Bachelor of Education (Honours)

• General information
• Admission requirements
• Course structure
• Course outline
  • Coursework
  • Thesis
• Length of course/workload required
• Further information

General information

Course code: 2674 + Course abbreviation: BEd(Hons) + Clayton campus + Contact: Associate Professor Lesley Farrell, 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 of an initial education degree.
Following completion of the BEd(Hons) degree, students will have:

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

Admission requirements

Students will be eligible for admission to the Bachelor of Education (Honours) degree within five years of the year of completion of an undergraduate education degree (eg BA/BEd, BPrimEd). Normally, students must achieve an average grade of credit or higher in the compulsory and elective units of the undergraduate education degree.

Course structure

To receive the award of the Bachelor of Education (Honours), a candidate must successfully complete studies equivalent to 48 points consisting of coursework studies (24 points) and an honours thesis of approximately 10,000 words (24 points).

Course outline

Coursework

• EDF6001 Embarking on educational research, or other approved research method unit (12 points)
• A substantive or advanced theory unit (12 points)

Thesis

• EDF5150 Research seminar and honours thesis (24 points)

Length of course/workload required

This course may be taken either full-time or part-time. The expected number of hours per week is 48 for a full-time student, and 24 for a part-time student.

Further information

Further information regarding this course may be obtained from the Faculty of Education, Clayton campus, telephone (03) 9905 2819, or visit http://www.education.monash.edu.au/ or email info@education.monash.edu.au

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