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Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Education - Secondary

Course code: 2026 ~ Course abbreviation: BCom/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)

Course description

This double degree course allows students to qualify with both the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Education degrees.

Students complete a major specialisation in one of the following disciplines taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics: accounting; economics; and management. Students should ensure that commerce unit choices meet the requirements of their chosen teaching specialisations. The three specialisations available include economics, accounting and business management.

Course objectives

In the process of studying this double-degree course, students will engage in a range of teaching and learning approaches, in university and fieldwork settings. Upon successful completion of the course, students will obtain a Business and Economics major and minor field of study as well as a sequence of studies in education leading to registration in Victoria as a secondary school teacher.

Course structure

To receive the awards of Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Education, a candidate must successfully complete units totalling 192 points from the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Business and Economics (Clayton), consisting of the following:

a.) 16 units (96 points) from the Faculty of Business and Economics in the Bachelor of Commerce at the Clayton campus as follows:

(i) Six compulsory common core units (36 points)

(ii) At least two units from the following list (12 points)

  • AFC2100 Introduction to finance, or AFC1030 Introduction to financial accounting
  • ECC1100 Principles of macroeconomics
  • ETC1010 Data modelling and computing
  • MGC1020 Organisations: contexts and strategies

(iii) A major of eight units (48 points)

  • the major must be selected from Economics, Accounting or Management.
  • at least two units (12 points) must be completed at each of second and third-year levels

(iv) Additional units from the Faculty of Business and Economics in the Bachelor of Commerce at the Clayton campus to reach the required minimum of 16 units.

Note: Requirements to meet the prerequisites for specialist discipline teaching units are:

  • at least four economics units (24 points)
  • at least four accounting units (24 points) or four management units (24 points)

Additional Bachelor of Commerce degree requirements:

(i) a maximum of eight first-year level units (48 points)

(ii) a minimum of four third-year level units (24 points) from those offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics at the Clayton campus

b.) Studies in education (96 points) chosen from the Faculty of Education.

Candidates intending to qualify as secondary school teachers need to be aware that their major and minor studies in science must satisfy the requirements for the study of two curriculum specialism units in their fourth year and the requirements for employment laid down by the Victorian Institute of Teaching.

Generally, to qualify for a secondary teaching discipline, a candidate will require a minimum of two years of full 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

First year (Clayton)

  • EDF1303 Learning and educational inquiry 1
  • EDF1304 Learning and educational inquiry 2
  • plus 36 points of approved commerce studies

Second year

  • EDF2004 Issues in classroom environments
  • EDF2005 Professional responsibilities, practice and relationships
  • plus 36 points of approved commerce studies

Third year

  • EDF3006 Adolescent development and learning
  • EDF3007 Mediating the world of learning
  • EDF3008 Researching educational practices
  • EDF3009 Schooling: local - global
  • plus 24 points of approved commerce studies

Fourth year

  • EDF4004 Assessing learning (core education unit)
  • EDF4006 Professional engagement (core education unit)
  • EDF41XX Core curriculum unit
  • EDF41XX Core curriculum unit or EDF45xx Curriculum elective unit
  • EDF44XX Curriculum specialism unit 1
  • EDF44XX Curriculum specialism unit 2
  • plus 2 General elective units ( EDFxxxx students choose from an existing suite of general electives)

Students must have their program of study approved by the course adviser prior to commencement of the relevant year.

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. Students must be available to undertake fieldwork placements full time.

Professional recognition

On completion of the Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Education program of studies, graduates will have a sound preparation for entry into the business and/or the education and training professions. Graduates will be eligible for employment as secondary school teachers in Victoria. For interstate and overseas positions, applicants are advised to check with local authorities.

Contact details

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

Commerce: telephone +61 9905 2327.

Course advisers

Ms Jennifer Brown (Education), Dr Ross Booth (Business and Economics)