Undergraduate courses and subjects 2000 - Bachelor of Education (Honours) [BEd(Hons)]

Bachelor of Education (Honours) [BEd(Hons)]

General information
Course outline and structure
Admission requirements
Length of course
Further information

General information

Course code: 2674 · Clayton campus · Contact: Research office, Faculty of Education, Clayton campus (telephone (03) 9905 2803 or (03) 9905 2819)
The honours degree in education requires an additional year of study following the completion of the requirements for a double-degree in education.
Following completion of the BEd(Hons) degree, students will have:

· acquired an understanding of various research methods in education
· demonstrated content mastery in an substantive issue or problem domain within education
· demonstrated the capacity to design, frame, conduct and report a small-scale inquiry in education.

Course outline and structure

· EDF5150 Research seminar and honours thesis (24 points)

plus a research method subject (12 points) such as:

· EDF6001 Research methods: educational research methodology, and
· A substantive or advanced theory subject (12 points)

Admission requirements

Students will be eligible for admission to the honours degree of education within three years of the year of completion of an education double degree (eg BA/BEd, BSci/BEd). Normally, students must achieve an average grade of distinction or higher in the compulsory and elective subjects of the education degree.
Students who have not completed a Monash Education faculty double degree may be eligible for admission provided that they have satisfactorily completed equivalent studies at an equivalent grade level.

Length of course

This course is a one-year full-time program. The expected number of hours per week for a full-time student is 48.

Further information

Further information regarding this course may be obtained from the Research office, Faculty of Education, Clayton campus (telephone (03) 9905 2803 or (03) 9905 2819), or visit our web site at http://www.education.monash.edu.au/