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Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education - secondary

Course code: 1641 + Course abbreviation: BA/BEd + Total credit points required: 192 + 4 years full-time, 8 years part-time + Managing faculty: Education

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton; Gippsland)

Course description

This double-degree course provides students with an arts major and minor field of study as well as a sequence of studies in education leading to registration is a secondary school teacher. This course offers the most common pathway to teaching by way of a double-degree program in arts and education.

When students take the Bachelor of Arts degree and the Bachelor of Education degree in combination, they are able to complete both courses in four years of full-time study at a normal course load for each year. A feature of these courses is their interdisciplinary approach to the teaching of some units.

Course structure

To receive the awards of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education, a student must successfully complete units totalling 192 points, consisting of:

(a) Studies in arts (96 points) including:

Arts discipline major (48 points).
Arts discipline minor (24 points).
An additional arts discipline first-year sequence (12 points).
A further 12 points in arts units.

For full details on the majors and minors offered, refer to the ‘Areas of study’ section on the Arts faculty website at www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/study_areas/.

(b) Studies in education (96 points) including a series of units relating to the theory and practice of education, teaching and curriculum. Fieldwork placements are also included.

Candidates intending to qualify as secondary school teachers need to be aware that their major and minor studies in arts must satisfy the requirements for the study of two specialist discipline teaching unit sets (A and B sequence = one specialist discipline teaching set) in their fourth year (or third and fourth years for Gippsland students) and the requirements for employment laid down by the Victorian Institute of Teaching.

Generally, to qualify for secondary specialist discipline teaching units, a candidate will require a minimum of two years of full-time academic study in that discipline. There are additional requirements for some disciplines.

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 and includes structured teaching experience. The fieldwork placement is an integrated part of work in the Bachelor of Education program.

Course requirements

Secondary stream (Clayton)

First year

EDF1301 Perspectives on learning
EDF1302 Perspectives on teaching
36 points of arts studies

Second year

EDF2001 Beyond the classroom
EDF2002 The teachers’ world
36 points of arts studies

Third year

EDF3001 Assessing learning
EDF3002 Curriculum and pedagogy
EDF3003 Adolescent development
EDF3004 Language and literacy
24 points of arts studies

Fourth year

EDF5421 Professional issues 1 -- a focus on the classroom
EDF5424 Professional issues 2 -- a focus on the profession
EDF54XX (Discipline name) education 1A
EDF54XX (Discipline name) education 1B
EDF54XX (Discipline name) education 2A
EDF54XX (Discipline name) education 2B
Two education electives

Secondary stream (Gippsland)

First year

EDF1301 Perspectives on learning
EDF1302 Perspectives on teaching
36 points of arts studies

Second year

EDF2003 Changing classrooms
EDF3002 Curriculum and pedagogy
36 points of arts studies

Third year

EDF3004 Language and literacy
EDF3005 Diversity of learners
EDF54XX (Discipline name) education 1A
EDF54XX (Discipline name) education 2A
24 points of arts studies

Fourth year

EDF3001 Assessing learning
EDF4002 Educator as researcher
EDF4003 Perspectives on education
EDF5424 Professional issues 2 -- a focus on the profession
EDF54XX (Discipline name) education 1B
EDF54XX (Discipline name) education 2B
Two approved education electives

These course outlines are indicative of the program students will follow, but are subject to change.

Fieldwork

Students must complete teaching practice which consists of a minimum of 80 days of satisfactory 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 secondary school teachers in Victoria. For interstate and overseas positions, applicants are advised to check registration and employment requirements with local authorities.

Contact details

Inquiries (Clayton): telephone +61 3 9905 2819 or email info@education.monash.edu.au.

Inquiries (Gippsland): telephone +61 3 9902 6367, email undergraduate.gippsland@education.monash.edu.auemail or info@education.monash.edu.au or visit www.education.monash.edu.au/.

Course coordinators

Ms Jennifer Brown (Clayton), Dr Monique Osborn (Gippsland)

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