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Undergraduate handbook 2005 - Education

Bachelor of Information Systems (Information Management)/Bachelor of Education* - primary

Course code: 3714 + Course abbreviation: BIS(IM)/BEd + Total credit points required: 204 + 4 years full-time with overload, or equivalent part-time study + Managing faculty: Education

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Peninsula/Caulfield)

* This course was previously known as the Bachelor of Information Systems/Bachelor of Education.

Course description

When students take the Bachelor of Information Systems (Information Management) degree and the Bachelor of Education in combination, they are able to complete both courses in four years of full-time study, with overload.

Course structure

To receive the awards of Bachelor of Information Systems (Information Management) and Bachelor of Education, a student must successfully complete units totalling 204 points, consisting of:
(a) Studies in information management and systems (108 points), including a major study (three years of study in a single discipline), a minor study (two years of study in a single discipline). Students will be required to overload by six points in each of years two and three.
(b) Studies in education (96 points), a series of units relating to the theory and practice of education, teaching and curriculum. Fieldwork placements are also included.
Progressively over the course, students will be completing more of the education component, until the final year which will be entirely education, including an extended teaching fieldwork. This fieldwork is a program of field visits to different educational sites including structured teaching experience. Students will be required to complete projects related to their field visits. The visits are an integrated part of work in the Bachelor of Education program.

Course requirements

Primary education units will be offered at Peninsula (except for EDF1301 and EDF1302, which will be undertaken at Clayton campus in year one).
For the information systems component of the double degree, units will be offered at the Caulfield campus.

First year

(All first-year education units undertaken at Clayton campus)

plus following information systems units (totalling 36 points):

Second year

plus following information systems units (totalling 42 points):

Third year

plus following information systems units (totalling 30 points):

Fourth year

This is a conceptual outline only. It gives a general indication of how the course will progress. It is subject to change without notice.

* For the BIS(IM)/BEd (primary stream), all information systems units will be undertaken at the Caulfield campus and all education units are to be undertaken at the Peninsula campus, except for EDF1301 and EDF1302, which will be undertaken at Clayton campus in first year.

Fieldwork

Students must successfully complete teaching practice which consists of 80 days of supervised school experience. Students who are employed in schools must complete a minimum of 40 days of supervised fieldwork in a setting other than the school in which they are employed.

Professional recognition

On completion of the double degrees, graduates will be eligible for registration and employment as primary school teachers in Victoria. For interstate and overseas positions, applicants are advised to check registration and employment requirements with local authorities.

Contact details

Inquiries (Education): telephone +61 3 9904 4291, email undergraduate.peninsula@education.monash.edu.au or visit http://www.education.monash.edu.au/.
Inquiries (Information and Management Systems): telephone +61 3 9903 1059.

Course coordinators

Dr Geoff Romeo (Education, Peninsula), Ms Chris Gonsalvez (IMS, Caulfield)

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