Undergraduate handbook 2005 - Education

Honours degree of Bachelor of Education

Course code: 2674 + Course abbreviation: HonsBEd + Total credit points required: 48 + 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton; Gippsland)
Multimode (Clayton; Gippsland)

Course description

The Honours degree of Bachelor of Education requires an additional year of study following the completion of the requirements of an initial education degree.
Following completion of the HonsBEd 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.

Entry requirements

Students will be eligible for admission to the Honours degree of Bachelor of Education within five years of the year of completion of a relevant undergraduate 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 Honours degree of Bachelor of Education, a candidate must successfully complete studies equivalent to 48 points consisting of coursework studies (24 points) and an honours thesis of 12,000 to 16,000 words (24 points).

Course requirements

Coursework units

• EDF6001 Embarking on research (12 points), and
• A substantive or advanced theory unit (12 points)

Thesis

• EDF5150 Research seminar and honours thesis (24 points)

Contact details

Inquiries: telephone +61 3 9905 2819, email info@education.monash.edu.au or visit http://www.education.monash.edu.au/.

Course coordinator

Associate Professor Lesley Farrell

Previous page | Next page | Section contents | Title and contents