1541 - Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education - Primary
This course entry should be read in conjunction with information provided in the Faculty information section of this Handbook by the managing faculty for this course
Abbreviated title | BA/BEd |
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CRICOS Code | 064762F |
Managing faculty | Education |
Study location and mode | On-campus (Gippsland, Peninsula) Peninsula students note: arts units and some education units are taken at Clayton campus, see 'Requirements' for details. |
Total credit points required | 192 |
Duration (years) | 4 years FT, 8 years PT |
Contact details | Gippsland: telephone +61 3 9902 6367 or email undergraduate.gippsland@education.monash.edu.au. Peninsula: telephone +61 3 9904 4291 or email undergraduate.peninsula@education.monash.edu.au. |
Course coordinator | Dr Michael Dyson (Gippsland), Dr Chris Peers (Peninsula) |
Description
Fieldwork
Objectives
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' at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/undergrad/arts-ug-areas-of-study.html.
(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.
Requirements
First year
Gippsland: all units undertaken at Gippsland
Peninsula/Clayton: All first year education units undertaken at Clayton
- EDF1303 Learning and educational inquiry 1 (five days professional placement)
- EDF1304 Learning and educational inquiry 2 (five days professional placement)
- 36 points of arts studies
Second year
Gippsland: all units undertaken at Gippsland
Peninsula/Clayton: All second year education units undertaken at Peninsula
- EDF1307 Early literacy and numeracy 1 (10 days professional placement)
- EDF2302 Re-imagining children's learning (five days professional placement)
- 36 points of arts studies (all arts units undertaken at Clayton)
Third year
Gippsland: all units undertaken at Gippsland
Peninsula/Clayton: All third year education units undertaken at Peninsula
- EDF2301 Multiliteracies: mediating the world
- EDF2304 Early literacy and numeracy 2
- EDF3301 Numeracy
- EDF3311 Understanding place and space (15 days professional placement)
- 24 points of arts studies (all arts units undertaken at Clayton)
Fourth year
Gippsland: all units undertaken at Gippsland
Peninsula/Clayton: All fourth year education units undertaken at Peninsula
- EDF2303 Movement, environment and community
- EDF3303 Integrating the curriculum 1: creative exchanges
- EDF3304 Integrating the curriculum 2: different places
- EDF3306 Literacy
- EDF4311 Professional contexts 1 (20 days professional placement)
- EDF4312 Professional contexts 2 (20 days professional placement), or (for Peninsula students only) a LOTE unit
- EDF4314 Entering the profession 2
- education elective
Professional recognition
Award(s) received on completion *
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Education
* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.