Course code: 2026 + Course abbreviation: BCom/BEd + On-campus + Day classes only + 4.5 years full-time, nine years part-time + Course director: Associate Professor Marg Lindorff + Total credit points required: 204
The Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Education double degree provides the opportunity to focus on commerce and business concepts as well as the theory and practice of teaching. This course qualifies graduates as secondary school teachers.
Students must complete a major specialisation in one of the
following disciplines taught by the faculty: accounting, finance, economics,
business law and taxation, econometrics and business statistics, management or
marketing. All units taken as part of the major specialisation are limited to
units taught by departments of the faculty on the Clayton campus (ie the third
character of the unit code is C).
Other studies may be drawn from any of the disciplines taught on the Clayton
campus by the Faculty of Business and Economics.
Students must also complete the prescribed program of study from the Faculty of
Education.
All units studied must be from the Faculty of Business and Economics and the
Faculty of Education.
The degree requirements are:
(a) Students must complete 18 units (108 credit points) from the Faculty of
Business and Economics as follows:
(i) Ten compulsory units (60 credit points):
Students
wishing to take first-year units other than those on the above list are able to
undertake the second-year versions of the appropriate number of compulsory
units. First-year students normally may not take a second-year unit until at
least four first-year units have been completed successfully.
(ii) A major specialisation of at least eight units (48 credit points) in a
discipline or field of study of the faculty with at least 12 credit points at
each of second and third-year level (disciplines are defined by department
prefixes and fields of study are those sets of related units that may be
defined in the catalogue of courses and units). All units taken as part of the
major specialisation must be taught by departments of the faculty on the
Clayton campus (ie the third character of the unit code is C).
(iii) A maximum of eight first-year-level units (48 credit points).
(iv) A minimum of four third-year-level units (24 credit points) must be from
those offered by the faculty on the campus delivering this program.
(b) Students must complete 16 units (96 credit points) from the Faculty of
Education as follows:
(i) The compulsory units: EDF1301, EDF1302, EDF2001, EDF2002, EDF3001, EDF3002,
EDF3003, EDF3004.
(ii) The two professional issues units, EDF5421 and EDF5424.
(iii) Four teaching methods units.
(iv) Two education electives.
(v) In order to meet the prerequisites for methods and
practice of teaching, students must include at least four economics units and
four accounting units, or at least four economics units and four management
units.
The course may be completed in four-and-a-half years of full-time study at a
normal course load, or in four years of full-time study by special arrangement
with both faculties. The maximum time for completion is 10 years.
Students should have their program of study approved by the course coordinator
or the course coordinator's nominee prior to commencement of the relevant year.
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