2025 - Bachelor of Music / Bachelor of Education - Secondary

On completion of the Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Education (secondary) program of studies, graduates will have a sound preparation for entry into the music education and training professions. The course design draws on important traditional approaches to teaching and learning, and brings together the latest theory, practice and research. There is an emphasis on ethical reflexive practices and the development of an engaged professional identity.

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.

This double-degree course provides a sound preparation for entry into the teaching profession in areas associated with music education with the ability to register as teachers in a range of music education contexts, including schools, arts centres and community-based settings. Students develop a wide range of professional knowledge, understanding and skills, and there is a high level of flexibility in the pathways offered for students to link with their discipline-based studies in music.

To receive the awards of Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Education, a student must successfully complete units totalling 216 points consisting of the following:

• studies in music (108 points). There are two major study sequences in music, one of which is performance and the other is either musicology, composition or ethnomusicology (or an approved combination of more than one of these areas). For information on the requirements of all music studies offered, refer to the 'Areas of study' at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/undergrad/arts-ug-areas-of-study.html
• studies in education (108 points), comprising a series of units relating to the theory and practice of education, teaching and curriculum. Professional placement units are also included.

Students need to be aware that their major and minor studies in music 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

Education component

• EDF1303 Learning and educational inquiry 1
• EDF1304 Learning and educational inquiry 2

Music component

• MUS1100 Exploring music I
• MUS1110 Exploring music II
• MUS1980 Chief practical study I
• MUS1990 Chief practical study II

plus one pair of the following:

• MUS1120 Ensemble studies I and MUS1130 Ensemble studies II
• MUS1040 American music and popular culture, and MUS1060 Gamelan performing arts

Second year

Education component

• EDF2004 Issues in classroom environments
• EDF2005 Professional responsibilities, practice and relationships

Music component

• MUS2020 Professional practice 1
• MUS2030 Professional practice 2
• MUS2110 Analytical and compositional techniques I
• MUS2120 Analytical and compositional techniques II
• MUS2980 Chief practical study III
• MUS2990 Chief practical study IV

Third year

Education component

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

Music component

• MUS3390 Music aesthetics, criticism, sociology and psychology
• MUS3980 Chief practical study V
• MUS3990 Chief practical study VI
• 18 points of third-year-level music electives in approved combinations of music performance, composition, musicology and ethnomusicology

Fourth year

Education component

• 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 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

Graduates will be eligible for registration and employment as teachers in Victoria. For interstate and overseas positions, applicants are advised to check with local authorities.

Bachelor of Education

Bachelor of Music