1641 - Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Education - Secondary

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.

The course includes a minimum of 80 days of placement, with some placement being undertaken in each year of the course. In first, second and third year, placements are tied to education units offered. In fourth year, the 50 days of placement are tied to the four professional experience units. These placements involve a program of field visits to different educational sites and include structured teaching experience.

Students must be available to undertake these on a full-time basis for several weeks at a time. For full time students placement is typically conducted in two blocks of five weeks, one each semester. For part time students it is typically conducted in four blocks of two to three weeks, one block in each of four semesters. These units are taken concurrently with enrolment in the core curriculum units and the curriculum specialism units. They provide supervised teaching practice in the teaching area of the student's curriculum units while on school placement.

Students who are employed in schools must complete at least 25 days of supervised school placement in a setting other than the school at which they are employed.

Upon successful completion of the course, students will obtain an arts 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.

To receive the awards of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education, a student must successfully complete units totalling 204 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 (108 points) including a series of units relating to the theory and practice of education, teaching and curriculum, and professional placement units.

Students need to be aware that their major and minor studies in arts 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. Students are advised to consult the VIT website at http://www.vit.vic.edu.au in consultation with their course advisor.

Generally, to qualify for secondary curriculum specialism 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 complete more of the education component, until the final year, which is composed entirely of education studies, including professional placements.

First year

• EDF1303 Learning and educational inquiry 1
• EDF1304 Learning and educational inquiry 2
• 36 points of arts studies

Second year

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

Third year

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

Fourth year

• EDF4004 Assessing learning (core education unit)
• EDF4006 Professional engagement (core education unit)
• EDF41xx Core curriculum unit
• EDF41xx Core curriculum unit, or EDFxxxx Curriculum elective unit
• EDF44xx Curriculum specialism 1
• EDF44xx Curriculum specialism 2
• EDFxxxx General elective 1
• EDFxxxx General elective 2
• EDF4730 Professional experience 1A and EDF4731 Professional experience 1B
• EDF4733 Professional experience 2A and EDF4734 Professional experience 2B

On completion of the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education (secondary) program of studies, 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.

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.