but a few may be available by distance education.

Course structure and sequence

A candidate for the double degree must fulfil the following requirements to receive the awards of Bachelor of Arts (Psychology and Humanities)/Bachelor of Education:
(a) complete a total of 210 but not more than 216 points;
(b) complete an arts major sequence (fifty-two points) offered by the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the prescribed major sequence in psychology (fifty-two points);
(c) complete a major sequence in education studies (fifty-two points) and a major sequence in teaching and curriculum studies (fifty-two points) offered by the Faculty of Education (Gippsland);

Psychology compulsory sequence

Refer to the psychology discipline for details.

Arts major sequences

The arts major sequences may be chosen from history-politics, Indonesian, sociology, mass communications or writing (details are provided under the discipline headings).

Duration

The course of study is normally a minimum of four years full-time or eight years part-time and normally cannot extend beyond tenyears.